Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade at Magic Kingdom will return to twice daily performances starting on February 18, 2024. Festival of Fantasy Parade Schedule The parade will be performed at noon and 3 p.m, according to the Walt Disney World calendar. The parade was cut down to one performance per day starting on January 16, … Read more
Ahead of the winter holidays, the Festival of Fantasy Parade will be adding a second showtime starting in November at Magic Kingdom. Festival of Fantasy Adding Second Showtime Currently, guests can only see the Festival of Fantasy Parade at 3 p.m. — known to most as “the 3 o’clock parade.” However, starting Thursday, November 9, … Read more
Following yesterday’s Maleficent dragon catching on fire during “Fantasmic!” at Disneyland, Walt Disney World is temporarily suspending the fire effects of the Maleficent dragon float in the Festival of Fantasy Parade at Magic Kingdom. Disney said in a statement that they are “temporarily suspending fire effects similar to those used at Disneyland park’s Fantasmic at … Read more
Three Festival of Fantasy parade floats are missing from performances at Magic Kingdom right now. The parade was gone from the park for two years before returning just in time for its eighth anniversary last March. It saw some changes that made it shorter, like the cut of the “Brave” float and fewer dancers. Now … Read more
We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Walt Disney World Magic … Read more
One of the horns on the Maleficent dragon float broke during today’s noon performance of the Festival of Fantasy Parade at Magic Kingdom. We saw Maleficent functioning fine in Frontierland, but she must have malfunctioned en route. When we caught up with her on Main Street, U.S.A., her left horn had fallen over and she … Read more
Today’s noon performance of Disney’s Festival of Fantasy parade was canceled at Magic Kingdom and replaced with a “special edition” of Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade. Several characters who usually appear in the cavalcade were absent and replaced by characters who usually appear in the parade. The cavalcade began with the usual Adventure Friends banner, with … Read more
Today’s 12:00 p.m. performance of Disney’s Festival of Fantasy parade at Magic Kingdom has been canceled and the 3:00 p.m. performance may also be canceled. Guests at the park are receiving a push notification from My Disney Experience stating the parade is canceled and Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade will be performed instead. In the app, … Read more
Mousesteps shared this afternoon that Tiana and Naveen had replaced Belle and the Beast during the noon performance of Festival of Fantasy parade at Magic Kingdom. We checked on the 3:00 p.m. parade to see if it was the same story. Indeed, Tiana and Naveen were still on the front of the first float, with … Read more
During today’s noon Festival of Fantasy parade at Magic Kingdom, Tiana and Naveen replaced Belle and the Beast on the front of the first float. Denise at Mousesteps shared a photo of the couple dancing on the float. They usually appear on the other end of the float, circling with Anna and Elsa. Instead, no … Read more
The Festival of Fantasy parade returned to Magic Kingdom last month, however some characters were missing. Specifically, none of the princes were appearing with their princesses and Anna was not appearing with Elsa. Physical distancing requirements have now been removed from character meet-and-greets and it seems this extends to characters appearing alongside each other in … Read more
The Festival of Fantasy parade has finally returned to Magic Kingdom after two years. It is the first non-holiday parade to return to Walt Disney World, and today (March 9, 2022) is also its eighth anniversary! Guests gathered to see the parade. Magic Kingdom Cast Members were the honorary grand marshals for this morning’s parade. … Read more
The Festival of Fantasy parade will be returning to Magic Kingdom on March 9, 2022, almost two years after it paused performances due to COVID-19. March 9 will also be the parade’s 8-year anniversary. The Maleficent dragon float will be returning.