Overview

• Disney relocated costumed performers onto floats during the 11:30 am Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade on August 4 to limit their exposure to extreme midday temperatures.
• The 10:30 am show earlier that day still had characters like Moana, Miguel, Woody and Stitch walking the parade route, indicating a possible heat threshold for the adjustment.
• This float-based measure supplements prior summer steps at Walt Disney World, including large umbrellas for PhotoPass cast members and expanded hydration and cooling zones.
• House Bill 433, enacted in 2024, prohibits Florida local governments from imposing heat-safety requirements, leaving Disney’s measures as voluntary policies.
• Disney has not confirmed whether relocating performers onto floats will continue throughout the rest of the season’s heat wave.