Friday, October 14, 2016

Walt Disney World News for the Week of October 10th, 2016

Walt Disney World Resort News for the week of October 10th, 2016

MSEP say's "farewell" to the Magic Kingdom
Walt Disney World said farewell to the most performed parade ever this past week. The final performance of the Main Street Electrical Parade dazzled it's way down Main Street U.S.A for it's last time (for the foreseeable future) on October 9th. This run has lasted since May 2010, where it replaced Spectromagic for the summer of 2010 (Summer Nightastic), however after the mis-storage of the floats, Spectromagic was retired and Walt Disney World adopted the Main Street Electrical Parade.
After a 20 year hiatus, the Main Street Electrical Parade is set to return to it's home to Disneyland in 2017 for a Limited time engagement. No word yet from Disney on a replacement, however I am betting on Paint the Night to make an appearance at some point in the next year at Walt Disney World, however as of now that is total speculation.

Rivers of Light may have a new Opening Date
While there is no official word as of right now, a link (now defunct) to a Rivers of Light Dinning Package similar to the Fantasmic! Dinning Package, gave the opening date of May 1st 2017, a whole year past it's original opening debut which would have been April 22, 2016. However since the posting of the page, Disney has sense taken it down. Earlier this year, Rivers of Light (or more affectionately called Rivers of Lol on this website) was delayed to simply "2016". Currently it is listed on the WDW website as "Coming Soon".

What we do know is that Rivers of Light will offer Fastpass+ and be housed on the Discovery River in 2 seating areas that seat 5000 total near Expedition Everest. There is also a 3 minute version of the show on YouTube from the Press performance.

Disney's Hollywood Studios to debut new Holiday Show, "Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!"on November 14th 
Disney Hollywood Studios will debut a new show "Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!" on November 14th. The show is hosted by Prep and Landing from the self entitled show on ABC and run until December 31st. This show will fill the void left by the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights as DHS nighttime holiday show. There will also be a new Santa meet and greet in the park as well.

Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular will continue to run until November 12th, and is expected to return after the holidays.

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