Originally Posted By Malin Its been announced by the OLC that Legend of Mythica, the daytime harbor show which opened in July 2006, will close on September 7, 2014.
Originally Posted By leemac Worth adding that Disney Dreams is going to TDL too. That should debut after the 30th anniversary finishes. Also the TDS' Mermaid show is finally being retired and a new show (with a storyline!) will actually be replacing it. It should close next Spring and take a year to refit the theater. There is no replacement parade for Mythica at the moment.
Originally Posted By leemac Didn't see your other post Malin! The new show is Dreams just with a different name (as Dreams was associated with the 20th anniversary). I'm glad to see Mermaid go - really hated that show. Neat Curry puppets but no story and the most abrupt ending in Disney theme park show history! Ultimately running consecutive shows just made the show unworkable.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>There is no replacement parade for Mythica at the moment.<< Does TDS have the infrastructure to support a land-based parade? Obviously a water-based event makes more sense thematically, but one on land would probably be easier to maintain. And have they ever considered doing a water procession all the way through the park? The waterway that the steamers take does a nice lap past everything, making for a decent number of viewing opportunities, but it's also a pretty long route for a performance corridor
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>>Does TDS have the infrastructure to support a land-based parade?<<< Land-based parades as you call them have been performed at TDS before, so I would guess the answer is yes. Albeit the size of floats have been on a smaller scale due to the narrow walkways around Mediterranean harbor.
Originally Posted By dagobert Finally something from DLP will be introduced somewhere else. Usually it's the other way round and DLP imports stuff from other parks.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Does TDS have the infrastructure to support a land-based parade?>> Infrastructure - no if you mean lighting and sound. Everything is orientated to the lagoon. The lighting booms can't cover the walkways. As TDLFAN pointed out the pathways are too narrow to host a full-sized parade. TDLFAN will probably remember better than me - but I think only the two Dramatic DisneySea incarnations had significant parade elements. Once Waterfront Park opened there wasn't much need to try and shoehorn entertainment into Med Harbor.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Wow, I had no idea they'd taken floats through Medetirranean Harbor. What route did they take? The only one I can come up with is all around the perimiter, but that would require taking floats through Fortress Explorations and down the twisty ramps in the Roman ruins area, neither of which are exactly conducive to a good performance. I can see why they've stayed away from that sort of tihng
Originally Posted By Mr X You're right Ferret, except it was backwards (they started from back behind the Roman Ruins area). And it was pretty small floats. As for your other question, yes mini-water parades of sorts have gone all the way 'round the park - at least one that I'm familiar with that was connected with the summertime "Cool Service" shows.
Originally Posted By Mr X Just for you, Ferret... <a href="http://mindbla.com/parade-from-disneysea/" target="_blank">http://mindbla.com/parade-from...sneysea/</a> Some pics from a DisneySea parade long ago (2003 from the looks of it).
Originally Posted By Mr X Just for you, Ferret... <a href="http://mindbla.com/parade-from...sneysea/" target="_blank">http://mindbla.com/parade-from...sneysea/</a> Some pics from a DisneySea parade long ago (2003 from the looks of it).
Originally Posted By leemac <<Wow, I had no idea they'd taken floats through Medetirranean Harbor. What route did they take?>> Step off was between the Post Office and Zambini Bros. (there is an access point to backstage there where the floats were stored (right by the lagoon). For the life of me though I can't remember how it reset - I'm thinking it was just reversed back out. I'm sure the first DDS is on Youtube - it was an inventive show - really worked for the more "adult" environment of TDS. The show mode music is still one of my favorites. The second year wasn't quite as good IMHO.
Originally Posted By Mr X Trying again... <a href="http://mindbla.com/parade-from-disneysea/" target="_blank">http://mindbla.com/parade-from...sneysea/</a>
Originally Posted By leemac Jinx, X! I should have mentioned the floats - there were compact - usually a higher height/width ratio that is typical for a parade float.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Thanks for the info! While those floats are on the smaller side, they're definitely in line with some of the floats in the regular parades in the US. While they're usually balanced with larger floats too (like the drums in Soundsational broken up by other floats), those look pretty impressive for the confined parade route
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Video.. 2003 TDS' 2nd anniversary parade: "Mickey's Fantastic caravan" <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0cZ9cpZPkI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...Z9cpZPkI</a> Video 2004 "Dramatic Disney Sea Style!" Parade <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki23Js9EwFk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...3Js9EwFk</a>
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Well, I did. At the time, OLC was aiming for a more sophisticated type of entertainment for a core audience: rubberhead lovers and office ladies. This is NOT for your average brain dead WDW tourist in flip flops.
Originally Posted By Brad It's actually nice visiting the TDR and seeing people dressed up in nice clothes. Sure beats all those British tourists in Orlando in sock and sandals! I remember exclaiming rather loudly at one point - "Am I in FRIGGIN ENGLAND or FLORIDA?!?" as there were SO MANY bloody English tourists around me.
