IN
SEARCH OF THE MAGIC
IN
THE MOST MAGICAL PLACE ON EARTH
...( part 2 of 3 )
It was the last week of July, and the first days of August, 1998.
It was HOT!
Miller --- Jammmers to those in the know, MindMyst to those on Yahoo
--- found himself in
Disney World, Orlando, Florida.
In August, I published an article here in the FORUM describing some of my initial impressions regarding David Copperfield's Magic Underground, and Disney World in general. That piece is archived at this website and located in the Magic Section. Click here to take you directly there. This is the second of three installments which will be archived to the same place and left here for your amusement indefinitely. Please do write to me with your impressions of this work.
Bubble Nicolas 
Mime and Bubble ... talk about street performing. 
Unfortunately I missed seeing this one, even though my favorite place
in EPCOT is visiting the World Showcase.
RAFIKI
and JAMMMERS
Shaman and Magician
Hakuna matata!
Jon Armstrong, magician ... at the Rose & Crown
magician in a "London" Pub... This is missed, too!
This basic lack of planning information is due to the sheer size of Disney
World. The Internet is helping shrink this problem in a decisive
way.
And, no search for magic would be complete without the presence of the spirit world. Disney presents us with magnificent examples of traditional background environments that we magicians love to employ often... The Haunted House.
Haunted Mansion
The Tower of Terror
Also, there is a beautiful, live-performance, interactive stage set
collection of The Wizard of OZ, which is a regularly playing portion of
The Great Movie Ride at Disney's MGM Studios Theme Park.
Disney offers a large selection of live performances to its guests. These are the shows that I search out every time I go to visit. This visit I managed to find the following shows...
In the Magic Kingdom: The
Famous live cruise guides of the ...
Jungle Cruise in Adventureland.
MGM Studios: The Mulan Parade, Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular, Street Brass Emsemble, The Blues Brother's Band, and The Great Movie Ride.
The Animal Kingdom: The Hai
Jenga Stiltwalkers, and a cool, live band performing at the Dawa Bar, in
Harambe, Africa.
Live "Performer" in The Garden
of the Tree of Life
In Epcot: The Acrobats of
China, the Chalk Artists of Italy ... 
... and the Junkanoo Bus!
At the Polynesian Resort: The
Hawaiian Luau
This show is simply great!! You must see it, if you haven't already.
Yes, there is a portion of the show featuring Polynesian Fire Juggling.
And it is very, very good. I have many portions of the show video
taped, but nothing is like seeing it live! It's magical that way.