They were cut years ago during HEA pre development.
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HKDL gets new castle, frozen land and marvel land.
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TTA94
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Do you suspect they might be added for the next HEA replacement attempt?
I hope a replacement for HEA is in the far future
22031029
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Honestly, considering the whole amount of effort they put into the promotional campaign, the anniversary offerings as a whole seem kinda...underwhelming. Friendtastic! severely lacks character performers and was advertised as the "largest parade ever" at HKDL, even though half the floats are tiny Pixar floats (that remind me of Better Together from DCA and not in a good way, but at least we have a parade back so I'm not complaining) From the advertising it appeared that Momentous was getting updated with new characters and drones but they just added a 7 min pre-show lmao. No drones in the main show either. (I also remember them advertising a Princess and the Frog segment on Instagram for the prelude but guess they scrapped that) Probably just me being overly negative
But still better than Disneyland's 70th haha
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IMO, HKDL did 20th Momentous the Right Way. Live The Moment, Love The Memory is Too Good to be replaced by the 20th Theme Song...Honestly, considering the whole amount of effort they put into the promotional campaign, the anniversary offerings as a whole seem kinda...underwhelming. Friendtastic! severely lacks character performers and was advertised as the "largest parade ever" at HKDL, even though half the floats were mini Pixar floats. (but at least we have a parade back so I'm not complaining) From the advertising it appeared Momentous was getting updated with new segments and drones but they just added a 7 min pre-show lmao. (I also remember them advertising a Princess and the Frog segment on Instagram but guess they scrapped that) Probably just me being overly negative though
Looks like Friendtastic just has 1 Show Stop?
22031029
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Agree with keeping the song, but I just thought there should've been a bit more integration of drones and other segments, something like Paris's 30th show maybe?
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22031029
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No, I think Hong Kong just does that cause i think that was also the case for FOF
That’s a norm. Same for Paris. The show control system will initiate all lighting as part of its program; should the show run at dusk later in the year or on an overcast day the same program will run.
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TTA94
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Oh ok. I think the parade would look nice at night. I believe HK upgraded their route lighting after the pandemic and there’s also moving lights as well? If they ever do bring back Paint The Night I bet it will look impressive.
Speaking of Paint, is there any indication of it returning? If not they should send it off to Paris or Shanghai.
I don’t think Paris wants a Night Parade. No Reason why PTN can't Return before 20th Momentous.
Might be wrong but I believe they’re from the PTN package? They were used for Momentous and we found the effect amazing, especially on MSUSA for the post show.
TTA94
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Paris I know has struggles with having a night parade but I’m surprised Shanghai hasn’t attempted a night parade yet, unless they have issues like Paris.
SDL has one in the Winter.
McMickeyWorld
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Paris operationally has issues in the summer with late daylight. I’ve watched Fantillusion when it was still a very bright dusk for the finale.
SaveDinosaur
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They should follow the Shanghai Disneyland route and have one for the rest of the year. A Paint the Night-style parade — or even the return of the original Main Street Electrical Parade — would look amazing with that beautiful Main Street and castle in the background.
cjkeating
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As much as I'd love a night parade at DLP I don't think one fits in their requirements operationally. October to December they have their Halloween and Christmas seasons with Christmas already having a night version of a day parade. January to February is off-season where a night parade would just be financial drag you then lead into the Easter period where the park is already busy and then you are already approaching the summer so a night parade would only have a possible run time of a couple of months.
I think it's also worth considering how DLP uses entertainment to fill the oversupply of ride capacity in the main park which results in more things being required to keep guests busy (when you consider the park in the peak isn open from 0830-2300 each day with 'low' attendance compared to the US Parks or Japan and the low uptake of paid for Fastness meaning the lines rarely go over 60 minutes and average closer to 30 so it's easier to complete the park) this year they seem to be tactically chosen to run entertainment later than average until 1930-2000 on a 2300 close to ensure there is activity into the evening. Realistically if they were to do a night parade most of the seasonal summer budget would go into the parade removing entertainment during the day.
Stevie Amsterdam
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Paris can speak for itself and she would LºoºVE to have Paint The Night, thank you very much
