A parade took to the streets of Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World last night for the first time in more than 19 months.
'Mickey's Once Upon A Christmastime Parade' made its return as part of 'Disney Very Merriest After Hours,' the new ticketed event at Magic Kingdom. Learn more about 'Disney Very Merriest After Hours.'
Although the parade is back, with the familiar music and floats, it is a significantly cut-down version of the classic holiday parade.
The vast majority of the dancers that fill in the spaces between the floats are missing, giving the parade more of a cavalcade feel than an entire Magic Kingdom parade spectacular.
There are still hundreds of entertainment cast members waiting to be called back to work, so the lack of dancers is a little puzzling, especially given that all COVID restrictions are now over, and all cast members working must be fully vaccinated.
The 10-minute parade is performed twice during the separately ticketed 'Disney Very Merriest After Hours' event at Magic Kingdom, at 9:45pm and 12:05am. The parade route for both showings was not overly crowded, and the Town Square area was largely empty for both parades.
Watch the video below for the return of 'Mickey's Once Upon A Christmastime Parade.' (4K YouTube)
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