'Happily Ever After' fireworks returns to Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom after more than a year

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Happily Ever After viewed from the Polynesian Resort beach

Posted: Thursday July 1, 2021 5:01pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

'Happily Ever After' officially returned to the Magic Kingdom tonight after more than a year-long break due to the pandemic.

Happily Ever After viewed from the Polynesian Resort beach

The last performance of the Magic Kingdom's 'Happily Ever After' firework show was March 15 2020, the day that the parks closed for what would turn out to be a near four-month-long closure.

Happily Ever After viewed from the Polynesian Resort beach

Although the Magic Kingdom reopened in July 2020, physical distancing limits meant that the park could not display fireworks until now, with 'Happily Ever After' relaunching on July 1.

Happily Ever After viewed from the Polynesian Resort beach

The 18 minute show is mostly the same as before, with some slight revisions to the firework product, likely due to supply changes.

Happily Ever After viewed from the Polynesian Resort beach

Tink makes her flight from the top of Cinderella Castle as usual, and the castle projections and lighting continue as before. You can see the finale of the relaunched show in the video below. (YouTube 4K version)

You can catch 'Happily Ever After' nightly at 9:15pm throughout July, with times still to be published for later months.

Happily Ever After viewed from the Polynesian Resort beach

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SirwalterraleighAug 14, 2023

The revenues from parks are used to the tune of 40%+ to bankroll the whole she-bang Don’t think they “have got us”

SoFloMagicAug 14, 2023

So if attendance was down, they'd invest in adding capacity for the reduced attendance to... Fill?

SirwalterraleighAug 13, 2023

Not true at all.

SoFloMagicAug 13, 2023

If we don't go, they'll see a loss in revenue and cut further. Wouldn't it be better to embrace investment in new attractions by buying all the fastpass es for tron? 😂 We can't win this one

DisoneAug 11, 2023

Amen. Or be like Disneyland APs and make t-shirts that say "undesirables" on them, and then put them on, and then go to the park. Ya... That will show em!!!

MisterPenguinAug 11, 2023

The party nights are sparsely filled to capacity.

SirwalterraleighAug 11, 2023

You know what…I totally get you. Except taking it personally…not at all. I know what the deal is so it’s Never personal. One thing that is far too personal around here is failure to admit Disney rough patches (not you)…as if it matters to us. Actually…it does matter..we should withhold our business more to force them to improve their offerings

DisoneAug 11, 2023

Ok. Perhaps you thought I was going to argue? I am not. Both things can be true at the same time, I can be making light of the situation about how much everyone has talked about attendance being down, while also completely agree with your numbers above. I'm not sure why you took it personally. You shouldn't have. It was not directed at you. Nor anyone else.

SirwalterraleighAug 11, 2023

Bet that sounded cute, huh? Here’s what you should consider: a 5% drop in wdw attendance is a disaster internally…it translates to a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues annually They just copped to a 6% drop…in a veiled sorta way…for the quarter. People who are paid to massage numbers as much as possible for financial gain.

DisoneAug 11, 2023

Well theoretically according to the news, v bloggers and many people on this forum, every day is a low crowd day at the match kingdom now. 🙂

nickysAug 11, 2023

Which actually makes it the perfect day to go to MK - unless you really want to see the fireworks. Especially if you have hoppers and can hop to another park afterwards. The non party days are far more crowded right from rope drop. Many guests feel the lower crowds on a party day more than makes up for the shorter hours.