3. Frozen – Live at the Hyperion (Disney California Adventure)

Frozen: The Broadway Musical officially made its debut this month, but avid fans of the 2013 film don’t need to trek to New York City to enjoy a Broadway-caliber show. Frozen – Live at the Hyperion boasts one of the sleekest and best-designed productions in any Disney Park, with impressive puppetry, an enormous rotating staircase, a 2,200 square-foot LED backdrop, and all of the cheery ensemble numbers and angsty power ballads that enlivened the animated film. (Elsa’s instantaneous transformation during “Let It Go” is worth the price of park admission alone.) After Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular enjoyed a 13-year run at the Hyperion Theater, it’s not difficult to imagine that Frozen will find similar success here, provided that Hollywood Land isn’t too overrun by Marvel properties in the future.

2. Festival of the Lion King (Disney's Animal Kingdom)

You’d be hard-pressed to find a more beloved Disney Parks show than Festival of the Lion King. That alone doesn’t earn it top billing on this list, obviously, but it’s easy to fall in love with the vibrant display of multicolored costumes, iconic Lion King puppets, and incredible fire twirlers and acrobats that sing, dance, and fly around Harambe Theater. Better yet, this show doesn’t try to recreate either the 1994 animated blockbuster or the hit Broadway production; rather, it’s imbued with the energy and heart of its source material while bringing something totally unique to the table (er, Pride Rock) and proving that you don’t need cutting-edge special effects to captivate audiences.

1. Fantasmic! (Disneyland Resort)

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I know, I know—Fantasmic! already made the list! But there are quite a few differences between the Walt Disney World and Disneyland stagings, enough that we think Disneyland deserves to be set apart in these rankings. Almost everything about the Walt Disney World version of the show holds true here: the 50-foot-tall mist screens, pyrotechnic effects, fireworks, and 45-foot animatronic dragon are as awe-inspiring as they sound. Coupled with the intimacy of the seating arrangements around Rivers of America, where the show is staged, the audience is brought into the heart of Mickey’s fever dream as they are alternately sprayed by the mist and warmed by the dragon’s fiery breath. Add to that the fog effects and floating magic carpet during the Aladdin sequence and the newly-refurbished Black Pearl overlay on the Sailing Ship Columbia, and it’s clear why Disneyland’s Fantasmic! stands a cut above the rest.

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