Immersive Disney Animation Experience Coming To Las Vegas In March

Usually if you want to experience a slice of Disney, you'd have to pack the car and head to Anaheim. Now, for once, a slice of Disney is coming to Las Vegas!

Lighthouse Artspace Las Vegas, a projection mapping experience at The Shops at Crystals (next to Aria), is playing host to "Disney Animation: Immersive Experience" beginning March 30th. Families will be able to walk among the Disney Animation classics of past and present. From The Lion King to Frozen, The Little Mermaid to Encanto and countless others. While the production covers the whole of Disney Animation, note that doesn't include Disney/Pixar. Those are different productions from different departments, so don't expect any visits from WALL-E, Woody, Buzz or The Incredibles.

You'll be able to sing along to Disney favorites while being enveloped in the imagery of that song. Wristbands provided to VIP and Premium ticket holders will glow in different colors to sync up with the show.

Projection mapping is a process where several projectors sync up to create a seamless image that shines along walls and floors. Lighthouse Immersive, the company behind the experience, has been near the forefront of the technology for a bit now. They were (one of the several) behind the Van Gogh projection experiences nationwide, along with the "Immersive Nutcracker" experience that is running right now.

The event is the first of its kind for Disney. Usually Disney's appearances in the valley are limited to Feld Entertainment's Disney On Ice and Marvel's Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. at TI.

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am on the Lighthouse Immersive website. The show is expected to run 12 weeks and, if it goes well, far into the future.

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Disneyland draws more 15 million visitors to its gates every year, as families from across the globe come to enjoy the Happiest Place on Earth. To imagine and engineer the magical kingdom, Disney has employed some of the most creative minds in the world (dubbed Imagineers) to work together to design world-class attractions that are both awe-inspiring and entertaining.

When Walt Disney opened the gates for the first time on July 17, 1955, the park consisted of 33 different attractions. Today, 13 of these opening day experiences still exist to delight visitors with timeless thrills and memories, while the full Disneyland park has expanded to over 50 unique attractions.

Stacker, set out to compile a definitive list of every Disneyland attraction you can enjoy today and ranked them by their age. Using real-time data from Touring Plans, Disney archives, and historical news releases and reviews, our list starts with exciting recent park additions and stretches back to the oldest opening-day classics. This list focuses on the original Disneyland Park, so you will not see any rides from its neighboring California Adventure located just across the promenade. Read on to discover the oldest Disneyland rides you can still ride today.

Autopia is the only Tomorrowland ride that remains from opening day. When the park opened, this attraction represented the future of auto travel, as interstate highway legislation had yet to be signed. Guests hop aboard mini cars and totter around a designed track. This attraction is particularly fun for kids, who can help drive the car at speeds of up to 6.5 miles per hour. The ride underwent a 5-month refurbishment in 2016 where the vehicles were all repainted, re-tired, and given lower-emission engines.

The Disneyland band helped herald in a new era in amusement parks. In 2015, 14 of the 16-member ensemble were reassigned to other musical groups around the park and new blood was brought aboard to bring a new energy for the 60th anniversary. The band performs four times per day, including the flag retreat ceremony at the end of the day.

When the first train departed from the Disneyland Main Street Station, it only had one other stop, New Orleans Square, and just two trains. Today, there are four stops—Main Street, New Orleans, Tomorrowland, and Toontown—and five trains. The 18-minute tour is unique to Disneyland, as it features a few dioramas in addition to the park scenery.

The Jungle Cruise is the third ride to inspire a film. The theme of the ride is a journey through a tropical jungle. While onboard, guests will see exotic animals in The Mekong River, African Congo, Nile River, and Amazon. In addition to narrowly escaping an angry hippo, guests also endure some seriously punny humor from the cast members. Disney briefly considered using real animals in the trek but changed his mind after consulting animal care specialists.

King Arthur Carousel still operates after more than 60 years. This particular carousel (and many of the horses) first appeared in Sunnyside Beach Park in 1922. Walt bought the carousel and replaced other animals (there were giraffes and deer as well as horses) with additional antique horses. The attraction features 68 wood-carved horses and more than 3,300 lights, while the vignette scenery inside the carousel is all hand-painted.

