This “multimedia” presentation at Disney Hollywood Studios is terribly muddled.
It has Way Cool technology. Notably, they use lasers to project scenes onto clouds of water mist, then add zooted characters, many aboard little ferries or sprawled across a constructed mountain. Lots of cases of Mickey “teleporting” around.
Unfortunately, the story leaves a lot to be desired. It starts auspiciously, essentially with the intro to Fantasia. If they continued down that road, it would seem super to me.
Alas, they instead muddle it all up. Mickey falls into his dreams, with the two possible directions:
- Presenting his happy dreams, or
- His nightmares.
This misses 3, heading down the sensual/sexual road, of course! Not that that would be a good part of the “family-friendly” facade, so I’ll not knock Disney overly for this lack!
Unfortunately, this is where the never-ending muddle begins. Apparently, Mickey dreams assortedly about Pocahantas, Beauty and the Beast, where “battle” bits of the tales are presented. Then, the scary nightmare emerges with evil dragon, genie, and witches cry jeopardy. A very peculiar world view that does not make much coherent sense.
Of course, as this is all Mickey’s dream, he trivially “pops the bubble” to assert a happy ending. Evidently, Mickey’s nightmares are not terribly persistent! Rather unlike the sorts of nightmares that keep adults up at night…