Parades are back at Walt Disney World with the return of the Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade at Magic Kingdom

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Posted: Wednesday March 9, 2022 1:21pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney World welcomed back large-scale parades today with the long-awaited return of the Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade.

Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade returns March 9 2022

The parade features most of the original floats, including the fire-breathing steampunk Maleficent unit. The Brave unit is missing, with Merida now taking part int he Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade. It is also apparent that a number of performers between the floats are missing compared to the pre-pandemic version totaling approximately 40 performers.

Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade returns March 9 2022

Watch the video below for a look at the very first showing of the Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade since the shutdown.

During the upcoming spring break period, the Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade is performed twice per day, at 11:30am and 2:30pm. The second showing means that guests park hopping at 2pm will be able to catch the parade.

Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade returns March 9 2022

The parade steps off in Frontierland, passes through the hub, along Main Street U.S.A. to the train station, ending in Town Square.

Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade returns March 9 2022

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Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade returns March 9 2022

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Squishy1 day ago

Malificent almost lost a leg today

Disney Analyst2 days ago

Hot take - no day parade should last longer than 5 years, before either major updates are made (rotate in new IPs...?), or a full replacement is ready to go. This parade opened almost 11 years ago...

Starship8242 days ago

Rumored DHS parade?

jrhwdw3 days ago

That DHS Rumor sure has gone silent.....

bmr15913 days ago

Yes, but Cars is an expansion of Frontier (Front Tire) Land. Villains is its own land entirely. That'll be the far more hyped up announcement for WDW and the one they want to build a parade around. If I remember correctly, @wdwmagic mentioned it'd been put on the back burner and may be dead.

Squishy3 days ago

I wonder what impacts would the rumored DHS parade have on a FoF replacement if it's still happening.

jrhwdw3 days ago

Villians and Cars are coming.....

bmr15913 days ago

While FoF does need to be laid to rest, I don't foresee it happening until Villain's Land opens. Just like they opened FoF with New Fantasyland, they'll want to have a new parade alongside the opening of their newest land again.

wdrive3 days ago

There’s far more of the regular outfits available. If the regular outfits get soaked and need a real deep clean it won’t matter. If the parade outfits need a deep clean it could have a knock on effect on the following days.

WorldExplorer3 days ago

Why do they use the regular outfits when it might rain? Does it help somehow?

Squishy3 days ago

When rain is planned they remove the Monstro unit and switch the Mickey & Minnie FoF outfits to regular ones. The balloon float however still has dents in it and they seem to be getting worse. Monstro & the opening unit are also still squeaking ever since they had disapeared for unplanned maintenence a 1-2 years ago, I'm guessing since they are both tokyo floats they were unable to get the original geniune parts.

jrhwdw3 days ago

IDK why Regular Clothes are needed on a Beautiful Day.....I'm Seeing that more.....

aladdin20073 days ago

I agree, I know many don't agree but the cuts and hodge podge mishmash are pretty bad now, it needs to go. Its been well over a decade already. These things keep limping along yet they keep replacing things that don't need replacing and then the things that do get left for decades.

Disney Analyst3 days ago

Just saw a clip from the parade on Valentine’s Day. Oof, MK needs a new parade asap. No finale float, Mickey and Minnie in the balloon in their regular every day outfits… the rest of the characters following behind in all their regular outfits… Of course all the dancer cuts still remain. Put it out of its misery.