Q 01/05

Which word, found in a dictionary by two Disney bosses, inspired the name of the show Fantasmic!?

A) Fantastical

B) Kaleidoscope

C) Phantasmagoria

D) Pandemonium

Answer · why

C) Phantasmagoria

Phantasmagoria came up as the two executives paged through a big dictionary about two months before opening night. The word once named ghost shows sta...

Q 02/05

What happened to the 45-foot animatronic dragon during a Disneyland performance of Fantasmic! in April 2023?

A) It caught fire

B) It sank into the river

C) It lost its head

D) It toppled off the stage

Answer · why

A) It caught fire

It caught fire in front of the audience and was destroyed, though nobody was hurt. When the show came back in 2024, Disneyland had rebuilt the climax ...

Q 03/05

Which 1928 cartoon gives Mickey Mouse his black-and-white look at the helm in the finale of Fantasmic!?

A) Plane Crazy

B) The Band Concert

C) The Karnival Kid

D) Steamboat Willie

Answer · why

D) Steamboat Willie

Steamboat Willie was the first Mickey Mouse cartoon to be released and one of the first cartoons with synchronised sound. In the show, that vintage Mi...

Q 04/05

Disneyland's Fantasmic! plays its film clips on three giant screens made of what?

A) Silk

B) Mist

C) Smoke

D) Glass

Answer · why

B) Mist

Mist forms each screen, an idea so new in 1992 that Disneyland's own ambassador struggled to describe the show to people before it opened.

Q 05/05

Which Jungle Book character crosses the Disneyland stage of Fantasmic! as a giant puppet?

A) Kaa

B) Baloo

C) Shere Khan

D) King Louie

Answer · why

A) Kaa

Kaa the python winds across the stage at 100 feet long. In Kipling's stories he is Mowgli's ally, but Disney's films turned him into a villain who tri...