Having seen dozens of videos of Paint the Night (from both California and Hong Kong), I was literally blown away by this parade! This very likely is Disney best light parade. If another, upgraded version of this parade were built, here's what I came up with for version 3.0 (1.0 is Hong Kong Disneyland's parade & 2.0 is for Disneyland in California):
1.) Opening unit: Tinker Bell flies in the front portion of the float, with her Disney Fairy friends dancing in front of the unit. Behind that is a drum float with Peter Pan sitting on top, linked by a Pixie Dust trail. Wendy stands on the Pixie Dust in the middle.
2.) Alice in Wonderland: starts with 3 spinners; blue-green turtle w/glasses, buzzing bee (or is it a firefly?), and snail. These spinners are followed by Alice riding on a lighted Cheshire Cat. The White Rabbit & the Mad Hatter dance in front of the Cheshire Cat float.
3.) Winnie the Pooh: very short float with Pooh in a honey tree, similar to the Dreamlights float. Tigger, Piglet, and Eeyore stand around the tree.
4.) Monsters, Inc.: same as Paint the Night 1.0 & 2.0
5.) Cars: same as Paint the Night 1.0 & 2.0
6.) The Little Mermaid: same, but with the 2nd set of dancers behind the float replaced by the following:
7.) Finding Nemo: just a set of costumed walkers/dancers with lighted puppets of Nemo, Dory, Crush, etc., similar to the Finding Nemo show in Animal Kingdom
8.) Pinocchio: Pinocchio and Geppetto sit on a raft inside a lighted Monstro
9.) Dumbo: a shorter version of the MSEP unit. This starts with the circus calliope float with the lion playing, linked to a 3 ring float with Dumbo and clowns standing in these rings
10.) Toy Story: same as Paint the Night 1.0 & 2.0
11.) Aladdin: a giant lighted Genie with a Magic Carpet in front. Aladddin and Jasmine ride the carpet. A Whole New World plays, alternating with a few lines of Baroque Hoedown.
12.) Snow White: Dopey drives a Mine Train, with four cars. Snow White sits in the front car, followed by Doc and Happy in the back. A small pile of diamonds/gems is stacked behind the characters, like the pile of diamonds/gems behind Dopey. The train pulls a mine float with Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, and Grumpy digging/mining
13.) Beauty & the Beast: same as Paint the Night 1.0 & 2.0, except that Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) replaces Cinderella
14.) Cinderella: similar to the current Dreamlights float, with Cinderella wearing a giant lighted dress like Belle wears on her float. The Fairy Godmother stands on a castle tower, & Cinderella's dress changes color when she waves her wand. Her Prince stands behind the castle tower holding a lighted glass slipper.
15.) Pete's Dragon: similar to Main Street Electrical Parade and Dreamlights
16.) GRAND FINALE: similar to Paint the Night 2.0, but with only 1 set of walkers carrying these kite-like spinners (only 1st set used). Following the spinners is a series of whiryballs with (in order); Goofy, Pluto, Donald, Daisy, Chip, Dale, Roger Rabbit, and Minnie. Following that is the final float with Sorcerer Mickey, which is the same as both versions of Paint the Night!
I watched NUMEROUS YouTube videos of Paint the Night, MSEP, SpectroMagic, and Dreamlights to calculate running time of floats passing by, parade gaps, and number of floats needed. Paint the Night has VERY long parade gaps and far fewer floats than the other light parades, but visually, it's mind-blowing!
After meticulously calculating everything, I came up with 29 floats and approximately 22 minutes in running time; roughly the length and number of floats as MSEP had during its 1985-96 heyday in Disneyland-- the Pinocchio units and Snow White Diamond Mine were sent to DL Paris after the run in Disneyland park ended in 1996, and did not return until 2008 or 2009. I hope everyone likes this parade, and if you have questions or comments, please feel free to post!
1.) Opening unit: Tinker Bell flies in the front portion of the float, with her Disney Fairy friends dancing in front of the unit. Behind that is a drum float with Peter Pan sitting on top, linked by a Pixie Dust trail. Wendy stands on the Pixie Dust in the middle.
2.) Alice in Wonderland: starts with 3 spinners; blue-green turtle w/glasses, buzzing bee (or is it a firefly?), and snail. These spinners are followed by Alice riding on a lighted Cheshire Cat. The White Rabbit & the Mad Hatter dance in front of the Cheshire Cat float.
3.) Winnie the Pooh: very short float with Pooh in a honey tree, similar to the Dreamlights float. Tigger, Piglet, and Eeyore stand around the tree.
4.) Monsters, Inc.: same as Paint the Night 1.0 & 2.0
5.) Cars: same as Paint the Night 1.0 & 2.0
6.) The Little Mermaid: same, but with the 2nd set of dancers behind the float replaced by the following:
7.) Finding Nemo: just a set of costumed walkers/dancers with lighted puppets of Nemo, Dory, Crush, etc., similar to the Finding Nemo show in Animal Kingdom
8.) Pinocchio: Pinocchio and Geppetto sit on a raft inside a lighted Monstro
9.) Dumbo: a shorter version of the MSEP unit. This starts with the circus calliope float with the lion playing, linked to a 3 ring float with Dumbo and clowns standing in these rings
10.) Toy Story: same as Paint the Night 1.0 & 2.0
11.) Aladdin: a giant lighted Genie with a Magic Carpet in front. Aladddin and Jasmine ride the carpet. A Whole New World plays, alternating with a few lines of Baroque Hoedown.
12.) Snow White: Dopey drives a Mine Train, with four cars. Snow White sits in the front car, followed by Doc and Happy in the back. A small pile of diamonds/gems is stacked behind the characters, like the pile of diamonds/gems behind Dopey. The train pulls a mine float with Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, and Grumpy digging/mining
13.) Beauty & the Beast: same as Paint the Night 1.0 & 2.0, except that Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) replaces Cinderella
14.) Cinderella: similar to the current Dreamlights float, with Cinderella wearing a giant lighted dress like Belle wears on her float. The Fairy Godmother stands on a castle tower, & Cinderella's dress changes color when she waves her wand. Her Prince stands behind the castle tower holding a lighted glass slipper.
15.) Pete's Dragon: similar to Main Street Electrical Parade and Dreamlights
16.) GRAND FINALE: similar to Paint the Night 2.0, but with only 1 set of walkers carrying these kite-like spinners (only 1st set used). Following the spinners is a series of whiryballs with (in order); Goofy, Pluto, Donald, Daisy, Chip, Dale, Roger Rabbit, and Minnie. Following that is the final float with Sorcerer Mickey, which is the same as both versions of Paint the Night!
I watched NUMEROUS YouTube videos of Paint the Night, MSEP, SpectroMagic, and Dreamlights to calculate running time of floats passing by, parade gaps, and number of floats needed. Paint the Night has VERY long parade gaps and far fewer floats than the other light parades, but visually, it's mind-blowing!
After meticulously calculating everything, I came up with 29 floats and approximately 22 minutes in running time; roughly the length and number of floats as MSEP had during its 1985-96 heyday in Disneyland-- the Pinocchio units and Snow White Diamond Mine were sent to DL Paris after the run in Disneyland park ended in 1996, and did not return until 2008 or 2009. I hope everyone likes this parade, and if you have questions or comments, please feel free to post!
