Disney confirms opening date for the return of 'Happily Ever After' at Walt Disney World

Jan 10, 2023 in "Happily Ever After"

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Posted: Tuesday January 10, 2023 9:04am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has today confirmed that the fan-favorite nighttime spectacular "Happily Ever After" returns to Magic Kingdom on April 3 2023.

The updated show will feature all-new projections down Main Street, U.S.A., using the new projectors installed for the 50th anniversary.

The 50th anniversary show, "Disney Enchantment" will be offered through April 2 2023.

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Starship8241 hour ago

I think they've out for a couple of days. Not sure why.

SaucyBoy12 hours ago

There are no projections on MSUA tonight. Have they been removed recently or am I seeing a rare tech issue? 🤔

JohnD2 days ago

I find them to be a distraction anyway. When I saw the previous show, I was in the middle of Main Street and my head swiveled everywhere. I would rather be in the Castle hub or just in front of the train station so that my head isn't turning everywhere, just straight ahead.

Starship8242 days ago

That's weird...

jrhwdw2 days ago

Main Street's Projections seem to be turned off the past couple Nights..... Along with Main Street's Lasers/Castle Strobes......

wbostic128 days ago

I wish they would take advantage of these lights that they added, and honestly wish they would add some on top of the Main Street buildings like at DL. The diamond effect at the beginning of Disneyland forever with all of the spotlights is really stunning, and I feel like that would make the show even better.

Starship8249 days ago

Don't know why they don't add those for HEA since they added in the large spotlights again.

gerarar9 days ago

They don't move at all during HEA. They just stay stagnant and light up various colors during the show to set the atmospheric mood. Like during Mufasa's Remember Who You Are and Aladdin segment, they light up blue-ish purple. The static spotlights at the top of the tree rigs don't get used much. Only during bright flashes like lightning during villians segment. You can barely see them flash white in this gif. That's why I hold of the opinion that DE had superior lightning usages around the hub...one of the few positives of DE lol.

wbostic129 days ago

Yep!

Squishy9 days ago

These?

wbostic129 days ago

I’m glad this has turned into basically an effects thread, so here’s my question. During Enchantment, there are moving spotlights that pan over the crowd in the opening fanfare, and periodically move around throughout the show. They appear to be on the same light trees used during HEA, but for some reason I haven’t seen any videos with them moving since it returned. Were these lights added for Enchantment, or have they always been there and I never noticed?

jrhwdw23 days ago

So, there not new or replaced, Thanks! Some people(not on here) were claiming the Spotlights were new.......

MTBaymax23 days ago

There have been videos where the high beams were turned off even before they added the new segments. From what I heard, they were definitely fixed. The company that used to make them went belly up during the End Times.

jrhwdw24 days ago

So are these New(like a Replacement) or did MK just Fix them?