So, a lot of people have signed petitions, protested, called Disney, and tried everything they could to save the Osborne Family Spectacle Of Dancing Lights. When Disney announced this is their last year, many people have started asking me about rumors that they’ll be moving to Epcot or somewhere else…but that unfortunately isn’t happening.
The rumors of the Osborne Lights ending happened for years, but then it finally happened. The rumors of the Osborne Lights moving to somewhere else on Walt Disney World property have been around for years too….as you can see at this link.
Well, those rumors have started up again and a number of people have been asking me about it…so, here is a post from right after Disney announced the end of the Osborne Lights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This comes from Tristan Wingfield, the son-in-law of Jennings Osborne:
Hey gang, Tristan here, yes sadly the lights will be coming to an end after the 2015 Holiday Season. My family sat down with the directors of the lights last night, and we were told that this year is going to be the biggest and best year for the lights as a final blow-out and the 20th year celebration. There are currently no plans to move the lights to any portion of HS or any other park on Disney property. (In fact we were given and inventory sheet of the items in the lights that belong to our family, which further cements the fact that they will never again be displayed on Disney property.)
While the family is sad that the lights will be leaving Disney, we are so very happy that we had the chance to spend 20 years lighting up HS and the many, many people we were able to meet and make their lives brighter after seeing the lights.
We hope you’ll join us for one last hurrah, before the streets go dark. And don’t worry I’m sure Disney will fill the void with something equally as magical as the Osborne Spectacle of Dancing Lights was for the last 20 years!
-Tris
As you can see, with the family getting the inventory sheet for the lights…it doesn’t appear as if they will ever be at Walt Disney World again. Sure, things can change and we never know what the future may bring, but for now, they will be done after the 2015 holiday season.
With Toy Story Land and Star Wars Land expansion construction beginning soon, the Osborne Lights will soon officially be a thing of the past at Walt Disney World.
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Can you give us an update on where the lights might be heading? I can’t stand these “bs” comments by Disney that’s supposed to try and make us feel good. I want answers, and if the folks at Disney have decided not to bring the lights back at some other location in the near future, then have the honesty to tell us that. I want information – not attempts to make me feel good. Thanks
There is no update to be given. As of this time, the Osborne Lights have had their last ever showing at Walt Disney World and the family has even confirmed that when they took back their lights and property.