Return of Main Street Electric Light Parade

"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Disney proudly presents our spectacular festival pageant of nightime magic and imagination in thousands of sparkling lights and electro-synthe-magnetic musical sounds. The Main Street Electrical Parade!"

On Saturday, the 5th of June, the Main Street Electric Light Parade returned to Walt Disney World. I was thrilled to be there for this as it was initially suppose to return on the 6th. I surprisingly wasn't up on the curb of Main Street to watch this, but the magic was still there for me. I was able to see the flash of lights reflecting off the buildings as it headed toward us. I could hear the music and felt people bumps on my skin. Then the lights went out....


Now for me to finally get a view, the floats had to come around the hub and start to cross the bridge into Liberty Square, but there it was... the parade I have missed. Tinkerbell was leading the way in a brand new float. There were 2 other floats that were new. They were with Pinnochio. I have to say though, that I wish they had not removed any floats though... miss seeing the Blue Fairy and Dumbo with the circus.


I saw Goofy in his train and remembered the commercials showing that it was coming back during its last run. They made it look like it was really parading across the US in the commercials. There was Alice and others from Wonderland, the snail, the turtle and my FAVORITE lightning bug! I remember when it left again too. I know at the end of summer, this favorite will once again be gone. I still have the poster that they gave to AP holders (maybe SP too, but I don't remember) when it left. I have pins that light up from it in a shadow box with a postcard of Goofy in the train in front of the castle. I may add the 2 new pins to that.


I will miss it when it is gone, but in the meantime, I welcome it back like I would an old friend who has been away. Thanking in my heart for the time we get to enjoy memories that Disney has brought to us.

Happy Thoughts

A friend asked me today "What is your Disney Happy Thought?" What make you happiest at Disney?


I wasn't that sure at first whether that meant at Disney or in general. Hence the repeat of the statement. That was easy. The Castle. Wishes. But then I started thinking about it more. There are many, many happy thoughts that I have when I go to Disney. But the Castle is something I look for when I come over the overpass on 429. Now I could see it better before BLT was built but I still can find it. One happy thought I haven't had yet, is sharing it with that someone special. We are trying, but it's just not in the cards yet.


Some others that come to mind: the cast members that I have become friends with, driving under the gate when coming onto property, the music that makes part of streetmosphere, Main Street Electric Light Parade, the lightning bug from this parade, Cinderella's wishing well, sharing the magic with friends, rides that make me smile like POTC, HM, BTMRR (especially at night), RnR, Soarin', Illuminations, the exit song to Epcot, the Goodnight Kiss from the Castle, Cinderella's carrousel, dole whips, pink mickey mouse balloons... the little details in places where you don't quite expect them, people waving back when you wave and some of the resorts.

Main Street Electrical Light Parade

The Main Street Electrical Light Parade is returning!!! I'm excited! I LOVE this parade. Don't get me wrong, I love SpectroMagic. I have been in love MSELP for years! Love the music! Just makes me feel so happy inside. And there is that lightning bug (firefly) in the parade ♥♥♥. I have a small replica from Walt Disney Classic Collections of the lightning bug.

There is going to be some new floats too, from what I have read from another blog and what someone told me. Tinkerbell will be leading it off in a ballon float. Snow White and another character will be there too. I am hoping they are not taking away anything though. Will have to wait to see. Sometimes, changing a classic can be good, and other times... not so much. This change also seems to tie in a little with it not playing at DL while I was there. May be when they did the addition of the new floats.

There will be a change to the summer fireworks. Supposedly to be more like what they do at Disneyland. I didn't get to see this show as it was Christmas time when I went and they had special fireworks. I hope they will bring Wishes back at the end of the year. The only other tthing that I can think to be a problem and would downplay the change, is "if" it is going to be like it is in DL then when there are the numerous thunderstorms we have, I doubt that there will be characters flying around (Dumbo and Tinkerbell fly at DL).

I guess I need to reinvest in a camcorder to get some good video coverage of Wishes and Spectro just in case. Plus I think I want to record Wishes from different places too.