Dragon at Disneyland's Fantasmic! destroyed by massive fire

Apr 23, 2023 in "Disneyland Resort"

Posted: Sunday April 23, 2023 10:08am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

A massive fire at Disneyland Fantasmic! last night resulted in the total loss of the Maleficent dragon that is featured in the finale of the show.

During the second showing of Fantasmic! last night, the show appeared to be running as normal, with Melficent shooting fire out to ignite the water between the audience and the stage.

Just after the planned fireball, fuel could be seen leaking from the head of the dragon, which soon ignited. The fire continued uncontrolled and quickly accelerated, engulfing the entire dragon in flames.

The show was halted, and all cast and crew were safely removed from the area. Disneyland reports that there were no injuries to cast or guests.

Performances of Fantasmic! have been halted, and the show is likely to be unavailable for the foreseeable future.

You can see the full sequence of events in the video below.

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jrhwdw9 days ago

On X, New Dining Package for F! announced starting Jan 2025. If F! has no Referb, New Dragon still on the way?

TheCoasterNerd17 days ago

Confirmed it was rain, full pyro has returned tonight. There is still a good amount of stage pyro missing during the Malificent section though, plus no water fire

Nland31617 days ago

So is the new dragon already supposedly installed? Or being installed currently? I remember some mentioned it would occur during some past downtime for the island.

jrhwdw17 days ago

True that!!!! I was just talking about now. Believe Holiday returns in 2 Weeks. Is it me or is DLR's Christmas Start a little late this year?

PiratesMansion17 days ago

It's been WELL OVER a weekend of Mix Magic this year. Honestly, I'd be fine with a 70th where they just run Wondrous Journeys, Paint the Night, do another WOC show, bring back the dragon, and call it a day. I imagine there's a zero percent chance they improve on WJ if they were to attempt to right now.

jrhwdw18 days ago

I don't mind Mix Magic for a Weekend or two. Hopefully DL has a real plan for Jan 2025, plus the 70th......... I'm shocked DL didn't want another weekend of Halloween Screams,. Since other Parks are ending Halloween today.

gerarar18 days ago

That's weird because I've seen them do it in the rain before, but maybe things/precautions have changed since then lol Also can't believe Mix Magic is back. Bring back Wondrous Journeys!

TheCoasterNerd18 days ago

That's the rain. They never do pyro in rain. I'm actually pretty shocked they did Mix Magic pyro tonight

gerarar18 days ago

Pyro is gone again tonight (11/2):

Disney Analyst18 days ago

At last!! Another video. Looking at the YouTube video, it does seem pyro only started in the villains segment onward.

gerarar19 days ago

Beautiful. Cross-fingers for no more pyro misfires.

TheCoasterNerd19 days ago

Full pyro (all 6 barges, stage pyro, actor-fired pyro, and water fire) has returned today!

StarWarsGirl24 days ago

There was no pyro last night. No wind advisory to my knowledge. It's 5 mph currently.

Model3 McQueen26 days ago

With price increases, mr squidward, with price increases.