Wondrous Journeys
Wondrous Journeys was a projection mapping and fireworks show at Disneyland that debuted on January 27, 2023. It premiered alongside World of Color: One as part of the Disney 100 Years of Wonder celebration to commemorate the 100th anniversary of The Walt Disney Company. The show contains a large assortment of songs and characters from Walt Disney Animation Studios films.

History
The show was announced on September 11, 2022 during the D23 Expo. It was developed by Disney Live Entertainment and Walt Disney Animation Studios as part of a collaboration. The show's original run started on January 27, 2023 and ended on August 31, 2023.

Technical details
The show features special projection effects showcasing the tribute to Disney animation consisting of blank pieces of paper, pencil sketches, and transitions from black and white to finalized colors as well as featuring characters such as Mickey Mouse, Bambi, Ariel, Mirabel, and Winnie the Pooh.

The show has four viewing areas within the park: Main Street, U.S.A., Sleeping Beauty Castle, It's A Small World, and Rivers of America. The projection mapping for the show was made by Medici Media (formerly Mousetrappe).

Show scenes

Show summary
Wondrous Journeys is a multimedia show that created to celebrating 100 years of Walt Disney Animation Studios and the entire company as a whole. It features a montage of all 61 films released by the studio over the last 100 years which pays tribute to Disney as well as moments featuring characters from films, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Frog, Frozen, Encanto, Wish, and many other films.

Opening
The list below shows complete scenes during the show. Due to differences in projection size, certain scenes are absent from the castle side and the Fantasmic! stage side.

Introduction
At the start of the show, an introduction welcomes guests with the following words:

"For over a hundred years, Walt Disney Animation Studios has invited audiences to believe things never possible. And so tonight, we once again invite you to wish upon stars, to step into the unknown, and to join us on this our Wondrous Journey."

Shortly afterwards, the music begins with Plio's opening narration from Dinosaur before the show theme It's Wondrous begins:

"Some things start out big, and some things start out small, but sometimes the smallest thing can make the biggest change of all."

During the introduction, the projection on the Fantasmic! stage shows lights with the same colors as Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, while other buildings just show blue searchlight-like lights.

After that, the original theme song of the show It's Wondrous plays, and features the line drawing and footage from the following shorts and films:
Steamboat Willie (Mickey's footage origin)/Orphan's Benefit (Donald's footage origin)/The Whoopee Party (Goofy's footage origin)
Line drawing from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with following support line drawing contents:
Pinocchio/Lady and the Tramp
Encanto/The Princess and the Frog
Tarzan/Peter Pan
Line drawing and concept art from Bambi
The Sorcerer's Apprentice from Fantasia
Tarzan/The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh/Pocahontas/The Firebird Suite from Fantasia 2000
Concept arts and animation from The Sorcerer's Apprentice/Aladdin/The Little Mermaid
Concept arts and animation from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs/Frozen/Cinderella

Act 1
After the introduction that contains the original theme song of the show, a transition occurs featuring the Philadelphia Orchestra's silhouette in Fantasia. In this part, the instrumental version of When You Wish Upon a Star plays, then the first lyric of I'm Wishing sung by Snow White combined with the melody from I'm Wonder from Sleeping Beauty. After that, the reprise of When You Wish Upon A Star plays for the castle side, for it features a flyover of Blue Fairy that is accompanied by shooting stars of fireworks, while for the other buildings, it shows the films instead below:
Tangled
Lilo & Stitch
The Princess and the Frog
Aladdin
Chicken Little
Peter Pan
Cinderella
The Fox and the Hound
Wish
Songs of Hope and Yearning
This is a segment that featuring the concept art and the characters sung from three films from Disney Renaissance era as well as Moana from the Disney Revival era.
Go the Distance (Hercules)
Belle (Beauty and the Beast)
How Far I'll Go (Moana)
Out There (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
In the Out There segment, all characters from four films sing together at the finale.

Act 2
This act begins with Tiana's father James telling her about her dream and the hard work.
"But you remember, Tiana, that old star can only take you part of the way. You got to help him with some hard work of your own."
Upon the conclusion of the quote, the song Almost There plays with initially slowing-mode to depict the scenes of Tiana from The Princess and The Frog, Pocahontas from Pocahontas, as well as Simba and Mufasa from The Lion King. With the song becoming more upbeat, the scenes transition from The Lion King into featuring characters from many films from different locations:
Alice in Wonderland 
The Black Cauldron
Lilo & Stitch
Oliver & Company
The Aristocats
Brother Bear
It then switches into a footage featuring The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and therefore it transitions into a scene where Peter Pan is flying with his friends combined with the a snippet of You Can Fly taking the journey to depict the footage of ships from the following films:
Lilo & Stitch
Meet the Robinsons
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
The Great Mouse Detective
Moana
Treasure Planet 
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Main Street only)
Whales from Pines of Rome from Fantasia 2000
For another part, For the First Time in Forever plays, and it features some scenes from the following films in different buildings:
Raya and the Last Dragon
Encanto
Mexico from The Three Caballeros
The Pastoral Symphony from Fantasia
Bumble from Melody Time
Robin Hood
Pedro from Saludos Amigos
Big Hero 6
Tangled
Tarzan
Aladdin
Frozen II
The Rescuers Down Under
The Rescuers
The Sword in the Stone
Dumbo
The Sorcerer's Apprentice from Fantasia

