Disneyland Kentucky Electrical Parade: Dreamlights! (2024)

Disneyland Kentucky Electrical Parade: Dreamlights! is a modern take on the original Main Street Electrical Parade, before the Idea of the Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade and is the second Surviving Electrical Parade Versions

The parade has frequently seen updates and additions over the years, currently gaining over 6 updates, Like the Tokyo Disneyland Version, but they added Better Updates

1999-2005 Version[]

This is the original version of the parade.

Opening Window[]

• Blue Fairy
• Knights of Light
• Mickey's Dreamlights Train
• Marching Soldiers

Alice in Wonderland[]

• Ladybug
• Flowers
• Alice and the Cheshire Cat
• Butterflies
• Inchworm
• Mr. and Mrs. Snail

Peter Pan[]

• The Jolly Roger

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs[]

• Snow White
• Dwarf's Diamond Mine Train

Pete's Dragon[]

• Elliott

Winnie the Pooh[]

• Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore
• Bees

Toy Story[]

• Woody's Round-Up
• Buzz Lightyear

Beauty and the Beast[]

• Be Our Guest
• Beauty and the Beast

A Bug's Life[]

• A Bug's Life Circus
• Flik and Atta

Swan Lake[]

• Mother Swan
• Baby Swans

Cinderella[]

• Fairy Godmother
• Cinderella and her Pumpkin Coach with horses
• Clock Tower and Prince Charming
• Ballroom

It's a Small World (finale)[]

• Dancing Dolls
• Donald and Daisy's Showboat
• Chip and Dale's Airship
• The Moon
• The Sun
• Sponsor's Logo

2005-2009 Version[]

The first update to the parade occured in August 2005, This renewal saw the addition of the first two LED-based floats in the parade - based on Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo.

• The "A Bug's Life" unit is replaced with units for "Monsters Inc." and "Finding Nemo".
• A new Cinderella float replaces the Pumpkin Coach and Fairy Godmother floats.
• The dancing dolls in the "It's a Small World" unit are refurbished.
• A minor change in February 2007 swapped the positions of the Pete's Dragon and Monsters Inc. units.

Opening Window[]

• Blue Fairy
• Knights of Light
• Mickey's Dreamlights Train
• Marching Soldiers

Alice in Wonderland[]

• Ladybug
• Flowers
• Alice and the Cheshire Cat
• Butterflies
• Inchworm
• Mr. and Mrs. Snail

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs[]

• Snow White
• Dwarf's Diamond Mine Train

Peter Pan[]

• The Jolly Roger

Monsters, Inc. (New, Replaces A Bug's Life) (Switched places with Pete's Dragon in February 2007)[]

• Sulley, Mike, Boo

Winnie the Pooh[]

• Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore
• Bees

Toy Story[]

• Buzz Lightyear
• Woody's Round-Up

Finding Nemo (New, Replaces A Bug's Life)[]

• Nemo
• Crush's Current

Beauty and the Beast[]

• Be Our Guest
• Beauty and the Beast

Pete's Dragon (Switched places with Monsters, Inc. in February 2007)[]

• Elliott

Cinderella[]

• Cinderella and Fairy Godmother (New)
• Clock Tower and Prince Charming
• Ballroom

Swan Lake[]

• Mother Swan
• Baby Swans

It's a Small World (finale)[]

• Dancing Dolls
• Showboat
• Airship
• The Moon
• The Sun
• Sponsor's Logo

2009-2014 Version[]

There's Added more Changes

• Removal of the Dwarf's Mine Train
• Removal of the Inchworm in the Alice in Wonderland unit
• Replacement of Beauty and the Beast unit with the Aladdin unit
• Replacement of Swan Lake unit with Disney Fairies unit
• Toy Story unit slightly changed. The "Buzz Lightyear" float was heavily damaged by the storm, so the "Woody's Roundup" float was refurbished to be a float based on Toy Story 3, with Woody, Jessie and Buzz riding on it.
• A minor change in October 2013, swapped the Positions of Monsters, Inc. and Cinderella Units

Opening Window[]

• Blue Fairy
• Knights of Light
• Mickey's Dreamlights Train
• Marching Soldiers

Alice in Wonderland[]

• Ladybug
• Flowers
• Alice and the Cheshire Cat
• Butterflies
• Mr. and Mrs. Snail

Pete's Dragon[]

• Elliott

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs[]

• Snow White

Peter Pan[]

• The Jolly Roger

Aladdin (New, replaces Beauty and the Beast)[]

