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, and

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. The Hong Kong version premiered on September 11, 2014, as part of the park 9th anniversary expansion. The Disneyland version debuted on May 22, 2015, as part of the park's 60th anniversary Diamond Celebration. The parade is a

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to the long-running

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, which has appeared at numerous Disney parks (except Hong Kong Disneyland) in several different incarnations since June 17, 1972. At Disneyland Park in California, Paint the Night made its last regular performance on September 5, 2016, and returned as a seasonal offering for the 2016 holiday season. The original Main Street Electrical Parade returned to Disneyland Park on January 19, 2017 for a limited-time run. In July 2017, it was officially announced at the

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that Paint the Night would be moving to

at the Disneyland Resort starting on April 12, 2018. A new float themed around Disney•Pixar’s ''

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'' joined the parade for the grand opening of

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on June 23 and for the release of

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which hit theatres on June 15. Paint the Night made its return to the Disneyland Resort at Disney California Adventure on April 12, 2018 and ran through November 7, 2018. Portions of the Little Mermaid unit as well as the entire '' Frozen'' unit were removed from the parade due to their height being too tall to clear the

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's overhead wires. On January 25, 2020, Hong Kong Disneyland version of the parade ran their final performance due to the COVID-19 outbreak's impact on China. And it is one of the attraction which hasn’t return for a long time after reopening. In 2022, Disney Announced that the parade will return to Hong Kong Disneyland in 2023 with the Frozen Fractals float. It was going to return in December 2022 but it was push back to 2023.

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parade, and features seven original floats containing over 740,000 individual lights. The Hong Kong version of the parade uses a newly arranged version of the

's theme song, "

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arrangement of

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's " When Can I See You Again?" from

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. In the original version of the Hong Kong version of the parade, there was a show stop in which the performers were able to interact with the interactive LED Paintbrushes sold to audience members. The show stop used an original song in Cantonese and English called "Paint the Night". The show stop was discontinued in November 2015. The interactive "Mickey Mouse Paintbrushes," which guests can purchase in the park, allow them to interact with the performers by changing the colors of their costumes when the brushes are activated. Wearable merchandise items include the "Mickey Glow Mitt" and "Minnie Glow Bow," which change colors throughout the show through the use of

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-enabled technology.

Units

The Hong Kong version contains the following parade units: Current Parade Floats *

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'' Electric Watercolours (2014–present) *

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& Friends Lightastic Finale (2014–present)

Disneyland Resort (California)

The Paint the Night Parade (or Paint the Night Electrical Parade, as it is titled within the show) opened May 22, 2015, as part of Disneyland's Diamond Celebration,in commemoration of its 60th anniversary.This version of the parade utilizes over 1.5 million

lights,special effects, and features 76 performers. The California version of the parade was inspired by the

. It even has a opening announcement similar to that used in the Main Street Electrical Parade. It is Disneyland's first all LED parade. The parade lasts approximately 17 minutes. During the Diamond Celebration, the entire 24-hour event was streamed live via internet by the Disneyland Resort, including the premiere of ''Paint the Night'' parade on May 22, 2015. Like the Hong Kong version, the parade jointly features arrangements of Jean-Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley's "Baroque Hoedown" and Owl City's "When Can I See You Again?". This version, now in English, features new lyrics for the parade along with vocals and arrangement from Adam Young of Owl City. Following the Diamond Celebration, Paint the Night at Disneyland performed a short run during the 2016 holiday season before Disneyland revived the Main Street Electrical Parade on January 20, 2017 for a limited-time run that ended on August 20, 2017. Paint the Night officially returned to the Disneyland Resort on April 12, 2018, but this time at Disney California Adventure for Pixar Fest which began on April 13, 2018 and ran through November 7, 2018.

Units

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) (2015–2017)

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