Disney Enchantment : Come for the Fireworks , Stay for the Projections
BY TIMOTHY MOORE
There are a few defining moments in a young man ’ s life : his first words , his first steps , his first trip to Walt Disney World , his first date , the day he got Christina Aguilera ’ s eponymous debut album for his birthday in 1999 , and the day he watched her slay at the debut of Magic Kingdom ’ s new nighttime spectacular , Disney Enchantment , 22 years later .
THE MAGIC OF CHRISTINA AGUILERA Magic Kingdom was packed that night on September 30 , 2021 , as Bob Chapek and Bob Iger prepared to launch a soft debut of Disney Enchantment , the new fireworks show released for the 50th anniversary . But for as many people as were there , you could have heard a Disney pin drop as Ms . Aguilera walked onto the stage to perform .
I was instantly transported back to the morning I first saw Mulan . With sticky fingers and a Pokemon T-shirt , I stood , with my mom and some friends , in a line outside that wrapped around the theater . Even as a seven-and-a-half-year-old , I understood how groundbreaking Mulan was when I saw it on that big screen .
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ABOVE : The projections and lighting effects extend all the way down Main Street , U . S . A . PHOTO BY LAURIE SAPP