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Would Spectro Magic ever be able to live up to the Electrical Parade?
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New Spectro...I like the sound of that! How close to fruition is it?
Vince3
New Member
THIS !!!:sohappy:
SeaCastle
Well-Known Member
That's what I want to know. I was under the impression it had already acquired a sponsor and was receiving a significant refurbishment.
plaz10
Well-Known Member
floats with lights on them. thats what both parades boil down to. and both are great parades but it's the music that sets them apart for each person. It's nostalgia. If you remember the first MSEPand fell in love with the music then you're happy to see it return. But if you love the music of Spectro then you're more into Spectro.
It's all personal preference. One parade isn't better than the other in any way except for perception of the individual. I personally enjoy Spectro due to the music and lyrics vs. the MSEP score. I like both but prefer Spectro.
It's all personal preference. One parade isn't better than the other in any way except for perception of the individual. I personally enjoy Spectro due to the music and lyrics vs. the MSEP score. I like both but prefer Spectro.
spectrodanny
Active Member
it's not that they didn't have the time to change the text on the drum, since the parade is on loan from California, they needed their OK to Change it. considering there is no plan right now to bring it back to California i'm very surprised they didn't get permission to make the change.
MickeyMind
Active Member
I agree with the poster who said that it all boils down to floats with lights, what seperates them is the music, and spectro wins for it's elegant music, hands down!
MSEP'S music is corny, dated, and too repetitive. Spectro's music is timeless, enchanting and elegant.
My vote goes for spectro, the floats were better, the music was better, it had a better story. Spectro wins in my book.
MSEP'S music is corny, dated, and too repetitive. Spectro's music is timeless, enchanting and elegant.
My vote goes for spectro, the floats were better, the music was better, it had a better story. Spectro wins in my book.
Im not gonna lie, Spectro Magic is my favorite. I do think the Electrical Parade in a way could beat it in popularity and it seems a little more organized but Spectro magic for me is an old memory that grows each time I see it. Its great to see something new come around the bend and I watched it as much as I could knowing I might not see it for another 10 years but I am going to miss Spectro Magic after a while. I am really going to miss the Alice in Wonderland floats, my sister loves that bee LOL. Really I think Spectro Magic is much better, I am more worried that the Electrical Parade fan base is going to kill Spectro Magic. The Spectro Magic finale is pretty much the Electrical Parade crammed together.
puntagordabob
Well-Known Member
...Funny, having seen both parades multitudes of times....I have never recalled seeing such excitement by the average guest for Spectro as I have witness for MSEP....so I am not sure if your Drools" comment works for me.
Here we go again...my favorite debate. Ha ha ha! To the OP, I have to disagree that the "new" music is no way better than the original, but the parade is still much better than Spectro.
Will Spectro live up to the magic of MSEP? To some, sure, they will always think it's better. But to the average park guest? Maybe. In my experience, the crowd ALWAYS claps along and cheers as the MSEP goes by, something I've never seen with Spectro. I mean, people are RAVENOUS about MSEP in a way that I've never seen with SpectroMagic. (I'm one of those Ravenous MSEP)
Musically, it's like comparing apples and oranges. There will be those that prefer the grand, symphonic score of Spectro, and there will be those that prefer the bouncy, classic and bright synthemagnetic musical score of MSEP. So neither parade "wins" in that category.
So....Visually speaking, MSEP is far better looking than SpectroMagic was when it left last summer. I don't think this can really be debated. THe lights just look FANTASTIC. If and when Spectro does return (and I hope it does at some point), I'd hope they would completely refurb. the floats for Spectro for the grand return that so many feel it deserves.
This poster is on the mark.
Yep, my family went to see it on the official opening night... old favorite for me from all the way back to the 70s....was new for my wife and children.... all stated they liked MSEP better than Spectro....even though we also like Spectro....
Well now you cannot say that, no?
WDWmazprty
Well-Known Member
I grew up on MSEP but seeing it come back after seeing Spectro..I miss Spectro.
I am glad to hear all the positive comments about Spectro Magic. I was getting a bit scared fir a while reading all the posts supporting the Electrical Parade. I do think that the Electrical parade has is better in its own ways. It is the original parade but then an original parade should be at the original theme park. I do like the fact that both parks don't have an identical parades, then disney would feel more like a busyness then a masterpiece. I do hope the Electrical Parade is back in California on time for my first visit there ever.
