Former Parade // updated 2013.07.01
Main Street, U.S.A. · Magic Kingdom · Walt Disney World
Former Parade · the memorial record
This parade is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
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Disney officially confirmed SpectroMagic was permanently retired after reports its floats had been destroyed/damaged in storage; the parade never returned, and Festival of Fantasy was later announced as the park's new parade (2014).
Performed for the last time and went dark as the Main Street Electrical Parade returned for the 'Summer Nightastic!' promotion; billed at the time as a hiatus, it never ran again.
Route timing/positioning system upgraded: the original ground-embedded positioning markers ('pucks') were replaced with DTMF signals bounced off an antenna on Cinderella Castle.
Returned to Magic Kingdom for a second run after the Main Street Electrical Parade's limited Millennium engagement ended.
Ended its first run and went dark so the returning Main Street Electrical Parade could headline the Walt Disney World Millennium Celebration.
Premiered as Magic Kingdom's new nighttime parade for Walt Disney World's 20th anniversary, replacing the Main Street Electrical Parade (which was sent to Disneyland Paris). Used over 100 miles of fiber optic cable, 948 batteries, and holographic/electroluminescent/Quantex lighting, and required roughly 118 cast members nightly.
Per the documented record, SpectroMagic at Magic Kingdom opened on Oct 1, 1991.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for SpectroMagic is dated Jun 5, 2010: Performed for the last time and went dark as the Main Street Electrical Parade returned for the 'Summer Nightastic!' promotion; billed at the time as a hiatus, it never ran again.
The latest documented change (documented Jul 1, 2013): Disney officially confirmed SpectroMagic was permanently retired after reports its floats had been destroyed/damaged in storage; the parade never returned, and Festival of Fantasy was later announced as the park's new parade (2014).
6 documented changes, dating back to 1991 — the fan-kept parade changelog nobody else keeps.
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