Magic Kingdom 50th Anniversary Plans

[General Mayhem]

I dunno... I feel like if they were planning on getting a new day time parade, they wouldn't have replaced the Maleficent float and would have used the incident just as impetus to bump up the new parade... but just a guess... personally, I think Festival of Fantasy is still pretty fresh and in no need of replacement anytime soon...

Dude... the parade is 5 years old. The opening and closing floats are 11 years old, FoF needs to be replaced before it becomes another zombie parade.

 

[General Mayhem]

Fantasy is a good parade till you've seen Dreaming Up! in Japan

I would be fine with us getting Dreaming Up for the 50th, but I think some of the floats are too big.

 

[brb1006]

Fantasy is a good parade till you've seen Dreaming Up! in Japan

Even better the former parade Happiness Is Here.

 

[General Mayhem]

Even better the former parade Happiness Is Here.

Dreaming Up is far better IMHO

 

[ToTBellHop]

Dude... the parade is 5 years old. The opening and closing floats are 11 years old, FoF needs to be replaced before it becomes another zombie parade.

They’ve quickly trained us to stop expecting a new parade every couple years as they had done for decades...

 

[drizgirl]

Dude... the parade is 5 years old. The opening and closing floats are 11 years old, FoF needs to be replaced before it becomes another zombie parade.

Since Disney apparently doesn't care about repeat guests, it will be new to all those first timers for the foreseeable future.

Once Upon A Time leaving for a parade, IF we get one, is a no brainer I suppose. Better bet, unfortunately, is we don’t get a parade, HEA stays intact, and OUAT gets replaced with a small 50th show celebrating the park, think of a short version of Remember Dreams Come True or Celebrate Tokyo Disneyland.

OUAT is an entertainment offering that requires minimal daily staffing. No chance it would be replaced with a staff heavy parade.

 

[General Mayhem]

Since Disney apparently doesn't care about repeat guests, it will be new to all those first timers for the foreseeable future.

OUAT is an entertainment offering that requires minimal daily staffing. No chance it would be replaced with a staff heavy parade.

There is no excuse to keep the same parade for more than 5-7 years other than being cheap and lazy. The only exception would be nighttime parades. I've never really cared for FoF because it's a Frankenstein parade that lacks a clear vision. I think a new parade every 5 years would be ideal instead of WDW's horrid history of overlaying the same parade for 13 years.

 

[brb1006]

They’ve quickly trained us to stop expecting a new parade every couple years as they had done for decades...

Now that I think about it, Walt Disney World hasn't done that tradition since the 1990's both for MK and DHS.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Now that I think about it, Walt Disney World hasn't done that tradition since the 1990's both for MK and DHS.

Weren't there like 4 incarnations of Share a Dream Come True?

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Weren't there like 4 incarnations of Share a Dream Come True?

Yea there was like 3

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

There is no excuse to keep the same parade for more than 5-7 years other than being cheap and lazy. The only exception would be nighttime parades.

This seems so silly to me. Where does the arbitrary 5-7yrs come from? Why would a nighttime parade be an exception? This is all just a matter of opinion. I don't see parades as things that need to switch up often at all if they "work".

 

[General Mayhem]

This seems so silly to me. Where does the arbitrary 5-7yrs come from? Why would a nighttime parade be an exception? This is all just a matter of opinion. I don't see parades as things that need to switch up often at all if they "work".

Daytime parades take a lot more wear and tear than nighttime parades. Daytime parades also tend to become much more dated quickly especially when you see how the parades overseas have evolved past what we have now. FoF is like a good parade compared to what Tokyo was doing in 2008, it lacks the innovation and artistic visions that are being pulled off now. It's just good to renew interest every 5 years because that way you can incorporate new themes and characters (a lot changes in 5 years).

 

[brb1006]

This seems so silly to me. Where does the arbitrary 5-7yrs come from? Why would a nighttime parade be an exception? This is all just a matter of opinion. I don't see parades as things that need to switch up often at all if they "work".

I think he was referring to daytime parades which Walt Disney World used to get every couple of years. Especially during the 80s and 90s.

Disney Character Hit Parade lasted until around 1994


Mickey Mania premiered in 1994 and ended in 1996.


Walt Disney World created a special 25th anniversary parade called "Remember The Magic" which lasted until 2001.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Daytime parades take a lot more wear and tear than nighttime parades. Daytime parades also tend to become much more dated quickly especially when you see how the parades overseas have evolved past what we have now. FoF is like a good parade compared to what Tokyo was doing in 2008, it lacks the innovation and artistic visions that are being pulled off now. It's just good to renew interest every 5 years because that way you can incorporate new themes and characters (a lot changes in 5 years).

And you come by this authority how? I'm just continually fascinated by the regularity with which people online present an opinion as some form of objective truth.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I think he was referring to daytime parades which used to get newer parades every couple of years.

Disney Character Hit Parade lasted until around 1994


Mickey Mania premiered in 1994 and ended in 1996.


Walt Disney World created a special 25th anniversary parade called "Remember The Magic" which lasted until 2001.

But apparently the magic number is now 5-7 yrs...

 

[General Mayhem]

And you come by this authority how? I'm just continually fascinated by the regularity with which people online present an opinion as some form of objective truth.

Because that is the way things are done almost every Disney Resort but WDW. WDW is the only resort that constantly bucks the trend by being extremely cheap by keeping the same tired parade going well past it's expiration date.

 

[General Mayhem]

But apparently the magic number is now 5-7 yrs...

What would you prefer? I was being generous with that number. Tokyo and Cali used to change their parades once or multiple times a year. #mad

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Because that is the way things are done almost every Disney Resort but WDW. WDW is the only resort that constantly bucks the trend by being extremely cheap by keeping the same tired parade going well past it's expiration date.

Any chance it could have something to do with the demographic difference in WDW, locals vs. visitors vs. one-timers? It could be a smart decision.

When you're a hammer ("Disney is cheap!!!") everything is a nail -- I get it. It just gets old on these boards.

 

[General Mayhem]

Any chance it could have something to do with the demographic difference in WDW, locals vs. visitors vs. one-timers? It could be a smart decision.

When you're a hammer ("Disney is cheap!!!") everything is a nail -- I get it. It just gets old on these boards.

It is cheap though, just because you've made up excuses for it doesn't make it not so.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

It is cheap though, just because you've made up excuses for it doesn't make it not so.

If it's a decision based on intelligent spending given differing demographics it isn't cheap. It's smart.

I'm not saying I know that's the case -- I'm leaving room for the possibility. Unlike the "Disney is cheap!!! chorus" crowd.