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3243.8 #11 (DL Qual #5)
September 4, 2012 9:06 AM
Good morning! This day in Disney history, Sep 4th, 1997. "The Spirit of Pocahontas," performed @ the Fantasyland Theater in Disneyland, gives its final performance after nearly a two & half year run. The show opened on June 23, 1995. The stage was modeled after a sacred ceremonial ground in the Virginia forest. Do you remember this show? Here is a link to more info : http://is.gd/2yYE9J to make the link "clickable" on the app version, click detail on the bottom of this thread. :)
I loved this show! As did my daughter who was 5-7 yrs old during the show's run. We saw it every time we went, sometimes more than once a day! And it's true...there were a lot of injuries! The stage was built on an angle (sloped down towards audience) to allow a different view for the audience. This created an unnatural surface for the actors/dancers to move on and there were lots of twisted and broken ankles. I remember one show in particular where Pocahontas went down and still did the rest of the show, but limped through it. - Gia
782.1 #119 11:27AM
Oh wow! Thanks for that insite on the injuries! Those poor actresses/actors & dancers! I'm really dissapointed I missed out on this. Thanks as always for sharing with us gia0330b - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 11:37AM
Thanks for posting more DL history so I can contribute! - Gia 782.1 #119 11:40AM
Wow that's awesome I never got to see the show. - HanLostLeia
1092.5 #75 9:09AM
Me either! I'm watching YouTube videos of it right now. Wish I could find one with the entire show. - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 9:15AM
I remember this! - ladylikesdisney
921.5 #95 9:16AM
Lucky! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 9:30AM
Awesome! Wish I would have came more often to DL back then. I was a crazy teen. Thank you for this post! - PrinceTeaJack
785.3 #118 9:18AM
I think I only went once when I was a teenager, I was too busy riding space mountain over and over again to watch a show. :( bummed now. - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 9:39AM
oh neat! thanks for your QCH! - HandMeAChurroImmaFaint
1762.5 #43 9:19AM
Thanks for the love but I have no idea what the "h" stands for? Yes, I'm a nerd. - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 9:40AM
Hammocks has to be it! Bhahahah - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 10:23AM
Never got to see it either. Very cool - ScooterMike
1959.8 #35 9:22AM
We missed out ScooterMike! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 10:23AM
little CM insider info: This show was known as "the spirit of BROKE-ahontas" because so many of the entertainment cm's were hurt during it's production which was part of the reason it was pulled from the parks. - TIdoubleGuhErCM
53.6 #3672 9:28AM
Interesting!! Thank you for adding that info! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 9:31AM
Oh no! - poipolegirl 102.8 #2993 9:39AM
I remember this show! :D I think I still have few pictures from it :] - MEHlanie_Mouse
690.1 #146 9:32AM
Really?!! How neat! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 10:24AM
I saw the show once when I was younger, I thought it was pretty good. - chris.
2507.1 #24 9:33AM
Another fortunate MWer! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 10:24AM
I remember that! I remember the talking tree was really cool. - MakilHeru
4.0 #13682 9:40AM
After watching the videos, I'll have to agree that tree was impressive! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 10:25AM
I don't remember this. I wish I could of seen it. - VfxGenie
1352.7 #59 9:40AM
Me too! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 11:00AM
Wish I woul have seen it, it must have been a great show to watch with a lot of different activity on stage. Grandmother Willow looks good I'm guessing her lips moved? That would be an amazing thing to see - poipolegirl
102.8 #2993 9:41AM
Yes! She talked! There is quite a few videos on YouTube if you are interested. :) - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 11:01AM
I loved this show. I remember I kept a handful of the "leafs" that would fall during the show. I wish they would do another great production in the theatre. - BettyPoop
232.0 #1211 9:42AM
How neat! Were these leaves made of paper? - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 11:02AM
I missed this comment. I still have some paper leaves too! So awesome. - DisneyBride°O° 366.5 #378 12:00PM
I loved that show!!! - Disneymomblessedx3
317.8 #526 9:42AM
It seemed like it was quite impressive! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 11:02AM
I actually remember this show! It was pretty neat how they had a fire on stage - BaseballMickey_CM
2788.2 #16 9:54AM
That would have been very neat! Did the fire go for the entire scene? Or just in the beginning? - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 11:03AM