• Genie
• Dancers
• Aladdin and Jasmine

Winnie the Pooh[]

• Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore
• Bees

Toy Story[]

• Toy Story 3

Finding Nemo[]

• Nemo
• Crush's Current

Monsters, Inc. (Switched places with Cinderella in October 2013)[]

• Sulley, Mike, Boo

Cinderella (Switched places with Monsters, Inc. in October 2013)[]

• Cinderella and Fairy Godmother
• Clock Tower and Prince Charming
• Ballroom

Disney Fairies (New, replaces Swan Lake)[]

• Fairies
• Tinker Bell and Friends

It's a Small World (finale)[]

• Dancing Dolls
• Showboat
• Airship
• The Moon
• The Sun
• Sponsor's Logo

2014-2016 Version[]

In July 2015, the parade saw it's next renewal. This renewal appears to heavily see inspiration from the Paint the Night Parade at Hong Kong Disneyland and Disneyland, with the floats being updated to utalize the technology seen in that parade.

• The Blue Fairy and Knights of Light in the opening unit, Elliot in the Pete's Dragon and the entire finale are refurbished.
• The Ladybugs and Snails are removed from the Alice in Wonderland float.
• The Winnie the Pooh unit was replaced with the Tangled unit.
• In 2015, the Monsters Inc. unit was retired, and some of the floats in their units were moved around.
• The Pirate Ship in the Peter Pan unit was refurbished.
• All floats (expectation of Aladdin, Disney Fairies, Toy Story 3, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, Cinderella, and Elliott as they all debuted in LED) not mentioned here were re-bulbed to now feature LED lights, similar to "Paint the Night" at Disneyland and the 2009 Disney's Electrical Parade update.

Opening Window[]

• Blue Fairy (Refurbished)
• Knights of Light (Refurbished)
• Mickey's Dreamlights Train
• Marching Soldiers

Alice in Wonderland[]

• Flowers
• Alice and the Cheshire Cat
• Butterflies

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs[]

• Snow White

Pete's Dragon[]

• Elliott (refurbished)

Peter Pan (refurbished)[]

• The Jolly Roger

Finding Nemo[]

• Nemo
• Crush's Current

Toy Story[]

• Toy Story 3

Monsters, Inc.[]

• Sulley, Mike, Boo

Aladdin[]

• Girls
• Aladdin and Jasmine
• Genie

Tangled (New, replaces Winnie the Pooh)[]

• Rapunzel and Flynn

Cinderella[]

• Cinderella and Fairy Godmother
• Clock Tower and Prince Charming
• Ballroom

Disney Fairies[]

• Fairies
• Tinker Bell and Friends

It's a Small World (finale)[]

• Dancing Dolls (refurbished)
• Showboat (Refurbished)
• Airship (refurbished)
• The Moon (refurbished)
• The Sun (refurbished)
• Sponsor's Logo (refurbished)

2016-2020 Version[]

As part of Main Street Electrical Parade's 45th Anniversary and the 35th anniversary of Disneyland Kentucky in 2018, the parade was updated once again. This renewal saw some more additions and removals:

• The Beauty and the Beast unit returns to the parade, and replaces the Finding Nemo unit and the Monsters, Inc. unit to promote the new live action movie.
• The "Cinderella" unit was refurbished.
  • The unit brings back the pumpkin coach retired in 2007.
  • The ballroom and The Clock Tower was updated.
  • Now, the unit looks like the unit in the main parade (non-Paris) version.
• The Snow White unit is replaced with the Frozen unit.
• A minor change in March 2019 replaces the "Cheshire Cat" float with a new model, and the Unisys float is refurbished.

Opening Window[]

• Blue Fairy
• Knights of Light
• Mickey's Dreamlights Train
• Marching Soldiers

Alice in Wonderland[]

• Alice and the Cheshire Cat (Refurbished to a new model in March 2019)
• Flower Dancers

Disney Fairies[]

• Tinker Bell and Friends
• Dancing Faries

Pete's Dragon[]

• Elliott

Peter Pan[]

• The Jolly Roger

Toy Story[]

• Toy Story 3

Aladdin[]

• Genie
• Aladdin and Jasmine

Tangled[]

• Rapunzel and Flynn

Cinderella (refurbished)[]

• Cinderella and her Pumpkin Coach with horses
• Ballroom Dancers
• Clock Tower

Beauty and the Beast (Returns since 2011)[]

• Be Our Guest
• Beauty and the Beast

Frozen (New, replaces Snow White)[]

• Elsa's Snow Castle with Anna, Elsa and Olaf

It's a Small World (finale)[]

• Dancing Dolls
• Showboat
• Airship
• The Moon
• The Sun
• Sponsor's Logo (Refurbished in March 2019)

2021-2023[]

The parade resumed operations in November 2021, abit with some changes to corospond with COVID-19 guidelines at the park.

