Originally Posted By di-tard4life ok who has seen the new parade? i have .. i have to say wasn't really that impressed with it. what do u think?
Originally Posted By MomluvsDisney I have and it was..well I wouldnt wait for it, but managed to catch it while sitting at coke corner..I call it visually distrating for a moment, and my daughter loved the mickey confetti...
Originally Posted By di-tard4life well ur a trooper momluvs.. i thought it needed more to it.. and i did wait for it..witch now i am sorry i did.
Originally Posted By submarine-maniac I liked it... Could have used more confetti though. Would have made it better... There is never enough confetti :-D
Originally Posted By DlandDug It's not a parade, wasn't designed as a parade, and isn't presented as a parade. It's a street party. For what it is intended to be, I find it fun. If anyone is looking for a parade, they will be disappointed. But as a street party, it's quite good.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I liked it, and would be willing to wait for it again. Even though the show itself wasn't quite my taste, it was so well executed that I think it's worth another viewing.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I just saw it at WDW. I wasn't expecting much until the music started and I noticed how excited the castmembers were responding and (flirting with each other). So I enjoyed it and the music. I did not like the choice of characters except for Mickie and Minnie. I always notice the castmembers having fun on the job during the Halloween and Xmas party events also. It makes everything more fun to feel the Happiness. Also the energy level at WDW Celebration reminded me of the exceptional cast during the cruises!
Originally Posted By Westsider Mickeymouseclub, the version of this at WDW is very different from the Disneyland version. Check it out on YouTube to realize that like most WDW parade productions, it is quite inferior to the bigger Disneyland version. DlandDug, you should walk up and down Main Street doing the "This Is Not A Parade!" speech each day to a couple thousand tourists. To them, it's the parade. It may be a parade that stops for a while, but it's still the parade. And it's at 3:30 and 6:30. My favorite is working the Hub when it stops on Main Street and starts its first show. After about five minutes people start flagging down the Guest Control CM's and asking them what broke down and when they are going to get the floats moving again. It doesn't help that we've gotten into the high school marching band season again, preceding the show times. That type of traditional procession past them on the parade route only cements in the guests minds that they are waiting for the 3:30 parade.
Originally Posted By SleepingBeauty82 Th fiance and I saw it last week and we weren't impressed. Didn't like how you had to stand up during it (strangers kids kept squeezing in front of us so they could see and stepping on my feet), didn't like how we couldn't see the all the floats, didn't like how there were no princesses. The dancers danced their booties off though. I was impressed by the energy level and talent. Kudos to them!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros How exactly are the crowds reacting to the time between the bands and the show? I saw it from near iasw, so there was just the usual 5-10 min between each one. But I can imagine that the bands travel down the route a whole lot faster than the parade does. Even if the band takes their time and marches slowly, I don't think it would take 20 minutes to complete the route. Yet it takes about an hour for the parade to finish its thing. I can imagine that the folks on Main Street (for the afternoon show, or by iasw for the evening show) would have to wait at least 30-40 minutes between the band and the time that the real show gets to them. While that might not be the end of the world, I'm sure it would leave more than a few guests a little confused (though I did notice that they had the times of the different stops listed in the Times Guide, which should alleviate some of the confusion).
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>DlandDug, you should walk up and down Main Street doing the "This Is Not A Parade!" speech each day to a couple thousand tourists.<< As much as I'd like to be able to, all I can do is try and catch misconceptions here on the LP discussion boards. As noted above, there is ample information in the Times Guide to let people know that this is not a parade, and when it will make one of its three stops. This is not the first time that guests pay no attention to the information they have been given, nor will it be the last.
Originally Posted By Westsider "This is not the first time that guests pay no attention to the information they have been given, nor will it be the last." Tell me about it!
Originally Posted By SleepingBeauty82 Luckily we paid attention to the daily guide and we were on Main Street for the evening show. I even asked a CM where the best viewing spot would be and he said "Anywhere along Main Street will work" so we took a seat at the end in front of the Emporium. He was wrong. We were right next to the LAST float of the bunch and couldn't even see what was going on up front. Yes the characters switch places a lot so you get a chance to see all of them but I was craning my neck the whole time. I'm glad I checked it out but I don't think we'll try to catch it again.
Originally Posted By iamsally Well, I WANT A DISNEYLAND PARADE! ! ! ! Leave the dance parties in DCA. There, I have said it. I was sick last Thursday and in a wheelchair so we got a very good viewing spot near Small World. People seemed to be having a lot of fun. But it was most definitely NOT my cup o' tea.
Originally Posted By monorailblue To me, it is as shameful as the Monorail that Disneyland has never, since Lion King Celebration, been able to do a "street party" or "parade with stops" presentation in a sensible manner. Make the flipping thing exactly 1/4 of the parade route (or even a bit longer), and stop it 4 times (best is with a bit of overlap--20 or 30 feet). Parade it when it is moving, street party it when it is stopped. Lion King Celebration was PERFECT in this regard, and everything since has been embarrassingly bad. No Town Square stop? Other gaps? Are the people who run these shows insane or stupid or both? Lame, lame, LAME!
Originally Posted By TP2000 Al Lutz has some interesting info about what this parade dance party thing may become this summer. I hope TDA goes through with it and fixes this Celebration Parade and gives it another shot at night!
Originally Posted By ctxrover1 I'd love to see a return of POD, but if Celebrate is to be a night event, those floats need more than spotlights.
