Originally Posted By stagemomx3 In looking at Disney's calendar it doesn't show the Electrical Parade scheduled after September 3rd. Block Party Bash is shown through September 30th, just not on Wed. & Thurs. I hope the EP is just down for a short period of time and will be back up when we are there 10/31-11/4. While I enjoyed BPB, I love EP!
Originally Posted By Darkbeer ^This matches last year's schedule. Disney thinks it can only afford one off-season parade at DCA.
Originally Posted By stagemomx3 I would have preferred that they drop BPB instead. Thanks for the information!
Originally Posted By ADisneyPrincess I agree, I was disappointed no Electrical Parade when I'm there in September. I love the parades, but BPB doesn't appeal much to me.
Originally Posted By stagemomx3 Block Party was ok, but it's not something I would sit and wait for again. I loved seeing the Electrical Parade right before leaving for the night, it was a nice ending to the day in DCA. Plus I remember it from my childhood so it has the whole nostaligic thing going on for me. I do find it funny that most kids these days, including my own 8, 9, and 10 year olds have no idea who Pete and Elliot are from Pete's Dragon, they just love the dragon.
Originally Posted By TP2000 Pete's Dragon (1978) is the most modern reference in that parade. After seeing Tokyo Disneyland's four year old "Electrical Parade Dreamlights" last year I did two things; 1. Picked my jaw up from off the ground after ogling at how beautiful, impressive and mega-fun that night parade was. 2. Wonder over and over and over, "Why don't they just do something like that for Disneyland?!?". And yet, somehow, DCA trundles on with the cut down, downsized, Electrical Parade circa 1978. Funny how they don't even bother with the tenuous "A California Classic" tagline anymore, which Cynthia Harriss had installed on the floats in July, 2001 when they shoehorned that old parade into that park after it fell flat on it's face upon opening in February, 2001. If TDA can't figure out what to do with a night parade, just hop on a plane and visit Tokyo Disneyland, because they are doing it brilliantly over there.
Originally Posted By dzy76 We watch almost every Disney movie known to man before trips, it helps the kids recognize the characters so much easier. My youngest loves Pete's Dragon. The EP is the one thing I remember most from visiting the park as a child. I still love it. But it just isn't the same since leaving Main Street USA. I wish I could find a place in DCA that lends itself in atmosphere to the parade the way MS did.
Originally Posted By avromark A query: You hear, the Baroque Hoedown, you hear a synthesized voice. Who here has memorized the speech made before the parade comes?
Originally Posted By Disney Joy I don't know the words, but I get all twingly like a kid when that parade starts. Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade - does it say that anymore ?? I will get to see it the Sunday I arrive and I can hardly wait.
Originally Posted By ADisneyPrincess I have a friend who walked down the aisle at her wedding to the Baroque Hoedown. She's going with me for her first trip in many years in September and I'd hoped she'd be able to see it, but alas, it's not to be
Originally Posted By Disney Joy I found this ~ "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Disneyland proudly presents our spectacular pagaent of nighttime magic and imagination in thousands of sparkling lights and electrosynthomagnetic musical sounds. The Main Street Electrical Parade!" I can hear it in my head now ~
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 And now, the current version just says... "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Disney proudly presents our spectacular pagaent of nighttime magic and imagination in thousands of sparkling lights and electrosynthomagnetic musical sounds. Disney's Electrical Parade!"
Originally Posted By lasvegasgirl We found a ton of music and even the ride soundtracks online, and made a CD of it.... we now listen to it in the car !!! It gives us our Disney "fix"...... even the Electrical Light Parade.....
Originally Posted By stampinshock Years ago my mom bought the VHS of the parade. It goes right down Main Street. We love watching it.
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^^We have have it as well. It could have done without the Cinderella theme, but otherwise its pretty well done. Also, the Peter Pan scene (where he talks to hook) seemed a little weird (especially when Pan laughs).
Originally Posted By tinkerbell77 So anyone know when this is coming back into the parks? I want my kids to see it, but we go in Dec.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer ^ No info has been annnounced yet, but they did bring it back for the two peaks weeks of Christmas Break, my Guess it will return December 22nd, and then go back on Hiatus until the two peak weeks of Easter, and then another Break until late June.
Originally Posted By tinkerbell77 Oh to bad, we will be there before that. Maybe one day we will get to see it. We go in the begining of Dec. Thats ok, we get to just be in DL, so that is good enough!
Originally Posted By aspenlf Last year EP was back December 15th. That is what I am hoping for this year as that is when we will be there. It is the one parade he has to see every night we are there so for it to be gone would be very hard for our little boy who will be 4 at that time. Thank goodness we will have 'red' Small World to pacify him. Leanne
Originally Posted By YourPalEd I like the idea of recycling parades. How about a new parade a month. Each parade could be a recreation of an old parade. I want to see the light one, with the odd masks, the one with the devil from fantasia, with the wings that unfurl. And then of course their is the bikini toped 20foot tall blonde, lifting her sunglasses as she drives by in her car, i think it was a red corvette. What was that one? parade of dreams?
