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{{Template:Infobox Disney ride |
| image=DisneyJunior.jpg
| land=Animation Courtyard
| opened= October 1, 2001
| closed= September 1, 2018
| type= Stage Show
| park= Disney's Hollywood Studios
| custom_value_1 = Playhouse Disney- Live on Stage (2001-2011)
| custom_label_2= Based on
| custom_value_2- = Disney Junior| custom_label_3= FastPass +| custom_value_3= Yes (Tier 2)| custom_label_4= Replaced by| custom_value_4= [[Disney Junior Dance Party!]]
}}
Disney Junior- Live on Stage! was a show located in [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]]
==History==
===Bear in the Big Blue House: Live on Stage!===
The history of what eventually become Disney Junior- Live on Stage! began on June 7, 1999 with the creation of Bear in the Big Blue House: Live on Stage! <ref name= "All"> http://allears.net/tp/mgm/m_bear.htm </ref>. The live stage show was housed on Soundstage 5, which had previously been home to the Soundstage Restaurant and the Catwalk Bar <ref name= "All"/> <ref> http://www.studioscentral.com/column/why-its-there/brown-derby-elevator </ref>. Produced by the Jim Henson Company <ref name= "All"/>, Bear in the Big Blue House: Live on Stage! was a 15 minute stage show featuring characters from the popular children's television show Bear in the Big Blue House <ref name= "All"/>. Bear in the Big Blue House ran for roughly two years before being closed on August 4, 2001 and incorporated into a new titled Playhouse Disney- Live on Stage!<ref name= "All"/>.
===Playhouse Disney- Live on Stage!===
Playhouse Disney- Live On Stage! opened on October 1, 2001 as part of the 100 Years of Magic Celebration <ref> https://d23.com/a-to-z/playhouse-disney-live-on-stage/ </ref>. Like its predecessor, the live show featured Bear (from the Disney television show Bear in the Big Blue House) telling stories to his friend Tutter. The stories that Bear told however featured characters from other Playhouse Disney shows, including: Rolie Polie Olie, Stanley, and the Book of Pooh. When commenting on the creation of the new attraction, show producer John Lee said:
{{Quotation| "We invite Disney-MGM Studios guests to come out and play with even more of their ´Playhouse Disney' friends. The show is a terrific opportunity for families to have fun together."}}
===Name Change===
In 2011, Disney announced that Playhouse Disney- Live on Stage ! would be renamed Disney Junior- Live on Stage! beginning in March 2011 <ref name= "parks"> https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/11/disney-junior-live-on-stage-debuts-at-disney-parks-in-2011/ </ref> The change was done to reflect the name change of the companies company’s morning block of television programs. Although the show remained mostly unchanged, a new Jake and the Never Land Pirates scene replaced the My Friends Tigger and Pooh scene<ref name= "parks"/>. In 2013, Disney announced that Sofia the First and Doc Mcstuffins would be added to Disney Junior- Live on Stage! <ref> http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/12/new-stories-coming-to-disney-junior-live-on-stage-in-2013-at-disneys-hollywood-studios-and-disney-california-adventure-park/ </ref> The new scenes replaced the Little Einsteins and Handy Manny scenes.===Closure===On June 1, 2018, Disney announced that Disney Junior- Live on Stage! would be closing September 1, 2018 to make way for a new attraction <ref> https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/disney-junior-live-on-stage/news/01jun2018-disney-junior---live-on-stage-to-close-in-september-for-new-show.htm </ref>. The new show, titled [[Disney Junior Dance Party]], features characters from "Mickey and the Roadster Racers", "Doc McStuffins", "The Lion Guard", and "Vampirina".
==Attraction Plot==
===Original Playhouse Disney- Live on Stage!===
[[Image:Bear.jpg|350px|thumb|Bear from Bear in the Big Blue House was the host of Playhouse Disney- Live on Stage!]]
