Mickey Mouse Revue

Mickey Mouse Revue
Mickey Mouse Revue at Magic Kingdom
Attraction type	Show
Opening date	October 1, 1971
Closing date	September 14, 1980

The Mickey Mouse Revue was an indoor audio-animatronic stage show in the Fantasyland areas of the Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland theme parks. It was one of the three original opening day attractions in the Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland in 1971, and after closing in 1980, it was moved to Tokyo Disneyland for that park's opening in 1983.

The basic premise of the show was a musical concert, in which Mickey Mouse conducted an orchestra made up of various Disney characters.

Attraction

Pre-show: Before the concert, guests were loaded into a theater featuring an eight-minute film detailing the history of Mickey's illustrious career and the use of sound in his films, from his debut in Steamboat Willie to his role in the feature Fantasia. The film ended with footage of Mickey and his friends dancing at Disneyland, and Mickey told the guests that it was time for the main show.

Concert: After a member recited the theater's safety spiel, the house curtains opened up to reveal maestro Mickey Mouse and an orchestra made up of various Disney characters. After Mickey gave his count-off, the orchestra performed a medley of Disney songs; they were "Heigh-Ho", "Whistle While You Work", "When You Wish Upon a Star" and "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee". After they finished, they were lowered into the orchestra pit as the theater went dark.

A spotlight was projected onto the side curtains, depicting a silhouetted image of the Big Bad Wolf. Afterward, a side curtain opened up to reveal a scene from Three Little Pigs in which the pigs performed "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"

The next act depicted scenes from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; the first depicted Snow White singing "I'm Wishing" to a group of forest animals, and the second featured the Seven Dwarfs performing "The Silly Song" in their cottage.

On the far right of the stage, a scene from Alice in Wonderland appeared, depicting Alice singing "All in the Golden Afternoon" along with a garden of live flowers.

In the following act, The Three Caballeros appeared to sing their song, with Donald Duck on maracas, Jose Carioca on guitar, and Panchito firing his pistols. Throughout their act, the three disappeared and reappeared in various spots around the theater.

On the far left of the stage, a scene from Cinderella appeared, and the Fairy Godmother sang "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" while she magically turned Cinderella's rags into a sparkling ballgown. After the scene faded out, a spotlight appeared on the side curtains, depicting Cinderella and her Prince Charming waltzing to "So This is Love".

For the grand finale, Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear appeared to sing "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", while Mickey and the orchestra rose from their pit. As they played, characters from the previous acts reappeared to join in the song, and the side curtains parted to reveal a bright, sunny field. Once the performance concluded, the performers solemnly sang the "Mickey Mouse Alma Mater", while the lights faded until there was only a spotlight shining on Mickey, who turned toward the audience and took a bow.

Mickey thanked the audience for watching the show and bid farewell. The house curtains closed, and the cast member recited another spiel as the guests exited the theater.

Cast

1. Mickey Mouse - conductor
2. Minnie Mouse - violin
3. Daisy Duck - cello
4. Pluto - high-hat cymbal
5. Goofy - bass viola
6. Huey - trumpet
7. Dewey - trumpet
8. Louie - trumpet
9. Scrooge McDuck - ukulele
10. Mad Hatter - bass clarinet
11. March Hare - helps with bass clarinet
12. Dormouse
13. Winnie the Pooh - kazoo
14. Rabbit - slide whistle
15. Piglet - harmonica
16. Monty (city mouse) - clarinet
17. Abner (country mouse) - saxophone
18. Gus - trombone
19. Jaq - helps with trombone
20. Dumbo - tuba
21. Timothy - helps with tuba
22. Kaa - his own tail
23. King Louie - xylophone, timpani, etc.
24. Baloo - flute

Songs

• "Overture: Heigh Ho/Whistle While You Work/When You Wish Upon a Star/Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee"
• "Who's Afraid of The Big Bad Wolf" - The Three Little Pigs
• "I'm Wishing" - Snow White
• "The Silly Song" - The Seven Dwarfs
• "All in The Golden Afternoon" - Alice and The Flowers
• "The Three Caballeros" - Donald Duck, Jose Carioca and Panchito Pistoles
• "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" - Fairy Godmother
• "So This is Love" - Cinderella and Prince Charming
• "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" - Brer Bear, Brer Fox, and Brer Rabbit, later joining the rest of the cast
• "Mickey Mouse Alma Mater" - Everybody
• "Exit Music: Casey Jr/The Work Song/Mickey Mouse March/You Can Fly/A Spoonful of Sugar"

History

The preshow area at Mickey Mouse Revue in Tokyo Disneyland

In a 1962 interview, Walt Disney talked about his new audio-animatronic technology in The Enchanted Tiki Room and untitled haunted house attraction. He said that he had similar plans for "all the Disney characters." Contributing Disney Imagineers were John Hench, Bill Justice, and Wathel Rogers.

The original theater at Walt Disney World sat 500 park guests, but the pre-show area only had room for 300, a planning mistake.

The animatronic Mickey currently resides in the Walt Disney Archives, and was put on display at the D23 Expo in 2011.

The animatronics of Donald, Jose, and Panchito were put on display at D23's Destination D: Walt Disney World 40th event. In 2015, the figures were redressed and placed into the finale of Epcot's Gran Fiesta Tour attraction following a refurbishment in December of that year.

Gallery

Dumbo and Timothy

Mickey and Friends

Tokyo Disneyland (1983)

Disney World (1971)

Mickey Mouse Revue poster

Mickey Mouse

See also

• Magic Kingdom attraction and entertainment history
• Tokyo Disneyland attraction and entertainment history

References

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