Disney Parks After Dark

In every one of the seven parks, the headline show comes in the last hour or so before closing, so a visitor who only has an evening still sees what the park is proudest of. Those shows turn over on each park's own schedule, though. This is the lineup as of Sept. 24, 2026.

At Disneyland in Anaheim, the fireworks since Aug. 21 have been Halloween Screams, which runs through Oct. 31, and MousePlanet, a Disney fan news site, reported in its Aug. 3 park update that no nighttime parade was on the calendar until A Christmas Fantasy Parade returns on Nov. 13. Fantasmic! is still on. It plays on the Rivers of America on select nights. At D23 in August, Disney said a refreshed version of Remember... Dreams Come True, the castle fireworks show first staged for the park's 50th anniversary in 2005, will return in February 2027.

Tokyo Disneyland still runs the Electrical Parade Dreamlights. Since Sept. 16 its fireworks have been Night High Halloween, a seasonal show scheduled through Oct. 31, and as of late September the Oriental Land Company, which owns and runs Tokyo Disney Resort under a license from Disney, had not announced a new castle show to follow Reach for the Stars.

In Paris, Disney Tales of Magic still plays nightly on Sleeping Beauty Castle. It stopped using drones on April 1, 2026, and since early May, while crews repair the castle bridge, it has run without its fountains and with extra fireworks in their place. Over in Hong Kong, the Pixar Pals Spectacular drone show ended with Pixar Summer Fest on Aug. 31, which leaves Momentous as the one castle show of the night. Shanghai Disneyland's 10th anniversary celebration began March 20, and the resort bills it as yearlong, so the birthday finale on ILLUMINATE! should still be playing. At Magic Kingdom the Halloween party nights continue through Oct. 31, and after that Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party takes 24 nights between Nov. 8 and Dec. 22. On those nights party guests get their own show, Minnie's Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks, in place of Happily Ever After. On all other nights, Disney Starlight and Happily Ever After remain the regular lineup.

Disneyland Abu Dhabi has moved very little in public. On Disney's earnings call on Aug. 5, Chief Financial Officer Hugh Johnston said, "We are fully committed to seeing that project through." At D23 later that month, Thomas Mazloum, who became chairman of Disney Experiences in March, said development was still underway and gave no date. Forbes reported in August that the war in the Middle East had brought shipping to the region almost to a standstill, and that Miral remained the park's developer and operator. The trade magazine Gulf Construction has reported a completion target in the first quarter of 2033, which neither Disney nor Miral has confirmed. Josh D'Amaro, now Disney's chief executive, has said the park could take a year or two to design and four to six years to build. One detail from Part 7 still holds. Zach Riddley of Walt Disney Imagineering has said Disney is "really excited about being able to incorporate water for the first time in the design of one of our castles."

The next dates to watch are close. When Tokyo Disneyland's Halloween fireworks end on Oct. 31, whatever the park puts on the castle next will be the first real hint of what replaces Reach for the Stars. Disneyland Paris aimed to finish the bridge work by late September, and the fountains in Tales of Magic should come back once it does. February 2027 brings the refreshed Remember... Dreams Come True to Disneyland, along with an updated World of Color next door at Disney California Adventure. For Abu Dhabi, the thing to look for is a construction start or an opening year announced by Disney itself, and neither has come yet.