Disney Axes Beloved Nighttime Parade Without a Final Performance

Disney Axes Beloved Nighttime Parade Without a Final Performance

For decades, nighttime parades have been one of Disney’s most recognizable forms of theme park entertainment. Illuminated floats, synchronized music, and costumed characters have long served as a closing spectacle for guests before the parks shut their gates. Even as some Disney parks phased them out in recent years, others kept the tradition alive. Credit: Erica Lauren, Disney Dining In the United States, nighttime parades largely disappeared i…

Disney Quietly Ends Nighttime Parade, Now Gone for Good : Disney Fanatic

Disney quietly axed the final performance of one nighttime parade, which has now ended for good. Nighttime parades were once a defining feature of Disney parks, but largely disappeared from the United States in the late 2010s. Magic Kingdom’s Main Street Electrical Parade ended its most recent run in 2016, leaving Walt Disney World without a regular nighttime parade for nearly a decade. Credit: D23 RELATED: New Magic Kingdom Parade Proves How Mi…