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

[Jedi14]

Very small thing but did anyone else notice the opening announcer says Dream The Night instead of Dream The Night Away? Wonder why he left out the word Away?

I do like the music but it definitely needs lyrics even if it’s only during the parades exit? Similar to Nightfall Glow. If lyrics were indeed recorded I hope they consider adding it in.

He does say the full line, he just says it weird, like “Dream the Nightaway”

 

[wbostic12]

Is there more color on the floats so far tonight? The audio is much better than I heard last night.

 

[TTA94]

He does say the full line, he just says it weird, like “Dream the Nightaway”

Oh ok, I thought he left out the word Away.

 

[CoastalElite64]

Is there more color on the floats so far tonight? The audio is much better than I heard last night.

That's great to hear! Hopefully this parade will keep improving.

 

[Brian]

I figured out what this parade is missing:

You've got a friend in me

 

[Ayla]

14 mins from beginning to end. The different music on the Royal Float is out of place.

 

[Ayla]

Is there more color on the floats so far tonight? The audio is much better than I heard last night.

It seemed every float had color in it.

 

[wbostic12]

I figured out what this parade is missing.

You've got a friend in me

Friend like me is also on the table

 

[CoastalElite64]

I don't get the Wish complaints. The float looks nice and she's the newest princess. I like Disney showing some love to their less popular characters too.
I haven't even watched the movie, but I don't watch every Disney movie.

 

[AJT607]

Upon a rewatch tonight, the most glaring gap feels like the lack of performers between the Peter Pan unit and the Finale unit. I wish the parade was stronger overall, but if I had a single ask it would be to add street-level performers in that gap.

 

[Squishy]

For some units they need to cut down the theme song from the loop, you can watch a whole float pass and not hear it's specific audio loop because it plays the starlight theme song for 1/3rd of the loop.

 

[Ayla]

There is too much audio overlap from float to float.

 

[Squishy]

There is too much audio overlap from float to float.

They're not leaving enough space between each float for the audio to properly catch up, happens in Festival of Fantasy aswell.

 

[brb1006]

I figured out what this parade is missing.

You've got a friend in me

No more Toy Story! It's very overused!

 

[Agent H]

Mediocre is worse than bad. I’d rather have a Twilight float then a Wish float.

The mediocre thing was an attempt to be objective. I would be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy the film when I first watched it in the theater. upon rewatches I’ve become slightly more critical( the lack of a romance plot of any kind stands out in particular) but I’m personally still glad to see these characters in the parade.

But honestly, Wish is fine for a year or two. Corporate synergy is part of the game, gotta pick your battles. Swap it out at the first opportunity.

I would rather add floats to the parade than swap them out. I think a Hercules float would be a great addition.

 

[jrhwdw]

For anyone wondering, the East Bypass was open during Starlight tonight.

 

[thepotat5216]

For anyone that was there tonight, did you notice any major differences/improvements from last night?

 

[Disney Analyst]

CMs still complain.

The comparison to PtN is baffling to me. Pardon me for not giving DL a round of applause for finally, begrudgingly bringing back their 10-year old light parade after a 7-year hiatus. Incidentally, the same parade that everyone mitched and boaned about until 23 hours ago. Who knew the Disneylanders secretly loved it all along?

I may wish WDW would do even better, but their increased entertainment spending this summer is impressive while DL completely phones in their 70th.

I’ve always loved it. Have dreamt of finally seeing it live.

 

[James Alucobond]

Upon rewatch this evening, I think as far as ground troops go, they basically just need more ice crystals; a mariachi quartet with light-up instruments leading Coco; some Lost Boys or other fairies to accompany Tinkerbell; Chip, Dale, Clarabelle, and Horace to lead the train; and some spare dwarves to tail the train. Longer term, they should consider some apparatus reworks, though the butterfly operators actually looked slightly more on their choreography tonight. The ice crystals were still ultra blah, and it looked like one was missing unless I forgot the count from last night.

 

[Ayla]

Oh, and Geppetto and Pinocchio in the cage of the Blue Fairy's rear end is weird.