I don't remember. YouTube is your friend - BaseballMickey_CM 2788.2 #16 11:47AM
I remember this!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane. 😊😊 - DisneyFanZoe
1083.8 #77 10:20AM
Thanks for you're kind comment DFZ! 😘 you're lucky to have seen it! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 11:03AM
That would have been awesome to watch! - madsdad
1120.0 #73 10:37AM
Bet Mads would have LOVED this show huh?! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 11:04AM
This was my FAVORITE show! I wish they'd bring it back :/ - JediMasterSimba
196.4 #1672 10:39AM
Aww sounds like it touched a lot of people in a special way! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 8:23PM
This was a great show!!!! - adisneyfamily
470.8 #256 10:55AM
So I hear! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 8:23PM
Good Morning - LaPearleNoir
559.5 #198 10:57AM
Good evening! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 8:24PM
I don't think I ever saw this one. Thanks for the info SMK. I'll have to check out YouTube for sure. - LilSterner
2655.9 #17 11:03AM
DO iT! 😂 - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 8:24PM
Oh wow I remember this from one of my first trips! Pocahontas was my favorite growing up and this show was amazing! - AshleyLynn22
747.6 #136 11:05AM
I could so see you dressed up as a little Pocahontas! Cute! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 8:25PM
I loved this show! I even have some of the confetti shaped like leaves they used on the show! Hahaha I collect confetti. I got some from the El Capitan theater durning the opening show for the movie Brave. It's in shape of gold stars from the La Luna Short! - HollyGolightlyPrincess
383.6 #348 11:06AM
Oh really?! Where do you keep the confetti? In a scrapbook! What a fun idea! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 8:25PM
In a trunk in the garage with some of the kids keepsakes from when they were little. - HollyGolightlyPrincess 383.6 #348 8:43PM
I wish I would have done a scrapbook..I just wasn't that organized hehe - HollyGolightlyPrincess 383.6 #348 8:45PM
I never got to see this!!! But when I was a lil girl I used to run through my grandparents back yard cause there were a bunch of trees and pretend I was Pocahontas!! Lol - CourtyAstroBlisters
431.1 #289 11:07AM
How fun! I could totally see a tiny CAB doing that! How cute!! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 8:33PM
We saw the show when Edina Menzel was Pocahontas. Didn't know how big she was goin to be. - NascarDave
220.2 #1352 11:10AM
Gosh, never got to see this! - meridafan
1031.9 #84 11:16AM
i always look forward to these! - OhanaPhoto
1413.9 #56 11:28AM
Thanks for the info! It's always fun to learn some of Disney history! - LaTruce
1605.7 #46 11:28AM
::fist bump:: - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 8:34PM
I used to take my cousin to this show. She is a MWer now. :) - Minnis2Society
360.0 #388 11:55AM
I loved this show!!! I still have some of the colorful paper leaves that shot out of the cannons at the end. I loved watching shows here when I was little. Hope they use that theater again. - DisneyBride°O°
366.5 #378 11:57AM
Another confetti collector! I think I may have to start doing this! Fun idea! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 8:35PM
Thank you for the tip about clicking details, I had no idea! And great piece of history - sleepyhead
368.0 #374 12:01PM
You're so welcome! Took me awhile to figure this out myself! Lol - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 8:36PM
MozBaby would have loved this show!!! - MozPrincess
577.4 #188 1:26PM
Oh yeah! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 8:36PM
Thanks again for these posts!! Always so informative. - RickChavez
2177.5 #30 5:59PM
Thanks for always commenting on them! - Duchess_SMK 3243.8 #11 8:37PM
I remember this show!!! Saw it summer '95 many times!!! My sisters were very young at the time...they still talk about watching this show every time we visit DL :o) This is a "remember when..."event in my family. Ahh, memories :o) - HadMatter
351.2 #406 6:11PM
Even though this was informative to the audience, most of the dancers were not native Americans. Although, southern ca.has many indigenous tribes Disneyland could have hired to make the show more culturally correct. I'm Cherokee/Choctaw. - oceanfan90
48.0 #3784 6:38PM
Thanks for the history lesson Duchess. I never got a chance to see this show. I also never see pochantas in the parks:( - SpaceRAYnger
2388.2 #26 8:15PM
Wow, I absolutely remember this, as it was my daughter's favorite thing at DL! She was 2 when this debuted and has been obsessed with Pocahontas ever since the movie came out. We have many tapes of her watching this show, since she was so enthralled with it and I'm going to have to watch them again to see if any of them have Idina as Pocahontas. Brings back a world of wonderful memories... thank you! 😃 - Nala
331.4 #463 8:39PM
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