| Light Magic | |
|---|---|
| Disneyland | |
| Area | Fantasyland and Main Street, U.S.A. |
| Status | Removed |
| Cost | US$20 million[1] |
| Soft opening date | May 13, 1997 |
| Opening date | May 23, 1997 |
| Closing date | September 1, 1997 |
| Replaced | Main Street Electrical Parade |
| Replaced by | Mulan Parade Paint the Night |
| Ride statistics | |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Duration | 20 minutes |
Light Magic was a parade/street show that ran at Disneyland from May–September 1997.[2] It was billed as a replacement for the Main Street Electrical Parade. Once it opened publicly, Light Magic was massively panned for its lacking story and engagement, aside with the designs of the fairy costumes, as well as a charmless follow-up to Main Street Electrical Parade, despite its soundtrack, the song “Dream Our Dream”, and the floats were praised, resulted to Light Magic to be defunct later that year. At the time of its closure, Disney officially stated that it would return in 2000, but it ultimately did not return. Infrastructure improvements made specifically for Light Magic – particularly in Fantasyland – are still used today. The show utilized over 4500 miles of fiber optic cables and 1520 strobe lights.