Nights are about to get BRIGHTER at Disney World.
Cinderella Castle at night
Earlier this year, Disney announced that a BRAND-NEW parade would be coming to Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Following in the footsteps of iconic offerings like the Main Street Electrical Parade and SpectroMagic, this new nighttime spectacular was set to debut in 2025. Now, we know its full name!
The new after-dark parade offering will be known as Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away, expanding on the Disney Starlight moniker, which as announced back at D23. The full name was announced during the The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular, which aired on ABC on December 1st.
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The parade, which will be the first nighttime offering of this type at the Magic Kingdom since the East Coast version of the Main Street Electrical Parade concluded its final run in 2016, will use the latest in entertainment technology “to tell new stories about the characters you love. All of this is brought to life by the magic of the Blue Fairy, in addition to beloved characters from Walt Disney Animation Studios films Peter Pan, Encanto, Frozen, and more” according to Disney.
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The announcement of the full Starlight name wasn’t the only news to come out of the special, as Disney also confirmed that the Disney Villains-based stage show coming to Hollywood Studios in 2025 will be entitled Villains: Unfairly Ever After during the same broadcast.
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Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away, the new and newly-named nighttime parade at the Magic Kingdom, is scheduled to premiere at Walt Disney World in the summer of 2025. Stay tuned to DFB for more on the resort’s newest offerings.
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