• Removal of the entire Disney Fairies unit.
• Removal of all the dancers.
• Removal of Jessie from the Toy Story 3 float.
• A perspect screen was added to the "Aladdin and Jasmine" float, allowing the two to continue in the parade together.
• Removal of Flynn Rider from the Tangled unit.
• Removal of the Beast in the "Beauty and the Beast" float in the respective unit.
• Removal of Anna from the Frozen unit.
• Removal of the Three Little Pigs from the "Paddle Steamer" float in the "It's a Small World" unit.
• Pluto moved from "The Sun" float to the "Airship" float in the "It's a Small World" unit, while Chip and Dale moved to "The Sun" and vice versa..
• Removal of Geppetto, Lilo and Stitch from "The Moon" unit.
• Removal of José Carioca, Panchito Pistoles and Marie from "The Sun" unit.

Some minor additions include the Unisys float being altered to now read Bioprogy, it's new sponsor, in April 2022, and a new model for Mickey's Dreamlights Train in July 2022.

2023-Now[]

With the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, the parade was reverted back to it's pre-2020 guise. An asterisk (*) means that it returned after COVID:

• The Disney Fairies unit returns to promote the Peter Pan and Wendy live action movie.
• All dancers returned as well.
• The Snow White Unit has returned since 2016
• There are new teacup dancers in Alice in Wonderland unit section.
• All removed characters returned to their original spots.
• There are 2 additional walking Knights of Light at the end of the finale.
• A Remake of The Sponsor's Logo Music is added, to like the unit more legendary
• Added 5 New Units, Like The Incredibles, The Lion King, Lilo and Stitch, Cars and Pinocchio

Opening Window[]

• Blue Fairy
• Knights of Light (riding on horses)
• Mickey's Dreamlights Train
• Marching Soldiers

Alice in Wonderland[]

• Teacup Dancers (New)
• Alice and the Cheshire Cat
• Flower Dancers (Refurbished)

Snow White (Returns since 2016)[]

• Snow White

Disney Fairies (Returns since 2021)[]

• Tinker Bell and Friends
• Dancing Fairies

Pete's Dragon[]

• Elliott and Pete on his Neck

Peter Pan[]

• The Jolly Roger with Peter Pan, Wendy Darling and Captain Hook

The Lion King[]

• Gazelle Dancers, Giraffe Dancers, Monkey Dancers, Wildebeest Dancers and a Life-Sized Rhinoceros Costume with glowing eyes
• Simba, Nala, Rafiki, Sarabi, and Zazu on The Pride Rock
• Scar, Banzai, Shenzi and Ed at the Elephant Graveyard
• Timon and Pumbaa - Timon appears riding on Pumbaa

The Incredibles[]

• Mr Incredible and Dash Parr
• Elastigirl

Toy Story[]

• Toy Story 3 Float featuring Woody, Jesse and Buzz Lightyear
• Alien skaters

Lilo & Stitch[]

• Lilo and Stitch surfing by The Waves
• Angel Driving Stitch's Spaceship
• Plenka and Jumba on a Float

Pinocchio[]

• Pinocchio and Geppeto Putting on a Show on a Puppet Show with Puppet Dancers
• Jiminy Cricket

Cars[]

• Grand Prix Racers
  • Featuring:
    • Lightning McQueen
    • Mater
    • Sally
    • Ramone
    • Guido
    • Luigi
    • Flo
    • Chick Hicks
    • The King
    • Cruz Ramirez
    • Jackson Storm
    • Mack

Aladdin[]

• Genie
• Aladdin and Jasmine

Tangled[]

• Rapunzel and Flynn

Cinderella[]

• Cinderella and her Pumpkin Coach with horses
• Ballroom
• The Clock Tower with Prince Charming

Beauty and the Beast[]

• "Be Our Guest" Lumiere with Cup Dancers
• "Beauty and the Beast" Bealle and Beast in a Ballroom

Frozen[]

• Snow Winds
• Elsa's Snow Castle with Elsa, Olaf and Anna

It's a Small World (finale)[]

• Dancing Dolls*
• Showboat
• Airship
• The Moon
• The Sun
• Sponsor's Logo
• Knights of Light (New/walking)