I grew up on the MSEP and was really happy my daughters got to see it.
Neither should be performing in 2022.
You forgot the supersized statue that’s going in the ToT billboard space…the grass is only temporary…the sun glare from the chrome dome is going to cause SO many accidents…
Well, in all honesty, The Rolling Stones have been giving final tours and performances for like 20 years now…
I think the difference between MSEP and the EWP is that one comes with opportunity cost. The Water Pageant is a delightful little relic from another time that Disney could pull at any moment with very little complaints from guests (outside from superfans on message boards). It's a marvel that it's lasted this long, and I always smile when I see it. There's also very little that they can do to update it. Also, you can see the Water Parade anywhere on the lagoon, so you really don't need to pay to experience it. Whereas with MSEP, defaulting back to that comes at the cost of receiving something new and innovative. People (used to) come to WDW excited about the nighttime parades and fireworks. These should be top tier attractions, always growing and developing. While the recent additions to the MSEP were nice, the Magic Kingdom deserves something fresh, and something unique to it's own park imo.
What’s to say the alternative to its return is something new and innovative rather than nothing at all? And why is new and innovative necessarily preferable to time-honoured and charming?
Look on the bright side, you can ride Peter Pan during the parade.
Do you long for WDW to bring back America on parade? Festival of Fantasy is far too gaudy and new.Look on the bright side, you can ride Peter Pan during the parade.
Unless you hate Peter Pan for being too old too?
Well you could always jump on to TRON during the parade IF TRON ever gets done
I mean, you're obviously not wrong seeing as how WDW has been running since 2016 without a nighttime parade.
I agree, they've just brought this one back too often at this point for it to seem like anything special. It's just beginning to seem tired and lazy. I'd personally be happy if they just drove it into the sea so we could stop seeing breathless announcements about its return every few years.I mean, you're obviously not wrong seeing as how WDW has running since 2016 without a nighttime parade.
I think MSEP could be seen as "time-honored" and "charming" the second and third time it was brought back to Orlando, but it's really starting to push it with a fourth time. Unfortunately it's starting to feel stale and skippable to many guests, especially when new nighttime parades are debuting around the world constantly. Maybe I'd feel more open to a MSEP return if Orlando's last original nighttime parade didn't debut in 1991. I just think Orlando deserves it's own unique show. Save the inevitable return until the parade starts being missed.
I understand your point, but I’m still surprised that some would prefer no nighttime parade to MSEP. I can’t see who wins in that scenario.I mean, you're obviously not wrong seeing as how WDW has been running since 2016 without a nighttime parade.
I think MSEP could be seen as "time-honored" and "charming" the second and third time it was brought back to Orlando, but it's really starting to push it with a fourth time. Unfortunately it's starting to feel stale and skippable to many guests, especially when new nighttime parades are debuting around the world constantly. Maybe I'd feel more open to a MSEP return if Orlando's last original nighttime parade didn't debut in 1991. I just think Orlando deserves it's own unique show. Save the inevitable return until the parade starts being missed.
It's been long overdue on WDW gaining it's own electrical parade since Spectromagic ended.I mean, you're obviously not wrong seeing as how WDW has been running since 2016 without a nighttime parade.
I think MSEP could be seen as "time-honored" and "charming" the second and third time it was brought back to Orlando, but it's really starting to push it with a fourth time. Unfortunately it's starting to feel stale and skippable to many guests, especially when new nighttime parades are debuting around the world constantly. Maybe I'd feel more open to a MSEP return if Orlando's last original nighttime parade didn't debut in 1991. I just think Orlando deserves it's own unique show. Save the inevitable return until the parade starts being missed.
To be fair, the Imagineers who worked on Spectromagic descirbed the parade as "The Anti-Main Street Electrical Parade" by making it more grander, unique, and told a story (hints the orchestrated music playing a big part). Instead of just being a series of floats to a Disney Animated Film.
Bingo.
