{"id":226499,"date":"2026-04-10T16:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/226499\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:37:08","slug":"magic-kingdom-parade-adds-peter-pan-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/226499\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Kingdom parade adds Peter Pan in flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

To riff off a \u201cPeter Pan\u201d<\/a> song, they can fly, they can fly, they can fly, they can fly, they can fly.<\/p>\n

Walt Disney World<\/a> has added a new up-in-the-air dimension to the \u201cDisney Starlight: Dream the Night Away\u201d<\/a> parade at Magic Kingdom<\/a>. On the float devoted to the 1953 film based in Neverland, Peter Pan and Wendy Darling take flight, thanks to some wire-related magic.<\/p>\n

The routine is a bit of an aerial \u2014 not Ariel, wrong film \u2014 ballet, with spinning choreography by the duo who dangle above a lit-up London scene that includes Big Ben. After months of fan speculation, the stunt debuted on the theme park\u2019s streets Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

\"TheHere we go: Peter Pan and Wendy now fly during the “Disney Starlight” parade at Magic Kingdom. (Steven Diaz\/Walt Disney Co.)<\/p>\n

Initial reviews were upbeat. Drew Smith posted a video on X (@DrewDisneyDude<\/a>) from the initial performance, including cheers from onlookers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe moment that Peter Pan and Wendy took flight for the first time in Disney Starlight. The reaction made the wait worth it,\u201d he posted.<\/p>\n

\u201cWatching them soar high above the London skyline float is the absolute \u2018wow\u2019 moment this parade has been waiting for,\u201d posted X.com user @4chipandcompany<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SeaWorld updating Expedition Odyssey, Arctic attraction that opened last year<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cDisney Starlight\u201d has been running nightly at Magic Kingdom since July<\/a>. That marked the first time the park had a regularly scheduled nighttime parade since 2016. Other movies represented in the parade, which kicks off with the Blue Fairy from \u201cPinocchio,\u201d include \u201cEncanto,\u201d \u201cFrozen,\u201d \u201cCoco\u201d and \u201cMoana\u201d plus a royal court float filled with dancing princesses and princes along a finale float shaped like a locomotive, carrying Mickey Mouse and about a dozen pals.<\/p>\n

Step-off time for the parade varies daily, but it is commonly 8:30 p.m. Some nights there are two showings, with a follow-up processional around 10:30 p.m.\u00a0 Times are available at disneyworld.com<\/a> and on the My Disney Experience app.<\/p>\n

Disney: Big Thunder Mountain coaster back on track next month<\/a><\/p>\n

Email me at dbevil@orlandosentinel.com<\/a>. BlueSky: @themeparksdb. Threads account: @dbevil. X account: @themeparks. Subscribe to the Theme Park Rangers newsletter at orlandosentinel.com\/newsletters<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To riff off a \u201cPeter Pan\u201d song, they can fly, they can fly, they can fly, they can…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[558,2659,104,28,29,9571,114,266,5077,115,1335,139,141,140,109,76686,76687,76688,76689,2411,106,1316,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-226499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-disney-world","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-florida-news","13":"tag-lake-buena-vista","14":"tag-latest-headlines","15":"tag-local-news","16":"tag-movies","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-orange-county","19":"tag-orlando","20":"tag-orlando-headlines","21":"tag-orlando-news","22":"tag-social","23":"tag-social-business","24":"tag-social-entertainment","25":"tag-social-theme-parks","26":"tag-social-travel","27":"tag-theme-parks","28":"tag-things-to-do","29":"tag-tourism","30":"tag-travel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}