Disney Starlight Parade Showtimes and Route Revealed for Magic Kingdom

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Disney Starlight Parade Character Costumes

Posted: Friday June 20, 2025 9:15am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has confirmed performance times and route details for Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away, the new nighttime parade debuting at Magic Kingdom on July 20, 2025.

Starlight Finale Float

The parade will take place twice nightly, with showtimes at 9:00 pm and 11:00 pm, with Happily Ever After Fireworks at 10 pm. In a departure from the typical parade direction, Disney Starlight will begin on Main Street, U.S.A. and travel toward Frontierland. This reverse route is designed to improve guest flow, particularly after the evening’s fireworks and second parade performance.

Guests should be aware that Disney Starlight will not run on evenings when Magic Kingdom hosts Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. As with all outdoor entertainment offerings, the parade is also subject to cancellation due to inclement weather.

Disney Starlight Parade Concept Art

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aladdin2007Less than a minute ago

It had a great soundtrack on its own.

Bocabear2 minutes ago

LOL Light Magic! a name you don't hear often.... It was marketed as the most amazing thing Disney had ever done...My local VON's grocery store had a huge promotion for it and they even installed a giant "Light Magic" medallion on the floor in the entry....then it disappeared ... I did not even get a chance to see it because it was gone so quickly.... It must have been some stinker.... Maybe even as bad as Disney's WISH movie....lol

DisneyHead1232 minutes ago

Yeah, I noted before that needing to see it in person goes double for things that are light-centric. Cameras nowadays are great but light is still something that’s difficult to show fully from a recording. I’m glad you really enjoyed it. I think my son will be thrilled as it has a train!

TrainsOfDisney3 minutes ago

The best energy I’ve felt was for MSEP at Disneyland. It’s incredible how loved it is in her true home park. The opening music of Starlight makes me more excited than the majority of the parade though. Princess and Train are great cause… they actually have characters! Haha

aladdin20076 minutes ago

Have you seen it in person?

Disney Analyst13 minutes ago

Sure, I mean, it's certainly better than stepping on hot sand and having to run for your life to spare yourself 3rd degree burns ... but when it comes to the legacy of nighttime parades, it's not good enough, especially at the cost of a Disney vacation. I'd put this just above Light Magic.

jrhwdw15 minutes ago

Even on YT, MK hasn't looked this Good in a While!!! HEA has always looked Fantastic, I mean MK'S Nighttime as a Whole! Let us know when Peter and Wendy are ready to Fly Drew!

Disstevefan120 minutes ago

its better than nothin'

Drew the Disney Dude20 minutes ago

My thoughts exactly. The energy and atmosphere in person is something that I have never felt at Walt Disney World until this parade debuted. I understand that I'm young and don't have vivid memories of SpectroMagic and MSEP, but I'll adore Starlight as long as it's here.

Disney Analyst33 minutes ago

The took away the gold and handed us painted tin, and after starving for so long, we're supposed to call it a gift.

Disstevefan11 hour ago

Looking forward to see it in person. I am happy there is a nighttime parade finally back in MK.

brb10061 hour ago

After rewtching the original version of MSEP and previous nightime parades pre-PTN. I strongly prefer the lights to be not too bright.

brb10061 hour ago

At least MSEP and Spectromagic actually had small animatronics, puppets, and moving figures for certain floats.

aladdin20071 hour ago

youtube, I dont care what video, has nothing on this parade in person. Its beautiful in person, lack of characters/smaller floats issues aside, yes for sure. But so many here keep critiquing based on the video they saw, the feeling in person was energetic uplifting energy from the crowds and chills from the moving music in surround sound, and there is nothing like seeing these amazing lit floats there in the flesh. They killed it opening night there was nothing else like it,,,my concern is what happens from here moving forward when ops start hacking away at it, only so much they can cut from this one.