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Magic Journeys was the first 3D movie created by Walt Disney Imagineering for a Disney theme park. This 3-D film was one of the opening attractions at Epcot in October 1, 1982. Starting on June 16, 1984, it began its short run at Disneyland inside the new Magic Eye Theater in Tomorrowland. In January 1986, Disneyland closed the show and Walt Disney World followed suit on February 9th in order to make way for the new space adventure, Captain EO
. Walt Disney World later moved the movie into the Fantasyland Theatre inside the Magic Kingdom on December 15, 1987. It played there until December 1, 1993 in order to make room for the Legend Of The Lion King show.

Magic Journeys looked at the world through the eyes of a child. The film started with children running through a meadow and looking at clouds. Someone blew on a dandelion and the seeds then flew away, turning into stars and then turned into the sun. Next the kids were seen flying a kite at the beach. The kite then turned into a bird, a fish, a school of fish, a flock of birds, bird wings, a Pegasus, a horse and then finally into a merry-go-round. While the children rode the carousel, they began reaching for a brass ring spinning next to the carousel; it became a moon, a bat, a witch, a mask and finally into the Sphinx. The movie was shown in the then-new medium of 3-D film, while tied together by the Sherman Brothers' theme for the attraction, by the same title.

Attraction Facts

Directed by: Murray Lerner
Music by: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

Walt Disney World

Official opening: October 1, 1982 (Opened with EPCOT Center)
Closing at Epcot: February 9, 1986
Reopening at Magic Kingdom in Fantasyland Theatre: December 15, 1987
Closing at Magic Kingdom: December 1, 1993

Disneyland

Official opening: June 16, 1984
Closing: January 1986

Tokyo Disneyland

Official opening: January 17, 1985
Closing: 1987

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