MansionGoer13z
Active Member
I'm partial to Spectro Magic, because I've seen it everytime in my last four visits to Disney and have enjoyed it everytime. But I've have also seen the MSEP only on YouTube and was like, "Really they are bringing this thing back?" I know it may not be the best comparison, but between Live and watching things on YouTube, I can still easily tell if I'm going like something or not. It my POV I just feel MSEP lacks alot of excitement Spectro Magic can evoke.
muse1983
Well-Known Member
See I'm the exact opposite. Even to this day i LOVE Spectro Magic and the music which accompanies it. I honestly don't see how anyone can enjoy the MSEP soundtrack over Spectro...but that's just my opinion
MickeyMind
Active Member
done to death
This debate kills me every time. So fun to read everyone's opinions, many of them posted as fact.
Anyway, I saw MSEP in June, was very excited to see it, as I had never seen it before, even went opening weekend. Disliked it immensely. I couldn't have been more bored or disappointed. I despised the music, thought the floats were unimpressive and just generally didn't connect with the theme of the parade. My wife was equally unimpressed. My opinion of MSEP is that it could be packed up tomorrow and I wouldn't give a hoot if it ever came back. Opinion only mind you.
I was never so happy that the holiday parade was in its place when we went in November.
Always enjoyed Spectro. Always went to see it. Count me in the Spectro camp.
BTW debating between the two is like debating between any two pieces of art. It just isn't debatable because there is no "facts" to substantiate arguments. Size of floats? Number of lights? Nope that's like saying a bigger brighter painting is better than a smaller one based solely on size and colours alone. You might believe it true for yourself, but it isn't fact.
It may be true that if a study were done popular opinion would place one parade in front of another as far as which parade is more popular but to the best of my knowledge that poll doesn't exist. BTW the representation of a disney forum would be skewed heavily and would not necessarily be representative of "regular" guests. Simply put we here have more history and greater expectation than most people. We care about things like continuity and tradition when average guests are gleefully unaware of such things. Perhaps if I hadn't fallen in love with Spectro, MSEP wouldn't have disappointed me so much, and perhaps if I weren't so excited to see MSEP my expectations would have been lower and I would have enjoyed it more, but alas, I can't change who I am and the makeup of my experiences.
This debate kills me every time. So fun to read everyone's opinions, many of them posted as fact.
Anyway, I saw MSEP in June, was very excited to see it, as I had never seen it before, even went opening weekend. Disliked it immensely. I couldn't have been more bored or disappointed. I despised the music, thought the floats were unimpressive and just generally didn't connect with the theme of the parade. My wife was equally unimpressed. My opinion of MSEP is that it could be packed up tomorrow and I wouldn't give a hoot if it ever came back. Opinion only mind you.
I was never so happy that the holiday parade was in its place when we went in November.
Always enjoyed Spectro. Always went to see it. Count me in the Spectro camp.
BTW debating between the two is like debating between any two pieces of art. It just isn't debatable because there is no "facts" to substantiate arguments. Size of floats? Number of lights? Nope that's like saying a bigger brighter painting is better than a smaller one based solely on size and colours alone. You might believe it true for yourself, but it isn't fact.
It may be true that if a study were done popular opinion would place one parade in front of another as far as which parade is more popular but to the best of my knowledge that poll doesn't exist. BTW the representation of a disney forum would be skewed heavily and would not necessarily be representative of "regular" guests. Simply put we here have more history and greater expectation than most people. We care about things like continuity and tradition when average guests are gleefully unaware of such things. Perhaps if I hadn't fallen in love with Spectro, MSEP wouldn't have disappointed me so much, and perhaps if I weren't so excited to see MSEP my expectations would have been lower and I would have enjoyed it more, but alas, I can't change who I am and the makeup of my experiences.
MKCP 1985
Well-Known Member
I like them both. You don't have to choose one to the exclusion of the other. They are both great night parades.
Fantasy in the Sky was a great fireworks show. Wishes is a great fireworks show and very different. Liking one doesn't mean you have to dislike the other, unless you are just wired that way. :shrug:
There are elements of both parades that are very memorable and would be awesome to preserve if a new and different parade is announced in the future.
As for the music making you bop along . . . well only one is by definition a hoedown! :lol:
Fantasy in the Sky was a great fireworks show. Wishes is a great fireworks show and very different. Liking one doesn't mean you have to dislike the other, unless you are just wired that way. :shrug:
There are elements of both parades that are very memorable and would be awesome to preserve if a new and different parade is announced in the future.
As for the music making you bop along . . . well only one is by definition a hoedown! :lol:
puntagordabob
Well-Known Member
I do not get offended!
It has always been interesting to me that WDW cannot accomodate more than one night parade..... One parade could run at DHS or something.