The new voice of Mickey Mouse revealed!

[Lucky]

Yes, the new torch bearer as the voice of the one and only Mickey Mouse has been announced. Hallmark Illustrator, Bret Iwan, will now be providing the voice, and apparently pretty soon for the next Disney On Ice show titled "Celebrations." It will be interesting to see how he holds up compared to Wayne Allwine, Jimmy MacDonald and Walt Disney. I wish him luck, as Mickey is not an easy role to fill in for.

That's not all. Oddly enough, one time Bret Iwan was doing a lecture for elementary school kids, one student requested he draw Mickey Mouse. He did, and he even did a voice impression of Mickey. The students claimed he does the voice very well.

Sources:
www.laughingplace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=4303
www.chapmanrecording.com/Broa...0&%20Corp.html
web.mac.com/hallmarkkaleidoscope/KALEIDOSCOPE/main_blog/Entries/2007/12/4_Bret_Iwan_came_to_play!.html

[Alice]

I've actually seen a clip of that Disney On Ice show with the alleged new voice. There was so much blaring noises in the clip that it was difficult to fully listen to the recorded voice, but from what I've heard, Bret Iwan sounds very similar to Wayne Allwine's voice. I really want to hear a better quality recording so I can really give him a listen.

Apparently, Mr. Iwan has been a lifelong fan of Mickey Mouse, and I think that will definitely help. I wish him the best of luck, because taking over the voice of Mickey Mouse, as Naomi has said, must be unnerving and formidable. I look forward to hearing the new Mickey Mouse often, soon!

[Briar Rose]

Bret Iwan's Mickey can be heard in the English version of Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. His pitch is way higher than Allwine's, but then again he hasn't appeared in the game much. I'm hoping to hear more from him.