2013/2014 Parade News/Rumours

[EpcotRescueRanger]

very sad Spectro was my favorite parade and the only one worth waiting over an hour to get a prime spot. It will forever be missed!

[Goofy Fan]

very sad Spectro was my favorite parade and the only one worth waiting over an hour to get a prime spot. It will forever be missed!

I hear you. Spectro was my all-time favorite. In fact, I was just discussing it last night with my mom and how I hope they eventually bring it back. Very disappointing news. Oh well, I will always have the soundtrack and the home video we have taken of it over the years. That will have to suffice, I guess.

[DizneyFreak2002]

Spectro was always meant to come back... MSEP was just a place holder while Spectro was updated... Well, the way the floats were stored destroyed them... The Florida weather warped and rotten many of the floats, while termites did a number on the rest... The floats were not taken care of properly... Someone should have lost their job because of this.. But, this being WDW, that person may wind up in charge of a park one day!!!

Anyway, on to the parades themselves... MSEP was the first night parade I saw, mid to late 80's... The soundtrack was the first Disney music I ever purchased... The parade was corny and campy, the music campy and playful, which fit the times...

Then came SpectroMagic... This parade was majestic, from the floats to the music... Still love the music to the parade... there is a piano version out there (forgive me I forgot who did the official recording for Disney, I have it on my iTunes somewhere), which is an awesome rendition of it... Spectro, to me, defined that now lacking Disney magic... The music, the floats, the dancing, characters, entertainment during Spectro was really something special...

Honestly, I would have preferred a new parade than the return of Spectro... Spectro had its run... It ran its course... Was time for something new... But, if the choice was a return of a refurbed and updated Spectro or MSEP, I would have preferred the updated Spectro... We are lucky MSEP still runs or else WDW wouldn't have any more parades.. And if MSEP isn't repaired and refurbed soon, MK just may not have one in the near future LOL...

[DizneyFreak2002]

From Thrillgeek:

After being speculated that the parade that has performed at the Magic Kingdom for over 20 years was being dismantled for retirement, the truth was released by a Disney Spokesperson that the parade has officially been retired from the park. Some of the floats will be recycled for other uses, although which ones will be saved are not known at this time.

SpectroMagic made its debut in the Magic Kingdom back on October 1, 1991. The parade then took a slight break beginning in 1999 for a few years and then returned only to be retired officially on June 5, 2010. The Main Street Electrical Parade has been filling in for SpectroMagic since its retirement last year.

Guess that makes the news I brought here a few weeks ago official...