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Disneyland has introduced that the Jambalaya Jazz will likely be taking their present to the Rivers of America, with guest-favorite Queenie returning to the band as act provides night leisure close to New Orleans Sq.. This submit shares the dates & particulars, plus an replace on nighttime spectaculars together with fireworks and Fantasmic.
For starters, Queenie and the Jambalaya Jazz Band will carry out every night on a New Orleans-themed raft as they float down the Rivers of America. The group will carry out high-energy New Orleans tunes, plus different Disney favorites. There will likely be three units of performances starting at 7:35 p.m. nightly, with showtimes and full particulars within the Disneyland app.
Queenie and the Jambalaya Jazz Band will start showing on the Rivers of America on Friday, July 21, 2023. No finish date is presently set for his or her performances, however Disneyland beforehand introduced that there could be different leisure for the summer time season within the absence of Fantasmic. Nonetheless, not like different summer time leisure, now we have motive to imagine that Queenie and the Jambalaya Jazz Band will carry out past August 31, 2023.
It’s because Disneyland additionally shared that after the energetic and interactive performances of Queenie and the Jambalaya Jazz Band, friends can stick across the Rivers of America to take pleasure in “Wondrous Journeys” (by way of August 31) or “Halloween Screams” (by way of October 31, 2023) with state-of-the-art projection results, plus glowing fireworks on choose nights from the distinctive vantage level on the Rivers of America.
Having fun with the fireworks from the Rivers of America isn’t actually information, however it’s notable that Disneyland is indicating you’ll be able to watch Halloween Screams after performances of Queenie and the Jambalaya Jazz Band. What’s unclear is whether or not Queenie and the Jambalaya Jazz Band will carry out by way of not less than October 31, or if that parenthetical date is just related to the Halloween Screams fireworks.
This additionally has doubtless implications for Fantasmic. Disneyland’s final assertion about Fantasmic got here shortly earlier than Memorial Day: “Our objective is to at all times ship the absolute best present for our friends. With that in thoughts, we’ve made the troublesome choice to place Fantasmic! on hiatus by way of not less than Labor Day. Groups are actively exploring alternate leisure choices for friends this summer time and we stay up for sharing extra quickly.”
Queenie and the Jambalaya Jazz Band on the Rivers of America is a part of that different leisure in lieu of Fantasmic. Not solely that, however each occur on the Rivers of America, that means it’s one or the opposite–not each. If Queenie and the Jambalaya Jazz Band are performing by way of not less than October 31, Fantasmic isn’t.
It’s not an enormous shock to us that Fantasmic gained’t return earlier than Halloween. Beforehand, we cautioned in opposition to decoding the above assertion as that means that Fantasmic will likely be again by Labor Day. Extra doubtless, it appeared like absolutely the earliest date that Fantasmic might conceivably return, and possibly not even the total or regular model of the present. Judging by the character and extent of the hearth harm, it’s doubtless that the Murphy Audio Animatronics determine of Maleficent will likely be lacking for a lot longer.
On the very least, the Maleficent dragon scene is probably going going to be offered in b-mode when Fantasmic does return–if Fantasmic is again in 2023. Whether or not that finally ends up being a mist display (doubtless at first) or a “dragon on a stick” (potential inside a couple of weeks) stays to be seen. At this level, we truthfully wouldn’t be shocked if Disneyland simply decides to delay the return of Fantasmic till 2024.
It’s because Disneyland additionally indicated that Disney’s inventive leisure workforce is utilizing Fantasmic’s downtime to judge the nighttime spectacular and “discover alternatives so as to add new magic and touches” for friends to take pleasure in.
If the present wants to stay darkish for a number of months or if Disneyland needed to make investments tens of thousands and thousands of {dollars} to rebuild the Murphy Dragon AA, it’s doubtless that Disneyland will go a step additional and introduce a reimagined model of the present.
One other large replace to Fantasmic at Disneyland in the course of the downtime is smart. Disney actually simply reimagined the Walt Disney World model of Fantasmic, and did so with nice success and an extremely constructive visitor reception. At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the recently-returned Fantasmic options an all-new sequence that brings to life heroic moments from Disney tales equivalent to Moana, Mulan, Aladdin, Frozen 2, and Pocahontas.
Since its return, I’ve seen Fantasmic at Disney’s Hollywood Studios extra instances than I had within the prior decade mixed. We now make a degree of ending day by day at DHS by seeing Fantasmic, even when meaning selecting the nighttime spectacular over a last-minute trip on Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance.
