Changes

The film for Mickey’s PhilharMagic took over three years to complete, largely 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 his character. 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 in the new film. According to George Scribner (the animation director of Mickey's PhilharMagic) 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]]) and 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 its opening, the show has not experienced any significant changes.

[[Mickey's PhilharMagic Press Release]]

==Attraction Plot==

Mickey's PhilharMagic is a 4D show, which follows Donald Duck in his quest to recover Mickey's Sorcerer Hat.