brb1006
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There's hardly any Spectromagic callbacks besides Jiminy's brief appearance at the final float (which is only seen for a couple seconds).
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MK All-New Nighttime Parade Disney Starlight Set to Debut at Magic Kingdom in 2025
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I believe when the floats go all white and then transition to color is supposed to be a callback to Spectromagic.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
Honestly at this point I’d be cautious to have anyone from WDI order something from Starbucks without it coming out wrong.
Totally relatable, I get the same way after Pecos Bill.
TheMaxRebo
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And it is more focused on # of performers vs expense elsewhere?
Like did they really need all the hand bead work if the dresses that are hard to see (as one example)? Couldn't we have skimped a little there and added a few more performers?
It doesn't look like they didn't spend any money on the parade tech and stuff - is it hard to get performers? Price per performer gotten too high that cutting them is best way to save total $
TheMaxRebo
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General consensus I am seeing is overall positive and enjoying it (though hard to tell how much is the specifics for this parade vs just having a night time parade back) and thinking the floats are impressive but even in casual circles seems the lack of dancers, and character not on floats, etc is noticed and commented on
It was fixed for the 11 pm.Welp…it was fun while it lasted.
Time to bring out the ol castle float?
Ayla
Well-Known Member
Along with the other stuff that we've all mentioned, why is the TITLE float at the very end of the parade? Is it because the current first float is so ridiculously massive that it would be dwarfed in comparison?
All of the floats look so much better in their colorized version (if the audience even gets to see them).
All of the floats look so much better in their colorized version (if the audience even gets to see them).
SpectroBro
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It’s because it ruins the marketing image of the blue fairy coming to down the street. The same reason the OUACT push unit is at the end.
The Underminer
Active Member
I was hoping for a spiritual successor to SpectroMagic like Paint The Night was for The Electrical Parade.
Can win em all I guess.
thundermtnGOAT
Active Member
It’s almost like the creators of every. single. night. parade. before understood this very issue and chose to create title units that displayed the title perpendicular to the route towards the audience on both sides of the street rather than facing straight ahead.
SpectroBro
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Wasn’t the Spectro title float entirely behind the trumpeters and Mickey?It’s almost like the creators of every. single. night. parade. before understood this very issue and chose to create title units that displayed the title perpendicular to the route towards the audience on both sides of the street rather than facing straight ahead.
AxolotlTales
Active Member
From what I've seen, most of the local guests are just happy that MK has a night parade again and can enjoy the overall parade. The average guests that are just on a typical vacation I would assume don't even think much of it
Yeah, you can tell how it's exposing the CMs' epidermis.
TTA94
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Maybe in 20 something years, assuming we don’t go through another nighttime parade drought, they will replace Starlight with something more like SpectroMagic since Starlight is more like MSEP. I would assume whoever designs the next parade will also look at parades of the past.
TTA94
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If Starlight was at Disneyland I wonder what the reaction would be? I don’t necessarily think the fans would totally shred it like Light Magic but I do think feedback would be a lot louder. Disneyland would quickly listen and make changes.