Editing Main Street Electrical Parade (section)

{{short description|Parade at Disney theme parks}}
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| name                = Main Street Electrical Parade
| logo                = 
| logo_width          = 250px
| image               = File:Main_Street_Electrical_Parade_-_Casey_Junior_2022.jpg
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| caption             = The Casey Junior and drum float displaying the parade's title logo at Disneyland in 2022.

<!--INDIVIDUAL PARK STATISTICS-->
| location            = Disneyland
| location2           = Magic Kingdom
| location3           = Tokyo Disneyland
| location4           = Disneyland Park (Paris)
| location5           = Disney California Adventure
| altname2             = 
| altname3             = Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade (1985–1995)<br> Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade: DreamLights (2001–present)
| altname4             = 
| altname5             = Disney's Electrical Parade
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| coordinates4        = <!--Use {{Coord|display=inline}}-->
| coordinates5        = <!--Use {{Coord|display=inline}}-->
| status              = Removed 
| status2             = Removed
| status3             = Operating
| status4             = Removed
| status5             = Removed 
| cost                = 
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| cost5               = 
| soft_opened         = January 19, 2017 (fourth run)<br>April 20, 2022 (sixth run) 
| soft_opened2        = June 5, 2010 (third run)
| soft_opened3        = May 2001 (DreamLights)
| soft_opened4        = 
| soft_opened5        = July 2, 2001 (original)
| opened              = June 17, 1972 (first run)<br/>June 11, 1977 (second run)<br/>1985 (third run)<br/>January 20, 2017 (fourth run)<ref name="January 20th Announcement">{{cite web|last1=Glover|first1=Erin|title=Main Street Electrical Parade Returns to Disneyland Park January 20|url=https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/12/main-street-electrical-parade-returns-to-disneyland-park-january-20/|website=Disney Parks Blog|access-date=December 5, 2016|language=en-us|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205214706/https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/12/main-street-electrical-parade-returns-to-disneyland-park-january-20/|archive-date=December 5, 2016}}</ref><br/>August 2, 2019 (fifth run)<br/>April 22, 2022 (sixth run)
| opened2             = June 11, 1977 (first run)<br/>May 21, 1999 (second run)<br/>June 6, 2010 (third run)
| opened3             = March 9, 1985 (original)<br/>June 17, 2001 (DreamLights)
| opened4             = April 12, 1992 <!--Please DO NOT mention The Electrical Sky Parade.-->
| opened5             = July 3, 2001 (original)<br/>June 12, 2009 (updated)
| closed              = 1974 (first run)<br>1982 (second run)<br>November 25, 1996 (third run)<br>August 20, 2017 (fourth run)<ref name="January 20th Announcement" /><ref name="Disneyland Extension">{{cite web|last1=Glover|first1=Erin|title=Main Street Electrical Parade Extended by Popular Demand at Disneyland Park|url=https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2017/04/main-street-electrical-parade-extended-by-popular-demand-at-disneyland-park/|website=Disney Parks Blog|access-date=April 1, 2017|language=en-us|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401181320/https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2017/04/main-street-electrical-parade-extended-by-popular-demand-at-disneyland-park/|archive-date=April 1, 2017}}</ref><br/>September 30, 2019 (fifth run)<br/>September 1, 2022 (sixth run)
| closed2             = September 14, 1991 (first run)<br/>April 1, 2001 (second run)<br/>October 9, 2016 (third run)<ref name="Heading to Disneyland for a Limited Time">{{cite web|url=https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/08/main-street-electrical-parade-ends-run-at-walt-disney-world-on-october-9-heads-to-disneyland-resort-for-a-limited-time/|title=Main Street Electrical Parade Ends Run at Walt Disney World On October 9, Heads to Disneyland Resort for a Limited Time|work=Disney Parks Blog|first1=Thomas|last1=Smith|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812015729/https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/08/main-street-electrical-parade-ends-run-at-walt-disney-world-on-october-9-heads-to-disneyland-resort-for-a-limited-time/|archive-date=August 12, 2016}}</ref>
| previousattraction  = ''America On Parade'' (1976)<br>''Flights of Fantasy Parade'' (1983)<br>''[[Paint the Night]]'' (2015–2017)<ref name="Heading to Disneyland for a Limited Time"/><ref>{{cite tweet |user=DisneylandToday |number=760576153841201153 |date=August 2, 2016 |title=Hello! Paint the Night parade also will conclude on September 5, 2016. }}</ref> <br>''Magic Happens'' (2020) (original version)
| closed3             = June 21, 1995 (original)
| closed4             = March 23, 2003 <!--Please DO NOT mention The Electrical Sky Parade.-->
| closed5             = January 5, 2009 (original)<br/>April 18, 2010 (updated)
| previousattraction2 = ''[[SpectroMagic]]''
| previousattraction3 = ''[[Disney's Fantillusion]]''
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| previousattraction5 = <!--If there is an appropriate article, this should be linked.-->
| replacement         = ''America On Parade'' (1975)<br>''Flights of Fantasy Parade'' (1983)<br>''[[Light Magic]]'' (1997)<br> ''Magic Happens'' (2020; 2023) (original version; updated version)<br>''[[Paint the Night]]'' (2025)
| replacement2        = ''[[SpectroMagic]]'' (1st & 2nd Tenures)<br> ''Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away''
| replacement3        = ''[[Disney's Fantillusion]]''
| replacement4        = ''[[Disney's Fantillusion]]''
| replacement5        = ''[[Paint the Night]]'' (2018)
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|location_virtual_queue_name3=[[Fastpass#Disney Premier Access|Disney Premier Access]]|location_virtual_queue_image3=Disney Premier Access Icon Logo.svg|location_virtual_queue_status3=available at Tokyo Disneyland| type                = Parade
| ride                = no
| custom_label_1      = Sponsor 
| custom_value_1      = [[BIPROGY]] (Tokyo Disneyland)
}}

The '''''Main Street Electrical Parade''''' is a nighttime parade that first premiered at [[Disneyland]] in 1972 and has since become the longest running parade in Disney history, performing at [[Disney Experiences|Disney Parks]] worldwide. Created by [[Robert Jani]] and project director Ron Miziker, the parade features [[Float (parade)|floats]] and live performers covered in over 600,000 electronically controlled LED lights. The parade uses a synchronized soundtrack featuring a signature theme, [[Baroque Hoedown]], which is arranged to complement each float. 

