Originally Posted By Admin This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Lotion-View-644.asp" target="_blank">LP Lotion: Tokyo Disneyland's NEw Jubilation Parad</a>
Originally Posted By dl1956 Very active parade. Wonder if Peter Pan has to take a Dramamine pill before the parade kicks off?
Originally Posted By kermit One of the most impressive(sic) parades I ever seen. Gonzo: "Yeah but wouldn't it been better if it had exploading socks?" Kermit: "Gonzo!" Gonzo:"What?"
Originally Posted By Mr X dl1956, lol. The last parade was even worse, I think. Alice and the Mad Hatter were in a cup that spun around and around (ugh...no thanks!).
Originally Posted By dl1956 I would get queasy just sitting in a stationary teacup at the Alice ride.
Originally Posted By Mickeyfan1 Wow, do they know how to put on a parade or what? Thanks so much for sharing these beautiful photos!
Originally Posted By Malin Yes special thanks to both Lee and Lindsay for what is the best complete coverage to make it online so far. The Video does a top job of showing of a lot of the small details that other Jubilation videos havn't managed to capture to well. Also the location of the video works well with the flow of the soundtrack here. But the best highlight here for me was the amazing pictures taken here, which are stunning in so many ways. Not sure who took the pics and who shooted the video, but top job guys.
Originally Posted By Malin Also whats going on with Captain Hook playing a face character, is this how the Captain is going to be played from now on, as he was played by a face character also recently in Dream Along with Mickey.
Originally Posted By leemac Thanks Malin. It was a combined effort! It helps that we know the parade intimately. We will have some more images from the 25th up next week too. On Captain Hook - I believe the first time I saw him being played by a face character was a very cute Peter Pan show in Adventureland at DLP a few years back - it was a great little show but didn't last long. Personally I prefer seeing face characters as often as possible - the masks just don't work for me. Fairy Godmother is very popular at TDL and she is a mask character - and it creeps me out.
Originally Posted By Malin I kind of see where your coming from with the Fairy Godmother. The Fairy's from Sleeping Beauty also use the creepy mask's at times. Tokyo Disneyland also uses the Hook face character for One Man's Dream 2. I guess face characters are rather popular at the Resort anyway, also the Beast is being played in human form this time around, yet more evidence that Jubilation is less character driven. Look forward to the rest of the 25th Anniversary coverage, Lee.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Tokyo Disneyland also uses the Hook face character for One Man's Dream 2.>> Thankfully I have only seen that awful show once - and have blocked it out from my mind entirely.
Originally Posted By Malin You don't like it either. I'm not a fan of the music thats for sure. I remember myself and another LP Board Member were going to see this show on my last trip but were turned away due to full capacity. I wasn't to upset as its not my favourite Stage Show at the Resort. I'm not sure where you stand on TDR shows Lee but I would much perfer Mystic Rhythms or Big Band Beat. I think One Man's Dream 2 needs to go and be replaced by a new character show. The Golden Mickey's that has been staged on the Cruise Ships and at HK Disneyland is a rather good character show I think!
Originally Posted By tcsnwhite I agree Lee and Malin that the fairies with the masks are quite...heh. I actually think that if they are going to keep using the masks as they do (because then they would obviously have to hire more face cast to do it the other way, and they probably don't want to do that) is to actually create new masks that look much closer to their film images, and with a much more softer and friendlier look. They've updated face masks before, so I don't see why they couldn't do it with the fairies. Also, interesting that WDW uses a face fairy godmother but masked versions for the 3 good fairies. Since DL went to face for them, I think it shows that's the best way to go. I guess when POD goes over to the magic kingdom, we'll see what they do...better be face.
Originally Posted By TDR_Fan Great photos! It's nice to finally see some high quality shots of the parade. Speaking of photos, do you have any plans to do a photo tour of the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel? I really enjoyed your previous photo articles on the HKDL Hotel and the Hollywood Hotel.
Originally Posted By SuperDry The LP photo spread of J! looks fantastic. Having seen the parade in person and feeling unimpressed, I have to wonder why that is. Two obvious differences are that the photos don't capture the kinetics or the music of the parade, and those are both critical elements in making the whole thing come together.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Speaking of photos, do you have any plans to do a photo tour of the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel? I really enjoyed your previous photo articles on the HKDL Hotel and the Hollywood Hotel.>> Thanks TDR_Fan - we will be covering the hotel in our summer issue of Tales - it will depend on whether we get clearance from OLC for the site. We covered the HKDL and Hollywood Hotels in Issue 4: <a href="http://www.talesfromthelaughingplace.com/TalesfromtheLaughingPlaceIssue4.html" target="_blank">http://www.talesfromthelaughin...ue4.html</a> I hope we will be featuring more hotels in the future - the Grand Hawaiian is obviously one we will be covering in the future.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "Grand Hawaiian" THAT'S it's name?? Oh brother! Something more creative for the first standalone Disney resort would have been nice (I'm not counting the DVC's).
