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Peter Pan battles Captain Hook on a pirate ship float in Disney World's Main Street Electrical Parade. (Kristin Ford/Orlando Sentinel) You won’t want to miss the Main Street Electrical Parade and Summer Nightastic! Fireworks Spectacular at the Magic Kingdom if you’re visiting Disney World this summer. Unfortunately, neither will any of the other guests. With a little planning, though, the crowds don’t have to be overwhelming. Here are some tips to keep parents and kids sane while waiting in the Florida heat with thousands of your new friends. First, the return of the Main Street Electrical Parade is all about the nostalgia of childhood memories. You can bet you’re not the only parents who want to share an old favorite with a new generation, so if you want a good spot, get there earlier than you think you should. We planned to stake out our concrete an hour before last night’s parade, and we were too late to sit on the curb anywhere on Main Street. We stood behind several rows of people and wondered how much we’d actually see. As luck would have it, they remained seated during the parade, and we had a great view. You can’t count on that, though, as other sections had guests standing from the curb to the back. If your child rides in a stroller, now is the time to put it to good use. Older kids can stand in the seats for a better view, allowing Dad to forgo the shoulder ride. Also, strollers help keep overeager neighbors from continually inching forward until everyone starts to feel claustrophobic. Plan ahead for the wait. Whining can set in quickly when kids are tired, hot and impatient. Cast members offer the usual hula hoops in the street, which always seem to be popular entertainment. But you’re likely to need more than that to get through an hour wait, so bring something your child likes to do, such as a coloring book, a small toy or an electronic game. Visit the restrooms and get snacks or drinks before finding your spot for the evening entertainment. The closer it gets to the start time, the more difficult it is to make your way through the crowds. Unless it’s an emergency, who wants that hassle? The Summer Nightastic! fireworks seem to be louder than Wishes, so if you have a young child, you probably don’t want to park your family right in front of the castle. Try the middle of Main Street, where the sound won’t seem as scary for little ones and you’ll have a good view of the perimeter pyrotechnics. And afterward you’ll be patting yourself on the back when you have a head start on the crowds to the monorail station.

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Viewing Disney’s Summer Nightastic! fireworks, Electrical Parade with kids

Good times at the sneak preview of the Main Street Electrical Parade and the Summer Nightastic! fireworks at Disney’s Magic Kingdom on Saturday. Neither event was listed on the “Times Guide” for the day, so they really may have been a nice surprise for casual parkgoers. Devoted fans had been following the news, and many passholders had been alerted to the performances, so there was also a crowd who knew what was in store. The Main Street Electrical Parade looks and sounds great: A cheer went up from the crowd around Town Square as soon as the familiar fanfare began. And even though the drum in the parade’s lead unit still reads “Disney’s Electrical Parade” — the name it was given in California, where it was performed at the Main Street-less California Adventure theme park — it was great to hear in the synthesized vocal introduction the old standbys “the Magic Kingdom proudly presents…” and the “Main Street Electrical Parade” name. The new Tinker Bell and Pinocchio floats blended right in, and the additional lighting flourishes took nothing away from the nostalgia factor. I had forgotten there would be a new float with the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs unit, so that was a nice surprise. Only negatives? Cinderella’s mice friends are not lit well; their faces are very hard to see. There aren’t any characters at parade’s end any more (though the new costumes for the women accompanying the giant American flag are nifty). And I do miss Dumbo. I mean, where else can you see him? And at the 9 p.m. showing, we never saw Pete’s Dragon “disappear” as in the old days, or even blow smoke. The fireworks display was magnificent, and I really like the effects and story line of this show much better than the tired “Wishes” we normally see. The depiction of a pirate attack on the castle isn’t to be missed. One tip that we failed to consider: The additional perimeter fireworks can be hard to see if you’re too far back on Main Street. I hate to add to the crowding in the Hub area directly in front of Cinderella Castle, but you will have a better sense of the scope of the fireworks from there. Next time, I’ll be crowding up there, too.

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Summer Nightastic: Saturday’s sneak peek

