Happy HalloWishes: A Grim Grinning Ghosts Spooktacular in the Sky
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| Status | Discontinued |
| Opening date | MTA: 1 October 2014 MRT: 8 October 2016 |
| Closing date | MTA: 31 October 2014 MRT: 31 October 2016 |
| Theme | Halloween |
| Designers | Soleurs Second Star Creative Entertainment |
| Duration | 14 minutes |
| Host | Ghost Host |
| Sponsor | IntraAir |
Happy HalloWishes: A Grim Grinning Ghosts Spooktacular in the Sky, known shortly as HalloWishes, is a fireworks show that was presented at the Lillian Disney Amphitheatre in Konawa. The show is loosely based on the popular Haunted Mansion attraction and includes vocal appearances by Disney Villains. The show was sponsored by IntraAir.
Happy HalloWishes: A Grim Grinning Ghosts Spooktacular in the Sky first premiered on the MTA server on October 1, 2014, and was showing on the MRT Server from October 8, 2016, to October 31, 2016. The show has since been discontinued.
Background
The original show was created in 2005 by a team at Walt Disney Creative Entertainment to create a dedicated fireworks show for the "Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party" at the Walt Disney World Resort.
History
The original iteration of this show in Minecraft was created by Soleurs in September 2014. The original show was designed by MTA Creative Entertainment, a division of Frontier Group on the old Minecraft Transit Authority. It ran from October 1, 2014 until October 31, 2014, and was never shown again due to the closure of that server in July 2015. In July 2016, Soleurs decided that it was time to create a new home for his shows on the MRT Server, and commissioned mustang_guy to create a new fireworks amphitheatre to present these shows in for Konawa. On 23 September 2016, Soleurs announced that the first show would be HalloWishes.
Plot summary
The premise of HalloWishes is that the residents of the Haunted Mansion, led by the mansion's "Ghost Host," are preparing for a celebration of Halloween. The 999 happy haunts, called by Madame Leota, are the first to arrive as the opening lines of "Grim Grinning Ghosts" are played, followed by a pop band version. After the Ghost Host welcomes guests, the mood is set with "This is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Then the guests are serenaded with the spirits' special brand of karaoke (which the script calls "scary-oke music; just a few tombs [tunes] we've 'dug up' for the occasion") in a medley of Disney's spookiest music. Later, some of Disney's most infamous villains join in, starting with Ursula from The Little Mermaid "plopping in" on the party and adding her own musical mix to the festivities. Jafar from Aladdin and Oogie Boogie from The Nightmare Before Christmas soon follow, and arriving last but far from the least is Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, showing how Halloween should really be celebrated. The party ends with the "scream-along" grand finale.
Soundtrack
The musical soundtrack of the show is Halloween-themed, and is in many cases the music of villains from various Disney films.
- Grim Grinning Ghosts" (from the Haunted Mansion attraction) (Buddy Baker / X Atencio)
- "This is Halloween" (from The Nightmare Before Christmas) (Danny Elfman)
- "A Little Night Music Scary-oke" Medley:
- "Poor Unfortunate Souls" (from The Little Mermaid) (Alan Menken / Howard Ashman)
- "Cruella DeVil" (from One Hundred and One Dalmatians and its 1996 live-action remake) (Mel Leven)
- "Never Smile at a Crocodile" (from Peter Pan) (Frank Churchill / Jack Lawrence)
- "The Elegant Captain Hook" (from Peter Pan) (Sammy Cahn)
- "The Skeleton Dance" (from the Silly Symphonies short, The Skeleton Dance) (Edvard Grieg, adapted by Carl Stalling)
- "Trust In Me" (from The Jungle Book) (The Sherman Brothers) mixed in with "AEIOU" (from Alice in Wonderland) (Oliver Wallace / Ted Sears)
- "Heffalumps and Woozles" (from Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day) (The Sherman Brothers)
- "Pink Elephants On Parade" (from Dumbo) (Wallace / Ned Washington)
- "Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?" (from The Three Little Pigs) (Churchill)
- Ursula's Spellbound Medley:
- Reprise of "Poor Unfortunate Souls"
- "Be Prepared" (from The Lion King) (Elton John / Tim Rice)
- "Court of Miracles" (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame) (Menken)
- Jafar and Oogie Boogie's Medley:
- "Arabian Nights" (from Aladdin) (Menken)
- "Oogie Boogie's Song" (from The Nightmare Before Christmas) (Elfman)
- Maleficent's Visit:
- "Night on Bald Mountain" (from Fantasia; voice-over by Maleficent) (Modest Mussorgsky)
- "Hellfire" (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame) (Menken)
- Reprise of "This is Halloween" and "Grim Grinning Ghosts" in a "Scream-Along" medley finale
- "I Put a Spell on You" (from Hocus Pocus) (Screamin' Jay Hawkins; plays as the exit music for the show)
Voices
- Madame Leota - Eleanor Audley
- Ghost Host - Kevin Michael Richardson
- Ursula the Sea Witch - Pat Carroll
- Jafar - Jonathan Freeman
- Oogie Boogie - Ken Page
- Maleficent - Susan Blakeslee
- Ghost Hostess - Leota Toombs