Finding Nemo: The Big Blue... and Beyond!
Live puppet and musical stage show at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Finding Nemo: The Big Blue... and Beyond! is a live puppet and musical stage show based on Disney/Pixar's 2003 film Finding Nemo, located at the Theater in the Wild in DinoLand U.S.A at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The original 40-minute show titled Finding Nemo – The Musical started holding previews on November 5, 2006, officially opening on January 24, 2007. The music is composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, who also composed the music for Frozen, using direct lines from the film.
Finding Nemo The Big Blue... and Beyond! | |
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Disney's Animal Kingdom | |
Name | Finding Nemo – The Musical (2006–2020) |
Area | DinoLand U.S.A. |
Coordinates | 28.3571592°N 81.587295°W / 28.3571592; -81.587295 |
Status | Operating |
Soft opening date | November 5, 2006 (original) June 11, 2022 (revamped) |
Opening date | January 24, 2007 (original) June 13, 2022 (revamped) |
Closing date | March 15, 2020 (original) |
Replaced | Tarzan Rocks![1] |
Ride statistics | |
Attraction type | Musical show |
Model | Theater |
Theme | Finding Nemo |
Music | Kristen Anderson-Lopez Robert Lopez[2] |
Audience capacity | 1,500[2] per show |
Duration | 40 minutes (original)[3] 25 minutes (revamped) |
Director | Peter Brosius[2] |
Production Designer | Michael Curry[2] |
Disney Genie+ Lightning Lane Available | |
Closed captioning available |
On March 15, 2020, the original show had its final performance before the Walt Disney World Resort closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak's impact on Florida. A new reimagined and revamped version of the show entitled Finding Nemo: The Big Blue... and Beyond! premiered on June 13, 2022, as part of Walt Disney World Resort's 50th Anniversary celebration.[4]