Illuminate! A Nighttime Celebration is a nighttime show featuring projection mapping, water fountains, fire effects, lasers, searchlights and pyrotechnics that debuted at Shanghai Disneyland on April 8, 2021, as part of Shanghai Disneyland's 5th Anniversary Celebration.
Show summary[]
State-of-the-art technology is woven into a performance of light and shadow, creating a magical dream of the light inside of you. The show utilizes projection mapping, pyro, flames, fountains, lasers, and lighting to give you a fully immersive experience.
Follow your favorite princesses, heroes, and friends on a story of light and dreams. The future is ours to illuminate – let our childlike spirit shine bright for a future filled with light. The show was promised to feature largest and most technologically advanced projection mapping display in Disney theme parks history.[1]
Show scenes[]
All listed songs in languages not mentioned are sung in Mandarin.
- Light is in You (show theme)
- Light Is In You
- Ignite The Dreams
- How Far I'll Go (In-film Version)/How Far I'll Go (End Credit Version) (Moana)
- We Know the Way (English) (Moana)
- How Far I'll Go (Reprise) (Moana)
- Into The Shadows
- Into the Unknown (End Credit Version)/Into the Unknown (English In-film Version) (Frozen II)
- Hercules
- Mulan
- Coco
- Frozen II
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- The Little Mermaid
- The Incredibles
- Up
- Moana
- The Lion King
- Raya and the Last Dragon
- Onward
- Big Hero 6
- Into the Unknown (End Credit Version)/Into the Unknown (English In-film Version) (Frozen II)
- Light The Darkness
- Arrival (The Avengers)
- Coco
- Moana
- The Lion King
- Frozen II
- Doctor Strange
- The Avengers (The Avengers)
- Iron Man
- Captain America
- Thor
- Hulk
- Black Widow
- Hawkeye
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- Arrival (The Avengers)
- Spider-Man Theme (Spider-Man: Homecoming)
- The Avengers (The Avengers)
- Guardians of the Galaxy/Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Captain Marvel
- Avengers: Endgame
- Arrival (The Avengers)
- See The Light
- When You Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio)
- I See the Light (Tangled)
- Onward
- Inside Out
- Up
- I See the Light (English first, then Mandarin) (Tangled)
- Toy Story 4
- Finding Nemo
- Soul
- Frozen II
- Raya and the Last Dragon
- Light Your Way
- Try Everything (Mandarin first, then English) (Zootopia)
- Zootopia
- Frozen II
- Onward
- Moana
- Tangled
- Brave
- Coco
- Mulan
- Try Everything (Mandarin first, then English) (Zootopia)
- Light Is In You
- Reprise of Light is in You
- Tangled
- The Princess and the Frog
- Ratatouille
- Pocahontas
- Inside Out
- Soul
- Monsters, Inc.
- Ralph Breaks the Internet
- Raya and the Last Dragon
- Big Hero 6
- Cars
- Toy Story
- WALL-E
- Aladdin
- Frozen II
- Zootopia
- The Jungle Book
- Pinocchio
- Wreck-It Ralph
- Lilo & Stitch
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice from Fantasia
- Reprise of Light is in You
- Light is in You (English) (Exit Music)
Trivia[]
- Illuminate! is the first fireworks show in a "Magic Kingdom" style park to include elements from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Although Disney Movie Magic and World of Color: Celebrate! included elements from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they were not performed at "Magic Kingdom" style parks, instead being performed at Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disney California Adventure respectively.
- Since its debut in 2021, Illuminate! held the record for most franchises featured in a fireworks show (with a total of 34 featured), until Wondrous Journeys surpassed it with a total of 52 featured in 2023.
- The show also used lights from Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Fantasia Carousel and lights used for parade.
- Thus, it becomes the fourth fireworks show to have multiple stages after Disneyland Forever, Mickey's Mix Magic and Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular at Disneyland.
- Unlike other hybrid-nighttime castle shows, the show contains lighting, projection mapping and water fountains as major elements, and pyrotechnics only as the additional elements.
- This is due to the environmental protection and air emission law by the Shanghai government, which also affected Ignite the Dream and caused Shanghai Disneyland to reduce the fireworks.
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ "Illuminate! A Nighttime Celebration" (en-us). Shanghai Disney Resort. Retrieved on April 8, 2021.
