Some have known as Disney’s Electrical Sky Parade the perfect drone present ever. It’s about time I resolve for myself.
Tonight, I’m buying and selling in my drone controller for a pair of Mickey Mouse ears. I’m not flying drones tonight, I’m watching them, and I’ll be doing it stay tonight at Disneyland Paris. Whereas most folk are on the town for the 2024 Paris Olympics, I knew I needed to head to Paris earlier than what’s billed as probably the most mesmerizing drone present ever ends its run on Sept. 30, 2024.
This would be the second drone present I’ve ever seen with my very own eyes. The primary was additionally themed to Disney. That was a Star Wars drone present placed on by Sky Parts, held after an Oakland A’s baseball recreation. And maybe that’s not shocking. I do love Disney simply as a lot as I like drones.
And although this will likely be my second drone present, I’m planning to see it 3 times! Sure, I’ll be watching this parade for 3 nights straight to search out out all the appropriate angles to look out for, in addition to the perfect locations to observe. Keep tuned for future editions of this Flight Diaries collection, as I promise I’ll offer you all of the recommendations on watching Disney’s Electrical Sky Parade!
And even if you happen to miss this particular present, anticipate extra going ahead. Disneyland Paris has had a reasonably lengthy historical past of drone reveals, together with previous reveals like Disney D-Gentle and Avengers: Energy the Evening.
The ultimate Sept. 30 efficiency of Disney’s Electrical Sky Parade is likely to be the final one in all this specific present (for now, no less than) however anticipate extra reveals coming quickly. And hey, this present may return itself. In spite of everything, the Seventies parade repeatedly will get updates and returns to Primary Road on an unpredictable however nonetheless quasi-frequent foundation.
What to find out about Disney’s Electrical Sky Parade
Delivered to life by French drone mild present firm Dronisos, Disney’s Electrical Sky Parade recreates beloved scenes from the basic Primary Road Electrical Parade. That parade debuted within the Seventies, however the 2024 model will get a refresh by the use of greater than 500 drones. With it, drones fly into the formations of basic characters reminiscent of Elliott the Dragon from the 1977 movie “Pete’s Dragon.” It’s all synchronized to that very same electro-syntho-magnetic soundtrack that was well-known within the Seventies.
It runs most nights within the skies over Sleeping Magnificence Citadel at Disneyland Paris.
The mild present drones themselves are modified variations of plane from French drone maker Parrot. Parrot is probably most well-known for its now-defunct Bebop drone. Dronisos made a take care of Parrot to iterate on its platforms to construct a drone-show particular product that’s made in France.
Dronisos makes use of a number of Parrot drones as its template. That features the Mambo (initially marketed as a toy drone), which has since been renamed “Helios.” Although, Helios is an indoor-only mild present drone.
Dronisos additionally makes use of a reworked Parrot Bebop 2, which it mounted a light-weight to, and renamed it the Zephyr drone. It additionally makes use of the extra highly effective Anafi drone, which it modified to be a brand new plane known as Autan.
Not solely are the Disneyland Paris drones highly effective, however there are a whole lot of them. Additionally this summer time, Disneyland Paris and Dronisos collectively set a Guinness World Report for “Largest aerial show of a fictional character fashioned by multirotors / drones.” As a part of the 2024 Bastille Day celebrations (which happen yearly on July 14), Dronisos despatched a spectacular, tricolor Mickey Mouse head made out of 1,571 drones into the sky.
So with that, I’m signing off to leap on Area Mountain earlier than tonight’s drone present. Au revoir!