The original parade at Disneyland in California ran from 1972 to 1996, and returned for limited engagements in 2017, 2019, and 2022.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Strodder |first1=Chris |title=The Disneyland Encyclopedia |date=2017 |publisher=Santa Monica Press |isbn=978-1595800909 |edition=3rd |pages=297–298}}</ref> The neighboring [[Disney California Adventure]] park hosted the parade between 2001 and 2010. Another version, at [[Magic Kingdom]] in Florida's [[Walt Disney World Resort]], ran from 1977 to 1991, 1999 to 2001, and 2010 to 2016.

The parade has also spun off several other versions that ran or continue to run at Disney parks around the world. An updated version has run at [[Tokyo Disneyland]] as '''Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade: DreamLights''' since 2001. In 2014, [[Hong Kong Disneyland]] premiered a spiritual successor to the Main Street Electrical Parade, the ''[[Paint the Night|Paint the Night Parade]]''. An extended version of ''Paint the Night'' premiered at Disneyland on May 22, 2015, as part of the park's 60th anniversary celebration, and moved to [[Disney California Adventure]] on April 12, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Glover|first1=Erin|title=Pixar Fest Brings Celebration of Friendship Throughout Disneyland Resort Beginning April 13, 2018|url=https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2017/10/pixar-fest-brings-celebration-of-friendship-throughout-disneyland-resort-beginning-april-13-2018/|date=October 26, 2017|access-date=March 2, 2018|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107025531/https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2017/10/pixar-fest-brings-celebration-of-friendship-throughout-disneyland-resort-beginning-april-13-2018/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Paint the Night returned to Disneyland Park on May 14, 2025 for Disneyland's 70th anniversary celebration.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-05 |title=BREAKING: Paint The Night Electrical Parade Return Date Announced - WDW News Today |url=https://wdwnt.com/2024/12/paint-the-night-parade-return-date-announced/ |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=wdwnt.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

The original Disneyland version of the parade ran at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom as "Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade" from June 5, 2010, to October 9, 2016,<ref name="Heading to Disneyland for a Limited Time" /><ref name="August 11, 2016" /> when it closed in preparation for a limited-time run at Disneyland. The Disneyland run started on January 19, 2017, and was planned to run through June 18, 2017,<ref name="January 20th Announcement" /> but due to popular demand, Disney extended the parade's run to August 20, 2017.<ref name="Disneyland Extension" />

On June 28, 2019, Disneyland officially announced that the parade would once again return to Disneyland Park for another limited engagement run, which began on August 2, 2019, and ran through September 30, 2019.<ref name="2019 Return">{{cite news |last1=Ramirez |first1=Michael |title=Summer Shines Even Brighter at Disneyland Resort with Return of Main Street Electrical Parade |url=https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2019/06/summer-shines-even-brighter-at-disneyland-resort-with-return-of-main-street-electrical-parade/?CMP=SOC-DPFY19Q3wo0627190703190017C |access-date=June 28, 2019 |publisher=Disney Parks Blog |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919063604/https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2019/06/summer-shines-even-brighter-at-disneyland-resort-with-return-of-main-street-electrical-parade/?CMP=SOC-DPFY19Q3wo0627190703190017C |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On October 26, 2021, the Disney Parks' TikTok account released a video teasing the parade's return to Disneyland again. On November 20, 2021, it was announced at Destination D23 that the parade will return in spring 2022.<ref name="2022 Return 1">{{cite web |title=@DisneyParks on Twitter: "World of Color" and "Fantasmic!" are returning to the Disneyland Resort next year, along with the "Main Street Electrical Parade," which will return in time to celebrate its 50th anniversary. #DestinationD23 |url=https://twitter.com/DisneyParks/status/1462078761747173381 |website=Twitter}}</ref><ref name="2022 Return 2">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Thomas |title=Destination D23: LIVE Blog Updates on Future Experiences Coming to Disney Parks Around the World |url=https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2021/11/destination-d23-tune-in-for-live-blog-updates-on-future-experiences-coming-to-disney-parks-around-the-world/ |website=Disney Parks Blog |access-date=November 20, 2021 |archive-date=November 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120163158/https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2021/11/destination-d23-tune-in-for-live-blog-updates-on-future-experiences-coming-to-disney-parks-around-the-world/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Disney confirmed on February 22, 2022, that the parade would return on April 22, 2022, as well as revealing a reimagined To Honor America finale float that is more inclusive. The parade's 50th anniversary run began on April 20, 2022, during a soft opening that was live streamed on the Disney Parks Blog and had its "final performance of the season" on September 1, 2022.

A spin-off of the parade performed at Disneyland Paris from January 8, 2024 to January 9, 2025 called the '''Disney Electrical Sky Parade''', which honored the Disneyland Paris version of the parade using drones, water effects, projections, and pyrotechnics on drones.