amendments to the original soundtrack, to better suit the European audiences, and the different setting. Meanwhile a new opening announcement was also recorded in English and French. Disney's Fantillusion Parade! was due to debut in Paris in 2002, when the Main Street Electrical Parade would have been running for ten years, but instead, because of the problems with the floats and the fact that Disneyland Paris still pushed emphasis on their newly opened Walt Disney Studios Park, Fantillusion had to wait another year for its Parisian debut. After many weeks of the parade rehearsing in Disneyland Park after park closing hours, there was a special Fantillusion preview night on June 28, 2003 for Annual Passport holders. The parade then premiered to the public at the start of its first Summer season in on July 5, 2003, running until August 31. Fantillusion returned for its first Christmas season in the resort from November 8 to January 4, and has been playing to crowds of fans and guests every Summer, Halloween and Christmas season since. In Summer 2005, the "Bat Forest" float was removed from the parade in response to budget cuts and guest feedback. As the only villain float with no character or physical transformation effects, the float was no longer seen as an important part of the parade. However, the "Bat Forest" float returned every Halloween night, carrying Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Disney's Christmas season in 2005 brought a further change to the parade, with the parade now running from Fantasyland to Town Square, rather than the reverse. While this brought with it a huge amount of technical troubles in the days after the switch, it allowed for better efficiency with the backstage parade preparation and meant guests would now follow the parade to the park's exit instead of back into the park. This change also meant that show-stops were visible anywhere on the parade route. At Disneyland Park, Sleeping Beauty Castle was co-ordinated with the parade so it plays a part of the show and changes colour with the music, etc. In 2012 at the end of Disneyland Park's summer season Fantillusion was put on a temporary hiatus. By then, the Disney Dreams! night-time show on Sleeping Beauty's Castle was showing nightly. It was announced that Fantillusion would not return for the Christmas season. No official confirmation has been given as to whether the