Has Disney Parks lost hope in developing great parades and shows?

[KPeterso]

I think Disneyland's biggest focus will be on their upcoming anniversary and something tells me that they will indeed have a new parade in the works in honor of the celebration.

In recent years, Disneyland typically keeps a parade for several years (5 years or more) before developing a new one. For example, Soundsational was from 2011-17 and returned in 2019. Parade of Dreams was 2005-08, Parade of Stars 2000-04. In the case of Magic Happens, it opened for barely weeks in 2020 before the parks closed for the pandemic. And did not restart until in 2023. So it is really a pretty new parade still. Used about 2 years when you factor in the holiday parade taking over for periods of time. I happen to love Magic Happens and have hopes it will be returning in 2026.

Paint the Night (best nighttime parade ever) has been announced as returning for the 70th. I am thinking there is just not the space to store the floats for both Magic Happens and Paint the Night, and that once Paint the Night goes back in the vault that Magic Happens will return again.

 

[DodgerGirl]

You indeed have a smart answer KPeterso. Maybe these new parades and shows will be just what the doctor ordered for Disney Parks and maybe there will be hope that Disney Parks will make good shows and parades in the future

 

[DodgerGirl]

The thing that is very annoying that Disney Parks does with the character meet and greets that I can't figure out why they do this and this is probably why they are gonna improve character meet and greets in their entertainment division is why they have three to four hour lines for meet and greets and families are in line but by the time it's the family's turn the family always shoves autograph books in the character's faces. And to me it's VERY rude and then when they take photos with the kid and the character it's impossible to do because you are dodging families that constantly say "Excuse Me" and Disney Parks should enforce a rule on this annoying habit

 

[Nayan]

You haven't been to the parks in over 20 years, so I have no idea where you're getting this information on hours-long waits from but I can tell you it's not accurate.

 

[Minnie1222]

There are no 3-4 hour lines for meeting characters. If you don't believe us, just check the wait times posted in the app. It's public information.

 

[DodgerGirl]

With the downfall of the popular After Hours events at Disneyland I think this is another sign that Disney Parks have lost hope in their shows parades and entertainment and what I cannot see is how people pay expensive prices for the After Hours events? Because why people even attend these events is so they can attend the parades see the exclusive shows and meet characters but now that is impossible to do at these events now. In Walt Disney World what really hurt them was the cancellation of shows such as The Osborne Family Lights and they should revive the Osborne Family Lights shows as a holiday tradition every holiday season and the cancellation of events such as Star Wars Weekends and ABC's Super Soap Weekends and also the Christian music oriented Night Of Joy. And when Walt Disney World cancelled those events due to the pandemic people were outraged. But I think the biggest event that makes the Disney Parks a lot of money is the Grad Nites for high school graduates every summer and it seems that this event makes Disney Parks a huge ton of money

 

[jparilla]

This reads like a personal blog being rerouted to these forums. Very odd to say the least.

 

[Nayan]

With the downfall of the popular After Hours events at Disneyland I think this is another sign that Disney Parks have lost hope in their shows parades and entertainment and what I cannot see is how people pay expensive prices for the After Hours events?

People enjoy these events and are willing to pay for them. That's the only thing you need to understand. If they weren't popular Disney would have gotten rid of them.

Because why people even attend these events is so they can attend the parades see the exclusive shows and meet characters but now that is impossible to do at these events now.

How so? Where are you getting all this information from? Cite your source.

In Walt Disney World what really hurt them was the cancellation of shows such as The Osborne Family Lights and they should revive the Osborne Family Lights shows as a holiday tradition every holiday season and the cancellation of events such as Star Wars Weekends and ABC's Super Soap Weekends and also the Christian music oriented Night Of Joy. And when Walt Disney World cancelled those events due to the pandemic people were outraged. But I think the biggest event that makes the Disney Parks a lot of money is the Grad Nites for high school graduates every summer and it seems that this event makes Disney Parks a huge ton of money

First of all, the pandemic shut down a lot of things (and rightfully so) and no, people were not outraged that those things were cancelled.

Star Wars Weekends were not a big draw and Super Soap Weekend ended because people no longer are interested in soaps. Night of Joy was popular in the beginning, but towards the end of it's run it wasn't a moneymaker anymore so it was cancelled.

Grad Night is spread over numerous nights at Disneyland (DisneyWorld quit doing it in 2011) so I am sure it makes money but I doubt it makes 'a huge ton'. Plus Universal has it's own Grad Nights which I'm sure eats into Disney's profits.

You keep posting a lot of misinformation and things that are just plain wrong and it confuses people looking for factual information. Please either cite your sources or consider not posting 'your thoughts' as facts.

 

[Nayan]

This reads like a personal blog being rerouted to these forums. Very odd to say the least.

She does this a lot here. Many of us think she's a troll.

