The Disneyland dragon that burst into a towering inferno during “Fantasmic” has a troubled history stretching back more than a decade to the cursed debut of the 45-foot-tall audio-animatronic beast ...

For over 30 years, Disney fans have flocked to Disneyland to see “Fantasmic!,” a nighttime show that celebrates the power of imagination. But no one could have imagined seeing the dragon used during ...

The stunning inferno that engulfed the fire-breathing dragon in “Fantasmic” has put the venerable nighttime spectacular on hiatus throughout the summer as Disneyland scrambles to come up with ...

Disneyland's Fantasmic show will return next year — without its iconic Maleficent dragon that caught fire during a live performance in April. EW has learned that the California-based resort will nix ...

UPDATE: Disneyland officials released a statement to EW following Saturday's Fantasmic fire, indicating that they are suspending the use of pyrotechnic effects at select Disney parks shows around the ...

Thousands of stunned guests were on hand Saturday night to watch a Disneyland malfunction for the ages: the massive dragon prop, which breathes fire at the climax of the show Fantasmic, going up in ...

Maleficent caught on fire during a showing of Fantasmic! at Disneyland Park which ended with the entire crowd and cast being evacuated. On Saturday (Apr. 22), at the 10:30 PM performance of Fantasmic!

Disneyland officials said in a statement to EW that similar pyrotechnic effects at its global park properties have been temporarily suspended amid the investigation. Joey Nolfi is a senior writer at ...