Act 3
This act begins with transition with the opening speech from Milo, and during this act, particularly during the scene of the Golden Bridge from Big Hero 6, the castle side features a flyover of Baymax, while other buildings and Rivers of America use projection animation of Baymax and Hiro Hamada. After that, the song Immortal plays featuring dialogues from Disney characters from Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Raya and the Last Dragon, and Big Hero 6. From these scenes, it combines with I'll Make a Man Out of You from Mulan and features movie's characters from the different buildings. In the climax, Casa Madrigal from Encanto collapses, with all related buildings except the tavern at the Fantasmic! stage area collapsing in the same way while Baymax breaks a hole in Krei's teleportation portal space.
Transition featuring Treasure Planet
Immortals (Big Hero 6)
During the scene of The Golden Bridge from Big Hero 6, the castle side features a flyover of Baymax, while other buildings use projection animation of Baymax and Hiro instead.
Opening speech includes:
Milo from Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Sergeant Calhoun from Wreck-It Ralph
Raya from Raya and the Last Dragon
Big Hero 6/Aladdin/Encanto/Wreck-It Ralph
Mulan/Hercules/Tangled/Raya and the Last Dragon
Immortals (Big Hero 6)/I'll Make a Man Out of You (Mulan)
Mulan/Hercules/Moana
Raya and the Last Dragon/Robin Hood/Aladdin
The Rescuers Down Under/Treasure Planet (Main Street projection) or Zootopia (elsewhere)/Frozen II
Beauty and the Beast
The Old Mill from Silly Symphony
Casa Madrigal's collapse from Encanto, with all related buildings except the tavern at the Fantasmic! stage (Sleeping Beauty Castle, all shop buildings at Main Street, U.S.A. and the It's a Small World building) collapsing in the same way while Baymax breaks a hole in Krei's teleportation portal space.
Immortals (Big Hero 6, instrumental)/Mufasa Dies (The Lion King)
Zootopia
Frozen II
Cinderella
Mulan
The Lion King
Bambi
Pocahontas
Tarzan
Moana
I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) (Moana)
Dos Oruguitas (Encanto, instrumental)
Mulan
Frozen II
Dos Oruguitas (Encanto, refrain part); all related buildings transform into Casa Madrigal with the following contents appearing as Casa Madrigal's glowing door style:
The Madrigal family from Encanto
Simba, Nala, Timon, and Pumbaa from The Lion King
Aladdin, Jasmine, Genie, and The Sultan from Aladdin
Belle and Beast from Beauty and the Beast
Tiana, Naveen and Louis from The Princess and the Frog
Mowgli, Baloo, Bagheera, King Louie, and Rama from The Jungle Book
Aurora, Phillip, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather from Sleeping Beauty
Moana and Maui from Moana
Anna, Elsa, Sven, Kristoff, and Olaf from Frozen
Ariel and King Triton from The Little Mermaid
Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto

Finale
It's Wondrous (reprise)
The Little Mermaid
Tangled/Encanto/The Sword in the Stone
Aladdin/Zootopia/The Little Mermaid
Dumbo/Tarzan/Raya and the Last Dragon
Frozen/Beauty and the Beast/The Black Cauldron
The Sorcerer's Apprentice from Fantasia/Peter Pan/Cinderella
Treasure Planet/Atlantis: The Lost Empire/Symphony No. 5 from Fantasia 2000
Peter Pan/The Rescuers Down Under/Bambi
Moana/The Lion King/Brother Bear
The show concludes with the following dialogue (with "When You Wish Upon A Star" as background music):
Narrator: "And so we come to the end of this chapter."
Winnie the Pooh: Oh no, please! Can't we go back to page one and do it all over again?"
Narrator: "But Pooh, it is just another turn of the page, and I for one think what comes next will be wondrous..."
Conclusion (final tones of It's Wondrous)
The Firebird Suite from Fantasia 2000
Big Hero 6/Home on the Range/One Hundred and One Dalmatians/Winnie the Pooh(2011)/Ralph Breaks the Internet
The Princess and the Frog/The Jungle Book/The Emperor's New Groove/Meet the Robinsons/Pinocchio
Bolt/Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs/Hercules/Strange World/Dinosaur
It's Wondrous (Lawrence Version) (Exit Music)

Soundtrack
Wondrous Journeys contains a total of 18 songs. "It's Wondrous", an original song created by Duddy Brown and Alex Geringas, is used as the theme song for the show. The other 17 songs are from various Walt Disney Animation Studios films.

Critical reception
The show received critical acclaim from the guests for showcasing nearly all animated films and shorts made by Disney.

See also
 Disney Enchantment
 Disney Dreams
 Happily Ever After

References

Attribution:

External links
 Official website

Disneyland
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts fireworks