[1] Designed specially for the park's 20th anniversary in 2012, the show originally ran from 1 April 2012 to 24 March 2017, when it was replaced by Disney Illuminations.

[5][6] Conceived by World of Color creator Steve Davison, the show features projection mapping onto the park's castle, fireworks, water fountains,[7] fire, music, lasers, searchlights, mist screens and other special effects.

Peter's shadow goes through a number of Disney films, including Ratatouille, Aladdin, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Lion King, Brave, Tangled, and The Princess and the Frog.

Using the technique of projection mapping, the castle can be visually transformed in numerous ways such as shrinking, spinning and turrets flipping.

Also reported was that Dreams would be simultaneously broadcast live on the official Disneyland Paris YouTube channel.

The Light Ears (known as "Glow with the Show" Ears in the US) debuted in 2012 at Disney California Adventure for World of Color and eventually made its way to Disneyland Park in California and Walt Disney World in Florida for Fantasmic!

Sharing similar elements with Disney California Adventure's World of Color: Winter Dreams, the show is hosted bilingually by Olaf (English) and Anna (French) from Frozen.

The show celebrates the winter season with several holiday-themed segments, featuring scenes from Frozen, Toy Story, Bambi, Fantasia, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Lady and the Tramp, Melody Time, and various vintage Mickey Mouse shorts.

[11] Running from 12 November 2022 to 8 January 2023, the 2014–2017 iteration of the show is used and is bookended by the existing Disney D-Light pre-show and a new post-show called Follow the Light (both designed for the park's 30th Anniversary celebrations).

[12] The revival also introduced new LED mesh screens that were placed on some of the castle's roofs, replacing the long-used light cages since 2004.

Despite its closure, Dreams was temporarily revived several times throughout the run of Illuminations, oftentimes for paid after-hours events for the resort's Annual Passholders (AP).

† – replaced the original sections from the 2012 premiere ("Step in Time" from Mary Poppins, "I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)" from The Jungle Book respectively.

"Come Dream A Dream" replaced "Un monde qui s'illumine" by Chantry Johnson, Noemie Legrand, and Tony Ferrari from 1 October 2023 at the end of the park's 30th anniversary celebrations) ‡ – replaced by "Let It Go" from Frozen in 2015 and 2016The show is known to use a large amount of audio-visual, lighting, pyrotechnic and hydrotechnic technology.

[16] 16 Christie video projectors were originally used throughout the show to projection map onto the 2,500 sqm castle[16] which has been 3D scanned to create a computer model.

[17] Four projectors are installed on the roof of Main Street buildings, with an additional eight in purpose-built locations around the moat and viewing area.

In preparation for the 2023 revival of Dreams, the remaining 12 LED-lamp projectors were replaced with laser-lamp ones to improve show quality of the projected images and consume less electricity.

Additional mesh screens were installed on the remaining roofs in time for the 2023 revival of Dreams, notably on the rightmost tower.

[17] 15 isopar flamethrowers with telescopic arms are located around the castle building, projecting fire up to 15 meters into the air, with heat that can be felt by the audience.

Featuring LEDs at their base, the patented designs have been used at Disney California Adventure in World of Color.

A new show called Disney Electrical Sky Parade, inspired by Disneyland Paris version of Main Street Electrical Parade, temporarily premiered on 8 January 2024, as part of Disney Symphony of Colours celebration.

[22][23] The show was initially expected to run until 30 September 2024, but was later extended to 6 January 2025, with it from 31 May onwards serves as a pre-show for Disney Illuminations when the latter returns.