Philharmagic Location

[Carrie772]

Hello All! What used to be in the Philharmagic location? We just returned from MK and have no idea what used to be there! It is such a prominent location...I can't believe I can't remember!

 

[hockey mom]

If I am correct it was the Lion King show.

 

[DisLUV]

Lion King It is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Carrie772]

Okay, it has obviously been a longer time since I have been there than I thought. LOL! What was there before that?

 

[tjkraz]

"Legend of the Lion King" was in that location from 1994 to 2002. Prior to LotLK, a 3D show called "Magic Journeys" occuplied the same theater.

If memory serves "Magic Journeys" was one of the original attractions at Epcot's Imagination Pavilion, and moved over to the Magic Kingdom site in the late-80s. "Magic Journeys" was removed from Epcot to make room for the Michael Jackson film "Captain Eo."

 

[Carrie772]

Great! I do remember that! Have a great Monday!

 

[mmorizio]

When the MK opened in '71, this theater
housed the Mickey Mouse Review, an Audio-Animatronics musical review featuring Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and many of the other Disney animated short characters. Interestingly, this is the only time these characters have been portrayed in animatronics.

In, I believe, the late 70's Disney shipped the entire show to Disneyland Japan, where it still runs (they felt that they needed another attraction to open with the park and had no time to build one). The theater in Florida sat dark for a while, and eventually received Magic Journeys after Captain EOS opened in Epcot. (Magic Journeys, by the way, gave me the creeps. I featured a clown, and I hate clowns).

After another dark period, The legend of the Lion King took over the building, and it ran for a few years.