Originally Posted By dagobert I really like the Steampunk look of the dragon. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/01/first-look-maleficent-joins-the-disney-festival-of-fantasy-parade-coming-to-magic-kingdom-park/">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...om-park/</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt A behind the scenes look a the new parade. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AW9w0o7kAM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...9w0o7kAM</a> I love the design of this thing, especially the Peter Pan and Brave units. I'm curious to hear the music score.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I like what little I have seen of this new parade so far. I just hope they built it to last since I am sure it will play for the next 12 years (at least) until the next parade premieres. Rumor is one of the Jubilation floats from TDL is being used here. Any truth to that rumor? >>>But I'm not as Disney-experienced as you guys. The only nighttime parades I know are Fantillusion and SpectroMagic.<<< Poor Dagobert. You've seen the two worst electrical parades at Disney. DLP's lame redo of Fantillusion and Eisner's cavalcade in the Kingdom. Go to Tokyo please, or even Osaka and see USJ's Starlight Parade. Better than anything Disney has done outside Japan to date.
Originally Posted By tonyanton I read from (reported) reputable sources on another WDW based site that one of the Jubilation floats is already at WDW for the new parade. I'll post back if I recall which one.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I heard this from one of my contacts backstage but he didn't know which float. Thanks Lee.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Same contact also says the Tangled float got tangled backstage due to it's height.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I've also read that the Pinocchio/Dumbo float may or may not be made from various elements from Jubilation floats. I haven't seen any concept art for it, which makes me think it's not an original float, so we'll have to wait and see Interesting that the Tangled float had some clearance issues. In the concept art, it doesn't look especially tall (unlike the princess float in Soundsational, which includes the tower from the film and is quite tall). That could lend some credence to the rumors that the garlands over Main Street won't be returning for the 2014 holiday season (or they could just, you know, run the Christmas parade during that time and solve the problem, but that might just be a little too crazy)
Originally Posted By leemac <<Interesting that the Tangled float had some clearance issues.>> There is a crescent moon with a partially naked Old Man (I don't think he had a name) from the pub on the top of the float. It does make it rather tall for a float that has clearance issues from parade storage to step-off.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "There is a crescent moon with a partially naked Old Man...." A what?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance He doesn't happen to have a trident and the best set of nipples you've ever seen, does he?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>It does make it rather tall for a float that has clearance issues from parade storage to step-off.<< Where does it have issues? Of the backstage parade areas I've seen (Splash gate to the storage area), there's nothing overhead, except for a couple branches ~40' up (which would be easy enough to chop off). Seems strange that there would be any sort of vertical limits backstage, other than the storage building itself It seems strange to me that DL would be more prone to having taller floats than MK. There have been several tall floats recently at DL (Soundsational's princess and PATF units, Parade of Dreams finale), but none of the MK ones seem especially tall despite typically being larger horizontally
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Poor Dagobert. You've seen the two worst electrical parades at Disney. DLP's lame redo of Fantillusion and Eisner's cavalcade in the Kingdom. Go to Tokyo please, or even Osaka and see USJ's Starlight Parade. Better than anything Disney has done outside Japan to date.<<< I've forgotten to mention MSEP, but it was a long time ago. I liked Fantillusion and it was definitely a lot better than SpectroMagic. In the next years we will travel to Japan and I'm sure TDR will have a wonderful parade on display.
Originally Posted By dagobert The floats have arrived. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/01/disney-festival-of-fantasy-parade-floats-arrive-at-magic-kingdom-park/">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...om-park/</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Looks really neat! I'm especially impressed with the engineering behind the Peter Pan float. It's been hinted that the anchor (and possibly the ship above) will swing back and forth, which makes it even cooler! It's also promising to see the dragon float wiggle a little as it moves, which makes it look like it will have a lot of motion added during the parade I think it's a little funny (and misleading) that they're pretending that the parade floats just drove to MK like that. They were assembled backstage from manufactured portions, and then driven into the park from there. Either way, it's neat to get a sneak peek at them, and it's rare that Disney shows floats without any performers on/near them
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I'm kind of digging the new soundtrack. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/02/laying-down-tracks-for-the-disney-festival-of-fantasy-parade-at-magic-kingdom-park/">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...om-park/</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I like it! It sounds grand and classical, but still with a lot of contemporary elements and touches. I wonder what it will all sound like in the final version, with vocals added and various versions for each unit Then again, knowing how the videos on the Disney Parks Blog typically work, I'd say there's a decent chance that this is just some musical equivalent of a stock photo, and the real music is completely different...
