SpectroMagic Parade
TOTAL # OF FLOATS: 31 plus 6 Whirly
Pods
TOTAL LENGTH: 592’ (with Tow Bars – 664’)
EST. TOTAL WEIGHT: 258,000 lbs./ 117 Tons
LONGEST FLOAT: Unit 5-F; Chernabog, total wing span – 30’6” Unit
1-B; Title Unit – 25’6”
SHORTEST FLOAT: Unit 4-D; Bubble Fish – 7’6”
WIDEST FLOAT: Unit 3-A; Peacock – 14’0”
THINNEST FLOAT: Unit 4-D; Bubble Fish – 3’11”
TALLEST FLOAT: Unit 6-E; Carousel – 24’0”
LARGEST FLOAT: Unit 1-B; Title Unit – 286 Sq. Ft.
TOTAL # OF FLOAT BATTERIES: 948
TOTAL WATTAGE FOR 1 PARADE: 442,260 watts
TOTAL # OF AUDIO SPEAKERS: 204
TOTAL AUDIO WATTAGE: 72,000 watts
TOTAL # OF AUDIO BATTERIES: 112
TOTAL # OF MINI-LIGHTS: 342,270
TOTAL # OF MINI-LIGHT COLORS: 11 including Clear
MOST USED COLOR (BESIDES CLEAR): Blue
FLOAT WITH MOST MINI-LIGHTS: Unit 6-E; Carousel – 54,892
FLOAT WITH LEAST MINI-LIGHTS: Unit 4-G; Sebastian – 2,722
FLOAT WITH MOST COLORS: Unit 6-E; Carousel – 11 colors
TOTAL CAST 118: Includes performers, float drivers and
coordinators
850 batteries are used to power the Main Street Electrical Parade.
Each rechargeable battery weighs 65 pounds.
31 plus 6 Whirly Pods, total length 592 feet, estimated total
weight is 228,000 pounds (117 tons) make up the SpectroMagic
Parade.
204 speakers with 72,000 watts of power are used to bring the
SpectroMagic Parade to life.
75 tons of deep cycle batteries, that are 948 batteries, provide
the awesome power to light and move "SpectroMagic" through the
Magic Kingdom. The battery supply is equivalent to that of a fleet
of 2,000 trucks.
100 miles (approximately) of fiber-optic cables and threads become
conduits for shimmering lights that create everything from the
strands of "hair" on King Triton's beard...to giant, four-foot
hibiscus blooms and three-foot daisy petals in Disney’s
SpectroMagic Parade.
600,000 miniature lights chase in wild patterns, moving in perfect
concert with sound effects and music. Goofy's xylophone keys dance
with light at his touch. Mickey's cape transforms in a 24-step
cascade of color sweeping from shoulder height to the base of the
float and upward to 17 feet above his head. It's a "first" for a
float, accomplished through a custom computer for the SpectroMagic
Parade.
20 minutes long and first debuted on October 1, 1991.
17 feet tall is the height of Mickey’s Bright cape.
2000 car batteries are used on the floats
1991 was the year the parade debuted
2001 was the year the parade was retired