DManRightHere
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I love SW, but I would be really disappointed to see them full scale in a MK parade. I do not mind subtle mentions of SW, but I think they need to stay in HS.
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Parade Testing at Magic Kingdom
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I love SW, but I would be really disappointed to see them full scale in a MK parade. I do not mind subtle mentions of SW, but I think they need to stay in HS.
Monorail_Red_77
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Can we have the Mainstreet Building projections pretty please. Then you can have any parade you want. The projections are pretty cool. They could even tie it in with Celebrate projections on the castle if they want.
SpectroMan93
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Add me to the list of people who are still angry at Disney for trashing Spectro. As bs as this rumor is, they needs to replace MSEP asap. If it weren't for Festival of Fantasy, Magic Kingdom would have the worst pair of parades in all the parks.
raven
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Maybe that's what's needed after a long hot day of waiting in lines at MK. PTN also has more in it for boys to enjoy while the others are a heavy on the girl side.
ToTBellHop
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Be careful. I once mentioned something around these parts regarding some attractions being boy-centric and others being girl-centric and figuratively had my head bitten off!
Andrew C
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Mr. Peabody
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I wouldn't mind an upgraded Magic Kingdom nighttime parade using the technology from Paint the Night for the floats as long as the tacky, grating Paint the Night soundtrack or something similar is not used. A soundtrack with charm and whimsy like that of SpectroMagic or MSEP would be infinitely better.
OliveMcFly
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2 years of my life were spent in Spectro. I think I can still perform the routine. 
I think it's time for a WDW original night time parade.
I think it's time for a WDW original night time parade.
Mike S
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I also remember someone saying it's far more common to find girls that also like things that are "for boys" than it is to find boys that also like things "for girls."
ToTBellHop
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Indeed. Not that I want this to devolve into that conversation.
Mike S
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Yup. Just leave it there.
MerlinTheGoat
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Spectromagic had plenty for boys. I loved it when i was a kid and i'm a guy. Most of the floats were relatively gender neutral, including the first few with the trumpet playing Spectromen and Mickey's large float. Not to mention a number of the Fantasia floats were very appealing to males, such as the dark winged horses and Chernabog.
I have said this before and may have made some enemies in saying this- I am not the biggest Paint the Night fan, particularly its placement along Main Street. It is far too modern and pop music centric for my taste to begin with, but even on its own merits (which would probably work better at Hollywood Studios), it just doesn't feel appropriate for Main Street.
The lighting technology is very impressive obviously, there is no question about that. But the float designs underneath all the lighting are relatively uninteresting. There are some exceptions such as the Beauty and the Beast or Frozen floats, but the others are less interesting. Even the simpler ball floats (the ones with characters riding on top) are less elaborate in design than Spectromagic.
I went into far greater detail about my opinions on PtN, Spectro and other night parades and design choices in this thread-
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/paint-the-night-rumors.909783/page-5#post-7107243
There was a well thought out elegance in Spectromagic that is missing in PtN. Heck i would argue even MSEP and Dreamlights have this same elegance to an extent (though a lesser extent than Spectro). I would also group Fantillusion in this as well. Their style (again modern programmable LED lighting technology being ignored here in favor of discussing underlying float design and music) is more fitting to be travelling down Main Street than Paint the Night.
I am sorry to whom this may offend, I am normally critical of WDW (at least as it has been for the past two decades) and in praise of Disneyland or the foreign Disney parks. But Paint the Night is not something I would be entirely satisfied with having at Magic Kingdom. And I fully admit that our MSEP is an outdated mess that needs replacing.
Ideally again I would love to see a revival of Spectromagic made out with new lighting technology. Similar to how Dreamlights is to MSEP, i'd like to see a new Spectromagic redone with the same philosophies that went into keeping Dreamlights fresh.
I have said this before and may have made some enemies in saying this- I am not the biggest Paint the Night fan, particularly its placement along Main Street. It is far too modern and pop music centric for my taste to begin with, but even on its own merits (which would probably work better at Hollywood Studios), it just doesn't feel appropriate for Main Street.
The lighting technology is very impressive obviously, there is no question about that. But the float designs underneath all the lighting are relatively uninteresting. There are some exceptions such as the Beauty and the Beast or Frozen floats, but the others are less interesting. Even the simpler ball floats (the ones with characters riding on top) are less elaborate in design than Spectromagic.
I went into far greater detail about my opinions on PtN, Spectro and other night parades and design choices in this thread-
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/paint-the-night-rumors.909783/page-5#post-7107243
There was a well thought out elegance in Spectromagic that is missing in PtN. Heck i would argue even MSEP and Dreamlights have this same elegance to an extent (though a lesser extent than Spectro). I would also group Fantillusion in this as well. Their style (again modern programmable LED lighting technology being ignored here in favor of discussing underlying float design and music) is more fitting to be travelling down Main Street than Paint the Night.
I am sorry to whom this may offend, I am normally critical of WDW (at least as it has been for the past two decades) and in praise of Disneyland or the foreign Disney parks. But Paint the Night is not something I would be entirely satisfied with having at Magic Kingdom. And I fully admit that our MSEP is an outdated mess that needs replacing.
Ideally again I would love to see a revival of Spectromagic made out with new lighting technology. Similar to how Dreamlights is to MSEP, i'd like to see a new Spectromagic redone with the same philosophies that went into keeping Dreamlights fresh.
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wdwfan22
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I'll probably take heat for this but I hope we never get the Building projections. I was so disappointed in Disneyland Forever. I thought the projections were tacky and took away from the show.
wdwfan22
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Agree 100%
Absolutely something new. But something that's fitting for a castle park.
wdwfan22
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Well as long as it's something appropriate for the Magic Kingdom then I'm on board. Another version of Paint The Night I'm not on board with.
baymenxpac
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so to recap:
"we may be getting something new..."
"nope, we're not."
"we need something new. the stuff we have is old."
"i know, but we're not getting it."
"speaking of old stuff, i liked this old thing better than this other old thing."
"i disagree."
::repeat for 85 pages::
"we may be getting something new..."
"nope, we're not."
"we need something new. the stuff we have is old."
"i know, but we're not getting it."
"speaking of old stuff, i liked this old thing better than this other old thing."
"i disagree."
::repeat for 85 pages::