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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away''' is a nighttime parade at [[Magic Kingdom]] at Walt Disney World in Florida. Presented by Disney Live Entertainment, the parade of illuminated floats, performers and Disney and Pixar characters is led by the Blue Fairy from ''Pinocchio'' and built around the theme of wishing on a star. It is the first regularly scheduled nighttime parade at [[Magic Kingdom]] since the [[Main Street Electrical Parade]] ended its final Walt Disney World run on October 9, 2016, and the first entirely new nighttime parade at the park since ''SpectroMagic'' debuted in 1991.<ref name="wikipedia">{{cite web |title=Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away |website=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Starlight:_Dream_the_Night_Away}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
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Disney announced the parade at the D23 fan event in Anaheim in August 2024, promising a new nighttime spectacular for summer 2025 that would use modern lighting technology to tell stories about beloved characters.<ref name="dfb">{{cite web |title=Disney Starlight — A Nighttime Parade at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom |website=Disney Food Blog |url=https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/disney-starlight-a-nighttime-parade-at-walt-disney-worlds-magic-kingdom/}}</ref> The creative team deliberately looked backwards as well as forwards: the parade was designed as a homage to [[Magic Kingdom]]'s earlier nighttime parades, the [[Main Street Electrical Parade]] and ''SpectroMagic'', with members of the teams behind those parades involved in its creation.<ref name="wikipedia" /><br />
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On May 27, 2025, Disney confirmed a debut date of July 20, 2025.<ref name="wikipedia" /> After soft-opening performances on July 18 and 19, Disney Starlight officially debuted on July 20, 2025.<ref name="parade">{{cite web |title=Disney World Debuted First Nighttime Parade in Over a Decade |website=Parade |url=https://Parade.com/travel/disney-world-debuts-nighttime-parade-starlight-dream-the-night-away}}</ref><ref name="wdwinfo">{{cite web |title=Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away Parade |website=WDWInfo |url=https://www.wdwinfo.com/disney-world/magic-kingdom/starlight-dream-the-night-away-parade.htm}}</ref><br />
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== Show ==<br />
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The parade is "brought to life by the magic of the Blue Fairy", whose wand star is presented as the first star of the evening, inviting guests to make a wish.<ref name="dfb" /> It typically runs once or twice nightly — commonly at 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. at debut — beginning on Main Street, U.S.A. and travelling past [[Cinderella Castle]] and through Liberty Square to Frontierland, the reverse of the park's daytime parade route. It does not perform on [[Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party]] or Halloween party nights, and a full pass takes roughly twelve minutes from first float to last.<ref name="uct">{{cite web |title=Where to Watch Disney Starlight Parade at Magic Kingdom |website=Undercover Tourist |url=https://www.undercovertourist.com/blog/disney-starlight-parade-magic-kingdom/}}</ref><br />
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The float line-up mixes recent films with classics:<br />
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* '''Blue Fairy''' — the opening unit, an homage to the [[Main Street Electrical Parade]]'s original opening float, with Pinocchio and Geppetto revealed in a lit compartment below.<br />
* '''Wish''' — Asha with Star and Valentino.<br />
* '''Encanto''' — Mirabel and Isabela, who swings on floral vines, with Bruno at the rear and the family's glowing candle as a centrepiece.<br />
* '''Frozen''' — a ''Frozen 2''-inspired unit with Elsa.<br />
* '''Royal couples''' — Aurora and Phillip, Tiana and Naveen, Belle and the Beast, and Cinderella and Prince Charming.<br />
* '''Coco''' — Miguel, Dante and the alebrije Pepita crossing the marigold bridge to the Land of the Dead, introduced by mariachi music.<br />
* '''Moana''' — Moana sailing on bioluminescent waves with Pua and Heihei, accompanied by a manta ray representing Gramma Tala.<br />
* '''Peter Pan''' — Peter Pan and Wendy above a London skyline dominated by Big Ben.<br />
* '''Finale''' — Whimsy, an original character who is himself the whimsical train at the head of the closing float, inspired by the [[Main Street Electrical Parade]]'s train float. Goofy, Pluto, Donald and Daisy ride with vignettes of Snow White and Dopey, Rapunzel and Flynn Rider, and Aladdin and Jasmine, before Mickey and Minnie close the parade in new sparkling costumes.<ref name="dfb" /><ref name="fandom">{{cite web |title=Disney Starlight |website=Disney Wiki |url=https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Starlight}}</ref><br />
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An original score threads the units together, and the parade's poster art, displayed under the Main Street railroad station, was produced in the style of Mary Blair.<ref name="polka">{{cite web |title=Disney Starlight Parade Characters and Details |website=Polka Dots and Pixie Dust |url=https://www.polkadotsandpixiedust.com/disney-starlight-parade-characters-and-details/}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Main Street Electrical Parade]]<br />
* [[Magic Kingdom]]<br />
* [[Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party]]<br />
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