Return of Happily Ever After to Magic Kingdom in 2023 Story

Return of Happily Ever After to Magic Kingdom in 2023

To the delight of millions of fans, Disney has just announced the popular Happily Ever After fireworks show is coming back to Disney’s Magic Kingdom in 2023!

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In this story, we are going to explain to you everything we know about Happily Ever After and its glorious return to Walt Disney World.

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After months of waiting, Disney has now announced that the reopening date for Happily Ever After is April 3, 2023, at Disney’s Magic Kingdom.

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Our best guess was that Happily Ever After would return to the Magic Kingdom as soon as April 1, 2023, as long as there are no delays in getting the show ready in time.

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