This classic fair ride gets guests plenty dizzy as they spin and twirl in giant teacups. The ride consists of 18 cups sitting on three separate turntables, spinning on top of an even larger turntable. The cups all twirl a bit, but passengers can spin the center wheel faster for a more intense ride. Make sure to check the weather if you’re eager to go on this ride, as it's one of the few attractions that don't run in the rain.

This attraction has six separate movie screens in one room. The screens show a set of classic Disney cartoons like "Steamboat Willie" and "The Dognapper." Disney built the attraction as an homage to early filmmaking.

Walt Disney named The Mark Twain Riverboat after his favorite author. The 28-foot tall boat is 105 feet long and has four decks, including the Pilot House, Promenade Deck, Sun Deck, and Main Deck. The ride is 14 minutes long and includes narration. The captain of this ship doesn't actually control the boat at all, instead communicating with an operator on the boiler deck who controls the speed and direction of the vessel along a guide rail.

Passengers climb aboard a car for a beautiful drive through the country with Mr. Toad, but the trip takes several zany turns as the cart races past boxes, books, and barrels. The ride was refurbished in 1983 to give it a more updated exterior and to add more detail and special effects to the ride. Original ideas for this ride included a rollercoaster version, but Imagineers ditched the idea in favor of a more family-friendly option. This attraction is unique to Disneyland Park. Walt Disney World's version of the ride was closed in 1998, despite massive protests, leaving Anaheim the sole home of Mr. Toad's road trip.

As one of the oldest rides in Disneyland, it's also one of the most popular, with lines regularly settling in at an hour or more even on less crowded days. Passengers board individual flying ships and lift up into the air to view different scenes from London and Neverland as the vessel hangs from a track above and navigates gentle dips and turns.

Disney Resort has an all-new dining experience called Space 220 Restaurant. And before you get too excited, we are not going to the real outer space but we are going to the next best thing!

This out-of-this-world adventure resides in World Discovery at EPCOT, located in Bay Lake, Florida. Hang on tight as you travel Mission: SPACE Pavilion past the milky way while eating a tasty meal.

This new stellar eatery showcases breath taking 360 degree views from the space station. Guests will get to see Plant Earth from outer space in daytime and nighttime. So how does it work? We're glad you asked.

Travelers of all ages will enter the space elevator that shoots them into space. Make sure to check out the viewports as your elevator soars sky high to enjoy beautiful birds-eye views of EPCOT. The dining experience shows Planet Earth from 220 miles up!

The menu is modern American with two dining options to choose from including a two course meal for lunch or a three course meal for dinner. The price point isn't cheap but worth it.

Lunch menu is $55 per adult which includes a Lift-Off Appetizer and a Star Course Entrée.

Dinner menu is $79 per adult which includes a Lift-Off Appetizer, a Star Course Entrée and a Supernova Sweets Dessert.

Children's dining menu costs $29 for lunch and dinner. The menu has a vast selection of Atmospheric Spirtis, Crew Brews and Wordly Wines.

No matter what you order we are sure it will make your taste buds rotate round and round.

It is important to note that guests will need a confirmed dining reservation. You can find out more details on Disney's website HERE.

We know dining in space would be remarkable but unfortunately mankind hasn't figured out how to do that yet. So until then, this Disney interactive space restaurant will have to do.

Ryan Reynolds thinks Disney should reconsider the ratings on a few of the studio's classic films. As Disney+ announced yesterday (July 21) that the R-rated Marvel movies Deadpool, Deadpool 2 and Logan will soon be available to stream on the service, Reynolds, who plays Deadpool, couldn't help but share his thoughts on the move.

"We're supposed to announce Logan and Deadpool will soon be the first R-rated movies on Disney+. But we all know some Disney movies should already be rated R for irreversible trauma," Reynolds tweeted.

See which Disney Classics Reynolds called out below:

"Breaking and entering. Borderline polyandry. Pretty sure those diamonds aren't cruelty-free."

"Total ugly-cry inducing straight up murder of Old Yeller. Also, bear abuse."

"Fratricide. Mauling. Very possibly half-sibling lovin', or at least kissin' cousins. Seriously."

"Cold-blooded killing of an innocent deer mom, that will cause lifelong trauma."