Just a follow-up, went Thursday night. Park was dead during the day but parade route was about one-person deep either way I could see at kickoff, got even a little busier as parade went by.
I was pleasantly surprised to see it was the full parade--seemingly all the dancers, stilt-walkers, even the horses. I half-expected just floats. The only cut-back seemed to be in volunteer bead-throwers. My buddy had a spot on the Jester float that usually holds three all to himself, Alligator float also seemed a little sparse. My guess is trouble recruiting people.
A shout-out to the performers, they came out full of energy like it was a packed Saturday night ... and still had that same energy at the end of the route, dancing, high-fiving, etc. For me, best parade in any Orlando park by far.