Mickey and the Wondrous Book

Mickey and the Wondrous Book is a live stage show that premiered in Storybook Theater at Hong Kong Disneyland on November 17, 2015, as part of its 10th anniversary celebration.

On June 23, 2015, David Lightbody, Director of Entertainment and Costuming at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, says, "As the heart and soul of a theme park, Disney’s entertainment and shows have played an integral role in creating fond memories for guests at Hong Kong Disneyland in the past 10 years. We are committed to bringing more Disney stories to life and creating more excitement and appeal through a variety of new entertainment and shows for our guests for decades to come." To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the new stage show offering an all-new experience of Disney stories and it will broadcast the 10th anniversary of the theme song "Happily Ever After".

Show summary
This 28-minute musical show is set in a magical library, where the adventurous hero Mickey with his trusty sidekick Goofy discover a magical book that can bring stories to life. When curious Mickey opens the book, the comical snowman Olaf (puppet perform) from Frozen falls out. While trying to get Olaf back inside, Mickey is magically drawn into the book.

From here, Mickey sets out to find Olaf’s story after discovering the magic of the book and the power of its first six stories, featuring The Jungle Book, The Little Mermaid, Tangled, Brave, Aladdin and The Princess and the Frog.

Finally, Mickey and Goofy come across the last incredible story of “Frozen” and restore Olaf to his rightful place.

Show Soundtrack

 * Happily Ever After (show theme)
 * The Jungle Book
 * The Bare Necessities
 * I Wanna Be Like You
 * Princess Trio - songs of hope and yearning
 * Part of Your World (The Little Mermaid, yearning for exciting new experiences)
 * When Will My Life Begin (Tangled, yearning for a life among)
 * Touch the Sky (Brave, yearning to achieve fame and glory)
 * Friend Like Me (Aladdin)
 * The Princess and the Frog
 * Almost There
 * Dig a Little Deeper
 * Let It Go (Frozen)
 * The Reprise of Happily Ever After
 * The "other" six stories in the Wondrous Book
 * Beauty and the Beast
 * Mulan
 * The Lion King
 * Cinderella
 * Toy Story
 * Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
 * The Flags
 * Bambi
 * Finding Nemo
 * One Hundred and One Dalmatians
 * Monsters, Inc.
 * Lady and the Tramp
 * Dumbo

Trivia

 * This stage show and Mickey and the Magical Map at Disneyland are "sister shows", which means their creative director is Sylvia Hase.
 * This is the third Disney parks stage show that three difference Disney characters singing the songs of hope and yearning together, the first is Disneyland's former stage show "Animazment - The Musical", the second is its current stage show "Mickey and the Magical Map".
 * In each stories in the Wondrous Book except Frozen, featuring at less one to three characters carved into each corners, listed below:
 * The Jungle Book: Kaa
 * The Little Mermaid: Flounder
 * Tangled: Pascal
 * Brave: Harris, Hubert and Hamish
 * Aladdin: Abu
 * The Princess and the Frog: Frog Naveen and Frog Tiana
 * Beauty and the Beast: Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts and Chip Potts
 * Mulan: Two Mushus
 * The Lion King: A rhinoceros and a giraffe
 * Cinderella: Jaq and a female mice
 * Toy Story: Slinky Dog, Hamm and Mr. Potato Head
 * Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Dopey
 * The show has put the elements of local culture in Hong Kong to play, when translated from the original English script do Chinese, to make performances more authentic, they added a few Cantonese dialogues, such as Mickey called King Louie “阿叔” (in English known as "sir") after his perform, and Goofy chasing Olaf's body without his head and called its "Pat Pat" (in English known as "butt") before the perform of Aladdin and the final.
 * When Mickey used the fastest way to find Olaf's story (in the twenty-eighth page) after the performed of The Princess and the Frog, the guests can see Mickey had passed a few little pages of Pocahontas (The Colors of the Wind in the fifth page) and Alice in Wonderland (The Cards in the fifteenth page) in the Wondrous Book.
 * When Olaf try to help Mickey out of the page in the final scene, he tells Mickey to think somethings about summer, which the line he talks are from his song "In Summer", such as "Bees'll buzz", "the burning sand", & "A drink in my hand".
 * In The Reprise of "Happily Ever After" song featuring the "other" six stories in the Wondrous Book, it is first time to see that the Beast with an articulated head in the Beauty and the Beast page.