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

[ToTBellHop]

Maybe they’re getting ready for flight.

Maybe he forgot his happy thought.

 

[jrhwdw]

Maybe they’re getting ready for flight.

I thought that but who knows?????

 

[Starship824]

Maybe they’re getting ready for flight.

What was my first thought but the pessimistic side of me just thinks it was an unrelated issue. What's up with the Moana fans? They've been off for weeks. They better be fixing that, we can't have a whole group of dancers completely dark. The ground costumes in this parade are so bad, they really to go back to the drawing board with almost all of them. The only one I would keep is Tink, the rest need changes or a complete redesign. Court dancers need more lights brighter lights, the rest need complete redesigns with the appropriate amount of lights so we can actually see the performers. Especially Encanto and Frozen, those are the worst offenders by far.

 

[DJDreamer]

New schedule has dropped for the first week of September. Still twice per evening, but with earlier times:

Sunday, August 31: 8:30pm, 10:30pm
Monday, September 1: 8:30pm, 10:30pm
Tuesday, September 2: N/A
Wednesday, September 3: 8:30pm, 10:30pm
Thursday, September 4: 8:30pm, 10:30pm
Friday, September 5: N/A
Saturday, September 6: 8:30pm, 10:30pm

No further dates released at this point. @wdwmagic

 

[jrhwdw]

New schedule has dropped for the first week of September. Still twice per evening, but with earlier times:

Sunday, August 31: 8:30pm, 10:30pm
Monday, September 1: 8:30pm, 10:30pm
Tuesday, September 2: N/A
Wednesday, September 3: 8:30pm, 10:30pm
Thursday, September 4: 8:30pm, 10:30pm
Friday, September 5: N/A
Saturday, September 6: 8:30pm, 10:30pm

No further dates released at this point. @wdwmagic

Thank You!!!!!! Nice Catch!!

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Park hours are still till 11:00 - that’s interesting

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

Errr... What nightclubs do you go to?

Musics great, they have to remove that beat tho

 

[IMDREW]

The only way those dancer costumes wouldve worked is if they wouldve been sparkling with lights. Making a sea of stars between the floats. But the way its now is just bad.

 

[TTA94]

Saw a poll on FB of nighttime parade rankings and many seem to shred Starlight and put it last on the list with Light Magic. That’s pretty sad and not good if that’s the way the vast majority feel about Starlight.
If WDW had done surveys for Starlight I’d love to see those results.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Saw a poll on FB of nighttime parade rankings and many seem to shred Starlight and put it last on the list with Light Magic. That’s pretty sad and not good if that’s the way the vast majority feel about Starlight.
If WDW had done surveys for Starlight I’d love to see those results.

I fear I'd rank it the same...

 

[Splash4eva]

Saw a poll on FB of nighttime parade rankings and many seem to shred Starlight and put it last on the list with Light Magic. That’s pretty sad and not good if that’s the way the vast majority feel about Starlight.
If WDW had done surveys for Starlight I’d love to see those results.

I have not seen in person watched it twice. In comparison to others we have had its by far the worst imo

 

[Jedi14]

Saw a poll on FB of nighttime parade rankings and many seem to shred Starlight and put it last on the list with Light Magic. That’s pretty sad and not good if that’s the way the vast majority feel about Starlight.
If WDW had done surveys for Starlight I’d love to see those results.

How large of a poll?

 

[AxolotlTales]

Saw a poll on FB of nighttime parade rankings and many seem to shred Starlight and put it last on the list with Light Magic. That’s pretty sad and not good if that’s the way the vast majority feel about Starlight.
If WDW had done surveys for Starlight I’d love to see those results.

Light Magic at least gets an A for effort imo.

 

[TTA94]

How large of a poll?

Wasn’t really a poll but more opinions.

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[Disney Analyst]

Wasn’t really a poll but more opinions.

48K views · 1.5K reactions | VIP edition of the Disney Parks nighttime parade showdown! Who’s your winner?? Main Street Electrical Parade versus Paint the Night versus Disney’s Starlight Parade. Classic Disney versus Disneyland versus Walt Disney Wor

VIP edition of the Disney Parks nighttime parade showdown! Who’s your winner?? Main Street Electrical Parade versus Paint the Night versus Disney’s Starlight Parade. Classic Disney versus Disneyland...

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Let's do it ourselves!

Thread 'Ranking All The Nighttime Parades'

Aug 20, 2025

It came up in the Starlight thread, so I thought it may be fun for us all to rank the night parades, whether seen in person or on video, and we can get a sense where these parades land for everyone.

In no particular order:

Disney Starlight
Paint the Night
Main Street Electrical Parade
Light Magic
Disney's Fantillusion
SpectroMagic
Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade Dreamlights

(Not sure if we want to include old versions of Electrical Parade for the international parks, or separate Fantillusion between Paris and Tokyo?)


My rankings:

1) Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade Dreamlights...

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[jrhwdw]

I would HOPE City Hall isn't filled every Night!!!!!! If Starlight has the same fate as LM.....................................

 

[AxolotlTales]

I don't think Starlight will have the same fate as Light Magic just because the IP saves it. People will always be excited to see Elsa or Moana on a parade float. That and it seems like funding for Starlight was given begrudgingly.

 

[James Alucobond]

That and it seems like funding for Starlight was given begrudgingly.

I think it’s more that it was taken begrudgingly, or at least that’s what it seems like many have implied. Leadership wanted it, but the parks didn’t really want to run it.

 

[Disney Analyst]

I don't think Starlight will have the same fate as Light Magic just because the IP saves it. People will always be excited to see Elsa or Moana on a parade float. That and it seems like funding for Starlight was given begrudgingly.

Light Magic has several things going against it, despite a pretty decent soundtrack.

• It had to follow in the shadow of MSEP.
• It wasn't really a parade. More of a dance show, that you needed to be in the right spot to enjoy.
• The floats were all the same, they entered in the darkness sans any characters, and not much to see as they went by.
• The fairy critters were creepy.

Starlight is following in the shadow of... no night parade at all, for quite some time. It's already ahead, despite its flaws.

 

[jrhwdw]

I think it’s more that it was taken begrudgingly, or at least that’s what it seems like many have implied. Leadership wanted it, but the parks didn’t really want to run it.

So MK never wanted to go back to their 1977-2016 Standard..........Yeah, don't know if I really believe that!..... Sure looks like Old School MK every Night! (even with MNSSHP!)

I'm not saying Starlight is 110% Perfect and can't be Improved, but to put it in the same Family as LM so we worry about its Fate ...That's Too Far IMO!