The original Playhouse Disney Live on Stage! began inside the world of Bear in the Big Blue House. As the show started, a cast member told guests they were going to visit Bear in his home. After some audience participation, Bear appeared on stage having just returned home from a walk. After a short conversation, Bear and the cast member would lead the audience in singing, "Welcome to the Blue House". As they were singing, other characters from the television series including Tutter, Ojo, Treelo, Pip and Pop joined in. After the song ended, the characters from Bear in the Big Blue House decided to dance in order to something special for their guests.
====Stanley====
Since Tutter was still feeling shy. The the cast member would decided to tell Tutter another story, this time about Stanley. As Stanley and his fish Dennis appeared on stage, the Stanley theme song then began to play. After the song had ended , Stanley told Dennis that he was sad, because he had to wash up and go to bed. Stanley then said that he wished he was a gorilla, so that he didn't have to wash. After Dennis told him that Gorilla's gorillas are very clean, Dennis and Stanley decided to look up the animal in the Great Big Book of Everything. Inside the book, Stanley learned that gorilla's gorillas were large animals that were very clean. After reading about the ape, a large gorilla appeared in Stanley’s room. Stanley and the audience then pounded on their chest in order to say hello. The gorilla picked through Stanley's hair, helping to clean him, before going back into the Great Big Book of Everything. After the gorilla left, Stanley agreed that he should brush his teeth and go to bed, thanking Dennis for helping him learn. After the scene, Tutter agreed that your friends can help you learn, but he still wanted one more story.
====Book of Pooh====
The third story took place inside the Book of Pooh. The narrator told guests that Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore and Piglet were enjoying a day in the Hundred Acre Woods. Pooh, after realizing that he has a pot of honey, declared that it was a perfect day. Although Eeyore wants to take a nap, Tigger tells him that it is the perfect day for bouncing. The cast member then told guests they should join in with him.
After the bouncing, Pooh observes that all of his friends have different ideas of what a perfect day is, and he wondered how they could all be right. Piglet suggested that they should ask the narrator what a perfect day is. The narrator told them that everyone has their own perfect day, because everyone is different. Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger then sang a song, celebrating their differences. After the song, Pooh realized that they forgot to ask Piglet what his perfect day is. Piglet responded that as long as he's with his friends everyday , every day is a perfect day. The narrator then said goodbye ending the story.
====Finale====
The scene then shifted back to Bear in the Big Blue House, where Bear suggested that if everyone danced, Tutter would too. The entire Bear in the Big Blue House cast then sang a song, encouraging the audience (and Tutter) to dance. Tutter (after dancing ) thanked the audience for being such good friends. After the rest of the characters left, Bear realized that they hadn’t seen Luna yet today. Bear then told Luna the events of the day, before deciding concluding that with friends there is nothing you can't do. Bear and Luna, and the rest of the Bear and the Big Blue House characters then sang the Goodbye Song as the show ended.
===Later Additions===
====JoJo’s Circus====
[[Image:JoJo.jpg|300px|thumb|In 2005, characters from JoJo's Circus were added to the attraction.]]In the JoJo's Circus scene, JoJo and her friend Skeebo were looking for Goliath the Lion, who was hiding. With guests help, JoJo eventually finds found Goliath inside a cannon. After being reunited, JoJo realizes that Goliath had the hiccups. Skeebo would then suggest that they surprise Goliath to get rid of the hiccups, and the audience was told to stand up and yell as loud as they could. When the whole audience yelled together, Goliath's hiccups disappeared. JoJo then taught everyone (including the audience) how a to bow. The Cast Member then asked JoJo what she learned today, to which she replied, "Some things are more fun if you have good friends", ending the scene. Tutter then reappeared, agreeing that it was fun when friends laughed and sang together.[[Image:JoJo.jpg|thumb|In 2005, characters from JoJo's Circus were added to the attraction.]]
====My Friends Tigger and Pooh====
The My Friend's Tigger and Pooh scene began with Tigger, Pooh and the Darby hearing the Super Sleuth sign. The characters and the audience then said the Super Sleuth oath, before Roo appeared on stage, telling them that his kit kite was stuck in a tree. After Pooh asked how the kite got in the treethere, Roo would explain that the wind knocked it into the tree.
