For a first time entrant to Disneyland, everything remains memorable. Isn’t it? The Hong Kong Disneyland Musical Mickey and the Wondrous book was one such for me. It was towards the end of my tour and definitely after trying out various rides like Hyperspace mountain, Gizzly Gilch, the mountain runaway mine car and mystic manor, to name a few. After all these rides, the nerves needed calming down and the tired legs needed some rest too.
The main entrance
Yes it was full that day
Where does Mickey and the Wondrous Book take place?
The serpenting queue in front of storybook theatre confirms its popularity at Disneyland. From 2006 till 2015, it was The Golden Mickeys which ran at this place. This current show has been running from 2015. It is preferred to book the tickets online in advance. The entrance itself is so spectacular that it builds up your expectation from the show.
The long queue for the entrance
Inside the Auditorium when Mickey and the Wondrous book starts
An oval shaped auditorium and a very simple stage with a large cutout of a book is what will welcome you as you enter the auditorium. The Magic starts there after. The play is based on how Mickey and his best friend or partner in crime, in this case Goofy, finds a magical book which brings various favourite Disney characters like – Baloo and King Louie from The Jungle Book, Ariel from The Little Mermaid, Rapunzel from the 2010 Disney Musical Tangled, Merida from Brave, Aladdin and The Princess and the Frog.
The light settings in the beginning
The opening act
When Goofey is in a spot
Why you should watch
Mickey and the wondrous book is an extravaganza on stage. The word extravaganza has been used keeping in mind the production design and the use of modern techniques along with traditional form of a musical. While there are live songs, opera singing and effective stage and auditorium use, where at times the characters enter the stage from behind the auditorium also, a smooth mix of Audio Visual and live performances are all to leave you in a state of awe by the time the show ends.
The chapter from Jungle Book
The characters come alive from Jungle Book
And the dance thereafter
what a set up
Fun and Happiness
King Louie gets into act
and a solution comes in the way
Mermaid
Ariel from Mermaid and Rapunzel
Princess Merida
The three iconic characters in one frame
The fire show on stage
The dazzling performance
the prelude to Aladin
Aladin himself
Happy smiling faces of Aladin
Just like the fireworks show, it’s also a journey with the famous disney characters. If that was not enough, there are other 6 stories which Mickey flips through hurriedly which includes sequences from The Lion king, Beauty and the beast, Cinderella, Toy Story, Snow white and the Seven Dwarfs and Mulan.
Princess Tiana sings
the broadway musical performance
Princess Tiana herself
Princess Tiana
The dance
and what stellar performance he gave
When queen Elsa sang
Queen Elsa in a diff mood
When snowfall happened in stage
Queen Elsa from Frozen
Queen Elsa in performance
when the show ended
As always, I missed my son the most during the entire stay at The Hong Kong Disneyland and perhaps more here as he would have been thrilled to see these characters live and who can forget the sequence of snow flakes across the auditorium when the Frozen chapter was opened. I am sure the pictures will tell you the remaining story.
I travelled to HongKong with Cathay Dragon and enjoyed the tour courtsey Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
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