SpectroMagic Parade Review

Read our Walt Disney World Orlando sights reviews. Or post your own.

SpectroMagic Parade

Fodor's Review:

Duration: 20 min.

Crowds: Heavy.

Strategy: Take your place on the curb at least 40 min before the parade begins.

Audience: All ages.

Rating: ***

The magic truly comes out at night when the parade rolls down Main Street, U.S.A., in a splendidly choreographed surge of electro-luminescent, fiber-optic, and prismatic lighting effects that bring to life peacocks, sea horses, fountains, fantasy gardens, and floats full of colorful Disney characters. Plenty of old-fashioned twinkle lights are thrown in for good measure, and familiar tunes are broadcast over 204 speakers with 72,000 watts of power. Mickey, as always, is the star. But Practical Pig, from one of Disney's prewar Silly Symphony cartoons, steals the show. With the flick of a paintbrush, he transforms more than 100 feet of multicolor floats into a gleaming white-light dreamscape.

Find more sights in Walt Disney World Orlando »

Member Reviews and Ratings

Be the first to review this property

Get Advice From Other Travelers

Visit the Travel Talk forums for help on planning your trip



Get the Fodor's Newsletter

For more travel ideas, tips, and deals, sign up for the Fodor's newsletter here. Read the current issue. Browse previous issues.




Copyright © 2009 Fodor's Travel, a division of Random House, Inc.