Here is a new look at Walt Disney World's new parade

January 19, 2025, 4:18 PM · Walt Disney World is sharing concept art for another float in its new nighttime parade at the Magic Kingdom.

Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away will be the first new nighttime parade at the world's most-visited theme park since SpectroMagic debuted 34 years ago, in 1991. This week, Disney revealed new concept art for a float that will include multiple Disney proncesses, Aurora, Belle, Tiana, and Cinderella.

Princess float in Disney Starlight
All concept images courtesy Disney

Disney Live Entertainment is crediting Mary Blair's concept artwork for Cinderella for the vibe of this new float. Disney previously released similar concept images for three other Starlight floats, including a Blue Fairy float that calls back to a unit in the Main Street Electrical Parade...

Blue fairy and Frozen float

a Moana float...

Moana float

and one for Encanto.

Encanto float

Frankly, the stylized nature of this concept art makes it a bit difficult to suss out exactly what these units will look like in real life. However, this week Disney released an actual photograph of a prototype of one of the dresses that will appear in the parade, illustrating the fabric and lights that should help provide the shimmering effect that Disney seems to be trying to convey in the artwork.

Disney Starlight dress
Photo courtesy Disney

Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away opens this summer at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. For assistance in planning a Walt Disney World vacation, please contact our partner for a free, no-obligation vacation quote.

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January 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM

I used to love Spectromagic (the music is still an earworm) and I’m excited to see this too. Nighttime parades have such a magical feel when executed well. My daughter will be 4 when this debuts and I can’t wait to watch her face light up, pun somewhat intended lol

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