Disney World's Magic Kingdom revamps parade schedule for summer 2024

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Posted: Monday April 22, 2024 11:30am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom is adjusting the performance times of its two daily parades from late May 2024.

Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade will move to two performances per day from May 26, 2024

Effective May 26, 2024, the Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade will move to two daily performances, stepping off at 12 pm and 3 pm. The parade is currently being performed at 3 pm only.

Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade will be performed twice per day from May 26, 2024

Also, starting May 26, Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade will move to two evening performances at 5:10 pm and 6:25 pm. Current performance times are 10:30 am and 11:45 am.

Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade made its Magic Kingdom debut in February 2022

In recent years, Disney has routinely shifted parade times on a seasonal basis, and these adjusted times are likely to remain in effect through September.

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gerarar1 day ago

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

TTA944 days ago

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

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.

Starship8245 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

wdwmagic5 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.

Starship8245 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.

jrhwdw5 days ago

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

jrhwdw5 days ago

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

Starship8245 days ago

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

TTA945 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?

spectromagic045 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.

wdwmagic5 days ago

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

TTA945 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?