It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No! It’s two classic Disney characters!
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If you’ve ever wanted to see Peter Pan and Wendy fly off to Neverland, it’s time you head over to the Magic Kingdom! Disney recently announced that Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away, the park’s nighttime parade, has undergone a massive change. Luckily for us, this change is a pretty exciting one!
Peter Pan and Wendy have taken flight in the Magic Kingdom! Disney shared that the two soared above the crowds over on social media, and we feel like we’re dreaming.
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In a TikTok video, the company shared that all it took was a little faith, trust, and pixie dust. Duh, that’s the classic formula! The two circled around each other, flying throughout the parade. They soared just below the second star to the right, and just above London. You can see the full video here.
@disneyparks Starlight ⭐ Star bright 🌟 Peter Pan and Wendy took flight tonight ✨ #DisneyParks #DisneyWorld #PeterPan #MagicKingdom
When Disney first released concept art, it did look like Peter and Wendy might take flight, but we all know that concept art isn’t concrete, especially when it comes to new Disney projects. It’s so cool to see how this has come to life! The float looks just like the art now.
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The nighttime parade is one that we absolutely adore in the park! If you want to see the characters take flight, you can catch the parade twice at night at 8:15PM and 10:30PM most nights. Starting April 13th, the parade will move to one show time at 8:30PM Monday through Thursday, and twice per night at 8:30 and 10:30PM on Friday and Saturday.
Disney Starlight — Peter Pan Float
The parade starts off on Main Street, U.S.A., before making its way to Frontierland, so it’s the reverse of Disney’s other parade, Festival of Fantasy. This parade features appearances from the Blue Fairy, Elsa and Anna from Frozen, Mirabel and Bruno from Encanto, Moana, and more!
Disney Starlight
This parade is full of classic and new Disney characters, and it really does light up the night sky. We thought we couldn’t love it any more than we already do, but then Peter Pan and Wendy took flight. Call us happy parade people! As always, be sure to keep following DisneyFoodBlog for more Disney news, updates, and more.
Disney Starlight — A Nighttime Parade at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom
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My two cents
I was so looking forward last year to see the Disney Starlight Parade with my family. We have great memories watching The Main Street Electrical Parade and SpectroMagic when my children were young and when they were young adults.
I thought with all the time they had to create/plan and the new technologies developed since they stopped doing night time parades, that it will be fantastic.
I was so underwhelmed. The others were about 20 minutes, this was 10 to 12. It did not wow any of us in our party. Some of the floats were nice but for the most part it was not memorable. The other two parades, the songs would sometimes act like an ear worm, especially SpectroMagic.
It was so underwhelming that in the 7 days with Park Hoppers ,not once did we go back to see it. Those same children who are now adults with their own children that begged to go see the parade as youngsters, took a pass.
A big disappointment.
Others may disagree and that is fine. Have a good day
AJ, I saw the live video the first night and it was great to watch. I wish we were there to witness the Magic. We still love the Electrical Light parade the best.
BillG from ATL.