Laserphonic Fantasy Premieres
A groundbreaking nighttime extravaganza, Laserphonic Fantasy showcased a mesmerizing combination of lasers, music, and special effects. This 3rd spectacular created for World Showcase, was the first able to be viewed from all around the lagoon, as well as the debut of the four “Maxi” barges comprised of fountains, water screens and pyrotechnic launching platforms, and the Laser barge centerpiece featuring a fiber optic projection sphere.
The show was developed as a successor to “New World Fantasy” and which opened a year earlier in 1983 with both shows featuring a synthesized soundtrack arranged by composer and legendary Walt Disney Entertainment producer, Don Dorsey.
The Festival of Festivals/Carnival de Lumiere (Laserphonic Fantasy)
FULL PROGRAM
FANFARE
Fanfare from "La Peri" (Dukas)
ACT I — CELEBRATIONS ON LAND
Symphony No. 5, First Movement (Beethoven)
Flight of the Bumblebee, from "Tale of the Tsar Sultan" (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Zampa Overture (Herold)
Piano Concerto No. 1, Third Movement (Beethoven)
La Vie Parisienne (Offenbach)
Dance of the Comedians, from "The Bartered Bride" (Smetana)
Bourrée, from the Water Music Suite (Handel)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, First Movement (J.S. Bach)
Orpheus In Hades, Galop (Offenbach)
Trisch-Trasch Polka (J. Strauss)
Italian Concerto, Third Movement (J.S. Bach)
William Tell Overture (Rossini)
ACT II — SPECTACLES ON WATER
Blue Danube Waltz (J. Strauss)
The Pines of Rome, The Pines of the Villa Borghese (Respighi)
Der Rosenkavalier, Waltz (R. Strauss)
Symphony No. 1 in D, "Titan," Second Movement (Mahler)
ACT III — REVELRIES IN PYROTECHNICS
Carnival Overture (Dvorak)
March of the Toreadors, from "Carmen" (Bizet)
Alla Hornpipe, from the Water Music Suite (Handel)
Symphony No. 1 in D, "Titan," First Movement (Mahler)
Symphony No. 9, "Choral," Fourth Movement, "Ode to Joy" (Beethoven)
"Lohengrin," Prelude to Act 3 (Wagner)
Firebird Suite, Finale (Stravinsky)
Great Gate of Kiev, from "Pictures at an Exhibition" (Mussorgsky)
Promenade (Reprise), from "Pictures at an Exhibition" (Mussorgsky)
1812 Festival Overture (Tchaikovsky)
Hear Don Dorsey discuss the creation of the show as part of his appearance on Michael & Jeff Crawford’s Progress City Radio Hour.
Laserphonic Fantasy begins at 55:53.
EPILOGUE
Laserphonic Fantasy would run from June 9th, 1984 until January 24th, 1988 when it would be replaced six days later on January 30th by the original IllumiNations!