After shortly brainstorming, Tigger decided that he could bounce high enough to get the kite. Tigger then sang a short song about bouncing, while the cast member encouraged the audience to bounce along with him. After the song, the team decided that they were going to have to think some more. Pooh, Tigger and the Darby then agreed that everyone (including the audience) should blow the kite out of the tree. This plan worked, freeing the kite and ending the scene.
===Current Version: Disney Junior- Live on Stage!===Disney Junior Live on Stage! began with a cast member named Casey running on stage while the Disney Junior theme song played. Casey then asked all of the audience to yell out their names. While everyone was yelling, Mickey Mouse himself yelled out his name, and then invited the audience to his clubhouse. As guests arrived at the clubhouse, Mickey and Casey sang the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme song, during which Minnie, Donald, Daisy and Goofy appeared.
====Jake and the Neverland Pirates====
====Finale====
After Jake and the Neverland Pirates leave left stage, Daisy, Goofy, Donald and Mickey appear appeared on screen. All of them were able to accomplish their tasks. Mickey then tells told everyone to yell surprise when Minnie enters entered the room. After Minnie thanks thanked everyone, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Daisy and Casey sing sang the song that Donald wrote for the occasion. Casey then tells told the audience to stand up and dance with them.===Former Scenes=======Handy Manny====The first tool that the team uses is a toolbox from Handy Manny. As the scene changes, the Handy Manny theme song is played. After Mickeythe song ends, Handy Manny and all his tools appear on stage. Handy and his team need to fix a bubble machine in time for the new park to open. As the tools begin work, they sing the "Jump In" song. After the song, Pat the hammer decides that he can fix the machine all by himself. His hammering however breaks the wooden base of the machine. After Pat decides he’s going to get out of the way, Manny decides that the machines hose is broken. The rest of the tools then chip in to fix the machine, which they do while singing the "Fix it" song. Although they initially think they fixed the machine, the motor of the machine falls down, and Manny realizes he needs Pat to fix it. With the audience’s help, Handy Manny and Casey find Pat, who is able to fix the machine, while the audience chants "Go Pat go". After Pat fixes the machine, bubbles fill the room and guests sing the "Fix it" song one more time as the scene ends. ====Little Einsteins====After the Handy Manny story, Donald decides that everybody should have a part in his song and he then leaves the scene happily. After Donald leaves, Goofy complains that he is having a hard time making his cake. Casey then decides to use another tool, this time transporting guests to the land of the Little Einsteins. After the Little Einsteins theme song ends, guests are informed that today’s episode is known as "The Great Sky Race" with music by Nikolai Rimsky. The Little Einsteins then tell guests that Rocket needs the audience to help him zoom across the sky and win the sky race, although Big Jet (another airplane) also wants to win the race. The Einsteins then agree that the best way to help Rocket is to cheer him on. To help Rocket, the audience is instructed to pat their lap slowly, and then clap their hands faster before finally raising their hands and shaking. All of these actions are done to the tune of Flight of the Bumblebee. All of the encouragement leads Rocket to catch and eventually pass Big Jet, winning the race and ending the scene.
==Watch the Show!==
To see the current final version of Disney Junior- Live on Stage! click play below.
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==Fun Facts and Trivia==
* 10 shows of Disney Junior- Live on Stage! are were performed every day.
* Every cast member on the current final version of the show is was given the name Casey.
* Dan Fields is was the creative director for Disney Junior-Live on Stage!<ref>http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2011/02/disney-junior-live-on-stage-press.html </ref> * James Silson was the puppet master of Disney Junior- Live on Stage! in [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]]. His brother Scott Silson was the puppet master of Disney's California Adventure's version of the attraction <ref> https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/04/ten-years-of-fun-at-disney-junior-live-on-stage-at-disney-california-adventure-park/ </ref>
==References==