Hi there, Justin!
Thanks for stopping by planDisney with your question.
It sounds like you have a fall visit planned to The Most Magical Place on Earth!
Magic Kingdom Park will be bubbling over with fall festivities this year, including the
Disney After Hours BOO BASH. It's going to be a HAUNTINGLY HAPPY HALLOWEEN this year, with the addition of this brand-SPOOKING-new offering for Guests to enjoy.
On BOO BASH event days, ticketholders for the celebration will be allowed entry into Magic Kingdom Park as early as 7 pm. They will be issued special wristbands upon entry, to designate them as event guests. Cast Members will be positioned throughout the park to slowly filter out day guests at park closing time at 9 pm (9:30 on select evenings). Once the event officially begins, only Guests with BOO BASH wristbands will be able to access attractions and will have to show their wristbands to enter certain areas of the park. With the information available to us at this time, the
Happily Ever After Nighttime Spectacular should be performed prior to park closing for all to enjoy!
While there are no "scheduled" parades at this time, special cavalcades will make their way through the park throughout the day. During regular park hours, Guests will be able to see these fun "mini-parades":
- Magic Kingdom Cavalcade
- Mickey and Friend Cavalcade
- A Goofy Cavalcade
- The Royal Princess Processional
- Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Once the BOO BASH kicks into high gear, the cavalcades switch gears and become a bit more SPOOKTACULAR, as Guests will see these processions make their way down Main Street U.S.A.:
- Mickey's Happy Halloween Cavalcade
- Disney Villain Halloween Cavalcade
- Jack's Nightmare Cavalcade
- Maleficent Dragon, in all of her fire-breathing fabulousness!
The cavalcades are not on a published schedule for Guests, and are just fun to keep an eye out for! I love the "pop-up" element of the current entertainment at Walt Disney World Resort, and I hope it will be an element they keep around for years to come!
I hope this helps answer all of your questions! Please come back and visit us here at planDisney if you have more questions before your visit. We love to share tips and advice to help add an extra dose of pixie dust to your Walt Disney World Resort vacation.
Diane W.