Nighttime at the Magic Kingdom is about to get even more magical!
Magic Kingdom
Currently at the Magic Kingdom, Happily Ever After lights up the skies around the park. When Disney changed the fireworks show to Enchantment for Disney World’s 50th birthday, many fans were upset and begged Disney to bring back Happily Ever After, and they listened and brought the show back in April of 2023! Fans have also been begging Disney to bring back a nighttime parade to Magic Kingdom. You asked, and they listened! Last year, it was announced that Magic Kingdom will get a brand new nighttime parade in the summer of 2025, and now we know when it will debut!
The new parade is called Disney Starlight! Disney Starlight will follow in the footsteps of previous iconic nighttime spectaculars like the Main Street Electrical Parade and SpectroMagic.
“Disney Starlight” will come to Magic Kingdom in Summer 2025 using the latest technology to bring Disney stories to life and will feature moments from fan-favorite films like Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Peter Pan,” “Frozen” and “Encanto.”
The parade will be “brought to life by the magic of the Blue Fairy” from movie, Pinocchio. We find this to be fitting as the Blue Fairy used to lead the Main Street Electrical Parade! The parade will also feature characters from movies like Peter Pan, Encanto, and Frozen.
A new nighttime parade “Disney Starlight” will come to Magic Kingdom in Summer 2025 using the latest technology to bring Disney stories to life and will feature moments from fan-favorite films like Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Peter Pan,” “Frozen” and “Encanto.”
When Disney made this initial announcement, we were given a vague opening timeline of summer of 2025, but now we finally having an opening date! The parade will start on July 20th.
Look at the new costumes Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy will wear in the parade!
Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy reveal their new looks for Disney Starlight!
Disney also gave us a sneak peek at some of the merchandise for the parade — including ears that light up!
Disney Starlight LIGHT UP Ears
There’s also a light-up wand that dances with the parade.
Disney Starlight Wand — it DANCES with the parade!
And we got to try a NEW Starlight Popcorn Mix that will be available at the Main Street Confectionery.
Starlight Popcorn mix
The new mix includes bubble gum and blue raspberry candy popcorn, M & Ms, mini marshmallows, and a white chocolate drizzle.
Disney has confirmed the characters we’ll get to see in Disney Starlight. They are:
- The Blue Fairy
- Peter Pan & Wendy
- Asha
- La Familia Madrigal (Mirabel, Isabela, Bruno)
- Elsa
- Aurora and Prince Phillip, Tiana and Prince Naveen, Belle and the Beast, and Cinderella and Prince Charming
- Miguel and Pepita
- Moana
- Goofy, Pluto, Donald Duck and Daisy Duck,Snow White and Dopey, Rapunzel and Flynn Rider, Aladdin and Jasmine, and Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse
Disney Starlight debuts July 20th in Magic Kingdom.
Disney has also revealed that the new parade will have a brand-new theme song. The new song “may have some surprises that sound familiar – be sure to listen closely for some Disney Parks favorites woven into the score.”
Here’s a first look at the new music!
We are eagerly waiting for this new parade to join the Magic Kingdom parade line-up along with Magic Kingdom’s daytime parade, Festival of Fantasy.
Ariel in the Festival of Fantasy parade
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This stinks, we are in WDW until the 17 of July and were hoping that it would start before then. I used to love the nighttime parades when I was a girl.
Nice of Disney to start bringing back parades and such! People need to get monies worth!
Is this parade going to have a limited run, or will it be around for a while? I’m really excited about it, but I won’t be going to WDW again until December. I hope I’ll be able to see it!
Did they mention at what time at night they will be doing it?? Thanks