Patch Notes // latest change 2022.11.03
Sunset Blvd · Hollywood Studios · Walt Disney World
Ride · opened 1998 · Hollywood Studios · 3 changes on record
Fantasmic! went dark when Walt Disney World closed for the COVID-19 pandemic, and its lagoon was drained; it did not resume with the park's July 2020 reopening and stayed shuttered for roughly two and a half years.
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Fantasmic! opened at Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney's Hollywood Studios) in the purpose-built Hollywood Hills Amphitheater off Sunset Boulevard, debuting the nighttime water-screen, pyrotechnic and live-performer spectacular.
That's every change on the record on Fantasmic! since 1998.
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Per the documented record, Fantasmic! at Hollywood Studios opened on Oct 15, 1998.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Fantasmic! is dated Mar 2020: Fantasmic! went dark when Walt Disney World closed for the COVID-19 pandemic, and its lagoon was drained; it did not resume with the park's July 2020 reopening and stayed shuttered for roughly two and a half years.
The latest documented change (documented Nov 3, 2022): Fantasmic! returned in a reimagined form, adding an all-new Disney Heroes sequence (Aladdin, Elsa, Pocahontas, Moana, and Mulan) with upgraded lasers, lighting and sound, extending the runtime to about 29 minutes.
3 documented changes, dating back to 1998 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
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