Some have known as Disney’s Electrical Sky Parade the perfect drone present ever. It’s about time I determine 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 people are on the town for the 2024 Paris Olympics, I knew I needed to head to Paris earlier than what’s billed as essentially 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 sport. And maybe that’s not stunning. I do love Disney simply as a lot as I really like drones.
And although this shall 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 precise angles to look out for, in addition to the perfect locations to look at. Keep tuned for future editions of this Flight Diaries sequence, as I promise I’ll provide you with all of the recommendations on watching Disney’s Electrical Sky Parade!
And even for those who miss this particular present, count on extra going ahead. Disneyland Paris has had a reasonably lengthy historical past of drone exhibits, together with previous exhibits like Disney D-Mild and Avengers: Energy the Night time.
The ultimate Sept. 30 efficiency of Disney’s Electrical Sky Parade could be the final one in every of this explicit present (for now, at the least) however count on extra exhibits coming quickly. And hey, this present would possibly return itself. In spite of everything, the Nineteen Seventies parade constantly will get updates and returns to Essential Avenue on an unpredictable however nonetheless quasi-frequent foundation.
What to learn 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 traditional Essential Avenue Electrical Parade. That parade debuted within the Nineteen Seventies, however the 2024 model will get a refresh by means of greater than 500 drones. With it, drones fly into the formations of traditional characters equivalent to 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 Nineteen Seventies.
It runs most nights within the skies over Sleeping Magnificence Fortress 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 couple 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 quite a lot of them. Additionally this summer time, Disneyland Paris and Dronisos collectively set a Guinness World File for “Largest aerial show of a fictional character shaped 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 House Mountain earlier than tonight’s drone present. Au revoir!
