WDW To Return Main Street Electrical Parade

[glendalais]

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is proud to announce that the Main Street Electrical Parade will be returning to Magic Kingdom Park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida as Summer Nightastic!, a wide array of nighttime offerings that was implemented successfully at the Disneyland Resort in California last year, makes it way east.

Main Street Electrical Parade Lights the Night Again as Walt Disney World Resort Launches ‘Summer Nightastic!’
New Terror for Tower, too

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Feb. 10, 2010) – The “Main Street Electrical Parade” lights up the streets of Magic Kingdom and headlines a season of after-dark excitement coming to Walt Disney World Resort.

“After the sun goes down, our Walt Disney World parks will light up the night with ‘Summer Nightastic!’, ” announced Meg Crofton, president of Walt Disney World Resort, at a media event Wednesday.

Disney magic will shine and shimmer in a whole new light. Here’s a look around:

• With floats and characters appearing for the first time at Walt Disney World Resort, Disney’s “Main Street Electrical Parade” returns with its joyous sights and sounds. Direct from Disneyland and marking its first engagement in Florida since 2001, the cherished parade will be led by Tinker Bell waving from the basket of a magical balloon aboard a new float. Pinocchio and Snow White join the parade this summer, aboard bright new floats. Disney’s “Main Street Electrical Parade” is set for its summer-long nighttime premiere in early June at Magic Kingdom.
• The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror welcomes “drop-ins” this summer with even more pulse-racing surprises. New lighting effects and the addition of a new drop sequence, created especially for “Summer Nightastic!”, will bring unexpected frights to guests who step into that infamous service elevator. If they dare.
• What could be more summery than fireworks on a star-studded night? Magic Kingdom will treat guests to a special summer fireworks spectacular. The night sky will explode in vivid colors and brilliant visual effects as whimsical music fills the air.
• Other fun! The return of the Sounds Like Summer concert series to Epcot and extended evening hours at Disney’s Animal Kingdom several times a week add up to summer fun as only Disney can do – at all four Walt Disney World theme parks

A expected start date should be announced shortly.

[hhsrat]

Yay! The MSEP is coming back! :)

[Notatourist]

Will the music be the same, that is the question I ask...

[scpergj]

Will the music be the same, that is the question I ask...

I hope it is...MSEP just wouldn't be the same without Baroque Hoedown!

[joanna71985]

I'm going to miss Spectro :(

[glendalais]

Will the music be the same, that is the question I ask...

I hope it is...MSEP just wouldn't be the same without Baroque Hoedown!

Indeed, even the music is coming back. It was a part of yesterday's presentation by Meg Crofton, President, Walt Disney World Resort, to the Press and Central Florida officials.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETmtX6fpjCA

(Start from 00:00:35)

[Disneyguy85]

I'm kind of bummed to see it leave the Disneyland Resort, but I guess I can't be too sad, it had a good run.

And I suppose that DCA won't be needing it once World of Color debuts. (Which I'm really looking forward to!)

[Main Streeter]

DARN! Knew we couldn't keep the prize. :mad: One more reason to go to WDW this summer. :)

[Shorty82]

I'm going to miss Spectro :(

You'll be about the only one. A lot of people I've talked to don't really like it that much. Personally, if I never have to see or hear it again I'd be a happy camper.

In the latest issue of the D23 magazine they printed the results of polls they asked the members.

For "What is your favorite nighttime show at the Disney Parks?" The Main Street Electrical Parade was number one and Spectro didn't even make the list.

In the order it was printed:

• Wishes: (Magic Kingdom) 13%
• Fantasmic!: (Disney's Hollywood Studios) 16%
• Fantasmic!: (Disneyland) 14%
• Illuminations: (Epcot) 16%
• Main Street Electrical Parade: (Disneyland Resort) 21%
• Other: 20%

[darph nader]

Oh Sure,,,,,,,,,,,,,first the CoP and now DEP. :(