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A family-friendly immersive experience coming to will let Disney fans feel like they're part of their favorite films. Disney Animation: Immersive Experience will make its debut at Lighthouse ArtSpace (507 S. Harwood St.) on April 20.

It's from the same team that brought Immersive Van Gogh to cities around the world, including a highly successful run in .

Like so many of us, I have a life-long love of Disney films, ” says Lighthouse Immersive founder Corey Ross in the release. “I’ve grown up with them since childhood and so has my family. The work lends itself brilliantly to the immersive experience and I am confident this program will give our guests the opportunity to be engulfed in the world of Disney, making them feel like they’re standing next to their favorite characters and seeing the world through their eyes.”

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“Just imagine journeying through Zootopia with Judy Hopps, diving to the ocean floor with Ariel, flying on a magic carpet with Aladdin, and stepping into Casita with Mirabel and the family Madrigal. This is where the 'Disney Animation: Immersive Experience' will take you.”

According to the release, additional interactive features include responsive floor projection design that moves with the audience and custom bracelets that light up in sync with the projections and based on the audiences’ movements. A particularly show-stopping moment, organizers say, is when the Gazillion Bubbles special effects team fills the 500, 000 cubic feet of galleries with bubbles.

“Trailblazing in a new medium is always exciting, and this is truly going to be the most challenging and rewarding project of my career, Dale says in the release. Being entrusted with Disney’s rich archive of animation is a great honor, but also a tremendous responsibility. With such a wealth of material and a treasure trove of memorable characters, it will be a thrill to bring the work of all the great Disney animators and performers to life in a 360-degree immersive environment.”

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Editor's note: Our most-read entertainment stories of 2023 spanned several eras, from news of a hipster '80s roller rink, to a futuristic glow-in-the-dark playground, to - yep - Taylor Swift's own Eras Tour shows in Arlington. Readers also devoured roundups of spectacular Christmas lights, State Fair discounts, top spring festivals, and more. Here were the 10 most popular entertainment stories of the year.

1. Hipster '80s-style roller skating rink to wheel into Design District. In March came the news that roller skating would be wheeling in to ' Design District via Ride On, a new adult-oriented rink planned at 170 Pittsburg St., at the corner of Riverfront Boulevard.

2. Texas' first glow-in-the-dark playground to light up in Farmers Branch. Fair warning to parents: A new -area playground will have kids wanting to stay up past their bedtimes. Joya at Oran Good Park in Farmers Branch, set to open January 20, 2024, will be the first glow-in-the-dark playground in DFW and all of Texas.

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4. Where to see the most spectacular Christmas lights in -Fort Worth for 2023. -Fort Worth started decking the halls before Halloween, and when places around town started flipping the switch, we rounded up the area's most dazzling Christmas light displays. Among the most popular? A sensational new drive-thru Light Park that would electrify Frisco for the 2023 holidays.

5. How to get every possible discount at the 2023 State Fair of Texas. The 2023 State Fair of Texas started its 24-day run at Fair Park on September 29, bringing with it music, games, food, and more. There were a multitude of discount ticket options offered by the State Fair and other groups, meaning there was no reason to pay full price.

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6. Check out these 28 festivals hitting -Fort Worth in spring 2023. There are a lot of things that spring brings to -Fort Worth, and at that top of that list are festivals. In early April, we rounded up dozens of can't-miss 2023 festivals, from film to nature to food to music to the environment.

7. Controversial comedian Dave Chappelle plots out 4 Texas arena shows, including . Comedian/actor Dave Chappelle announced he would bring his Dave Chappelle Live stand-up comedy show to arenas in four cities in Texas, including American Airlines Center in , on June 29. He then added a show at Fort Worth Dickies Arena on the following night.

8. Busy hard rock music venue Amplified Live to close this week. A live music venue was shutting down: Amplified Live, which has been one of the city's most popular venues for live rock music shows for the past decade, said it would close its doors at the end of March, with the final show on March 31, featuring Exciter and Night Cobra.

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9. Country's largest hot springs pool complex coming to Grandscape in The Colony. The newest attraction headed to Grandscape in The Colony is a wellness spa-amusement park: WorldSprings, a nine-acre outdoor mineral springs experience, will debut in spring 2024. Announced in September, it will be WorldSprings' first location in Texas and the largest experience of its kind in the country.

10. Taylor Swift wows crowd at first of three sold-out nights in Arlington. On March 31, pop megastar Taylor Swift brought the first of three sold out nights to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, delivering a three-hour show that spanned highlights of her illustrious career. The Eras Tour was part of a U.S. tour that began in March and serves as a career retrospective, featuring tracks pulled from key albums including

Fans got their comfy shoes ready for long lines when it was announced that Cole Hauser, a.k.a. Rip Wheeler, and Taylor Sheridan, the show's co-creator, would meet fans and sign autographs at the 2023 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo on February 3.

4. Where to see the most spectacular Christmas lights in -Fort Worth for 2023. -Fort Worth started decking the halls before Halloween, and when places around town started flipping the switch, we rounded up the area's most dazzling Christmas light displays. Among the most popular? A sensational new drive-thru Light Park that would electrify Frisco for the 2023 holidays.

5. How to get every possible discount at the 2023 State Fair of Texas. The 2023 State Fair of Texas started its 24-day run at Fair Park on September 29, bringing with it music, games, food, and more. There were a multitude of discount ticket options offered by the State Fair and other groups, meaning there was no reason to pay full price.

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6. Check out these 28 festivals hitting -Fort Worth in spring 2023. There are a lot of things that spring brings to -Fort Worth, and at that top of that list are festivals. In early April, we rounded up dozens of can't-miss 2023 festivals, from film to nature to food to music to the environment.

7. Controversial comedian Dave Chappelle plots out 4 Texas arena shows, including . Comedian/actor Dave Chappelle announced he would bring his Dave Chappelle Live stand-up comedy show to arenas in four cities in Texas, including American Airlines Center in , on June 29. He then added a show at Fort Worth Dickies Arena on the following night.

8. Busy hard rock music venue Amplified Live to close this week. A live music venue was shutting down: Amplified Live, which has been one of the city's most popular venues for live rock music shows for the past decade, said it would close its doors at the end of March, with the final show on March 31, featuring Exciter and Night Cobra.

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9. Country's largest hot springs pool complex coming to Grandscape in The Colony. The newest attraction headed to Grandscape in The Colony is a wellness spa-amusement park: WorldSprings, a nine-acre outdoor mineral springs experience, will debut in spring 2024. Announced in September, it will be WorldSprings' first location in Texas and the largest experience of its kind in the country.

10. Taylor Swift wows crowd at first of three sold-out nights in Arlington. On March 31, pop megastar Taylor Swift brought the first of three sold out nights to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, delivering a three-hour show that spanned highlights of her illustrious career. The Eras Tour was part of a U.S. tour that began in March and serves as a career retrospective, featuring tracks pulled from key albums including