Disney's MASTERPIECE: Wondrous Journeys

[@ducksfan_1149]

So much better than the Pixar fireworks

[@owenzzzz235]

no

[@kylanxrae]

i got to see this in march of ‘24 and i was BLOWN AWAY! it’s one of my new favs along with the greats like fantasmic and happily ever after

[@elinolasco-vj5jm]

It’s Disneyland’s version of Happily Ever After

[@starship824]

Great video as a fellow night time, spectacular lover though. I like the fireworks a lot more than some of the other shows that you mentioned. I have a lot of things to say about this video. Number one you are right. Wondrous is the best Disneyland firework show. I would say it's not even close but it is close but "Remember Dreams Come True" is a very close second in my opinion to Wondrous Journeys. I would gush about Wondrous Journeys but you already have so I don't really need to. However, I do have some complaints and nitpicks I want to point out because I am a super nerd lol. Technically Wondrous Journeys doesn't fully follow the timeline of Walt Disney animation studios. It skips around a lot and it goes by the story is trying to tell in the actual show rather than the timeline of the studio. I would go over it, but if you just watch the show you can easily tell it's not really based off that. According to the creators it is actually based off of the experience of the actual animators. They brought in a lot of the animators on a massive zoom meeting while creating the show to be able to figure out that story and that is just incredible. They specifically said butterflies are used as a motif throughout the entire show to try to bring it together and they did a great job of that. I think it works really well. One thing I'll push back on you is about Disneyland forever. I'll agree with you that let it go being the second to final song in the show doesn't really make much sense and was clearly just thrown in there to appease the Frozen people but other than that, the rest of the show is pretty great. The intro for Disneyland forever is literally the one of the greatest intros to any fireworks show. The rest of the show might not be the best, but it's certainly really good even if let it Go is in there. I know you said you didn't see happily ever after at Walt Disney World when you were there but Wondrous Journeys actually took a lot of its Story beats and moments from that show. The only other thing I don't agree with you here is the that Christmas show is bad. The Christmas show is actually incredible in my opinion and I love it. Yeah sure it's not technically super impressive but it has a lot of heart and I think the music is really good. I'll agree with you on a World of color one though. That show is okay. I really like the individual segments within that show and I think those are actually really well done. But the cohesive overall narrative when you throw all those segments together is not that good and doesn't make sense. Like why do we go from Moana to avengers and then back to Moana? It makes no sense and is really dumb. The original World of color is 10 times better and I hope they bring it back. Anyway sorry for that really long essay of a comment. Honestly I would love to do a video with you discussing all these shows and Disney parks and stuff if you're up for it. I know it might be weird since this is the first time I've seen any of your videos but you seem like a cool dude. Again sorry if it's weird you obviously don't have to and it's fine if you don't want to lol.

[@themeparknerd643]

really appreciate the insight! I did mention Disney does firework intros really well, and disneyland forever is definitely one of those shows. I think I went over the times where the timeline was violated, but apologies if I missed some. These shows can definitely use more discussion!

[@DiegoMatos-u6u]

Wondrous Journey is Luminous from Epcot done right!

[@NerdPrideSF]

They did 100 years of magic for Walt Disney’s 100th birthday and 2001 already. I think Disney didn’t want to confuse people/get flack for repeating themselves. Stupid bc I agree they should’ve definitely done 100 years of magic. Or 100 years of dreams.

[@pixiegutz9692]

good video

[@themeparknerd643]

thank you!

[@ellisshane2951]

Winnie the Pooh is the goat

[@coasterstudies]

I miss fantasmic