NoChesterHester
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I never watch the afternoon parade so I won't comment there, but I hope if Spectro does return it receives some serious love.
I would rather a new night time parade altogether.
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SpectroMagic being prepped for return..
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I never watch the afternoon parade so I won't comment there, but I hope if Spectro does return it receives some serious love.
I would rather a new night time parade altogether.
etwtec
Active Member
There could be some truth to the daytime parade rumor. I remember Steve Davison mentioned last year during the Soundsational event at DL that he is working on something new for WDW in a few years...
But I wonder if they would bring back a refurbed Spectro the same year as a new daytime parade? Makes me think we could be waiting a lot longer for Spectro :-(
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
Eh, it's possible--they may want new entertainment to premier along w/ the Fantasyland expansion.
disney fan 13
Well-Known Member
Because they would have to pay more monEy.... Duh!!!
SobchakSecurity
Member
They only get a new parade when they figure out how to reuse that castle float that has been rolling down Main Street since 1996.
This may be a dumb question, but where is SpectroMagic stored right now? The original Main Street Electrical Parade has been shuttled back and forth almost continuously from California to Florida in the past decade, and the Magic Kingdom's original MSEP ended up in Paris (then probably scrapped, I guess?). SpectroMagic has never been taken to another Disney park, so it must just be gathering dust somewhere on property. I just didn't think Disney had that much space for floats (remember they have to store the Christmas floats and whatever is left of the Easter parade floats) that it could just store a dormant parade indefinitely.
The Empress Lilly
Well-Known Member
I prefer the MSEP. I'm addicted to its music too. 
1986. Shockingly.
DisneyTSC
New Member
seriously! I think that thing sputters along on diesel. And they manage to crowbar that thing into every parade!
SobchakSecurity
Member
Wow, that thing has been around since the 15th anniversary? I guess there's something to be said about being economical.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
It's stored in the parade building behind Splash Mountain/Pirates. Saw it just a week ago. It's a tight fit but they managed to get both MSEP and Spectro in back there (and the two daytime parades). More space back there than you might think. No work seems to have been done on it. Only thing I noticed is the Jiminy Cricket animatronic had a protective bag covering him...and one of the SpectroMen spinning floats had been taken apart presumably to use the hardware for MSEP.
karolena3
New Member
I'm not opposed to a new night parade.
I almost never watch the one during the day, so if they did a new one it wouldn't impact me in anyway.
But I don't want Spectro to ever go away completely. I think it is my favorite evening 'event' and I hope it's there when I go next January. (Or at least MSEP isn't there, because I don't like the music).
I almost never watch the one during the day, so if they did a new one it wouldn't impact me in anyway.
But I don't want Spectro to ever go away completely. I think it is my favorite evening 'event' and I hope it's there when I go next January. (Or at least MSEP isn't there, because I don't like the music).
montyz81
Well-Known Member
I for one am happy that MSEP is rolling down main street once again. The first time I saw this parade (assuming it was another set of floats then) was in 1981. It is very original Disney in my opinion. Spectro just feels so much more commercialized. What I mean by this is that Spectro is all about the characters, where as MSEP is all about the parade.
InLikeFlynn
Active Member
I was watching videos from a few years ago and hearing the music from Spectro made me want to cry. It was SO pretty...MSEP was catchy the first few times but we don't even bother watching it anymore.
Captain Chaos
Well-Known Member
Fix that for ya... HAHAHAHA LoL...
Anyway, MSEP in October and loved it... I don't have a preference either way... I think the music to SpectroMagic is awesome... And yet, I can listen to MSEP music over and over too... I'll enjoy either night parade... of course, I'd love to see something new but we know THAT won't happen...
TarzanRocked99-
Well-Known Member
Actually MSEP was here 13 years (1977 - 1990) and then shipped to Paris
Spectro was here 8 years (1991 - 1999) and then put in storage
Disneyland's MSEP was here 2 years (summer 1999 - March 31, 2001) and then shpped back to Disneyland
Spectro then returned for 9 more years (2001 - 2010) and then put back in storage
And now we have MSEP back on loan from Disneyland until they decide they want it back.