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Mickey's PhilharMagic is a "4D" show that uses 3D technology, scents and water to tell a story. The film took over three years to complete, due to the fact that many characters had to be re-rendered in 3D. 3000 3D elements had to be molded, painted and animated in order to create the show. Disney animator Glen Keane returned to render Ariel in 3D. Likewise, Nik Ranieri the supervising animator of Lumiere (during Beauty and the Beast) re-rendered him. Disney tried to use the characters original voice actors as much as possible (either through re-recording or archival recordings), although some characters required new voice actors to be brought in. Perhaps most significantly, archival recordings of Clarence Nash (the original voice of Donald Duck) were used to voice Donald. According to George Scribner, the animation director of Mickey's PhilharMagic said that Donald Duck was chosen as the films main character because he showed his emotional extremes quickly.

Disney announced the creation of PhilharMagic in a press release issued on January 31, 2002. The show replaced the Legend of the Lion King in the Fantasyland Theater (the theater located next to [[Peter Pan's Flight]]. Construction began on March 1, 2002, only five days after the Legend of the Lion King Closed. On October 3, 2003 Mickey's PhilharMagic officially opened. Since it's opening, the show has not experienced any significant changes.

* I Pagliaccci performed by Willy the Whale. Willy the Whale was the star of the Disney short, "The Whale Who Wanted To Sing At the Met". The short was about an opera singing whale and it appeared in the 1946 Disney film, "Make Mine Music".

After moving through the queue and seeing the posters, guests pick up their "opera glasses" (which are really 3D glasses) and head into the waiting room. Here Minnie tells guests when the show is about to start, and the theater doors open "magically". Upon entering the theater, Goofy can be heard telling guests to be seated and to move to the end of the rows. As he walks unseen around the room, sound gags can be heard. These include Goofy tripping and falling, stepping on a cat, and getting electrocuted. Just as the is about to start, Minnie (offstage) tells Mickey that Donald and the orchestra are missing and it's showtime! Goofy, who apparently only hears that it's showtime, opens the curtain, despite Mickey yelling that they are not yet ready.

The scene then becomes dark and shifts. Donald now finds himself shrunken and in the world of the Sorcerer's Apprentice. As music from Fantasia plays, the Magic Brooms from the movie come in, and begin to splash water everywhere. Just as Donald is about to grab the Sorcerer's Hat, a series of Brooms splash him with water. When Donald gets splashed, so does the audience. After being hit by the water, a little Magic Broom comes through. Donald then takes away the broom's bucket and laughs triumphantly. His victory is short lived however, because hearing the little broom cry, a giant broom comes in and throws his bucket of water (once again hitting the guests), transporting Donald to another movie.

After being hit by the bucket of water, Donald finds himself under the sea with Ariel from the Disney movie, The Little Mermaid. Ariel picks up the Sorcerer's Hat and begins to sing Part of Your World. As Donald tries to get his hat back, he is distracted by her singing. While she is singing, Ariel shows the audience her treasure, which then seems floating right in front of the guests.