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The cover of the portfolio that contained notes from the 1940 story meeting

In the late 1930s-early 1940s, after all the segments for Fantasia had been selected, Walt asked his storymen and artists to start coming up with ideas for segments that could be included in follow-ups to the film. On Tuesday, May 14, 1940, he and Leopold Stokowski held a story meeting for the new ideas were to be discussed. Present at this meeting were Ben Sharpsteen, Joe Grant, Bob Carr, Ed Plumb, Bill Cox, Fred Stark, and Herb Perry. In Fantasia 2000, Bette Midler's introduction to The Steadfast Tin Soldier gives a rundown of some of these scrapped segments.

The ideas for segments that the storymen had come up with and gotten some artists to draw concept art for included the following:

Ride of the Valkyries[]

Set to the composition of of the same name by Richard Wagner, this segment was to have depicted the Norse myth about the Valkyries who rode down to battlefields during war and took fallen heroes up to Valhalla. However, Walt felt that the piece couldn't be used because it was too closely associated with the Germans, due to the fact that Wagner was one of Hitler's favorite musicians. Art for the sequence was designed by Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen.

Swan of Tuonela[]

Set to the 1895 tone poem of the same name by Jean Sibelius, this segment was based on the Finnish legend that told of departed souls being guided toward heaven by a white swan. Although, Walt opted to not have the swan seen in order to keep the piece atmospheric. Due to this, the segment would merely have shown a boat bearing a corpse floating through reeds, then a cave, before it ascended into heaven.

Adventures in a Perambulator[]

Set to the 1914 piece of the same name by John Alden Carpenter, this segment would have followed a baby going for a day at the park and showed how he interpreted everything he saw. Artist Sylvia Holland did some preliminary drawings for this segment.

Invitation to the Waltz[]

Set to the 1819 piano composition of the same name by Carl Maria von Weber, this segment would have featured Peter Pegasus from the Pastoral Symphony segment and would have shown him leaving his mother's nest and having mischievous encounters, first with some ducks, then with a bumblebee before he returned.

"Baby Ballet"[]

"Our country's great natural resources of 'bottomless goo-appeal' have never been properly exploited. If audiences gurgle with glee at even a glimpse of a baby in a live-action picture, what would they do over a whole ballet of superbabies?"
—Bob Carr, June 9, 1943


Much like Dance of the Hours, this segment was to have parodied grand musical revues and would have featured babies performing mock dance steps in a nursery while they were being fed, diapered, bathed, etc. by a flock of storks. The music selected for this segment was the piano lullaby "Berceuse, Op. No 57" by Frédéric Chopin. Artwork for this sequence was designed by Mary Blair. In Fantasia 2000, Bette Midler refers to this scrapped segment as a "Baby Ballet" implying it was not named properly.


Flight of the Bumblebee[]

Set to Rimsky Korsakov's 1899 piece of the same name, this segment was to have followed the antics of a bee. Storyman Sam Armstrong suggested that if and when the concept was used, Walt could project an image of the bee onto the walls of the theatre in order to make it appear as if it were flying over the audience. Despite this scrapped segment being properly named, when mentioned by Bette Midler in Fantasia 2000, she refers to it as a "Bug Ballet", which also featured a concept art that has no relation the the below seen concept artwork.

An alternate version of this segment with a jazzier version of Korsakov's composition by Freddy Martin was eventually used in Disney's 1948 animated feature film Melody Time, as the Bumble Boogie segment.

"Schwanda the Bagpiper"[]

At one point, a sequence that was inspired by Jaromír Weinberger's 1926 opera of the same name was considered by the Disney artists, and would have been set to an extract of the Polka and Fugue. Not much is known about the segment apart from being mentioned by Bette Midler in Fantasia 2000 along with a single concept artwork of Schwanda that was shown at the same time.

Destino[]

Main article: Destino

Bette Midler's introduction for The Steadfast Tin Soldier in Fantasia 2000 had the first known public mention of Destino, which was still under production at the time. The original test footage, as well as a storyboard image depicting the moment Chronos bats away a ball, were featured as well. Curiously, Midler's description of it as "an idea that featured baseball as a metaphor for life" implied it to be a "baseball ballet", yet the only prescense of baseball in the short itself is in the aformentioned moment towards the end.


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Fantasia 2000: Donald DuckDaisy DuckColorful TrianglesBlack TrianglesHumpback WhalesDukeFlying JohnKilljoy MargaretFoo-FooJoeRachelNasty NannyTin SoldierBallerinaJack-in-the-BoxToy SoldiersYo Yo FlamingoSnooty FlamingosNoahSpring SpriteThe ElkThe Firebird
The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Balthazar BlakeDavid "Dave" StutlerMaxim HorvathRebecca "Becky" BarnesDrake StoneVeronica GorloisenMorgana le FayMerlinAbigail WilliamsSun Lok
Deleted/Unused: OtikaSunflowerNutcracker SentriesDahliaChronosLorenzoMolly

Segments
Fantasia: Toccata and Fugue in D MinorNutcracker SuiteThe Sorcerer's ApprenticeThe Rite of SpringThe Pastoral SymphonyDance of the HoursNight on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria

Fantasia 2000: Symphony No. 5Pines of RomeRhapsody in BluePiano Concerto No. 2The Carnival of the AnimalsPomp and CircumstanceThe Firebird Suite

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Yen Sid's TowerMount OlympusBald MountainNew York CityPrehistory
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Unused Fantasia SegmentsClair de LuneSunflowerOtikaEgret CoupleNaiadsDestinoThe Little MatchgirlOne by OneLorenzo
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