Nostalgia reigns: Main Street Electrical Parade to remain at Walt Disney World indefinitely
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The Main Street Electrical Parade, which was slated to end its run at the Magic Kingdom on Aug. 14, will continue at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom indefinitely.
The Disney Parks blog says the Main Street Electrical Parade has gotten high ratings from guests since it returned in June. Disney executives call it “an overwhelming success.”
It has been a Disney classic since 1972, but it hasn’t been seen at the Magic Kingdom since 2001. I remember watching from atop my dad’s shoulders, waving at the Disney characters as they rolled by. So, I was excited to share the Main Street Electrical Parade with my daughter this year.
Nostalgia like mine is apparently driving a lot of the parade’s popularity. I have talked with numerous Walt Disney World guests thjis summer who came traveled to Orlando to pass the parade tradition on to their children.
Even many Disney employees have been excited to share the parade with a new generation.
Disney Ambassador Clay Shoemaker remembers first watching the Main Street Electrical Parade when he was 6 years old.
“I can remember seeing the lights coming closer and closer, and then Cinderella waved at me,” Shoemaker said. “You wouldv’e thought I was the only child in the park.”
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