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The year 2023 is a VERY special one for the Walt Disney Company — it’s the year when the company turns 100 years old!
Sleeping Beauty Castle
That is — obviously — a cause for celebration, and Disney has BIG plans to throw a big party starting in Disneyland! Sleeping Beauty Castle will get a 100th anniversary makeover AND TWO new nighttime shows are coming to the parks. Now, we’ve got some NEW details about one of those nighttime shows, Wondrous Journeys.
Many things have returned to Disney World, but we’re still waiting on some stuff to come back!
Monsieur Paul Restaurant remains closed
Select restaurants remain closed, as do a few stores, and even the barber shop on Main Street, U.S.A. There are also a handful of things that Disney has announced are returning, but we’re still waiting for their opening dates to arrive, like Victoria & Alberts and Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue! Last year, Disney announced that Fantasmic! would be returning to Hollywood Studios in 2022, and we now have more info on the show!
Nighttime spectaculars have returned to Disneyland, and there is more to come!
The Main Street Electrical Parade is back!
Main Street Electrical Parade is back, the nighttime fireworks have returned to Disneyland Park, and World of Color is happening again at Disney California Adventure Park! Another show that is returning soon to Disneyland is Fantasmic! and we now have the showtimes for the nighttime spectacular!
A bunch of nighttime entertainment is coming back to Disneyland Resort!
Mickey’s Mix Magic
After an extended hiatus after the park’s closure in 2020, several nighttime shows are returning to Disneyland. Fantasmic!, Disneyland Forever, World of Color, and Main Street Electrical Parade are all coming back! Main Street Electrical Parade was set to return this Friday, April 22nd (with a brand new finale!), BUT the parade has returned EARLY! [Read more…]
We have to say it: we MISS Fantasmic! Disney World has a LOT of great nighttime entertainment, like Harmonious, Enchantment, and the two firework/projection shows at Disney’s Hollywood Studios (Wonderful World of Animation and Disney Movie Magic), but none of those shows combine live entertainment, fireworks, and music quite like Fantasmic!
We LOVE nighttime shows!
While we wait for Fantasmic! to return, Disney has been offering two nighttime shows at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Now, it looks like some upcoming performances of the Wonderful World of Animation and Disney Movie Magic have been canceled!
There are a variety of fireworks shows and nighttime spectaculars to watch in the Disney parks, including Disney Enchantment in Magic Kingdom and Harmonious in EPCOT.
Hollywood Studios at Night
Recently, however, 2 nighttime shows at Hollywood Studios were not showing any performance times for December, but now things have changed!
Disney World is turning 50 years old this year! And in case you haven’t noticed, the whole resort is getting ready to put on a HUGE 50th Anniversary Celebration.
The 50th is almost here!
And there is SO much going on at the parks in anticipation of the big day. We’ve seen golden statues all over the resort, we’ve watched Cinderella Castle get a 50th anniversary update, we noticed a birthday cake and topiary appear at Magic Kingdom, and we’ve seen testing for the upcoming Disney Enchantment fireworks show!
It’s almost here — Disney World’s 50th Anniversary Celebration kicks off NEXT WEEK!
Happily Ever After
There’s SO much new stuff to look forward to at the parks, including new merchandise, the gold character statues, the opening of Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, and two NEW nighttime fireworks shows! Want to watch Disney Enchantment (Magic Kingdom’s new show) and Harmonious (EPCOT’s new fireworks show), but you won’t be in the Disney theme parks next week? No problem!
Tomorrow is a HUGE day for Disney World — maybe the biggest since pre-closure, and certainly one of the biggest until October 1st when the 50th-anniversary celebration begins.
Epcot Forever
Tomorrow brings fireworks back to Disney World!!! Not only will Happily Ever After light up the skies of Magic Kingdom once more, but EPCOT Forever is coming back to EPCOT.
We’re starting to see things return to pre-closure normal at Disney World, and well, some of those things are making us pretty emotional!
Happily Ever After (February 2020)
First, ride pre-shows have returned (we might have shed a tear seeing the Haunted Mansion stretching room come to life again), interactive queue elements are now available to guests waiting in line for some rides, and fireworks will once more light up the skies above Disney World on July 1st!
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