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MK All-New Nighttime Parade Disney Starlight Set to Debut at Magic Kingdom in 2025

Biff215

Biff215

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WDWMagic explained it pretty well. Once HEA ends, Starlight was a bit too close coming from Main Street to allow fireworks crowds to disperse. Coming from Frontierland allows the front of the park to empty quicker for those leaving. Plus it also gives some an incentive to head back to Frontierland if they’re hoping to catch the parade earlier. Then the parade ends and the crowds follow it out of the park. Seems like a smart idea all around.
 
Disgruntled Walt

Disgruntled Walt

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Biff215 said:
WDWMagic explained it pretty well. Once HEA ends, Starlight was a bit too close coming from Main Street to allow fireworks crowds to disperse. Coming from Frontierland allows the front of the park to empty quicker for those leaving. Plus it also gives some an incentive to head back to Frontierland if they’re hoping to catch the parade earlier. Then the parade ends and the crowds follow it out of the park. Seems like a smart idea all around.
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I swear this was how it usually was back in the 2000s. When there was a 9pm Spectro, 10pm Wishes, and 11pm Spectro, the 2nd parade went in the opposite direction.
 
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jrhwdw

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Biff215 said:
WDWMagic explained it pretty well. Once HEA ends, Starlight was a bit too close coming from Main Street to allow fireworks crowds to disperse. Coming from Frontierland allows the front of the park to empty quicker for those leaving. Plus it also gives some an incentive to head back to Frontierland if they’re hoping to catch the parade earlier. Then the parade ends and the crowds follow it out of the park. Seems like a smart idea all around.
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Plus it leaves the West Bypass open longer since no staging is needed. Also, if TDO keep This..We get that Money Castle Shot with Startlight!!! :) :) :) :)
 
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Touchdown

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jrhwdw said:
MK had time for Magic Memories and You and Celebrate The Magic...Of course Wishes was back then...
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Wishes is roughly half the length of HEA and MK was open much later back then so the shows were more spread out. If I remember correctly first parade was at 8:00, fireworks at 9:45 and second parade 11.
 
EricsBiscuit

EricsBiscuit

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Touchdown said:
Wishes is roughly half the length of HEA and MK was open much later back then so the shows were more spread out. If I remember correctly first parade was at 8:00, fireworks at 9:45 and second parade 11.
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Everything was within 2 hours. Celebrate the Magic was before Wishes. I guess it might be redundant to have a castle projection show with HEA but they still had it until the pandemic.
 
SplashJacket

SplashJacket

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Blue Fairy seemed to outrun the rest of the parade unit this evening, causing a ~5 minute stoppage after entering Frontierland
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Decent crowd following the parade out of Frontierland tonight toward the castle.
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Bonus poor photo of the parade from the people mover
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TTA94

TTA94

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Whether we love it or hate it, how long do we think Starlight will last at MK? Could there be a change of some sort for the 60th? Could they ever go back to MSEP as a limited time nostalgia thing? If it still even exists. Though it will probably never leave the west coast.
 
AxolotlTales

AxolotlTales

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TTA94 said:
Whether we love it or hate it, how long do we think Starlight will last at MK? Could there be a change of some sort for the 60th? Could they ever go back to MSEP as a limited time nostalgia thing? If it still even exists. Though it will probably never leave the west coast.
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If it follows the same trend as the other parades it'll last until MK doesn't want to spend money on it anymore, or until they run it into the ground. Since the 2000s MK has only had 2 daily-daytime-parades? And if it follows the current trend of anniversaries it'll be nothing. The 50th was the last big anniversary for MK and WDW and we all know how that went. Even at DL their last big anniversary is debatable between the 50th and 60th.

MK ran Share a Dream for 13 years and rebranded it twice over that span. Aside from when it opened in 2001, almost nothing new was made for it, it only got things removed or leftovers added from older parades. FoF is being ran into the ground and approaching a rough 12 years, and in my opinion the only reason this parade hasn't seen a rebrand is because of how inflexible the theme is.

Then Spectro lasted 19 years before meeting its fate where it then took 14 years before a replacement was announced. Even now, Starlight being good or bad is debatable, but it's obvious in the quality of the floats and costumes that the proper budget for it was disregarded.

Now with MSEP being older I'm not sure if I trust them doing a coast to coast transfer, especially when we've seen that quality and maintenance has gone down. Plus them using MSEP as a "band-aid" for nighttime entertainment at MK is the last thing needed. Especially with all the advancements they could be doing.

Maybe Starlight will get updates over time but who knows when. Maybe if operations suddenly has a change of heart or starts giving the proper attention to entertainment as a whole.
 

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