Walt Disney World's first all-new nighttime parade in a generation, Disney Starlight, will debut July 20. Disney announced the date tonight at a dinner concluding its "Cool Kid Summer" press event at the resort.
Disney Starlight will feature floats themed to Pinocchio's Blue Fairy, Peter Pan, Wish, Encanto, Frozen, Disney Princesses, Coco, and Moana. The finale will be a train float with Mickey and friends plus a few more royal couples.
Here is the announcement, which included an inside look at the production of the parade's new music. And at the end of the announcement, Mickey Mouse, Minnie, and Goofy came on stage in their new Disney Starlight costumes.
Disney Starlight will be the Magic Kingdom's first new nighttime parade since Spectromagic debuted in 1991.
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It's puzzling to me how Disney will miss pretty much the entire summer season for what had looked like was going to be the cornerstone for its 2025 summer season.
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Disney seems to believe that this is going to be a big hit, because they just announced that APs will have to make park reservations for the MK when the new parade debuts. Personally, I don't get the appeal of Disney parades other than a way to pull guests out of attraction lines so they're shorter for me. I'll watch a parade if it's getting ready to come by as I'm walking around the park, but I'm not about to camp out for hours like many do just to have a "prime" viewing spot.