Former Parade // updated 1987.09
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Former Parade · the memorial record
Also known as 15th Birthday Parade, 15th Anniversary Parade.
This parade is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
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Ended its run as Walt Disney World's 15th-anniversary celebration wound down, replaced by the Spirit of America Parade (the 'We the People' All-America Parade for the U.S. Constitution bicentennial), which stepped off around September 20, 1987.
Debuted at Magic Kingdom as the daytime parade for Walt Disney World's 15th-anniversary celebration, fielding roughly 40 characters across newly decorated floats — Mickey and Minnie in '80s anniversary attire leading a castle unit, a roller-skater rock-band float (Chip, Dale, Pluto, Tigger, Br'er Bear), a Fairy Godmother unit, a Donald Duck float, and a Country Bear Jamboree birthday-cake float.
Introduced the Crystal Castle float, a hardware unit that outlived the parade and continued appearing in Magic Kingdom parades for roughly 25 years afterward.
Per the documented record, 15 Years of Magic Parade at Magic Kingdom opened in 1986.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for 15 Years of Magic Parade is dated Sep 1987: Ended its run as Walt Disney World's 15th-anniversary celebration wound down, replaced by the Spirit of America Parade (the 'We the People' All-America Parade for the U.S. Constitution bicentennial), which stepped off around September 20, 1987.
The latest documented change (documented Sep 1987): Ended its run as Walt Disney World's 15th-anniversary celebration wound down, replaced by the Spirit of America Parade (the 'We the People' All-America Parade for the U.S. Constitution bicentennial), which stepped off around September 20, 1987.
3 documented changes, dating back to 1986 — the fan-kept parade changelog nobody else keeps.
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