Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for discussion of the November 1st pictorial on Animal Kingdom's new Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade. This article is at: <a href="News-ID504890.asp" target="_blank">http://LaughingPlace.com/News-ID504890.asp</a>.
Originally Posted By dennis-in-ct This was my favorite parade of the four new ones. It has the energy, costumes, floats, music and imagination that makes this a first class experience. When I sat it last Sat, I was across the street from where these shots were taken. Great spot! I hope this one runs for a long time!
Originally Posted By tmonee11 I agree that it is the best of the 4 new parades....I thought it was great.
Originally Posted By kennect The pics here do look great and I can't wait to see it the first week of December...But I do have a question that I hope someone here might be able to give some advice on...While at WDW I am going to be in a group of four which two will celebrate birthdays while there...I can't think of anything that would be better than getting them on one of the vehicles of this parade...Does anyone here have any suggestions as to how to accomplish this? We are staying at the AKL concierge level and I was wondering if the staff there could help me out with this situation...Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated...
Originally Posted By OrlandoBoi The parade was okay-I was at the very first preview showing a few weeks back. There were more suits along the parade route, checking on audience mood and atmosphere, than there were guests watching it. I found the whole "cirque de Soleil" look of the animals to be a little too deconstructionist and maybe I was just in the mood for a basic Disney parade with more rubberheads. One thing I DID appreciate very much was the energy of the CM's. The day I saw it(a Monday)it was as humid a day as I have ever felt(disgustingly so actually!)and these people NEVER stopped. I can only begin to imagine what the CM's in the character suits must have been feeling like-certainly if nothing else, a good way to shed a few kilo's! Overall it was a good parade but it had a few dry spots along the way and was a bit sparse. This may have been however due to the fact that it was an early run. Oh and I don't know if it has been altered now but the route was VERY strange. After the parade passed me(just out of Harambe)I and several other guests with me attempted to walk off down to the left to Asia(to get SOAKING WET on Kali and hopefully cool off). We were stymied however due to the fact that the parade was to come BACK UP through Asia and that road was blocked by(overzealous)CM's. This was strange because I have seen on many occassions people being allowed across thoroughfares by CM's with those glow wand things during even BRIEF breaks in a parades flow. It was strange here that we were not allowed to walk down a deserted and empty street because TEN MINUTES from now a parade would be coming up it. So I was basically stuck there and had to sit and watch it come back up FROM Asia, a second time. VERY annoying.
Originally Posted By Tannerman >> "Remember," Mickey says, "life's an adventure with new horizons every day and that my friends is a reason to celebrate. So come' on!" What does this have to do with Walt's birthday? And "rhythem of one?" Let's lay of the New Age, shall we? That said, it was very visually appealing, and interesting how they tried pulling off a parade with AK's limited walkway space.
Originally Posted By MkPLutoguy i dont care what anyone has to say, i loved this parade and all of the others and want to say thank you soo much for posting the pictures and videos. i really cant get 'we're jammin in the jungle to the rythm of one' out of my head! i heard that the parade route is extremely long. its starts in africa, winds around the tree, up into asia, and over back into africa and ends in the same place it starts which is very weird for a parade. if you go see it, i would wait an hour (it takes that long for the parade to go all around the park and return to africa) because everyone will have probably left to go on other rides. basically if you watch from africa, you can see it twice.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby Kennect: If you are staying at the concierge level at AK Lodge, I would check with the Cast Members there as soon as you can. They should be able to find out what you need to do and may even be able to pull some strings for you. Good luck.
