Disney World's New Nighttime Parade Starts July 20 at the Magic Kingdom
- Disney World's Magic Kingdom will debut a new nighttime parade, Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away, on July 20, 2025.
- This parade follows the 2016 retirement of the Main Street Electrical Parade and aims to fill the nearly decade-long gap in year-round nighttime shows.
- Creative veterans who worked on previous parades, including SpectroMagic and Paint the Night, designed Starlight featuring floats with characters from Disney and Pixar franchises.
- The parade will open with the Blue Fairy and Peter Pan, include original music, and end with a finale float blending nostalgia and modern design described as a "visual and emotional climax."
- Starlight’s arrival signals Disney’s renewed focus on nighttime entertainment despite past delays caused by creative and technical challenges during post-lockdown recovery.
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Magic Kingdom Nighttime Parade ‘Starlight’ Set to Debut in July
After months of speculation, shifting expectations, and a suspiciously quiet rollout, Walt Disney World has finally confirmed a debut date for its upcoming nighttime parade in the Magic Kingdom. Titled Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away, the highly anticipated show will premiere on July 20, 2025. The post Magic Kingdom Nighttime Parade ‘Starlight’ Set to Debut July 20, 2025 appeared first on That Park Place.
Disney World's new nighttime parade starts July 20 at the Magic Kingdom
The Magic Kingdom’s new nighttime parade, Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away, will debut July 20, Disney announced. The event will feature lit-up floats, updated Mickey Mouse fashions and other popular characters heading down Main Street, U.S.A. “Brought to life by the creative hands and hearts at Disney Live Entertainment, ‘Disney Starlight’ is the perfect continuation of our legacy of nighttime parades, with bits of nostalgia sprinkled thr…
Disney sets date for Magic Kingdom’s nighttime parade
Walt Disney World has revealed the date that its new nighttime parade will debut at Magic Kingdom. Theme park visitors will be able to watch “Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away” come down Main Street USA as of July 20. “We can’t wait to bring this parade to life at the park,” David Duffy, vice president of Disney Live Entertainment, told members of the media Tuesday night. Disney also revealed another float design for “Starlight,” and it wil…
Disney Announces a BIG Rule Change Coming to Magic Kingdom Soon
Magic Kingdom is about to change in a lot of BIG ways. For starters, Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island are going away to make room for a new Cars expansion in Frontierland. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is getting a big update. A new Villains land is coming to the park. Main Street Railroad Station But another change is happening SOON: Magic Kingdom is getting a new nighttime parade, Disney Starlight. And well, that parade is going to chan…
‘Disney Starlight’ Nighttime Parade Will Kick Off in July
Disney has announced that their new nighttime parade will start at the Magic Kingdom on July 20, 2025. This is the replacement for the Main Street Electrical Parade, which left several years ago. Over the last several months, Disney has released various concept art images of the upcoming floats. Today, was have a look at the finale float. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at Imagineers building and testing the new floats! disneyliveentertainment…
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