Disney Starlight

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On [[August 11]], [[2024]], it was announced that the [[Magic Kingdom]] at the [[Walt Disney World Resort]] would receive a nighttime parade in the summer of [[2025]], marking the first time the park has had a dedicated night parade since the departure of the [[Main Street Electrical Parade]] in [[2016]]. Also announced that the parade would follow the traditional footsteps of the [[Main Street Electrical Parade]], albeit consisting of new technology to tell new stories unlike what happened in Electrical Parade and [[SpectroMagic]]. It was then revealed that characters from ''[[Peter Pan (film)|Peter Pan]]'', ''[[Encanto]]'', and ''[[Frozen (franchise)|Frozen]]'' would appear in the parade as indicated in concept art, such as the [[Blue Fairy]] from ''[[Pinocchio (film)|Pinocchio]]'', [[Peter Pan (character)|Peter Pan]] and [[Wendy Darling|Wendy]], [[Elsa]] (in her ''[[Frozen II]]'' outfit), [[Mirabel Madrigal|Mirabel]], [[Isabela Madrigal|Isabela]], and [[Bruno Madrigal]] from ''Encanto''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wdwnt.com/2024/08/breaking-magic-kingdom-finally-getting-new-nighttime-parade/|title=BREAKING: New Nighttime Parade Coming to Magic Kingdom|website=WDW News Today|date=[[August 11]], [[2024]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://disneyparksblog.com/wdw/new-nighttime-parade-magic-kingdom/|title= All-New Nighttime Parade Coming to Magic Kingdom in Summer 2025|website=Disney Parks Blog|date=August 11, 2024}}</ref>

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On [[November 9]], 2024, a ''[[Moana (franchise)|Moana]]''-themed float was revealed at D23 Brazil as one of the parade floats coming to the Magic Kingdom for its nighttime parade as seen through concept art, depicting [[Moana (character)|Moana]] sailing on her [[Moana's Boat|boat]], [[Pua (Moana)|Pua]], [[Heihei]], and [[Gramma Tala]] in her manta ray form.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wdwnt.com/2024/11/breaking-moana-float-revealed-for-magic-kingdoms-new-nighttime-parade/|title=BREAKING: ''Moana'' Float Revealed for Magic ~~Kingdom’s~~ New Nighttime Parade|website=WDW News Today|date=[[November 9]], 2024}}</ref>

On [[November 9]], 2024, a ''[[Moana (franchise)|Moana]]''-themed float was revealed at D23 Brazil as one of the parade floats coming to the Magic Kingdom for its nighttime parade as seen through concept art, depicting [[Moana (character)|Moana]] sailing on her [[Moana's Boat|boat]], [[Pua (Moana)|Pua]], [[Heihei]], and [[Gramma Tala]] in her manta ray form.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wdwnt.com/2024/11/breaking-moana-float-revealed-for-magic-kingdoms-new-nighttime-parade/|title=BREAKING: ''Moana'' Float Revealed for Magic Kingdom's New Nighttime Parade|website=WDW News Today|date=[[November 9]], 2024}}</ref>

It was later revealed that it would be called Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away.

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On January 18, 2025, a Princess-themed float was revealed. The art depicts a new float themed to Disney animated royalty. Royal couples Aurora and Philip, Tiana and Naveen, Cinderella and Prince Charming, as well as Belle and the Beast dance together in a ~~“cosmic~~ ~~ballroom”~~ with a fountain in the center.

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The new parade will take inspiration from the history of nighttime parades at Magic Kingdom, as well as some of Walt Disney ~~Studios’~~ early animated features. The princess unit in the concept art above is being designed as a tribute to Mary ~~Blair’s~~ original concept artwork for ~~“Cinderella~~.” <ref> https://blogmickey.com/2025/01/princess-float-concept-art-disney-starlight-nighttime-parade/</ref>

The new parade will take inspiration from the history of nighttime parades at Magic Kingdom, as well as some of Walt Disney Studios' early animated features. The princess unit in the concept art above is being designed as a tribute to Mary Blair's original concept artwork for ''Cinderella''. <ref> https://blogmickey.com/2025/01/princess-float-concept-art-disney-starlight-nighttime-parade/</ref>

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Recently, a photo op for the new Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away parade coming soon to Walt Disney World is available at the runDisney expo. The photo op is located at the runDisney expo located at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. The photo-op backdrop resembles the parade concept art and features the Blue Fairy from ~~“Pinocchio~~.” On the canvas behind her are Wendy and Peter Pan flying through the sky and Elsa standing in front of a large snowflake with a castle in the background. <ref>

Recently, a photo op for the new Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away parade coming soon to Walt Disney World is available at the runDisney expo. The photo op is located at the runDisney expo located at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. The photo-op backdrop resembles the parade concept art and features the Blue Fairy from ''Pinocchio''. On the canvas behind her are Wendy and Peter Pan flying through the sky and Elsa standing in front of a large snowflake with a castle in the background. <ref>

https://wdwnt.com/2025/02/photo-op-for-new-disney-starlight-dream-the-night-away-parade-at-rundisney-expo-in-walt-disney-world/</ref>

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"Disney Starlight" is a nighttime parade set to perform at [[Main Street, U.S.A. (Magic Kingdom)|Main Street, U.S.A.]] at the [[Magic Kingdom]]. The parade consists of state-of-the-art technology with magic brought to life by the [[Blue Fairy]] from ''[[Pinocchio (film)|Pinocchio]]'' with parade floats inspired by Disney animated films, such as ''[[Peter Pan (film)|Peter Pan]]'', ''[[Frozen]]'', ''[[Encanto]]'', ''[[Moana (film)|Moana]]'', and many other Disney classics.

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== Gallery ==

==Gallery==

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~~File:~~WDW Nighttime-Parade Blue-Fairy-Float.jpg|Concept Art for the Opening, Peter Pan, and Frozen

WDW Nighttime-Parade Blue-Fairy-Float.jpg|Concept Art for the Opening, Peter Pan, and Frozen

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~~File:~~WDW Nighttime-Parade Encanto-Float.jpg|Concept Art for the Encanto float

WDW Nighttime-Parade Encanto-Float.jpg|Concept Art for the Encanto float

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~~File:~~Starlight-parade-concept-art-2.webp|Concept Art for the Princesses float

Starlight-parade-concept-art-2.webp|Concept Art for the Princesses float