Mouse Extra

WDW News Today is confirming some rumors and offering some interesting news regarding changes to the holiday offerings at Walt Disney World this year.  It seems the Cinderella Castle lights will happen and it may finally be time for a new holiday parade.

In some big news, Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas parade will not be presented this year. In it’s place will be a new holiday parade titled “Mickey’s Once upon a Christmastime Parade”. Another big change to this year’s Christmas festivities will be the lighting of the Castle, which will be a nightly show with characters lighting up a Cinderella Castle adorned in thousands of Christmas lights.

I am certainly looking forward to seeing the lights on Cinderella’s Castle, though the possibility of going over the top here is certainly a concern.  But if it is done well and with class, looking down Main Street U.S.A, through the “snow” coming off the buildings and the wonderful decorations, at a lit up castle has some serious “wow” potential.

For those of us who torture ourselves every Christmas morning with the 2 hour, horribly produced and overly canned Christmas Parade broadcast can at least look forward to finally seeing something new.  Now, if they can only find a host or two that have some level of watch-ability.