The Story of Disneyland's Paint the Night Electrical Parade
Connecting with Walt - A look into the history of the man behind Mickey Mouse, Disneyland and Walt Disney World
DIS Unlimited
4.7 • 820 Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Michael and Tom continue the celebration of the Disneyland Resort's 70th Anniversary with a look at how Paint the Night made it's way to Disneyland Park.
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- Michael’s Disneyland History Segments
- Important DIS links and more information!
- Connecting with Walt on Twitter
- Dreams Unlimited Travel
- OzCon International - Discount code: CWOZCON2025
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Websites/Articles:
- Babes in Disneyland: Fun Facts About the New Incredibles Float in the Paint the Night Parade
- An Incredible New Float is Coming to the Paint the Night Parade by Joelyn Buhlman for D23
- Paint the Night – Wikipedia
- Paint the Night – Disney Wiki
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| 0:00.0 | From west to east and kingdom to kingdom, you're listening to the Connecting with Walt is brought to you by Dreams and Limited Travel, experts at helping you plan the perfect Disney vacation. |
| 0:33.2 | The best way to support the show is by booking a Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Disney Cruise |
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| 0:43.9 | for your next dream vacation at dreamsunlimited travel.com. Hey there, hi, there, and welcome |
| 0:51.0 | to episode 330 of connecting with Walt. |
| 0:54.6 | I am your host and is historian Michael Bowling, and I am joined by my co-host, producer, and good friend Tom Bell. |
| 1:02.1 | Tom, how are you today? |
| 1:04.1 | Hey, Michael, I'm doing well. |
| 1:06.7 | Good to see you. |
| 1:07.8 | It's been, we kind of pre-recorded a little bit, a little behind the scenes, |
| 1:12.4 | but so it's good to see you after a couple weeks. |
| 1:15.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:15.2 | Did some travel, did some traveling. So that was, it's nice to be home, actually. |
| 1:19.9 | Good, good. But it looked like on Facebook, you had a good time. |
| 1:23.2 | I did. It was weird, though, because I don't think we ever fully adjusted to East Coast time. |
| 1:30.4 | So it made coming home that much easier. |
| 1:33.4 | So that was a good thing, except coming home to 152 degrees in my apartment. |
| 1:39.6 | Oh, yes. It wasn't that much cooler outside when you were gone either. So anyway, well, Tom, |
| 1:52.0 | do you have a favorite nighttime Disney parade? And it could be from the past or present at Disneyland, |
| 1:58.3 | what Disney World or an international park? |
| 2:05.7 | Of course, the one we're going to talk about today, |
| 2:08.7 | but I also enjoy the, |
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