Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade Dreamlights

**Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade Dreamlights** is a modern take on the original Main Street Electrical Parade, and is Tokyo Disneyland's current daytime parade; running since June 2001, replacing Disney's Fantillusion.

The parade has frequently seen updates and additions over the years, currently gaining over 6 updates.

## 2001-2007 Version

This is the original version of the parade.

### Opening Window

* Blue Fairy
* Knights of Light
* Mickey's Dreamlights Train
* Marching Soldiers

### Alice in Wonderland

* Ladybug
* Flowers
* Alice and the Cheshire Cat
* Butterflies
* Inchworm
* Mr. and Mrs. Snail

### Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

* Snow White
* Dwarf's Diamond Mine Train

### Winnie the Pooh

* Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore
* Bees

### Toy Story

* Woody's Round-Up
* Buzz Lightyear

### Beauty and the Beast

* Be Our Guest
* Beauty and the Beast

### A Bug's Life

* A Bug's Life Circus
* Flik and Atta

### Swan Lake

* Mother Swan
* Baby Swans

### Cinderella

* Fairy Godmother
* Cinderella and her Pumpkin Coach with horses
* Clock Tower and Prince Charming
* Ballroom

### It's a Small World (finale)

* Dancing Dolls
* Donald and Daisy's Showboat
* Chip and Dale's Airship
* The Moon
* The Sun
* Sponsor's Logo

## 2007-2011 Version

The first update to the parade occured in July 2007. This renewal saw the addition of the first two LED-based floats in the parade - based on *Monsters, Inc.* and *Finding Nemo*.

* The "A Bug's Life" unit is replaced with units for "Monsters Inc." and "Finding Nemo".
* A new Cinderella float replaces the Pumpkin Coach and Fairy Godmother floats.
* The dancing dolls in the "It's a Small World" unit are refurbished.
* A minor change in January 2010 swapped the positions of the Pete's Dragon and Monsters Inc. units.

### Opening Window

* Blue Fairy
* Knights of Light
* Mickey's Dreamlights Train
* Marching Soldiers

### Alice in Wonderland

* Ladybug
* Flowers
* Alice and the Cheshire Cat
* Butterflies
* Inchworm
* Mr. and Mrs. Snail

### Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

* Snow White
* Dwarf's Diamond Mine Train

### Winnie the Pooh

* Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore
* Bees

### Toy Story

* Buzz Lightyear
* Woody's Round-Up

### Finding Nemo (New, Replaces A Bug's Life)

* Nemo
* Crush's Current

### Beauty and the Beast

* Be Our Guest
* Beauty and the Beast

### Cinderella

* Cinderella and Fairy Godmother (New)
* Clock Tower and Prince Charming
* Ballroom

### Swan Lake

* Mother Swan
* Baby Swans

### It's a Small World (finale)

* Dancing Dolls (refurbished)
* Showboat
* Airship
* The Moon
* The Sun
* Sponsor's Logo

## 2011-2015 Version

On March 11, 2011, the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (9.0 magnitude) struck Japan, with Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea being some of the locations effected. When Tokyo Disneyland reopened the following month on April 15, the parades were not held, especially with DreamLights, as quite a number of floats had been severely damaged by the earthquake.

* Removal of the Dwarf's Mine Train
* Removal of the Inchworm in the *Alice in Wonderland* unit
* Replacement of *Beauty and the Beast* unit with the *Aladdin* unit
* Replacement of *Swan Lake* unit with *Disney Fairies* unit
* *Toy Story* unit slightly changed. The "Buzz Lightyear" float was heavily damaged by the storm, so the "Woody's Roundup" float was refurbished to be a float based on *Toy Story 3*, with Woody, Jessie and Buzz riding on it.

During the 2013-2014 holiday overlay, Elliott was updated to his current version.

### Opening Window

* Blue Fairy
* Knights of Light
* Mickey's Dreamlights Train
* Marching Soldiers

### Alice in Wonderland

* Ladybug
* Flowers
* Alice and the Cheshire Cat
* Butterflies
* Mr. and Mrs. Snail

### Pete's Dragon

* Elliott (New model added in December 2013, replaces old one)

### Aladdin (New, replaces Beauty and the Beast)

* Genie
* Dancers
* Aladdin and Jasmine

### Winnie the Pooh

* Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore
* Bees

### Finding Nemo

* Nemo
* Crush's Current

### Cinderella

* Cinderella and Fairy Godmother
* Clock Tower and Prince Charming
* Ballroom

### Disney Fairies (New, replaces Swan Lake)

* Fairies
* Tinker Bell and Friends

### It's a Small World (finale)

* Dancing Dolls
* Showboat
* Airship
* The Moon
* The Sun
* Sponsor's Logo

## 2015-2017 Version

In July 2015, the parade saw it's next renewal. This renewal appears to heavily see inspiration from the Paint the Night Parade at Hong Kong Disneyland and Disneyland, with the floats being updated to utalize the technology seen in that parade.

* The Blue Fairy and Knights of Light in the opening unit and the entire finale (except "Sponsors Logo") are refurbished.
* The Ladybugs and Snails are removed from the *Alice in Wonderland* float.
* The *Winnie the Pooh* unit was replaced with the *Tangled* unit.
* In 2016, the *Monsters Inc.* unit was retired, and some of the floats in their units were moved around.
* The Pirate Ship in the Peter Pan unit was refurbished.
* All floats (expectation of *Aladdin*, *Disney Fairies*, *Toy Story 3*, *Monsters Inc*, *Finding Nemo*, *Cinderella*, and Elliott as they all debuted in LED) not mentioned here were re-bulbed to now feature LED lights, similar to "Paint the Night" at Disneyland and the 2009 Disney's Electrical Parade update.

