The part of Summer Nightastic! many Disney fans are most excited about is the return of the beloved Main Street Electrical Parade in the Magic Kingdom.

There will also be a new Magic Kingdom fireworks show, as well as a new drop sequence and special lighting effects at the Tower of Terror in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Dates announced for Walt Disney World’s Summer Nightastic! is a post from Family travel blog Theme Park Mom

“After the sun goes down, our Walt Disney World parks will light up the night,” said Meg Crofton, Walt Disney World resort president.

The after-dark activities include:

• The return of the Main Street Electrical Parade to the Magic Kingdom for the first time since 2001. The classic Disney parade will have new floats for Tinker Bell, Pinocchio and Snow White.
• A new fireworks show at the Magic Kingdom. Walt Disney World says the show will have vivid colors and special effects.
• New lighting effects and an additional drop sequence at the Tower of Terror in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
• The Sounds Like Summer concert series at EPCOT.
• Extended evening hours several times a week at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

Many of the Summer Nightastic! events will begin in early June. Exact schedules have yet to be announced.

Walt Disney World to have new fireworks, parade for Summer Nightastic is a post from Family travel blog Theme Park Mom

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls
Disney proudly presents…
Our spectacular festival nighttime pageant of magic and imagination,
In thousands of sparkling lights
And electro, syntho-magnetic musical sounds.
Disney’s Electrical Parade

It has been nearly a decade since those words have been heard on Walt Disney World’s Main Street U.S.A. But this summer the Main Street Electrical Parade will come back to Central Florida.

Walt Disney World President Meg Crofton announced that the cherished parade will come back to the Magic Kingdom this summer for a limited time as part of “Summer Nightastic,” a series of special events at Disney’s Florida parks.

I have very fond memories of watching the Main Street Electrical Parade as an elementary school child, during my family’s regular spring break trips to Walt Disney World. I would lean in to catch Cinderella’s eye as she rode by in her glittering pumpkin coach, and I would cower when Captain Hook went by in his pirate ship.

Crofton said three new floats will debut in the 2010 version of the Main Street Electrical Parade. Tinkerbell will lead the nighttime parade on a new balloon float, and Snow White and Pinocchio will also get their own floats in the update.

The Main Street Electrical Parade will start in June at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. In the meantime, here’s a look at the parade’s sights and sounds from Disney’s California Adventure:

Main Street Electrical Parade returns to Walt Disney World this summer is a post from Family travel blog Theme Park Mom