Disney's Fantillusion

Disney's Fantillusion!, sometimes known by its full name: Disney's Fantillusion Parade, and sometimes called Fandy, was a regularly scheduled night-time parade, created by Ron Logan, that performed nightly at Disneyland Paris during its summer and winter seasons.

parade premiered at Tokyo Disneyland on July 21, 1995 featured light, music, special effects and Disney characters.

Each act would enter one portion of the park's parade route and then halt for a "show stop".

After six years at Tokyo Disneyland, the parade closed at the end of its "Sayonara Disney's Fantillusion!"

Of the 31 floats in the Tokyo version of the parade, 15 were transported to Disneyland Paris due to financial limitations.

These floats were initially utilized to train new drivers but have since found other uses in providing spare parts.

Paris also bought most of the original costumes used in Tokyo's production of the parade, but owing to electrical difficulties and European performers being larger than their Asian counterparts, some were unable to be utilised.

was due to debut in Paris in 2002, when the Main Street Electrical Parade would have been running for ten years, but instead, because of the problems with the floats and the fact that Disneyland Paris still pushed emphasis on their newly opened Walt Disney Studios Park, Fantillusion had to wait another year for its Parisian debut.

After many weeks of the parade rehearsing in Disneyland Paris after park closing hours, there was a special Fantillusion preview night on June 28, 2003 for Annual Passport holders.

The parade then premiered to the public at the start of its first Summer season on July 5, running until August 31.

In Summer 2005, the "Bat Forest" float was removed from the parade in response to budget cuts and terrible guest feedback.

However, the "Bat Forest" float returned every Halloween night, carrying Jack Skellington and Sally from the 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas.

In 2012 at the end of Disneyland Paris' summer season Fantillusion was put on a temporary hiatus.

At Disneyland Paris, the introduction in both English and French is simply: "Mesdames et Messieurs et vous les enfants.

Act 1 - The Enchanted Fairy Garden: "We wish upon a star tonight, to bring the gift of Disney light!

The unique costumes were created using 88 individual designs, 290 different fabrics, and 10 different light mediums including mini-lights and fiber optics.