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

[Drew the Disney Dude]

I just hope they maintain it and keep it full of life.

This is valid. I think the Guest satisfaction will be so high that they will. Walt Disney World needs this parade to deliver and leadership is aware of that.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I just hope they maintain it and keep it full of life.

You don’t need to hope for that. Rest assured, they won’t.

See it during year 1!

 

[jrhwdw]

You don’t need to hope for that. Rest assured, they won’t.

See it during year 1!

MK never cut down MSEP or Spectro! Also, Spectro Floats didn't deteriorate while Spectro was Running! If MK really returns to 1977-2016 Form in 11 Days, IDK if we need to worry right now.........

Of course, we don't need Costume Problems like PTN eiter.......

 

[Squishy]

This parade is going to be nothing like the current state of FoF. Starlight is going to be full of life, with the main floats and their lighting and the number of performers connected to some of the units. Every time I find out something new for this one, my excitement has increased.

Funny enough on top of the current performer state of FoF, every float apart from the balloon float currently has a some show element broken or something wrong with it.

 

[Starship824]

Funny enough on top of the current performer state of FoF, every float apart from the balloon float currently has a some show element broken or something wrong with it.

It's so frustrating that the pirate ship sing effect has been broken for years. And that we've never gotten the Brave unit back.

 

[AxolotlTales]

Funny enough on top of the current performer state of FoF, every float apart from the balloon float currently has a some show element broken or something wrong with it.

The parade has gone downhill since the reopening in 2022. They made the opening float ugly and it was very obvious whatever maintenance was going on before had been cut down too. Not to mention everything else that got cut. I think it's time they invest in a new daytime parade considering the age of FoF alone. Hopefully Starlight will be a way for them to fill in parade entertainment at MK.

 

[Starship824]

The parade has gone downhill since the reopening in 2022. They made the opening float ugly and it was very obvious whatever maintenance was going on before had been cut down too. Not to mention everything else that got cut. I think it's time they invest in a new daytime parade considering the age of FoF alone. Hopefully Starlight will be a way for them to fill in parade entertainment at MK.

I've never understood why they made the opening float ugly.

 

[joanna71985]

I totally get why they can not run Starlight on party nights for day guests and it has always been that way with past night parades, but it is to bad they can not run it during MVMCP. They would have to only have one showing of Christmastime and one Starlight, or the other way around. Downside is obviously only one Christmastime.

Of course we don’t yet know how Starlight will be but I wonder if there will be the potential for a Christmas version like Tokyo does with Dreamlights? Obviously not this year.

Honestly- if I'm paying for MVMCP, I want to see the Christmas parade (and not Starlight)

 

[Walter Elias Disney]

I've never understood why they made the opening float ugly.

The opening princess and Pinocchio/whale floats were recycled from Tokyo Disneyland's 25th anniversary daytime parade, Jubilation!

 

[Starship824]

The opening princess and Pinocchio/whale floats were recycled from Tokyo Disneyland's 25th anniversary daytime parade, Jubilation!

I know that, I'm talking about in the 2022 version where they removed a bunch of the flowers and added ugly green wrap around the sides the original version (2014-2020) looked better.

Original version

2022

 

[Squishy]

I've never understood why they made the opening float ugly.

The color of the flowers faded so they covered up & replaced portions to try to make it less obvious.

 

[SpectroBro]

I've never understood why they made the opening float ugly.

The replacement of the flowers was expensive. That’s why

 

[ToTBellHop]

The replacement of the flowers was expensive. That’s why

They can approve $400 million roller coasters but not new fake flowers from Michael’s?

 

[SpectroBro]

They can approve $400 million roller coasters but not new fake flowers from Michael’s?

Mhm. Different pots of money fund different things, unfortunately.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Mhm. Different pots of money fund different things, unfortunately.

I know. It's still ridiculous, especially given MK's daily profit...

 

[drew81]

Starlight, star bright
The first float we see that night
We wish we may, we wish we might
Have the timecode synced with the light

 

[AxolotlTales]

The replacement of the flowers was expensive. That’s why

Yep. They removed Rapunzel's hair presumably for that reason too

 

[jrhwdw]

Starlight, star bright
The first float we see that night
We wish we may, we wish we might
Have the timecode synced with the light

Hopefully!!!

 

[jrhwdw]

Yep. They removed Rapunzel's hair presumably for that reason too

I feel her hair was removed when MK still had MSEP????

 

[Starship824]

Mhm. Different pots of money fund different things, unfortunately.

That whole parade just needs to go down for a couple of months for a refurbishment to fix everything and refresh the parade. I honestly think that's all it really needs. We should probably stop talking about FoF on the Starlight thread too lol