The Walt Disney World and Disneyland variations have very totally different strengths and weaknesses, and are virtually incomparable in consequence, however frankly, I’d quite watch the Walt Disney World one at this level. The brand new heroic moments sequence is so good and the entire technique of seeing the present within the amphitheater is a lot simpler, that I’d give the sting to the Walt Disney World present from a mixed high quality and practicality perspective. (I really like the best way Disneyland’s Fantasmic has a extra ‘natural’ viewing space, but it surely was a trouble to see final 12 months and will’ve had a digital queue like World of Coloration.)
Level being, Disneyland might cherry choose one of the best parts of the heroic moments additions and as soon as once more have the extra pronounced edge. It’s additionally doubtless that the corporate desires to advertise its newer characters from Frozen, Moana, and different motion pictures. An Encanto section would additionally make sense.
It additionally is smart to reimagine Fantasmic from a PR perspective. It’s not precisely marketable to convey again Fantasmic and say, “we constructed the dragon that we unintentionally burned down–locals, come try the factor you’ve already seen many instances!” Against this, a reimagined Fantasmic with new scenes or different enhancements does give Disneyland one thing to advertise and it’ll draw locals and Disneyland diehards.
Disneyland might do an entire promotional marketing campaign with merchandise, particular menus, popcorn buckets, sipper cups–mainly pull a web page from the Predominant Road Electrical parade playbook. Now that we all know the Disney100 celebration will finish at EPCOT on December 31, 2023–after solely 3 months–it looks like a secure assumption that the 100 Years of Marvel will even wrap up this calendar 12 months at Disneyland.
With attendance beginning to sluggish as revenge journey dies down, Disney will want a promotional push for 2024. Positive, there’s Tiana’s Bayou Journey, and we stay optimistic that trip reimagining will likely be improbable. Nonetheless, that isn’t coming till late 2024 (hopefully!) on the earliest, and it’s unclear whether or not it’ll transfer the needle on trip bookings to the identical diploma as an all-new attraction.
There’s an entire spring and summer time season earlier than it debuts, to not point out not less than 2 years after it opens with no main marketable new sights. Given Disney development speeds, there’s an entire lotta nothing exterior of Tiana’s Bayou Journey between now and 2026 (the earliest a brand new land or attraction might conceivably open if introduced right this moment).
The answer will doubtless be leisure. After years of rumors and wishful pondering, maybe 2024 will lastly be the 12 months that Paint the Night time returns as a substitute of Predominant Road Electrical Parade. It’s been some time, however that’s nonetheless sitting in storage and has the Incredibles float that was added for Pixar Fest in Summer season 2018. That model of the parade solely ran for one season, and hasn’t been seen since.
Paint the Night time over at Disney California Journey and a reimagined Fantasmic at Disneyland could possibly be a formidable mixture round which a advertising marketing campaign and spring/summer time ‘particular occasion’ could possibly be constructed. Add in different enhancements, and this might transfer the needle way over Disney100 or different current pushes.
Turning again to the official announcement, along with Queenie and the Jambalaya Jazz Band, Disneyland additionally teased extra leisure coming to New Orleans Sq.. Beforehand, we floated the next concepts: “a jazz band on the Mark Twain and do nighttime cruises…deck out the Crusing Ship Columbia because the Flying Dutchman and do eerie night voyages.”
I nonetheless suppose each of these could be superior (and viable), however I’ll throw in a 3rd that I need to not have remembered on the time: New Orleans Bayou Bash. This was an superior celebration again in Spring 2012 that featured distinctive character costumes, dwell music, and a Mardi Gras-inspired cavalcade. It’d be a good way to construct pleasure for Tiana’s Bayou Journey and supply much-needed leisure. Win-win!
Finally, we’re completely happy to see that Disneyland is including summer time leisure–even when it did take means longer than anticipated. We’re additionally happy that they’re not dragging out Predominant Road Electrical Parade but once more. (It was good to see it final 12 months, but it surely’s too quickly for one more farewell tour.) Hopefully the teased leisure coming to New Orleans Sq. will likely be good and impressive, too.
Actually, although, we’re extra occupied with what this implies for Fantasmic. It positive feels like Queenie and the Jambalaya Jazz Band will likely be performing previous the summer time season, which just about essentially means no Fantasmic. That’ll undoubtedly disappoint loads of vacationers, and understandably so. Personally, I’d quite see Disneyland focusing their consideration on an enhanced and correctly reimagined Fantasmic for 2024 as a part of an all-new celebration, quite than worrying about producing (and executing) a b-mode model whereas additionally reimagining the nighttime spectacular.
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