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Imagination Skyway

Main Street Electrical Parade at Walt Disney World

Imagination Skyway

Matthew Krul

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Kids & Family

5830 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the Imagineer Podcast proudly presents a spectacular festival pageant of nighttime magic and imagination. Learn the history and details of the Main Street Electrical Parade, the longest parade to ever run at the Disney Parks and Resorts from Disneyland to Walt Disney World and even across the globe (Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris). What is your earliest memory of the Main Street Electrical Parade? If you haven't seen it, which Disney parade is most nostalgic for you? Send me your feedback via email or through direct message at any of the following and [with your permission] I'll include your message in a future show:   Facebook: www.facebook.com/ImagineerPodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/ImagineerPodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/ImagineerAudio Please also join our Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/imagineerpodcast/ and invite your friends to join as well. I encourage you to leave your thoughts and questions in the group (I'm happy to address them on Facebook or over the air), as well as your vacation photos, favorite Disney memories, Disney news, and more. Connect with fellow like-minded Disney fans and Imagineer Podcast listeners. I look forward to seeing you and your Disney friends and family in our Facebook Group! Be sure to check out our sponsor WDW Magazine, the premier magazine focused on Walt Disney World, available in print or digital. Enjoy the show!

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Disneyland proudly presents our spectacular festival pageant of nighttime magic and imagination.

0:27.8

In thousands of sparkling lights and electro-synthematic musical sounds, the mainstream electrical parade. Hello and welcome to the Imagineer Podcast, your unofficial guide to All Things Disney.

0:56.1

I'm your host, Matthew Kroll, and this is episode number 19 of The Imagineer Podcast.

1:03.0

In today's podcast episode, we're going to be talking about a classic parade that has debuted at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland.

1:13.1

And that, of course, is the Main Street Electrical Parade.

1:17.1

I know what you're thinking.

1:18.0

Matt, we're going to be talking an entire episode about a parade.

1:22.0

Yes, yes, we are.

1:23.3

And the reason is this parade is the most iconic and historic of any Disney parade that has

1:30.8

debuted at Walt Disney World or Disneyland.

1:33.4

It is a parade that has made its way around the world to different Disney parks.

1:38.0

And not only am I going to tell you a little bit more about it, because the history is so rich

1:42.9

and there are so many amazing details, you might not have even thought about with the Main Street Electrical Parade.

1:48.5

But of course, I'm also going to be taking you with me for a listen through binaural audio.

1:54.7

We're going to step onto Main Street USA together and you'll be able to hear the entire parade

2:00.5

from start to finish, which is a little

2:02.6

bit different than the soundtrack version you may hear if you downloaded on iTunes or if you

2:07.8

have an old official album of Walt Disney World or Disneyland. The binary audio is going to take

2:14.3

you literally through the entire attraction, the entire parade from start

2:18.7

to finish. Of course, at the end, I'll come back and then tell you a little bit more about

2:23.0

how you can connect with the Imagineer podcast, because we do have so many opportunities for you

2:27.9

to connect with us beyond just listening to this podcast and how you can even help to create

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