Disney nighttime parade - Begins July 20, 2025!!

[ParrotBill]

Avoiding parade strategy: I do this often during day parades. Even better for night parades. Choose Fantasyland and/or Tomorrowland, avoid Frontierland, Hub and Main st. You can slip down Frontierland to go to/from Adventureland after the end of the parade has passed into the Hub.

 

[ParrotBill]

They STILL haven't posted parade times for next week??? Wow. How can anyone plan their vacation like this.
We won't be able to change park reservations when they are all full again. Ugh.

I don't recall dining packages and reserved "viewing" for a parade ever. Does anyone? I can't think of it being done for anything but stadium seating.

Where would you put such a viewing area, and would it end up just like disabled viewing, with people standing 10 deep so it's useless unless you happen to be the first few people to arrive to the viewing area?

 

[scrappinginontario]

Avoiding parade strategy: I do this often during day parades. Even better for night parades. Choose Fantasyland and/or Tomorrowland, avoid Frontierland, Hub and Main st. You can slip down Frontierland to go to/from Adventureland after the end of the parade has passed into the Hub.

Just a heads up that Disney has officially announced that the Starlight parade will start at the front of the park, go up Main Street, around the hub and then end in Frontierland. This will be the route for both parades.

This makes a lot of sense with a nighttime parade as it will be an easier way for guests who choose to leave the park once they have viewed the parade, to do so.

 

[scrappinginontario]

They STILL haven't posted parade times for next week??? Wow. How can anyone plan their vacation like this.

I can see parade times posted on the MDE website for all of next week. It is running at 9PM and 11PM each night.

Here's a sample of what is displayed.





Hope this helps!

 

[Minnie1222]

I don't recall dining packages and reserved "viewing" for a parade ever. Does anyone?

Tony's used to have a viewing package for the daytime parade a few years pre-Covid.

 

[ParrotBill]

Just a heads up that Disney has officially announced that the Starlight parade will start at the front of the park, go up Main Street, around the hub and then end in Frontierland. This will be the route for both parades.

This makes a lot of sense with a nighttime parade as it will be an easier way for guests who choose to leave the park once they have viewed the parade, to do so.

Oh that's good news. So don't try to mix Adventureland with others if avoiding the parade!