Feld Entertainment Inc. premiered its new production Disney On Ice presents Jump In! on August 29, 2025, in Orlando, Florida. During the 2025–26 season, the tour will visit 36 cities, including Miami, Atlanta, Baltimore, Newark, Philadelphia, Chicago, Montreal, Dallas, and Houston.
Jump In! takes families on a magical adventure featuring more than 50 iconic Disney characters, combining world-class skating, aerial acrobatics, and spectacular special effects. Audiences join Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy as they journey through unforgettable stories such as Moana 2, Inside Out 2, Frozen, Encanto, Toy Story, and Zootopia, among others, creating an immersive experience filled with exciting moments and lasting memories.
Feld Entertainment’s Senior Director of Lighting and Sound, Chris Lamb, collaborated with Lighting Designer Nick Whitehouse and Show Director Adam Loosely on a technical design that integrates state-of-the-art lighting, immersive sound, and dynamic staging to enhance storytelling and bring the magic of Disney On Ice to life.
The lighting design includes 90 Robe iFORTE moving lights for key, overhead, and effects lighting, along with 20 Anolis Divine 60 UV LED luminaires to create impactful ultraviolet moments throughout the show. The equipment was purchased by Feld Entertainment and supplied by Robe North America.
Feld Entertainment operates eight different Disney On Ice productions touring worldwide year-round, making reliability, durability, and long-term value key factors in equipment selection.
One of the main focuses of the design was enhancing UV scenes, an area that presents technical challenges. After testing the Divine 60 UV fixtures, Chris and Nick selected them for their strong performance and IP rating, allowing them to withstand humidity, ice, and low temperatures. The 20 units were installed around the perimeter of the rink to maximise coverage.
“These UV moments are essential”, explained Nick. One of the standout scenes takes place in a dark cave filled with bats, featuring Matangi and Moana, with 16 skaters wearing UV-enhanced bat costumes. Combined with choreography by Adam Blake and costume design by Robin L. McGee, the Divine 60 UV fixtures create a dramatic reveal by flooding the space with ultraviolet light.
The iFORTE fixtures are rigged across multiple overhead trusses and serve as the primary units for ice washes and textured lighting on both the rink and scenic elements. Chosen for their versatility, they offer high output, a rich colour palette, and great flexibility.
The iFORTE fixtures allow us to work with punchy colours and create a wide range of environments. They are consistent, reliable, and meet the demands of the production, said Lamb.
Nick also highlighted the iFORTE colour system, its white range, and high CRI, which provide excellent key lighting and accurate skin tone rendering. The show’s vibrant palette also benefits from the fixture’s ability to generate smooth textures, particularly in water-inspired sequences linked to Moana 2, making Jump In! the first Disney On Ice production to include this franchise.
Thommy Hall from Robe North America, together with the team at Robe Lighting, Inc., supported the production by providing custom gobos for the iFORTE fixtures, further enhancing the show’s visual variety. Feld Entertainment also uses iESPRITE moving lights on other touring productions.
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