Overview
- Multiple on-site reports say recent Fantasmic! performances have run without the show’s usual fireworks and pyrotechnics, changing finale staging and other timed effects.
- Reviewers documented concrete failures including only 15 of 21 show fountains working during one performance and the absence of pyrotechnic barges near the stage-right seawall.
- Two of the show’s signature elements have been absent since the April 22, 2023 Maleficent dragon fire: the dragon itself and Aladdin’s flying carpet effect remain out of the production.
- Sources reported that a previously considered larger refurbishment to restore effects was shelved while Disneyland shifts resources to other projects, though Disney has not confirmed that decision.
- The visible decline affects guests who buy reserved Fantasmic! viewing and could force Disneyland to choose between major investment, a lengthy closure for overhaul, or continuing a scaled-back show.