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

[waltography]

They basically appear when she says her line, and they have a moment, then they disappear.

The windows “disappear” similar to the Tron preshow to reveal Pinocchio and Geppetto

What a strange effect. I feel like there’s a better configuration if they wanted them to appear and disappear that doesn’t make them look like they’re behind one way glass.

 

[mattpeto]

*replace* FoF

Bring Magic Happens over. It’s just collecting dust.

 

[Squishy]

Disney Starlight Opening Night Performance

Disney Starlight Opening Night Performance

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Do you know why the hub has parade route lights turned on for the whole parade? Are they planning on eventually adding them through the whole route still?

 

[SpectroBro]

Bring Magic Happens over. It’s just collecting dust.

Nah. Something original please. Laughable that we’re still running a parade that was created to celebrate New Fantasyland….

 

[DisneyHead123]

Looks absolutely gorgeous! Can’t wait to see it in person as I doubt you get the full effect of the lights from a video.

Also wondering if Rapunzel’s lantern is going to float when all the effects are finished.

 

[wdwmagic]

 

[aladdin2007]

Nah. Something original please. Laughable that we’re still running a parade that was created to celebrate New Fantasyland….

agree pretty bad. This is 2025 no longer 2011. However Starlight makes FOF look even worse now, it can only go on so much longer. Night and day difference of course, literally, but still.

 

[AxolotlTales]

Bring Magic Happens over. It’s just collecting dust.

They haven't "retired" it yet, but Disneyland's entertainment issues is a story for a different thread. Either way MK needs a complete new parade. Hopefully they managed to get some Dreaming Up floats for that. Those floats are too good to be scrapped and hopefully can be maintained better than FoF.

 

[Trauma]

Well maybe it will get better with time but that was completely underwhelming.

 

[Emamba]

Looks absolutely gorgeous! Can’t wait to see it in person as I doubt you get the full effect of the lights from a video.

Also wondering if Rapunzel’s lantern is going to float when all the effects are finished.

I saw in another video that Rapunzel and Flynn hold the lantern up together. Snow White also has an apple that she shows off.

 

[monothingie]

Great?
Good?
Ok?
Meh?
Yuck?

 

[aladdin2007]

Am I dreaming or wasn't the Coco float (which is amazing by the way) suppose to have horn players? Or was that cut

 

[AxolotlTales]

Am I dreaming or wasn't the Coco float (which is amazing by the way) suppose to have horn players? Or was that cut

I don't think so?

 

[Starship824]

Am I dreaming or wasn't the Coco float (which is amazing by the way) suppose to have horn players? Or was that cut

They mentioned it would come in with the sounds of mariachi but nothing about live musicians as far as I remember

 

[mattpeto]

They haven't "retired" it yet, but Disneyland's entertainment issues is a story for a different thread. Either way MK needs a complete new parade. Hopefully they managed to get some Dreaming Up floats for that. Those floats are too good to be scrapped and hopefully can be maintained better than FoF.

I’m guessing MH will return in early 2027 at DLR.

 

[aladdin2007]

They mentioned it would come in with the sounds of mariachi but nothing about live musicians as far as I remember

ah okay that's what it was then, thanks

 

[docnabox]

Seems…nice. But it also needs…more. The floats with just one character seem a little bare without more on them. The Pinnocho and Gepetto element is a little unusual. The black suited performers with light poles really just seem to accentuate the spacing between floats. Their costumes need more color and more light. Some fill in smaller floats/spinners would be welcome. And overall, there needs to be more performers and characters. The Lost Boys, Hook, Smee, John and Michael for Pan, the other dwarves at the end, etc. It is good but I think it could be better

 

[Splash4eva]

Well maybe it will get better with time but that was completely underwhelming.

I was thinking the same thing. Sadly not surprised

 

[Starship824]

Ok, so I absolutely love it. At first I was a little off put by how dark some of the performers were but I think I know what they're going for. It seems as if they're going for them dancing through the stars and so they're dark and they're costumed light up what it looks like and I think it looks really good because of that. The music is such an earworm in the best way. The blend of the orchestral and electronic is great. My only real complaints are that I wish it were longer and had some more performers but those are honestly just nitpicks. The nod to electrical parade in the beginning and ending is amazing. So happy to have a nighttime parade back and I'm excited to see this in person in January!

 

[Disone]

It's been 11pm tonight and tomorrow for a while now.

The closing was and many assumed the parade would roll out because they changed the closing to 11:00 p.m.

So yes I assumed like so many others that that meant they were going to soft open. But now that's not an assumption. It's confirmed.