Opening dates announced for Magic Kingdom's Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade, Festival of Fantasy and Mickey's Magical Friendship Faire

Jan 27, 2022 in "Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade"

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Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade pre-opening promo

Posted: Thursday January 27, 2022 12:05pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has today announced opening dates for new and returning entertainment at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade pre-opening promo

Starting February 11 2020 is the brand-new “Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade!” Starring nearly 30 of your favorite Disney and Pixar friends, this super-sized cavalcade features Nick and Judy from “Zootopia,” Baloo and King Louie from “The Jungle Book,” José Carioca and Panchito from “The Three Caballeros,” plus Merida, Moana, The Incredibles, and more – including the Magic Kingdom debut of Miguel from “Coco” in his mariachi best.

Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade pre-opening promo

"Mickey’s Magical Friendship Faire" will make its debut on the Cinderella Castle Forecourt Stage Feb. 25. The show, newly enhanced for the Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary celebration, will incorporate favorite scenes inspired by “Frozen,” “Tangled,” and “The Princess and the Frog” – plus a new opening and a new finale with Mickey Mouse and all his friends in their sparkling, EARidescent fashions. Presented multiple times a day, the show will also include an all-new, original song entitled “Where the Magic Feels Like Home.”

Finally, Disney “Festival of Fantasy” Parade returns to Magic Kingdom Park beginning March 9 – the anniversary of the debut of the parade in 2014. And Maleficent will be returning to the parade.

Maleficent Steampunk-inspired Dragon for Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade

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ToTBellHop6 days ago

gerarar6 days ago

Fire in the lagoon has finally returned tonight, just in time for Hollywood Studios's 35th birthday! 🔥

TTA949 days ago

If the parade is planned for 2025 then it should be in the process of being built?

yensidtlaw19699 days ago

WDW is pretty content to do things differently than Disneyland, in many regards. I think Disney’s interest in beefing up their 2025 offerings quickly is what’s most likely to drive a new Night Parade.

Starship8249 days ago

So has anything changed in that regard? Also, I would assume one of the arguments being used to justify green lighting a parade is that Disneyland does it all the time so what's Walt Disney World's excuse

wdwmagic9 days ago

One of the main barriers to MK not having a night parade has been a reluctance from an operations standpoint to deal with the crowds in the hub and Main Street.

Starship8249 days ago

Also it fits the Studios theme by celebrating the studio. I know " The wonderful world of animation" it's supposed to celebrate the studio but it doesn't do it very well because in my opinion that show is bad and I Wondrous Journeys is incredible. The wondrous projections team should be able to retrofit it to the Chinese theater pretty easily since they already had to retrofit it for a bunch of different other surfaces in Disneyland as the original show was made for the castle first and then changed to match MSUSA, IASW, and ROA.

jrhwdw9 days ago

We got close last year.........

jrhwdw9 days ago

WJ and it's Low Pyro Package! If B Mode works at DL, it can work at DHS!

Starship82410 days ago

This is a really cheap idea but I say bring over Wondrous Journeys and throw it on the Chinese theater.

TTA9410 days ago

Thanks. DAK is definitely in need of a nighttime show and even a parade, but I don’t think they will go that far? and Studios could use a parade and maybe a different Chinese Theatre nighttime show, but mainly a parade. As far as MK goes, is the reason they decided to give in and bring back a light parade because they feeling MK nights are lacking and HEA is no longer enough?

spectromagic0410 days ago

Hopefully means new nighttime parade for MK, new DAK nighttime show and daytime parade at DHS? Wouldn’t mind if entertainment also returns like Main Street Trolley Show and Citizens of Hollywood. Try and get the overall entertainment back to pre covid standards. Even if FOF continues to limp.

wdwmagic10 days ago

Nothing on day parade so far. Think the focus is really on boosting other areas that are completely lacking right now.

TTA9410 days ago

It is great that a light parade is in development but it would also be nice to know there are plans to address FoF in some way shape or form. @wdwmagic have you heard anything?