Some have known as Disney’s Electrical Sky Parade one of the best 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 dwell 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 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 sport. 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 thrice! Sure, I’ll be watching this parade for 3 nights straight to search out out all the proper angles to look out for, in addition to one of the best locations to look at. Keep tuned for future editions of this Flight Diaries collection, as I promise I’ll offer you all of the tips about watching Disney’s Electrical Sky Parade!
And even should you 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-Mild and Avengers: Energy the Night time.
The ultimate Sept. 30 efficiency of Disney’s Electrical Sky Parade is likely to be the final certainly one of this explicit present (for now, at the very least) 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 Essential Road 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 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 traditional characters corresponding 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 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 maybe 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 plenty 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!
