I’ve always heard Hong Kong Disneyland’s Paint the Night (2014) was the first truly all‑LED parade, but some folks credit Tokyo’s DreamLights earlier — does anyone know which got there first, and what the power savings were? I saw show notes claiming under 60 kW per circuit, yet the chroma still explodes off wet pavement at 9 p.m., which as a lighting nerd makes me very happy.
Paint the Night (HKDL, 2014) was the first truly all‑LED; DreamLights ran tons of LEDs but kept xenon/halogen for face light and strobes until a later refresh. If you’re checking in park, watch performer faces — if they read tungsten‑warm and don’t flicker on video, it’s not 100% LED. Do you remember what year that “under 60 kW per circuit” note was from?
Pretty sure PTN was first end-to-end LED; DreamLights didn’t fully lose the xenon beacons/face light until the 2015 pass. The “under 60 kW per circuit” reads like the route feed, since PTN floats ran on onboard Li‑ion packs and still came in roughly 40–60% lower than incandescent builds — hence that chroma bouncing off wet pavement at 9 p.m. @milesB2023 do you recall if that 60 kW note came from the LSA interview or a park tech talk?
PTN edges it — HKDL went fully LED in 2014, while DreamLights didn’t ditch the last legacy sources until the 2015 renewal; OLC’s note says “all floats now use LEDs.” If you want hard numbers, @ninaQ24, the Lighting&Sound America PTN feature prints the distro totals — got a link to those show notes you saw?