Festival of Fantasy Parade Dining Package is coming soon to the Magic Kingdom! Town’s Town Square Restaurant will play host to the new dining package and will take the place of the Main Street Electrical Parade lunch package. As Magical DIStractions previously reported, the Main Street Electrical Parade will have will no longer be lighting […]
Walt Disney World Resort Weekly Refurbishment Update
There is nothing worse than discovering your favorite Walt Disney World Resort attraction is going to be down for refurbishment while you are visiting. We are here to give you weekly updates about what is currently closed and what attractions will be going down in the future. It was announced this week that Main Street Electrical […]
CONFIRMED: Main Street Electrical Parade is Leaving Walt Disney World
It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that Disney announced to Cast Members that the Main Street Electrical Parade will no longer be lighting up the night after October 9th, 2016. Main Street Electrical Parade will be leaving the Magic Kingdom and heading across the country to Disneyland for a limited engagement. I […]
Rumor: Is it Lights Out for the Main Street Electrical Parade?
A tweet was put out stating that an anonymous source has said that the Main Street Electrical Parade will be ending September 10, 2016. This would leave Magic Kingdom without an evening parade, but I have been hearing other rumors regarding parades and Magic Kingdom. It was recently announced that Paint the Night Parade would […]
4th of July Celebrations at Walt Disney World Resort
Are you celebrating the 4th in the Most Magical Place on Earth? If so, there are plenty of ways to celebrate in the parks. Magic Kingdom “Disney’s Celebrate America! A Fourth of July Concert in the Sky,” will debut July 3rd and 4th in the Magic Kingdom at 9:00 p.m. both evenings. Visit The Hall of Presidents: A Celebration […]
Magical DIScoveries – Your Daily Dose of Disney History
The Main Street Electrical Parade first debuted in Disneyland Park on June 17, 1972. The parade ran for twenty-four (24) years ending on November 25, 1996. The parade was originally scheduled to depart on October 15, 1996 and due to the large turnout of guests Disneyland extended it through November 25th. The Main Street Electrical Parade […]
Magical DIScoveries – Your Daily Dose of Disney History
Walt Disney World’s version of the Main Street Electrical Parade debuted on June 11, 1977. The parade featured floats and live performers covered in thousands of electronically controlled lights synchronized to a soundtrack. The parade, created by Bob Jani and Ron Miziker, originally appeared in Disneyland in 1972. The Walt Disney World version of the parade ran […]
Magical DIScoveries – Your Daily Dose of Disney History
Disneyland Resort’s Light Magic Parade premiered on May 23, 1997. Light Magic was a parade/street show that ran from May – September 1997. It was supposed to be a replacement for the 24-year-old Main Street Electrical Parade. At the time of Light Magic’s closure, Disney officially stated that it would return in the year 2000, but that did not happen. […]
Reader Survey Results: I Love the Nightlife, I Love to Boogie
OK, while busting moves on the dance floor may not make my “Favorite Things” list, the evening entertainment offerings at Walt Disney World Resort theme parks most certainly do. Recently, the folks at Magical DIStractions asked readers to rank their favorite evening events, choosing from Wishes nighttime spectacular and the Main Street Electrical Parade at […]