News Fantasmic!, Festival of Fantasy Parade and Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire to return to Walt Disney World

[TDLFan]

That's even sadder. Lol

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Also having electrical issues. Parade would be in much better shape if park management would only run it once a day, but instead they choose to run it into the ground.

Demand kind of requires two viewings. A better outlook on this would be park management has performs little to no maintenance. The parade is over 10 years old. Either put in some serious rehab efforts and let’s get a new parade going.

 

[IanDLBZF]

Either put in some serious rehab efforts and let’s get a new parade going.

I would think the later could be on the WDW cookbook in the coming years...
We could see a new parade either by the 55th or 60th.

 

[mm52200]

Is it always Anna and Elsa missing ? I'm curious how they decided who gets the shaft (not that I don't 100% agree with the decision...).

Frozen branding is very particular about the context the sisters are seen, they usually have to be kept separate from characters outside of their storyline. So they can’t be on the gazebo with everyone else.

 

[SpectroBro]

Demand kind of requires two viewings. A better outlook on this would be park management has performs little to no maintenance. The parade is over 10 years old. Either put in some serious rehab efforts and let’s get a new parade going.

Maintenance goes into it quite literally every day. These things weren’t meant to run twice a day. Often, they’re sent out into the park with half empty batteries. Day parade ran for decades with only one viewing time, they can absolutely figure it out

 

[TarzanRocked99-]

Is the Brave float still in one piece? You would think if they had three floats out they would insert it back into the parade just to flesh it out a bit.

 

[mm52200]

Is the Brave float still in one piece? You would think if they had three floats out they would insert it back into the parade just to flesh it out a bit.

If the floats that are regularly receiving maintenance work aren’t working, chances are the float that’s been sitting dormant for three years definitely isn’t going to work for two parades a day.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Also having electrical issues. Parade would be in much better shape if park management would only run it once a day, but instead they choose to run it into the ground.

Disneyland has run two parade showings a day for a long time. They can figure it out without these issues.

 

[TarzanRocked99-]

Disneyland also seems to know how to maintain parades much better than WDW

 

[Squishy]

Disneyland has run two parade showings a day for a long time. They can figure it out without these issues.

Disneyland also seems to know how to maintain parades much better than WDW

I have a feeling the harsher weather in Florida also has a play, a lot of times the floats are stuck outside backstage in the rain, mainly when they are lined up and a downpour happens.

 

[IanDLBZF]

I have a feeling the harsher weather in Florida also has a play, a lot of times the floats are stuck outside backstage in the rain, mainly when they are lined up and a downpour happens.

And is there any "covered storage" for the floats?

 

[mm52200]

And is there any "covered storage" for the floats?

Yes there is. But if you pull floats out and a storm cell unexpectedly arrives, they will get wet.

 

[IanDLBZF]

Yes there is. But if you pull floats out and a storm cell unexpectedly arrives, they will get wet.

And they're not 100% waterproof so that's cause for concern then.
That applies to the MISI floats too.

 

[Squishy]

Yes there is. But if you pull floats out and a storm cell unexpectedly arrives, they will get wet.

I have a feeling most of the time it's less "unexpectedly" and more of them thinking they'll get the performance done before the rain arrives. Which is when stuff like this happens.

 

[jrhwdw]

And also hearing the Tangled Unit was missing.

Tangled was at Noon Today.

 

[Disney Analyst]

I have a feeling the harsher weather in Florida also has a play, a lot of times the floats are stuck outside backstage in the rain, mainly when they are lined up and a downpour happens.

I just can’t really accept these excuses. Disney is well aware of Florida’s weather patterns at this point.

The parades should be able to run twice a day, and the floats should be well protected to handle rain.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Maintenance goes into it quite literally every day. These things weren’t meant to run twice a day. Often, they’re sent out into the park with half empty batteries. Day parade ran for decades with only one viewing time, they can absolutely figure it out

My point is that Disneyland is able to run a parade twice a day and I would argue those new floats for Magic Happens are much more complex than anything in FoF. Being cheap and unwilling to protect the parade floats is TDOs fault.

 

[Squishy]

My point is that Disneyland is able to run a parade twice a day and I would argue those new floats for Magic Happens are much more complex than anything in FoF. Being cheap and unwilling to protect the parade floats is TDOs fault.

Not really, the FoF floats have more moving show elements than Magic Happens but then again non moving show elements don't stop management from sending a float out so it's a internal issue with the float when it happens.

 

[mm52200]

Not really, the FoF floats have more moving parts than Magic Happens.

And are older, exposed to harsher conditions, have a longer parade route, a longer way to travel backstage post parade to storage, etc.

 

[Brian]

I couldn't grab a photo because I was driving, but I saw two digital billboards on I4 tonight, replacing the 50th ads, highlighting the Festival of Fantasy parade with a photo of Maleficent blowing fire.

I can't help but imagine the regret one would feel making a special trip (and buying park admission) to go see the parade in its current form.