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[Tiki4]

Wanting to take in Spectromagic and attempting to plan a place for dinner so I was wondering if Spectromagic takes the same route as the Dreams come true parade or just where would be a good place to dine prior the show???

Thanks!!!

[DMA]

Yes, it is the same route as the daytime parade. Not sure if it's the same direction, though, because we haven't seen the 3:00 parade. Spectro begins at Main Street and ends up in Frontierland.
Last time we watched Spectro, we ate dinner in the ourdoor eating area at Pecos Bills and then staked out a spot for the parade right there.

[Tiki4]

Originally Posted by DMA

Yes, it is the same route as the daytime parade. Not sure if it's the same direction, though, because we haven't seen the 3:00 parade. Spectro begins at Main Street and ends up in Frontierland.
Last time we watched Spectro, we ate dinner in the ourdoor eating area at Pecos Bills and then staked out a spot for the parade right there.

Great!! That gives us more of an idea of where we want to be at that time. We will be having lunch at CRT earlier that day so we are looking more for a QS place or something reasonably priced!!

Thanks!!

[Caldercup]

I believe that Spectro also only goes in one direction, even if it runs twice a night (I've read that it's because of the size of the floats.)

It starts at the base of Main Street and hooks around the Hub into Liberty Square before finishing in Frontierland.
Eileen

[bradk]

parades in MK don't ever change routes throughout the day. the route is a complete circle.

unlike at Disneyland where they have no choice but to bounce parades back and forth when they operate multiple times per day.

and yes, the afternoon parade goes from Main Street to Frontierland as well.

[Caldercup]

They must change at some points, because I've seen the afternoon parade in the MK start in Frontierland (December 08 during Mousefest -- a big gang of PassPorters got caught by it coming out of the Frontierland gates and had to wait for it to pass. It was a great photo op, but inconvenient at that moment.)
Eileen

[bradk]

the afternoon parade did used to run from frontierland to main street, the route was changed permanently early in 2009 with the new floats.

[Caldercup]

Ahhhh... thanks for that info. I missed the parade in March and June, so didn't know about the change.


Eileen

[Principessa_di_Fata]

I was there in Feb 09 and for the daytime parade, they had the new floats (at least I'm 99.9% sure they were the new floats!) and the parade went from Frontierland to Main Street... I remember this because the parade starts at 3pm, so we were right in front of Tony's Town Square at 3pm... and the parade didn't get to us til around 3:30pm'ish since we were at the very end.

I am glad to know this for Spectro, though, just to have an idea of what to expect! I can't wait to see it again!

[chezp]

Originally Posted by bradk

the afternoon parade did used to run from frontierland to main street, the route was changed permanently early in 2009 with the new floats.

Interesting to know - thanks for that.

[bradk]

yes, the parade changed in January. the direction changed later. both parades currently goes from Main Street to Frontierland every day no matter how many times they run.

that's just how it is now.