Updated: Walt Disney World Parade and Fireworks Times for Late Summer/Early Fall. One of the perks of living close to Walt Disney World is being able to set your watch and clocks by fireworks going off. We can hear Happily Ever After and on some nights we can also hear Luminous. Unfortunately for us though we are in the time of year when the parade and fireworks times change. some changing by 30 minutes to an hour because the sun is setting earlier, holiday parties, and changes in people having vacation time.
Happily Ever After has changed from 9:30 to 9:20 to 9:00 and will end up at 8:30 in September. Fantasmic! will go from showing 2 shows nightly at 8:30 and 10:00 PM to one show nightly at 8:30, then switch back to 9:00 PM in September. Yes, this can all get confusing, so we are here to help you plan ahead. We have the full list of nighttime spectacular, plus the parade, and cavalcade times.
All dates are from August 26th, 2024 Until October 25th, 2024 unless specifically noted.
Please note that parade and fireworks schedules can change throughout the year, especially during seasonal events or holidays. For the most accurate and up-to-date information, I recommend checking the official Walt Disney World website or mobile app.
For the next few months, Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party is running most Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. Soon enough it will also be running four days a week. Happily Ever After will not be shown on those nights since the parks close to regular guests at 6:00 PM.
General Parade and Fireworks Times (Late Summer/Early Fall)
While these are general times, they might vary slightly depending on specific dates and events.
Magic Kingdom
- Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade: 2:00 PM Daily
The unbridled enchantment and vivid pageantry of Fantasyland—and its many inhabitants—winds its way through the park in a thrilling parade spectacular. The dazzling mix of floats, motion, and original music will keep you humming along for days to come.
- Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade: 11:15 AM Until October 6th, 2024. No Times are listed for the rest of the calendar as of yet.
Join us along the parade route—from Frontierland through Liberty Square down Main Street, U.S.A.—as an exciting lineup of Characters embark on a journey through park. Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade features the most Characters of any cavalcade to date, including Bruno from Encanto and Miguel from Coco—plus so many more!
- Happily Ever After: 9:00 PM August 26th, 2024 – September 7th, 2024 non party nights, 8:30 PM September 9th, 2024 – October 24th, 2024
Don’t miss this astounding fireworks extravaganza featuring lights, lasers and special effects––including all-new projections down Main Street, U.S.A.
Go on a dazzling journey of color, light and song that captures the heart, humor and heroism of favorite Disney stories. Watch in awe as Cinderella Castle is magically transformed through amazing state-of-the art projection technology you have to see to believe.
This astounding fireworks extravaganza uses lights, lasers and special effects, plus a soaring score featuring contemporary versions of beloved Disney songs.
Discover the magic of stories—and be inspired to find your own happily ever after.
Epcot
- Luminous The Symphony of Us: 9:00 PM Except October 22nd, when the park closes at 5:00 PM for a private event.
Feast your eyes on an all-new nighttime spectacular as it lights up the sky over the World Showcase Lagoon. Delight in a dramatic show designed to bring us all together. Marvel at a dazzling pageant of fireworks, fountains, music, and lights set to an original composition. New music, along with evocative selections from the Disney songbook, come together to remind us that we are more alike than we are different.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Fantasmic!: 8:30 PM August 26th, 2024 – September 16th, 2024. 9:30 PM September 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30, Oct 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16, 19, 22, 23. 8:00 PM & 9:30 PM September 17, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 29, October 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25.
Be there as the forces of good and evil battle it out in Mickey’s dream during this extravagant open-air nighttime musical. Featuring stunning effects, thrilling stunts, dazzling pyrotechnics and rousing music, this larger-than-life show is painted on a grand canvas of dancing water and light. Overflowing with silly and suspenseful surprises, it will leave your entire family smiling from ear to ear!
Fast asleep, Mickey Mouse dreams that he is a mighty sorcerer’s apprentice with the power to control water, color, and magic. The Disney Villains—including Maleficent in the form of a towering, 40-foot-tall dragon—turn Mickey’s dream into a nightmare, but don’t underestimate the power of Mickey’s imagination!
The fantastic fantasy includes Disney Characters from some of your favorite animated films:
The Lion King
Moana
Frozen 2
Mulan
Aladdin
Pocahontas
Beauty and the Beast
The Little Mermaid
- Wonderful World of Animation: 9:00 PM August 26th – August 31st, 2024. 8:50 PM Sept 1st – Sept 30th, 2024 No times are listed for October as of today.
Be part of the adventure as you step into an unprecedented collection of new, classic and rarely seen animated films. This excitement-packed projection show will take you on an incredible journey through more than 90 years of Disney and Pixar animation.
Watch in wonder as the façade of the Chinese Theatre is magically transformed—displaying this stirring tribute to animation. Behold spectacular sequences celebrating themes like magic, family, adventure, romance and friendship. Each theme is brought to life through unforgettable moments from beloved films—like Sleeping Beauty, The Incredibles, Coco and many more.
Of course, since we can never lose sight of the fact that it was all started with a mouse, the show fittingly begins and ends with the one-and-only Mickey.
- Disney Movie Magic: 8:40 PM August 26th, 2024 – August 31st, 2024. No Times are listed for September or October as of this writing.
Disney Springs
- Disney Dreams That Soar presented by ATT: 9:00 PM & 10:15 PM August 26th, 2024 – September 2nd, 2024
This summer at Disney Springs, 800 drones take to the night sky above Lake Buena Vista in a magical drone light show! Imagine hundreds of state-of-the-art drones “dancing” across the sky, choreographed to a soaring musical score of iconic Disney music and memorable dialogue from beloved Disney movies. Watch them fly in a constant state of transformation—designing towering elements that are 400 feet tall and creating images of some of your favorite Disney characters from Toy Story, Coco, Dumbo, Peter Pan, Up, the Star Wars saga, and more!
See Disney stories come to life in Disney Dreams That Soar—a one-of-a-kind, nearly 10-minute drone show that’s so exhilarating, that you might feel as if you’re flying too!
