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

[Squishy]

Seems like they temporarily removed the Encanto & Elsa street preformers, they've been gone for the past few showings.

Looks like they returned tonight for the 2nd showing

 

[Biff215]

It would really be a shame if the flying gets cut as you can really tell the Pan unit is missing something. As it stands now, Tink interactions seem to be the highlight. The float itself is nice looking but just lacks its own unique magical moment.

I guess very few will ever know if it doesn’t happen (since it hasn’t yet), but for those of us who do know, it’s fairly obvious given the character dialogue and movement. Hopefully the lawyers haven’t squashed it already!

 

[Starship824]

It would really be a shame if the flying gets cut as you can really tell the Pan unit is missing something. As it stands now, Tink interactions seem to be the highlight. The float itself is nice looking but just lacks its own unique magical moment.

I guess very few will ever know if it doesn’t happen (since it hasn’t yet), but for those of us who do know, it’s fairly obvious given the character dialogue and movement. Hopefully the lawyers haven’t squashed it already!

Now that I've been thinking about it, I don't think the lawyers would squash it, there are similar stunts in Festival of Fantasy that have never been cut, like Flynn and the Ruffians swinging and the circus girls on the swings on second to last float. Hopefully they get it working! Plus I have to imagine they cast Peter Pan and Wendy in this parade with the intention of flying.

 

[Disney Analyst]

It would really be a shame if the flying gets cut as you can really tell the Pan unit is missing something. As it stands now, Tink interactions seem to be the highlight. The float itself is nice looking but just lacks its own unique magical moment.

I guess very few will ever know if it doesn’t happen (since it hasn’t yet), but for those of us who do know, it’s fairly obvious given the character dialogue and movement. Hopefully the lawyers haven’t squashed it already!

It seems odd that it is taking so long … what could be the hold up?

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

The float itself is nice looking but just lacks its own unique magical moment.

What floats have a unique magical moment?

Blue fairy 2-way glass effect (which guests have to be lucky to see) - anything else?

We counting the manta ray on a stick as a magical moment?

 

[Jedi14]

What floats have a unique magical moment?

Blue fairy 2-way glass effect (which guests have to be lucky to see) - anything else?

We counting the manta ray on a stick as a magical moment?

• Blue Fairy: Pinocchio and Geppetto
• Wish: Star appears
• Encanto: The candle get brighter/final door
• Frozen: Ahtohallan/memories appear
• Royals: Float changes color
• Coco: Pepita moves up
• Moana: Gramma Tala rises
• Peter Pan: Pixie dust around the float and eventually(hopefully) flight
• Finale: Wish upon a Star/float changes color

 

[DisneyDean97]

We just talked about this on the August 18 Disney Dish. Starlight's doing well, especially with the (most important) adult and seniors categories.

Here's the ratings so far, and other nighttime spectaculars for comparison:
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Wow, look at those WISHES scores

 

[WorldExplorer]

• Blue Fairy: Pinocchio and Geppetto
• Wish: Star appears
• Encanto: The candle get brighter/final door
• Frozen: Ahtohallan/memories appear
• Royals: Float changes color
• Coco: Pepita moves up
• Moana: Gramma Tala rises
• Peter Pan: Pixie dust around the float and eventually(hopefully) flight
• Finale: Wish upon a Star/float changes color

Way too many of these are only magical moments because it's not the float's normal state, not because it's actually something impressive or wow worthy.

Unless the idea is supposed to be they're magical moments because you're unlikely to see them, because I definitely missed/had to look down the route to see a couple.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Way too many of these are only magical moments because it's not the float's normal state, not because it's actually something impressive or wow worthy.

Yeah…. A light changing color or screen getting brighter isn’t a magical moment.

I could adjust the brightness on my laptop all day long, even time it to music, that’s not magical lol.

 

[AxolotlTales]

Now that I've been thinking about it, I don't think the lawyers would squash it, there are similar stunts in Festival of Fantasy that have never been cut, like Flynn and the Ruffians swinging and the circus girls on the swings on second to last float. Hopefully they get it working! Plus I have to imagine they cast Peter Pan and Wendy in this parade with the intention of flying.

Because unlike whatever was happening with this they had time to get clearance.