MSEP ending at Disneyland on Sept 1, WDW return in 2023?

[ToTBellHop]

It won’t be late this year if it’s going to MK. Not with the parties.

I agree that they would resist premiering MSEP or PtN during party season. You need several months straight where 2 showings per night are possible 7 nights per week. We’ve seen this with Fantasmic! Crowds seem to have stabilized there.

 

[Henry Mystic]

WDW is 100% the company’s flagship theme park destination. The hierarchy on the Disney parks website and disney.com will tell you that.

Disneyland may be Mecca, but it is not the flagship. That’s like saying the tiny OG Starbucks in Seattle is the company’s flagship cafe. Original does not = flagship.

It gets more attention because it has to appeal to a more localized clientele.

Disneyland Park itself is better, though, by a mile than any of WDW’s park. I definitely agree though that WDW is the flagship. As a resort it’s unrivaled in both attendance and scale.

 

[Mkek22]

I agree that they would resist premiering MSEP or PtN during party season. You need several months straight where 2 showings per night are possible 7 nights per week. We’ve seen this with Fantasmic! Crowds seem to have stabilized there.

Did they not run MSEP during Nov/Dec 2015 on non Christmas party nights?

Hoping for 'end of this year' timeline myself as back with family in December who's last visit was from 9th October 2016 so we all just missed out on seeing MSEP during its last run at MK

 

[Riviera Rita]

I'll be there to see it! Happy Days!

 

[Riviera Rita]

Disneyland Park itself is better, though, by a mile than any of WDW’s park. I definitely agree though that WDW is the flagship. As a resort it’s unrivaled in both attendance and scale.

I agree.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Did they not run MSEP during Nov/Dec 2015 on non Christmas party nights?

Hoping for 'end of this year' timeline myself as back with family in December who's last visit was from 9th October 2016 so we all just missed out on seeing MSEP during its last run at MK

I doubt they’d have it return after 7 years to run 3 nights per week. That would be a dangerous crowd situation.

 

[jpeden]

I’m just going to say this - a new night parade without incorporating Trip a Little Light Fantastic from Mary Poppins Returns would be a missed opportunity.

I know they aren’t building a new light parade for MK but I think it would be a perfect addition.

 

[Tom P.]

Disneyland Park itself is better, though, by a mile than any of WDW’s park. I definitely agree though that WDW is the flagship. As a resort it’s unrivaled in both attendance and scale.

Speaking of entire resorts, what you say is definitely true. However, speaking about individual parks, I still think the company views Disneyland Park, not Magic Kingdom, as its flagship park.

 

[Henry Mystic]

Speaking of entire resorts, what you say is definitely true. However, speaking about individual parks, I still think the company views Disneyland Park, not Magic Kingdom, as its flagship park.

I kind of do too, if only it's because it's so close to Burbank.

I know a few former Imagineers and they share a similar viewpoint. It's the one they take the most pride in.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Disneyland is the company’s flagship park. However, WDW is the company’s flagship resort.

 

[TTA94]

I remember someone saying that if MK was to get PTN or anything other than MSEP it would require a new or rebuilt warehouse backstage?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Disneyland is the company’s flagship park. However, WDW is the company’s flagship resort.

 

[TTA94]

Things are happening with night parades, but not sure today's rumors are entirely accurate with content and location.

I was thinking more about your post and now I’m wondering, Is WDW even a part of it?

 

[Starship824]

I was thinking more about your post and now I’m wondering, Is WDW even a part of it?

This was my first thought.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Paint the Night CONFIRMED for Universal Epic Universe in July 2025!

 

[GhostHost1000]

Paint the Night CONFIRMED for Universal Epic Universe in July 2025!

Ah they beat out legoland and fun spot I see

 

[jpeden]

Ah they beat out legoland and fun spot I see

I heard it was doing a LT run at Busch Gardens next summer as well.

 

[GhostHost1000]

I heard it was doing a LT run at Busch Gardens next summer as well.

Then Dollywood and Six Flags can bid for it

 

[MisterPenguin]

Then Dollywood and Six Flags can bid for it

I heard it was for rent to State Fairs.

 

[jpeden]

I heard it was for rent to State Fairs.

Probably more likely than TDA letting TDO our hands on their premier nighttime parade based on Orlando’s history of parade maintenance.