Walt Disney Creative Entertainment

Walt Disney Creative Entertainment

Type	Division
Founded	2000
Headquarters	Glendale, California, U.S.
Products	Theatrical/technical live entertainment productions
Owner	Walt Disney Imagineering (Walt Disney Parks and Resorts)

Walt Disney Creative Entertainment, full name Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Creative Entertainment, is the theatrical live entertainment production division of Walt Disney Imagineering, the design and development arm of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, a segment and direct subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.^[1]

History

Disney Entertainment

Formerly founded as Walt Disney Entertainment as a wing of the Walt Disney Company, it produced all shows and parades for Disney worldwide, including everything from the Disney-created Super Bowl Half-time shows to theme parks. The division was altered on January 31, 2001, at the retirement of Executive Vice President, Ron Logan, who was the head of the division.

Disney Creative Entertainment

Disney Creative Entertainment was founded in 2000 with the arrival of Executive Vice President Anne Hamburger.

Works

Some of the company's most notable works since being officially formed in 2000 include:

Disneyland Resort

• "Paint the Night" - Disneyland Park
• "World of Color: Celebrate" - Disney California Adventure Park
• "Disneyland Forever" (May 22, 2015) fireworks and lighting display with smoke effects and lighting effects - Disneyland Park^[2]
• "Mickey and The Magical Map" - Disneyland Park
• World of Color - Disney California Adventure Park
• The Magic, the Memories and You - Disneyland Park
• Remember... Dreams Come True - Disneyland Park
• Independence Day-themed Disney's Celebrate America: A 4th of July Concert in the Sky - Disneyland Park
• Snow White - An Enchanting Musical - Disneyland Park
• Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams - Disneyland Park
• Pixar's Block Party Bash - Disney California Adventure Park
• Pixar's Play! Parade - Disney California Adventure Park
• Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular - Disney California Adventure Park
• Disney Junior: Live on Stage! - Disney California Adventure Park
• Mickey's Soundsational Parade - Disneyland Park
• Fantasmic! - Disneyland Park ^[3]
• Light Magic - Disneyland Park ^[3]
• The Lion King Parade - Disneyland Park^[3]
• Frozen – Live at the Hyperion (May 27, 2016) Hyperion Theater, Disney California Adventure^[4]

Walt Disney World Resort

• The American Idol Experience - Disney's Hollywood Studios
• Finding Nemo – The Musical - Disney's Animal Kingdom
• Wishes - Magic Kingdom
• The Magic, the Memories and You - Magic Kingdom
• Disney Junior: Live on Stage! - Disney's Hollywood Studios
• Celebrate the Magic - Magic Kingdom
• Fantasmic! - Disney's Hollywood Studios ^[3]
• Festival of Fantasy Parade- Magic Kingdom
• Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage! - Disney's Hollywood Studios ^[3]
• Dick Tracy - Disney-MGM Studios ^[3]
• Festival of the Lion King - Disney's Animal Kingdom ^[3]
• Laserphonic Fantasy - EPCOT Center ^[3]
• IllumiNations - EPCOT Center ^[3]
• IllumiNations 25 - Epcot ^[3]
• Legend of the Lion King at the Magic Kingdom ^[3]
• SpectroMagic - Magic Kingdom ^[3]
• The American Idol Experience - Disney's Hollywood Studios
• Finding Nemo – The Musical - Disney's Animal Kingdom
• Wishes - Magic Kingdom
• The Magic, the Memories and You - Magic Kingdom
• Disney Junior: Live on Stage! - Disney's Hollywood Studios
• Celebrate The Magic - Magic Kingdom
• Fantasmic! - Disney's Hollywood Studios ^[3]
• Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular - Disney's Hollywood Studios
• Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage! - Disney's Hollywood Studios ^[3]
• Dick Tracy - Magic Kingdom ^[3]
• Festival of the Lion King - Disney's Animal Kingdom ^[3]
• Laserphonic Fantasy - EPCOT Center ^[3]
• IllumiNations - EPCOT Center ^[3]
• IllumiNations 25 - Epcot ^[3]
• Legend of the Lion King at the Magic Kingdom ^[3]
• SpectroMagic - Magic Kingdom ^[3]

Tokyo Disney Resort

• Cinderellabration: Lights of Romance - Tokyo Disneyland
• Mickey's Gift of Dreams - Tokyo Disneyland
• Disney's Dreams on Parade - Tokyo Disneyland
• Jubilation! - Tokyo Disneyland
• Legend of Mythica - Tokyo DisneySea
• Fantasmic! - Tokyo DisneySea

Disneyland Paris

• Disney Dreams! - Disneyland Park
• Disney's Once Upon a Dream Parade - Disneyland Park
• Wishes - Disneyland Park
• The Enchanted Fireworks - Disneyland Park
• The Legend of the Lion King - Disneyland Park
• Winnie the Pooh and Friends, Too - Disneyland Park
• Disney Junior: Live On Stage! - Walt Disney Studios
• Animagique - Walt Disney Studios
• Buffalo Bill's Wild West Dinner Show - Disney Village ^[3]

Hong Kong Disneyland Resort

(All events held at Hong Kong Disneyland)

• Festival of the Lion King
• Mickey and the Wondrous Book
• Flights of Fantasy Parade
• Disney in the Stars
• Mickey's Rainy Day Express
• Disney Paint the Night

Disney Cruise Line

• Twice Charmed - Disney Magic
• Tangled The Musical - Disney Magic
• Toy Story the Musical - Disney Wonder
• The Golden Mickeys - Disney Wonder and Disney Dream
• Disney Dreams An Enchanted Classic - Disney Magic and Disney Wonder
• Villains Tonight - Disney Magic and Disney Dream

Other venues

• Main Street Electrical Parade—New York Route at New York, New York (As part of the opening of Hercules) ^[3]
• 2000 Super Bowl Half Time Show ^[3]
• 2016 Honda Celebration of Light - Vancouver Fireworks

References

1. "New Stage Musical Based on 'Frozen' Opens at Disney California Adventure". NBC Los Angeles. NBCUniversal Media, LLC. City News Service. May 27, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
2. Shaw Brown, Genevieve (May 19, 2015). "Sneak Peek of Disneyland's New Fireworks Spectacular, 'Disneyland Forever'". ABC News online. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
3. Created under Walt Disney Entertainment
4. Paulson, Michael; Barnes, Brooke (6 June 2016). "Let It Go Go Go! Three Stage Versions of 'Frozen' Are on the Way". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 13 June 2016.