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

TTA94

TTA94

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Biff215 said:
We’re not seriously discussing bringing back MSEP already, are we? Starlight might not be Spectro but it’s not terrible either. Give it a chance!

I have a feeling many who criticize it have never seen it in person. 🤷‍♂️
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I have seen Starlight a few times. I don’t despise it, it is nice to have a light parade back, but it’s just Ok. It just doesn’t hit the same as MSEP and Spectro did. The lighting they used looks like a bunch of Govee string lights thrown on the floats and not neatly placed like other light parades. The soundtrack sounds like it was maybe meant to have lyrics that got cut? Which would have added a lot imo. Like others have said Starlight just didn’t have a high enough budgets.

PTN and Dreamlights remain the winners of current nighttime parades. PTN is a winner not because of quality which is low but its overall fun, flashy lighting and has a catchy upbeat soundtrack.
 
TTA94

TTA94

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ToTBellHop said:
It’s meant to last a long time. But, expect updates over time.
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What type of updates do you think we could see? I think one of the sooner changes will be Wish. I hope whatever ends up replacing that float is a better second float for the parade and not as small. Personally I think the train should be relocated to follow the Blue Fairy and a new finale float created or more of a cavalcade type thing like Spectro. A Drum would be a nice addition to but not sure how that would work unless they swap out the middle section of the train float? If that’s possible.
 
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jrhwdw

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TTA94 said:
I admit it does look nice with the castle behind it.
I wish we had high quality videos of SpectroMagic back in the day with the castle behind it.
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All we have are Clips of Spectro down Main Street on TV Shows/Official VHS Tapes during the 20th. MSEP was more full on ABC's 1999 Christmas Parade and July 4th 1988's TV Special.
 
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jrhwdw

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TTA94 said:
For those interested.



Maybe someone will be willing to share the underliners. I’m sure someone out there made a recording.
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Thanks! Sounds Great! My, How far we've come since last Feb when we were wondering if MK would get Starlight open to now seeing Starlight go Both Directions! So Happy! 😀😃🙂
 
mattpeto

mattpeto

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Finally saw Starlight last week.

My take is probably “chalk”. Impressive - beautiful floats and great soundtrack. For me, it gets me into feels very much. They could use more performers in between floats and felt a tad short overall.

Paint the Night remains my favorite nighttime parade, I’d say it’s more fun overall and just so much more is happening

But Starlight has better “bones” for a castle park honestly.
 

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