I really like a parade, and I really like one in a theme park much more. Nonetheless, I actually take pleasure in is an efficient nighttime parade at a theme park greater than something, and Disney Parks has supplied that for me. I used to be over the moon after I received to see Disneyland’s Paint the Night time parade return for the seventieth anniversary of Disneyland Resort, and I’m much more excited for the upcoming Disney Starlight: Dream The Night time Away, the model new nighttime parade heading to Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World subsequent month.
Of all the brand new points of interest heading to Disney World within the coming months, I could also be most enthusiastic about this parade. The floats we’ve seen below building look unimaginable even earlier than they’ve been lit up. The musical rating that followers have been teased with is gorgeous. Nonetheless, this morning, Disney World revealed a couple of new particulars concerning the upcoming parade, and certainly one of them has me actually excited, as a result of it seems the parade can have a constructive impact on Magic Kingdom’s hours of operation.
Disney: Starlight Means Magic Kingdom Will Be Staying Open Later
At the moment, Disney World revealed that when Disney Starlight begins on July 20, it is going to run two occasions nightly, with one parade beginning at 9:00 PM and a second getting underway at 11:00 PM. This second begin time is especially necessary, as a result of it signifies that Magic Kingdom itself will stay open at the very least till then, a full hour later than the park is historically open.
If I’ve one vital gripe with Disney World parks, and actually all the main Orlando theme parks, it’s that they shut too early. With a traditional shut time of 10:00 PM, Magic Kingdom is definitely one of many parks that stays open the most recent, with the remainder of the Disney World parks closing at 9:00 PM. Disney’s Animal Kingdom is at present closing as early as 6:00 PM. It is a travesty contemplating that Pandora: The World of Avatar is particularly pretty at night time, if you happen to’re fortunate sufficient to see it.
Disneyland Resort is Open A lot Later Than Walt Disney World
Anyone who has spent any time at Disneyland Resort is aware of how good staying open later could be. Disneyland Park commonly stays open till midnight, whereas additionally opening sooner than the Orlando parks often do. You actually can spend all day within the parks if you happen to’re so inclined, and I often do.
The truth that Magic Kingdom can be staying open later, beginning July 20, and for the foreseeable future, is unbelievable information. It means you may cease to observe the brand new parade throughout its early slot, and get that point again when the park stays open for one more hour. And, if parades aren’t your factor, you simply get extra time for the stuff that you just’d somewhat be doing. Parades are a good time to go on fashionable rides, because the lengthy Disney World traces are often shorter.
There are some caveats within the new schedule. Disney Starlight will not run in any respect on nights when Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween occasion is occurring within the fall, and it is a protected guess the identical can be true when Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas occasion takes place throughout the holidays.
Disney Starlight has no confirmed finish date; it is going to run for months and will conceivably run for years to come back. Hopefully, this schedule will stay in place for so long as it runs, and Magic Kingdom closing at 11 PM will change into the norm. If we’re fortunate, the remainder of the Disney World parks will comply with swimsuit and add an additional hour (or extra). The extra time one can spend inside a theme park, the higher.