Festival of Fantasy Parade moves it's time slot
 

Festival of Fantasy Parade at the Magic kingdom will change it's time slot from 3pm to 2pm starting 17th August.

This change to the Parade start time will continue until 21st December

From the 22nd December Disney will showcase the Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas Parade with a start time of 3:30pm, this will continue until the end of December.

Starting the 1st January 2019 the Festival of Fantasy Parade will return with it's usual time slot of 3PM.

These times can be seen on the DIBB Park Hours here https://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/parkhours.php

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I wonder if the festival of fantasy dining package will change? My booking is for 1pm at Tony’s but it won’t let me change it at the moment.

No it is because of the Halloween and Christmas parties. They need the extra time between the parade and park closing.

Tourist - "What time is the 3 o'clock parade?"
Cast member - "Ermmm, it's at 2 o'clock"

I notice the Christmas parade is also on at 12 as well as 3.30. Am I correct in thinking it's still on after Xmas as I had thought we'd need to see it on the 22nd when we're in MK. Looks like Happily Ever after is only on about 1 night of our holiday before the change to Holiday Wishes so might end up seeing that again next Summer.