Postby KeithS » Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:47 pm
Okay, so we went to see Mickey's Music Festival yesterday afternoon - and love it!
Such a big improvement over last year's show. It was entertaining (always a plus!), upbeat, funny, energetic, and the music, sets, costumes and cast were great!
It is similar in some ways to Disney on Ice - it has three Disney music stories linked together by Mickey, Minnie and gang.
After the introductory numbers, we spin off into an Aladdin production, which included Aladdin, Jasmine, the Genie, and the carpet - and featured a lot of the great songs from that movie.
We then cut to a sequence with Sebastian from the Little Mermaid and Ariel's sisters. I really like how they mixed recent songs into this production, for example, we get to see the sisters perform Beyonce's Single Ladies (Put a ring on it) - and it really worked in this context.
After an intermission, we returned with Ariel, Ursula and Prince Eric.
Then there was a brilliant Toy Story section which began with the Toy Soldier Drill team, who were drilling in perfect harmony with the animated team of toy soldiers on the big screen behind the stage - it was awesome. And then Woody and Jessie came out with Bullseye (who was terrific!) and they did this cool rope skip routine - I never thought I'd ever see Bullseye skipping a rope!
Then they all blasted into space and we met Buzz Lightyear - a section that included an meteor shower, which resulted in giant meteor beachballs being thrown into the crowd - funny stuff.
There was also a dance routine that Jessie and Woody taught the crowd, and everyone was getting into it. I've been to a lot of Disney events in Sydney, but I've never seen a crowd this much into a show before - like I said, this was pure fun and entertainment.
The show had a big finale of course, where all the cast come onto stage and perform a couple more songs and fire confetti into the air.
All in all - it was a most enjoyable afternoon - well done to the Disney Live production team!
Keith
Trip history:
DLR: 2005, 06, 09, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18
DLRP: 2006
HKDL: 2006 (Mar & Sept), 11 (Apr & Dec), 14, 19
SDR: 2017
TDR: 2008, 10, 17
WDW: 2006, 13 (Mar & Sept), 16, 19
DCL: 2013, 15 (Alaska & Hawaii), 18
Aulani: 2015