MagicHappens1971
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I’m I remember correctly other floats were also damaged.
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MSEP ending at Disneyland on Sept 1, WDW return in 2023?
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Squishy
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There must've been some damages during transport because the Mickey unit & some of the spinning ones look in worse shape now than its ever been at WDW. From the sounds of what wdwmagic and few others said, it sounds like a new parade is more likely than MSEP.
Didn't DL referb MSEP before the 2019 & 2022 Runs????
MagicHappens1971
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They refurbed it after it returned to Disneyland in 2016/2017. I don’t know if they did again. I know they added that new float in the 2022 run. Either way the parade is almost 50 years old and needs to be put out of its misery
FigmentFan82
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this comment and your avatar pair very well together
Squishy
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It looked like they redid the drum section of the float but not the locomotive that goofy drives.
TTA94
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Agreed. Not defending WDW but a lot can happen in transporting things across country. It may or may not have been WDWs fault for the float damage.
Either way, WDW needs to stop shipping floats instead of investing in their own. And when WDW does build their own night parade floats they need to care for them properly.
mastromjm
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- In the Parks
- Yes
That float is the oldest in the parade, going back the entire fifty years (and for the drum, possibly more??)
People in Anaheim loathed loaning parades to TDO because they had no maintenance facilities and parade floats generally came back in much worse shape than when they were shipped out. Allegedly.
TTA94
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Any light parade MK gets, well maybe with the exception of MSEP as it was, I would imagine will require a new storage and maintenance facility or an overhaul of what’s currently there.
And if there was any backstage parade area construction going on we would hear about it lol. That news would spread like wildfire and they know it lol. Therefore I highly doubt they would be starting any of that work until a parade gets announced.
TTA94
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Like Spectromagic?
That was a different story and hopefully whoever was involved in that decision not only no longer works for the company but is also ashamed and scared for life for what they did.
Starship824
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- In the Parks
- No
Not really defending Walt Disney World here, but let's be honest. Has TDA really been any better in maintaining their entertainment? Magic Happens broke down multiple times upon its arrival last year and let's not even mention Fantasmic and the multiple times they've let World of Color just rot, and the recent light polls and speakers falling on guests.... Again, not defending Walt Disney World look at current Festival of Fantasy, but Disneyland isn't much better. Let's be honest.
ToTBellHop
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DL has fallen far.
Squishy
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At that point it would make more sense to make new floats. MSEP uses a string light approach, PTN does not use string lights, very different theme & technology.
SpectroMickey85
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Anyone else looking forward to the day when there are no more threads or discussions about WDW getting a nighttime parade? 
YES!!!!! Let's hope we only have to wait till D23 2024!!!!!!!Anyone else looking forward to the day when there are no more threads or discussions about WDW getting a nighttime parade?
ToTBellHop
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Then we will switch to complaining about the IPs presented.
Don't go there yet......we don't even know if a Parade is even greenlit for D23......