### Opening Window

* Blue Fairy (Refurbished)
* Knights of Light (Refurbished)
* Mickey's Dreamlights Train
* Marching Soldiers

### Alice in Wonderland

* Flowers
* Alice and the Cheshire Cat
* Butterflies

### Finding Nemo

* Nemo
* Crush's Current

### Aladdin

* Girls
* Aladdin and Jasmine
* Genie

### Cinderella

* Cinderella and Fairy Godmother
* Clock Tower and Prince Charming
* Ballroom

### Disney Fairies

* Fairies
* Tinker Bell and Friends

### It's a Small World (finale)

* Dancing Dolls (refurbished)
* Showboat (Refurbished)
* Airship (refurbished)
* The Moon (refurbished)
* The Sun (refurbished)
* Sponsor's Logo

## 2017-2020 Version

As part of Main Street Electrical Parade's 45th Anniversary and the 35th anniversary of Tokyo Disneyland in 2018, the parade was updated once again. This renewal saw some more additions and removals:

* The *Beauty and the Beast* unit returns to the parade, and replaces the *Finding Nemo* unit and the *Monsters, Inc.* unit to promote the new live action movie.
* The "Cinderella" unit was refurbished.
	+ The unit brings back the pumpkin coach retired in 2007.
	+ The clocktower was removed, and the ballroom was updated.
	+ Now, the unit looks like the unit in the main parade (non-Paris) version, without the clock tower.
* The *Snow White* unit is replaced with the *Frozen* unit.
* A minor change in March 2019 replaces the "Cheshire Cat" float with a new model, and the Unisys float is refurbished.

### Opening Window

* Blue Fairy
* Knights of Light
* Mickey's Dreamlights Train
* Marching Soldiers

### Alice in Wonderland

* Alice and the Cheshire Cat (Refurbished to a new model in March 2019)
* Flower Dancers

### Disney Fairies

* Tinker Bell and Friends
* Dancing Faries

### Aladdin

* Genie
* Aladdin and Jasmine

### Cinderella (refurbished)

* Cinderella and her Pumpkin Coach with horses
* Ballroom Dancers

### Beauty and the Beast (Returns since 2011)

* Be Our Guest
* Beauty and the Beast

### It's a Small World (finale)

* Dancing Dolls
* Showboat
* Airship
* The Moon
* The Sun
* Sponsor's Logo (Refurbished in March 2019)

## 2021-2023

The parade resumed operations in November 2021, abit with some changes to corospond with COVID-19 guidelines at the park.

* Removal of the entire Disney Fairies unit.
* Removal of all the dancers.
* Removal of Jessie from the *Toy Story 3* float.
* A perspect screen was added to the "Aladdin and Jasmine" float, allowing the two to continue in the parade together.
* Removal of Flynn Rider from the *Tangled* unit.
* Removal of the Beast in the "Beauty and the Beast" float in the respective unit.
* Removal of Anna from the *Frozen* unit.
* Removal of the Three Little Pigs from the "Paddle Steamer" float in the "It's a Small World" unit.
* Pluto moved from "The Sun" float to the "Airship" float in the "It's a Small World" unit, while Chip and Dale moved to "The Sun" and vice versa..
* Removal of Geppetto, Lilo and Stitch from "The Moon" unit.
* Removal of José Carioca, Panchito Pistoles and Marie from "The Sun" unit.

Some minor additions include the Unisys float being altered to now read Bioprogy, it's new sponsor, in April 2022, and a new model for Mickey's Dreamlights Train in July 2022.

## 2023-Now

With the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, the parade was reverted back to it's pre-2020 guise. An asterisk (\*) means that it returned after COVID:

* The *Disney Fairies* unit returns to promote the *Peter Pan and Wendy* live action movie.
* All dancers returned as well.
* There are new teacup dancers in Alice in Wonderland unit section.
* All removed characters returned to their original spots.
* There are 2 additional walking Knights of Light at the end of the finale.

### Opening Window

* Blue Fairy
* Knights of Light (riding on horses)
* Mickey's Dreamlights Train
* Marching Soldiers\*

### Alice in Wonderland

* Teacup Dancers (New)
* Alice and the Cheshire Cat
* Flower Dancers (Refurbished)\*

### Disney Fairies (Returns since 2021)

* Tinker Bell and Friends
* Dancing Farias

### Toy Story

* Toy Story 3
* Alien skaters

### *Aladdin*

* Genie
* Aladdin and Jasmine

### Cinderella

* Cinderella and her Pumpkin Coach with horses
* Ballroom

### Beauty and the Beast

* Be Our Guest with Cup Dancers
* Beauty and the Beast\*

### Frozen

* Snow Winds
* and Elsa's Snow Castle with Olaf and Anna

### It's a Small World (finale)

* Dancing Dolls\*
* Showboat
* Airship
* The Moon
* The Sun
* Sponsor's Logo
* Knights of Light (New/walking)

## Transcript

Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade Dreamlights (Transcript)