Originally Posted By dresswhites so are they differences to the parade of dreams or remember? are the princes back?( i hope so) for fireworks are the projections back on the castle, small world, and matterhorn?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros While it's hardly a huge change, when I was at DL at the end of December (the 28th to be exact), I saw the Little Mermaid float getting worked on backstage. The shell on top that Ariel sits on was extended all the way up, like it did during the show stops early on. It stopped doing this a while ago (around the time the 50th ended??) and I just assumed it was going to be permanent, but it looks like they are at least trying to get it back to how it was.
Originally Posted By Mr F Hello! There's not too many new changes accept some new Parade Performers, some old Parade Performers being switched to new roles, Some new flowers, foliage, and other decor for the floats, and some new or altered choreography. Today, the fountains were working on Ariel's float and the plastic rods were removed. Also the jumping flowers stilts are cut from the Alice unit until their new costumes arive. Other then that, nothing significantly new, now new characters, no different costumes, no silver banners, and NO PRINCES!!!!
Originally Posted By NJ AP FerretAfros ... when we were there in early November Ariel's float stopped working during the first parade stop. About 10 minutes later the parade continued, with Ariel's float being towed, and no Ariel on top. I wonder if some of the repairs you saw where related to it not working that day. BTW, it was running smoothly a couple of days later. Mr. F ... I'll miss the jumping flowers stilts. Hope their costumes arrive by May.
Originally Posted By Mr F Oh Yeah, in November the Little Mermaid float caught on fire (a small fire, nothing significant) and Ariel had to emergency evacuate the float. See had to take her fin off infront of the eyes of hundreds of guest, including children, and exposed her legs underneath. she then had to throw down an emergenmcy ladder and climb down, while hundreds of camera flashes went off. She was then given a jacket to cover her, I belive, and was then escorted to a backstage room to hide. I belive thw float driver had to evacuate as well and a tote was brought out to take the float for the rest of the route. No one was hurt I believe. Latter after the Parade, Ariel was ascorted back to the parade build via on stage, with a towel covering her head so no one would notice.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Interseting that they thought nobody would notice a woman with a towel over her head walking through the park, but it would be too obvious for her to just take off her wig. I could be wrong, but I'm about 99.999% sure that bright red hair isn't actually hers.
Originally Posted By submarine-maniac I thought that for the parades they didnt use drivers anymore. I thought that they were all guided by magnets in the ground. Or was that just for the electrical parade?
Originally Posted By tcsnwhite They still all use drivers, along with other technology that aids in many other ways...but still, yes, real drivers.
Originally Posted By NJ AP Thanks, Mr. F. I was surprised to not see this on Laughing Place when it happened. We were just past the first parade stop, on Matterhorn Way. You could tell everyone was confused. The fairies started mingling with the crowd. Unfortunately we were just a smidge up further where Alice would have her second parade stop so we didn't get to interact with them. All parade stops were cancelled after that for the rest of the parade.
Originally Posted By Mr F Magnets on the ground? LOL! Disney's too cheap to spend the money on that kind of tecnology! Believe it or not, Parade mishaps happen all the time! Just last year, Gepetto broke in half and the Pinocchio unit had to go out without it's float. Just the other day one of the Bungee Acrobats broke her nose on the float while doing her flips and they had to cut the rest of the show stops and cover her with a jacket for the rest of the route to hide her bleeding. She is fine, but it goes to show that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong with a parade!
Originally Posted By dresswhites i am disappointed that they don't have the princes. they had princes for christmas fantasy parade, why didn't they use them?
Originally Posted By Mr F Disney's too cheap to speed the money on princes for a 10 month run! The Xmas parade only ran for 2 months.
Originally Posted By Mr F Disney's too cheap to speed the money on princes for a 10 month run! The Xmas parade only ran for 2 months.
Originally Posted By rob-n-hood They actually took that bungee acrobat off. Ariel was not escorted through the park after she got off her float, she went back stage and didn't have to go back on stage after that. And by the way she told the children the next day that scuttle came to see her and saw that her float had smoke coming from it, so her flew as fast as he could to her father and said she needed legs right away and he gave them to her and that is how she got legs so fast. Let's not ruin the magic for everyone.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x ^^Ariel is really good at that. I've seen a couple Ariel CMs who have to deal with the questions from kids who have seen them at the restaurant and then in her Cove on the same day.
Originally Posted By Doo-Dah It sounds like there are some changes in the parade, but what about changes in the fireworks? Do they have the projection on the castle this year?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros From what I could tell, all the normal projections were back, but I don't have the best memory of these things (and the show stopped at the beginning of the Star Tours segment). They added little strobes to the castle (similar to what's in the Mickey planter at the entrance), which I thought was a really neat touch. They sparkle at a couple different moments during the show, but the one that I thought was really cool, was as Tinkerbell was taking her first flight the castle was dark (she only got one that night), and then they sparkled in sequence from left to right, and the lights on the castle turned on in the same fashion. It was a pretty simple effect, but it was really really cool. As for the parade changes, from what I could tell, it's mostly the same. The jumping flowers were gone, and it seems like we've probably seen the last of the princes. The Ariel float was completely functional, which hasn't happened in a long time. The water was flowing on both levels, and the fish carousel behind the trickles was spinning as well. I didn't see it up close, but it did appear that the lift was working again for the show stops (I saw the first one from the hub, and she was near the music store on Main Street. It looked like she was a lot higher than the rest of the float, and I could see some of the colors on the inside of the shell)
Originally Posted By dresswhites it is odd watching the parade at the end of the route by small world. they are pretty much performing for no one. but god bless them they still act in character! when i saw the parade on friday, the rhino was being taken off stage rather quickly, past the alice and litte mermaid floats. anyone know why?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I have no idea. I saw the parade from the hub (second one on Friday, right?) and I did notice that the Rino wasn't hanging out with all the other Lion King dancers during the parade stop, but I just figured that's what he always did. I was facing the Plaza Inn, so he was around the corner from me, and I couldn't really see him, so I don't know if he was being as perky as usual. As for performing for nobody, why don't they just move the construction wall? They could make the path go staight to Toontown, and have it cross the path over to the Light Magic platform. Then, the parade could turn where it usually does, and go 'offstage' there. But I guess they would have to keep the gate open for the whole thing, so people would still be able to see the parade passing through, which would mean they would have to stay in character anyway...
Originally Posted By tcsnwhite Wait, the jumping flower (stilts) in the Alice unit have been cut completely? or were just gone from one performance as described above?
