'Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade' performances reduced as 'Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade' begins at Magic Kingdom

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Posted: Thursday March 10, 2022 8:44am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

'Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade' at Magic Kingdom is now only performing twice per day following the return of 'Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade' at Magic Kingdom.

Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade opening performance

The new cavalcade debuted February 11 2022 with four performances per day, but now has showings in the late afternoon only. Performance times for this week are 4:30pm and 5:50pm, moving to 5:10pm and 6:20pm next week.

Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade opening performance

'Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade' takes place at 11:30 and and 2:30pm this week, moving to 12pm and 3pm next week.

Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade returns March 9 2022

Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade returns March 9 2022

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Starship82457 minutes ago

An effect missing for less than a week is far from it being a completely dead. I'm sure there's some sort of technical reason that it can't be done right now and it'll probably be back up as soon as possible. The original happily ever after spotlight effects in the beginning of the show were missing for well over a year before they returned. Just because something is missing for a week doesn't mean it's going to be gone forever sometimes Epcot doesn't do perimeters because it's too windy. Who knows what the reason could be but it'll definitely come back. I have no doubt about that. Also, I doubt this has anything to do with Disneyland Fantasmic.

AJT6071 hour ago

I think we are now going on at least six consecutive nights with no Fantasmic! fire in any of the shows. Folks initially suggested that winds were to blame but we have had a couple nights that seemed relatively mild and still no fire. Is this an effect that is dead forever? It really kills the climax of the show to have a "b mode" with no fire. We're debating cancelling our dining packages for June because there's much less value in having a great seat front-and-center if this major special effect is dead/killed for the long term. Does anyone have intel on when/whether it is going to be restored? If all effort is currently on Anaheim's non-dragon relaunch, then I feel like there's a chance DHS F! could be suffering for quite some time, which is such a shame.

ToTBellHop3 days ago

They’d have Mickey and Minnie played by one person at the same time if they could like

TTA943 days ago

Something I’m sure they are not dieing to go back to and giving cast more hours and hiring new ones lol.

jrhwdw3 days ago

Makes more sense, Thanks!!

SpectroBro3 days ago

It wasn’t straight through. They’d leave after the 12pm show and come back at 7:30pm

jrhwdw3 days ago

Trolley and DEP? That's a long shift! Plus the Train Station Welcome......

SpectroBro4 days ago

Some did Trolley split to DEP, some did FoF, PM MiSi , DEP. some did DEP only. Some did FoF, Hoedown, DEP. Some did other meet and greets into DEP. There were also significantly more people trained in parade roles back then.

Squishy4 days ago

I'm wondering if its some sensitive wind checklist that got added after the DL fire because WOC seems to have a similar thing with the big flame thrower where it gets disabled with the slightest of gusts. It was windy today.

jrhwdw4 days ago

No Fire tonight on F!s Lagoon, I think it's Broke.........

ToTBellHop4 days ago

2 casts, I’d guess.

jrhwdw4 days ago

What did MK do pre 2016??? 1 FOF, 3 MISI, 1-2 MSEPs? Why did FOF go only to once per day a couple of weeks ago? FOF was Twice a day for months with Adv. Friends and the Hoedown.

ToTBellHop4 days ago

So I guess with a light parade, they’d go back to one afternoon parade at 3 pm, maybe a single cavalcade (or not…) and then the light parade at 9 pm. Another cast would be required to show it again at 11 pm it seems.

SpectroBro4 days ago

Half of the cast perform in Frontierland Hoedown Happening and half perform in Adventure Friends. And all of that has to fit into an 8 hour shift with an hour lunch. And account for rest time in between performances