This year, NYC Pride included not only the march for which the movement is famous - during which two million spectators line the streets of Manhattan to cheer the passing floats of big brands and non-profit organisations - but also the party on the pier (a woman’s event called Teaze), a VIP rooftop party and, at the start of the week, a Pride Luminaries Brunch, a $50-a-ticket event serving canapés including cubes of French toast and pieces of bacon, held in clothes pegs suspended along a string. InterPride, which represents Pride organisers around the world, estimates that New York’s is one of the three biggest such events, along with those in Madrid, held each July, and São Paulo in May. “Gay Christmas”, more formally known as Pride, is held in New York every June. The Pride march along Fifth Avenue, New York, June 2016 © Daniel Shea/Webber Represents The pink paraphernalia that surrounds it bears the slogan: “Mobilize for equality.” Next door, at T-Mobile, tired partygoers relax on white pouffes under the watch of a fuchsia unicorn. The pier is lined with promotional marquees: in a Delta Air Lines tent stamped with the tagline “Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries”, couples are invited to sit for digital caricatures sketched by artists on iPads outside, a flight attendant in uniform pushes a trolley through the crowd dispensing flashing party wristbands. The shout, emitted by a girl in knee-length rainbow socks and matching headband, is swiftly drowned out - first by the growl of Beyoncé’s “Formation” blaring through an enormous festival-style sound system second, by the collective whoop of the thousands of women assembled beneath it. ‘Calls for LGBT travel have grown considerably in recent years.One June evening, on a broad pier jutting out into the Hudson river from the west side of Manhattan, New York, three words hang briefly in the sticky summer air: “Merry gay Christmas!” Two or three night packages include accommodation at an onsite Disney Hotel, Disney Park Hopper Ticket and also an Entrance Ticket to the Magical Pride Party.Īndy Beard, managing director of Greatdays Holidays, told GSN: ‘As one of the leading group travel tour operators in the UK and with over 30 years in the industry, Greatdays Travel Group is always looking for innovative ways to offer even more choice in travel. Magical Pride packages can be booked now with Greatdays Holidays.
More exciting announcements are expected soon so be sure to keep an eye out! Book now The Walt Disney Studios Park will be made private for a special Pride party from 8pm to 2am on 1 June. What will happen at the first official Disney Pride event at Disneyland Paris? Last year, Disney experimented with launching Pride merchandise like rainbow Mickey Mouse ears.Īnd now, the official Pride event in June is expected to draw thousands from around the world. Inspired by Gay Days, which is an unofficial event held at Disneyland Resort in California and Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, Magical Pride at Disneyland Paris first took place in 2014 and has grown year on year.
Greatdays Holidays are a preferred partner of Disneyland Paris, arranging group trips and events at the happiest place on Earth. Magical Pride originally began as an independent trip for LGBTI Disney lovers, created by Greatdays Holidays in conjunction with Manchester Pride. Magical Pride – Disney’s first official Pride event This celebration of Pride, pixie dust, diversity and all things Disney will be taking place on 1 June 2019. Disney is hosting its own Pride event for the first time at Disneyland Paris, welcoming the LGBTI community to celebrate diversity at the place where dreams come true.įor the first time in 2019, Disney are making Magical Pride, which has been taking place at Disneyland Paris since 2014, an official signature event on their annual calendar.