MK All-New Nighttime Parade Disney Starlight Set to Debut at Magic Kingdom in 2025

[TTA94]

You joke, but I'd pay $5 to escape that madness a bit easier.

I’m sure a lot of people would. Missed opportunity on money hungry Disney.

 

[jrhwdw]

I’m sure a lot of people would. Missed opportunity on money hungry Disney.

And why are We giving Disney ideas to have more Fees?????

 

[SoFloMagic]

And why are We giving Disney ideas to have more Fees?????

We're volunteering fees so theyll add things we want. You know, in case bob is in these forums looking for revenue ideas.

 

[jrhwdw]

We're volunteering fees so theyll add things we want. You know, in case bob is in these forums looking for revenue ideas.

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[joanna71985]

When I saw Paint the Night in DLP last month, I found it odd that there were huge gaps between some of the floats. I made the observation in the DLR section of this forum. I was reliably told that is because it allows people to get through at different stages of the parade. The same could occur with this parade. If you're standing just outside the Emporium next to the Car Barn, for example, CMs could let guests through in one of the purposely created gaps in order to exit the park. The gap would continue up MS, allowing guests to cross from left to right to get out of the park, and so on.

BTY and MOUCP have gaps

 

[Ayla]

Brutal. Just when we need it the most. The "bypass" of just dumping 10,000 people directly into the emporium doesn't work. It's like they think its Paris

Going down that side of Main Street will create a back up at Town Square, because people won't be able to cross in front of City Hall until the entire parade has passed.

 

[Spoonful of Sugar]

Looking ahead to our early Jan trip. We can't recall the schedule for MSEP during our Jan 2015 trip, will they have 2 showings of the parade with HEA sandwiched between in Jan 2026? Or will they cut the nighttime parade down to only one showing?

 

[jrhwdw]

Looking ahead to our early Jan trip. We can't recall the schedule for MSEP during our Jan 2015 trip, will they have 2 showings of the parade with HEA sandwiched between in Jan 2026? Or will they cut the nighttime parade down to only one showing?

I would expect 2 on weekends. Maybe one a night during the work week.

Questions are: will January still be Popular; meaning 2 Times every single night? And will it the schedule start at 9 and not follow the Sunset?

 

[SoFloMagic]

Going down that side of Main Street will create a back up at Town Square, because people won't be able to cross in front of City Hall until the entire parade has passed.

Right, but they could open it from 9:30 -10:45 to facilitate people exciting after the first parade and HEA while others are staying in place and blocking access. Just would open it after the last float passed town square and close 15 mins before parade step off at 11.

In this case, starting on main street allows longer use of the bypass.

 

[Disone]

I’m sure a lot of people would. Missed opportunity on money hungry Disney.

Honestly they have found enough ways to charge for what used to be free and I don't really think we should be encouraging them to continue the trend.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I would expect 2 on weekends. Maybe one a night during the work week.

Questions are: will January still be Popular; meaning 2 Times every single night? And will it the schedule start at 9 and not follow the Sunset?

It will move forward with sunset. Likely 8 and 10 pm though 7 and 9 would work in December. They won’t needlessly show HEA at 10 in perpetuity.

 

[Squishy]

Some areas of frontierland really need parade speaker upgrades, kinda sad they didnt invest in that for this. The audio setup in DLR for parades is vastly better despite the exposed speaker poles.

 

[jrhwdw]

It will move forward with sunset. Likely 8 and 10 pm though 7 and 9 would work in December. They won’t needlessly show HEA at 10 in perpetuity.

I was expecting a Schedule like that but didn't know how long Demand would keep it at 9 & 11.....

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

They're acting like this route is backwards, this is just them going back to the normal route. I've only seen reverse route Spectromagic once and never again.

 

[eddie104]

Some areas of frontierland really need parade speaker upgrades, kinda sad they didnt invest in that for this. The audio setup in DLR for parades is vastly better despite the exposed speaker poles.

They can still upgrade the audio it’s not too late.

 

[jrhwdw]

They're acting like this route is backwards, this is just them going back to the normal route. I've only seen reverse route Spectromagic once and never again.

This Site was worried MK didn't know how to do a Night Parade.......Rollseyes......

What happened yesterday morning just proves MK hasn't forgotten their History or Practices!

 

[dmc493]

This Site was worried MK didn't know how to do a Night Parade.......Rollseyes......

What happened yesterday morning just proves MK hasn't forgotten their History or Practices!

they're still going to struggle with crowd control greatly

 

[jrhwdw]

they're still going to struggle with crowd control greatly

Fair.

 

[Ayla]

they're still going to struggle with crowd control greatly

Yep. Fireworks crowd control alone is a nightmare. Add in 2 nightly parades (that a vast majority of CM's have zero experience working) and the first couple weeks are going to be a disaster, crowd control-wise.

 

[peter11435]

Yep. Fireworks crowd control alone is a nightmare. Add in 2 nightly parades (that a vast majority of CM's have zero experience working) and the first couple weeks are going to be a disaster, crowd control-wise.

It will definitely be a disaster while people learn. Ultimately though running the parades actually helps with firework crowd control. Lack of parades makes the firworks crowd control worse.