A longtime Disney favorite once again will light up the Magic Kingdom, beginning this weekend. Disney’s Main Street Electrical Parade, absent from Florida since 2001, is the centerpiece of a loose collection of activities across Disney World dubbed “Summer Nightastic!” The parade, like the rest of Nightastic, is for a limited time only. It has a couple of new-to-Florida floats and a few enhancements that were used in the version of the parade that has run at Disney’s California Adventure park in Anaheim. The entire experience — 23 floats with 500,000 lights — was disassembled and shipped to Central Florida in 26 trucks in April. Tinker Bell’s float now fronts the Electrical Parade. “You’ll see the swirls of LED strobes that are sequenced to add another trail of pixie-dust magic,” says Marc Hurst, Disney World principal technical director. The yellowish-green lighting swoops down the side of the floats, rippling down the length of the parade from unit to unit, spreading Tink’s influence in the parade. “It will be exciting to see the new Pixie Hollow float on the street because we’ve never seen that here at Walt Disney World,” says Reed Jones, director of creative development for entertainment. Other fresh elements are a float with Pinocchio in a Pleasure Island scene and animated wings on Elliott (the dragon from Pete’s Dragon ). The infectious music returns but with influences from parades in other Disney parks, Jones says. “Tokyo had a version of it that they turned into Tokyo DreamLights. … They took the classic score and enhanced it,” he says. “They actually added a bigger orchestra to their finale float. Hearing how some of that worked, we kind of snuck in some of that instrumentation into ours,” Jones says. “It’s not their track just because this isn’t the same parade.” After the floats arrived from the West Coast, it took about a month to re-assemble them and test the lights and electrical systems, says Ramon Rodriguez, engineering services manager. “In California, this parade runs once a day for half an hour. Over here, we run it for 45 minutes — our parade route’s a lot longer,” he says. “Sometimes we run it twice a night, so we have to make sure all those systems are up to the task at the Magic Kingdom.” It’s new terrain for the floats. “ Disneyland is more of a flat park, and the parade route is a little bit more sloped here,” Rodriguez says. “The Magic Kingdom … it’s not flat, and it has lots of curves. There are no straight roads at the Magic Kingdom.” The sheer volume is a technical challenge, too. “The trickiest part is the number of wires. There are two wires for every light, and there are over 500,000 lights,” Hurst says. “There’s a huge checklist. ” Disney’s Main Street Electrical Parade officially kicks off Sunday, but a preview is scheduled for Saturday evening. The last night of the parade at Magic Kingdom will be Aug. 14. More nighttime changes at Disney There are more activities within Disney’s Summer Nightastic beyond the Main Street Electrical Parade, and they are sprinkled over <b>Magic Kingdom, Disney’s Hollywood Studios</b> and <b>Epcot.</b> &#8226;<b>”The Summer Nightastic Fireworks Spectacular”</b> temporarily will take the nightly fireworks spot from <b>”Wishes”</b> at Magic Kingdom. Among its features will be more <b>perimeter fireworks</b> &#8212; explosives firing off from more launching areas. “They happen all around you,” says <b>Chris Oyem,</b> show director. Music will include the theme from <i>Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.</i> Also watch for Cinderella’s <b>Fairy Godmother</b> plus <b>Captain Hook</b> and company. &#8226;<b>The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror</b> will receive enhancements for the summer (lighting effects, sound effects, new voices) and a <b>newly developed drop sequence.</b> The changes were a balancing act for <b>Jason Roberts,</b> show producer. He and his team wanted to maintain the Tower storyline but also overlay it with something special. “It has a great story already,” Roberts says. “We wanted to make it <b>noticeably different</b>.” Some of the changes, inside and out, are subtle, and others &#8212; especially <b>within the elevators</b> &#8212; will be striking, Roberts hints. The change will mean that the Tower will have the same single drop sequence throughout Nightastic, night or day. “Right now we have four random drops,” Roberts says. “We kind of felt like if we just added something to that, not everyone is going to experience the new part.” &#8226;Elsewhere at Hollywood Studios: The <b>Rock ‘n Glow Dance Party </b>will begin three hours before park close at the <b>Sorcerer’s Hat</b> five nights a week. (No dancing on Mondays or Wednesdays.) Popular Disney characters will make appearances with a DJ and rock band on hand plus some <b>pyrotechnics</b>. &#8226;Getting a slightly later launch will be the <b>Sounds Like Summer</b> tribute-band concerts at Epcot. The rock lineup begins June 12 and runs through July 31. Disney insists these groups be up to snuff in their styling. “They must be <b>approved by the bands</b> they are paying tribute to,” says <b>Alan Braun,</b> associate creative director. Therefore, when the group called “Stayin’ Alive” kicks off the event, it has the blessing of the <b>Bee Gees</b>. Concert times will be 5:45 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. except on July 4, when the times will be 5:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and 9 p.m. For the complete concert lineup and more Summer Nightastic details, go to disneyworld.com/night. More nighttime changes at Disney There are more activities within Disney’s Summer Nightastic beyond the Main Street Electrical Parade, and they are sprinkled over Magic Kingdom, Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Epcot. • “The Summer Nightastic Fireworks Spectacular” temporarily will take the nightly fireworks spot from “Wishes” at Magic Kingdom. Among its features will be more perimeter fireworks — explosives firing off from more launching areas. “They happen all around you,” says Chris Oyem, show director. Music will include the theme from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Also watch for Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother plus Captain Hook and company. • The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror will receive enhancements for the summer (lighting effects, sound effects, new voices) and a newly developed drop sequence. The changes were a balancing act for Jason Roberts, show producer. He and his team wanted to maintain the Tower storyline but also overlay it with something special. “It has a great story already,” Roberts says. “We wanted to make it noticeably different .” Some of the changes, inside and out, are subtle, and others — especially within the elevators — will be striking, Roberts hints. The change will mean that the Tower will have the same single drop sequence throughout Nightastic, night or day. “Right now we have four random drops,” Roberts says. “We kind of felt like if we just added something to that, not everyone is going to experience the new part.” •Elsewhere at Hollywood Studios: The Rock ‘n Glow Dance Party will begin three hours before park close at the Sorcerer’s Hat five nights a week. (No dancing on Mondays or Wednesdays.) Popular Disney characters will make appearances with a DJ and rock band on hand plus some pyrotechnics . •Getting a slightly later launch will be the Sounds Like Summer tribute-band concerts at Epcot. The rock lineup begins June 12 and runs through July 31. Disney insists these groups be up to snuff in their styling. “They must be approved by the bands they are paying tribute to,” says Alan Braun, associate creative director. Therefore, when the group called “Stayin’ Alive” kicks off the event, it has the blessing of the Bee Gees . Concert times will be 5:45 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. except on July 4, when the times will be 5:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and 9 p.m. For the complete concert lineup and more Summer Nightastic details, go to disneyworld.com/night.

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