 

[DodgerGirl]

I am not a troll and where I get my info is reading a lot of Disneyland/Walt Disney World travel guides and when my family would go on Disneyland trips my mom and I would study Birnbaum's Disney travel book series so we would understand and learn about what we would see during our trips and it was very wonderful and helpful. And I LOVE looking at Disney Parks latest happenings on Youtube. So I'm not posting misinformation but I do dream of returning to Disneyland someday soon in the future. But to be on the subject I think Walt Disney World should improve themselves and have more events and festivals and perhaps bring back their Easter parades every Easter and have a St. Patrick's Day Parade along with an Irish festival in World Showcase at Epcot in the United Kingdom pavilion every St. Patrick's Day in March. And it would have booths of Irish food like corned beef and cabbage and desserts from Ireland and there would be bands performing celtic music and it would be wonderful

 

[DodgerGirl]

To me I think when we will see Disney Parks return to the old formula of making great entertainment and parades and shows is when Disneyland will have their upcoming anniversary celebration coming up and once people see the new entertainment and shows and parades that will debut at Disneyland Walt Disney World will most likely follow suit and add the same parades to Magic Kingdom as well as bringing the same shows also to Magic Kingdom in the coming years. But in my eyes as I mentioned before why doesn't Walt Disney World retire old shows and develop new shows to replace them? Like it would be cool to see a Buzz Lightyear themed show in Tomorrowland or a Star Wars morning show at Galaxy's Edge and why not bring The Guardians Of The Galaxy Dance-Off show to Epcot Center to perform in front of the Guardians Of The Galaxy ride. But for some reason people seem to love Country Bear Jamboree but a Tiana show would be much nicer in my eyes. But I think Disney's developments and ideas for new shows seem to be focusing on DCL because I think DCL has made lots of expensive money putting out new entertainment for the DCL cruise ships

 

[gmi3804]

The Epcot Feativals are a joke. They’re all almost exactly the same, from the food booths to the C-list music bands. Food & Wine? There’s nothing distinguishing it from any other festival except for the merchandise; the special events are all gone. Now it’s just another money grab, and they’re practically year-round now.

 

[DodgerGirl]

What Magic Kingdom should do for this year is revive or create a new Easter parade and with Easter next month Walt Disney World could pull it off very easily. Because it is shocking since the 90's Magic Kingdom has never ever brought back their Easter parades and they should every spring for Easter and it would be called Disney's Magical Easter Parade and it would have Easter themed floats and Mickey And Minnie would be dressed in wonderful Easter attire and it would also feature movie based floats like Wish Moana Encanto Soul Luca and Onward and Toy Story. And at the end the Easter Bunny and Mrs. Easter Bunny would appear much like Santa Claus ends the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. And people who visit Magic Kingdom would love this parade if it were to exist. because Magic Kingdom really needs Easter entertainment and this parade might fit the bill

 

[HollowxBastion]

She does this a lot here. Many of us think she's a troll.

From what I've been getting from her posts in this thread is that she's not a troll at all (trolls are more on the malicious/agent provocateur side of things), and most likely, just an adult on the spectrum finding an outlet for their special interest (and has a lot of time on her hands to do so) but at the same time, not understanding the social etiquette of forum culture.

 

[eandt]

From what I've been getting from her posts in this thread is that she's not a troll at all (trolls are more on the malicious/agent provocateur side of things), and most likely, just an adult on the spectrum finding an outlet for their special interest (and has a lot of time on her hands to do so) but at the same time, not understanding the social etiquette of forum culture.

Wait there is a ‘social etiquette of forum culture’? Really? And those that don’t follow this “etiquette” are diagnosed by the ‘forum culture’ as being on the ‘spectrum’?? Come on man!

 

[Nayan]

It's called being a good Netizen. Most of her 'musings' would be better for a blog, not here and no one really wants to read giant walls of text.

 

[eandt]

It's called being a good Netizen. Most of her 'musings' would be better for a blog, not here and no one really wants to read giant walls of text.

I enjoy reading them also enjoy the comments from the grammar po po … entertaining on both counts

 

[Moliphino]

It's called being a good Netizen. Most of her 'musings' would be better for a blog, not here and no one really wants to read giant walls of text.

So skip them. It's not hard.

 

[DodgerGirl]

I think that when the brand-new The Little Mermaid show makes it's debut at Disney's Hollywood Studios next month this will be the show that will put Disney Parks back on top in entertainment and if the show gets rave reviews they might also bring it to Disneyland in the future. Because when Disney Parks develop promising shows they usually get rave reviews. But I think what could also work is a musical play on Peter Pan and Peter Pan has never had a show based on the movie and they could put it in Disneyland in the Fantasyland Theater because after all Disneyland does have the ride Peter Pan's Flight in Fantasyland and the show would fit perfectly with Peter Pan's Flight and be a success

 

[Pyxie]

Because it is shocking since the 90's Magic Kingdom has never ever brought back their Easter parades

They have an Easter parade every year. Usually the day before and day of Easter. Can confirm it just happened this weekend.