Nearly no one has seen this Disneyland magnet, and it's eventually coming back

Disneyland fans — at least the bones who flatter themselves on their knowledge of the demesne and its history — each have a list of lifts and lodestones they wish they could have seen back in the day. For some, it’s Gallery of the Weird, the noway - was an expansion of the Haunted Mansion led by Rolly Crump and Yale Gracey. For others, it’s the Conestoga Carts (and the important- missed Conestoga Feasts) that left the little Old West vill behind when Big Thunder Mountain road took over.

For numerous, numerous people, there could have been magnet was a cortege that appeared in the demesne for only two weeks. Lucky for them, it’s about to make its return on February 24, 2023, as part of the Disney100 festivities, which will include the opening of a new lift and the refurbishment of a major demesne land.

Disneyland’s epidemic check started on March 13, 2020, and lasted through April 2021. The cortege ’s last performance was on March 12. When the demesne restarted, the cortege didn’t come back. For a long time, due to crowd restrictions and staffing issues, no processions happed at all. Rather, there were arbitrary “cavalcades,” when characters would sporadically roll down Main Street,U.S.A., on a single pier at unannounced times.

While other processions have happened, like the Main Street Electrical Parade and the Frightfully Fun cortege at Oogie Boogie Bash, Magic Happens noway returned. In the short time it ran, still, it made enough of an print that the cortege won a commodity that’s the fellow of a theme demesne Academy Award the 2021 IAAPA Brass Ring Award for stylish atmospheric road show performance.

“That’s high praise for a cortege that measured its brief run in days rather than times,” Brady MacDonald wrote for the Orange County Register when the award was blazoned. He also noted that the cortege was curiously slow to return. “Disneyland has taken a slow and conservative approach to bringing back large- scale live entertainment amid the phased reopening of its Anaheim theme demesne resort,” he wrote.

Part of what makes Magic Happen so instigative is that it incorporates ultramodern Disney pictures and has a real looking-to-the-future vibe in its aesthetics and technologies.

In short, the cortege is coming- position. The music is upbeat and really, really catchy. The costumes are a high- fashion fever dream of grandiloquent and green. When the first pier — a giant illuminated conjurer ’s chapeau — rolls down Main Street,U.S.A., Sorcerer Mickey sets the tone for a position of energy and excitement that just ramps over from there.

Next is a “Moana” float with bioluminescent goods and a whole series of characters, including a larger- than- life Maui. It’s followed by a vividly various pier featuring Miguel from “Coco” and also a huge poppet interpretation of Pepita. also comes an illuminated ice palace featuring Anna and Elsa, specifically from “firmed 2.”

Disneyland’s Magic Happens cortege was the stylish magnet with the absolute worst timing. When it debuted as part of Disneyland’s 65th anniversary festivity, it got immediate rave reviews.