Main Street Electrical Parade will end its run at Walt Disney World

Disney just confirmed that the Main Street Electrical Parade will end it’s run at Walt Disney World.

October 9, 2016 will be the final performance of the Main Street Electrical Parade at Walt Disney World before it returns for a “limited-time encore engagement” at Disneyland.

Rumors have been circulating since Disney announced that Paint the Night would end its run at Disneyland in early September. Many prognosticate that the terrific Disneyland parade will make its way East to Walt Disney World to appear nightly at the Magic Kingdom. It would be an exciting move for Disney World guests as the parade is light years ahead of the classic MSEP.

Update – Disney just announced that Paint the Night will end its regular run on September 5, but will “return on select nights during the holiday season later this year.”

I’ll remove MSEP from the Crowd Calendars after October 9, 2016 and hopefully Disney will provide some good news on the replacement soon!

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Gina Lawrence

Sunday 9th of April 2017

Is there currently an evening parade at Magic Kingdom? Looking at your Crowd Calendar in October 2017, I see Happily Ever After. Is that a new fireworks show replacing Wishes or is the new parade since they were ending the Main Street Electrical Parade last year? Thanks for your info, Kenny!

kennythepirate

Monday 10th of April 2017

No evening parade. Happily is new Fireworks beginning May 12th

Tim Zweizig

Tuesday 29th of November 2016

Spectro Magic beats the Electric Parade!! They should bring that back!!! What do you think Kenny??

Spectro was allowed to rot, so unfortunately, we will never see it again.

Evan

Wednesday 28th of September 2016

We will be at Disney world from oct 8-14. 10 days away! I'm traveling with my wife and 2 kids (ages 5 and 7) it seems we lucked into being there the last electrical parade ever and already had a crystal palace reservation scheduled for 7:40 on that night (oct 9). I expect this parade will be jam packed. Can u give me your best advice on where to position ourselves after coming out of crystal palace at that time ? We are quick eaters but how long is a usual meal here to enjoy the characters? Is heading towards Liberty square best? How bad will the town square be as a quick getaway is nice but also if crazy crowded maybe not so nice. Thanks for your help! Evan

I would go to the bottom of Town Square

Sunday 11th of September 2016

Hey Kenny thanks for all the help, this is such a great site! What have previous parade closures been like in terms of crowds? We are at Magic kingdom on the 9th, will the crowds during the day be much worse in your opinion. Will the parade in particular be a nightmare? Lastly we have a 740 dinner reservation for crystal palace on this night, do you think this is good fortune or a huge mistake given the parade news? Thanks for the help.

I cannot remember a long term period without a night parade. 9th will be normal until around 7pm, then lots of people will arrive to view the final night of MSEP. Rides should see lower waits during parade and fireworks.

Laura

Thursday 1st of September 2016

Will they move the fireworks time up or will it remain the same? Any update on what happens to parade dining reservations? Sad to see MSEP go, hopefully something new will come soon. Thanks!

I doubt fireworks time will move. I also doubt we'll see anything new before 2017