Originally Posted By Mr X And, Lee, I don't know thing one about China...but I do know a litttle about why the villains don't appear at TDL. The reason is cause Kagami didn't like them. Guests loved them. They are quite popular (and Japanese LOVE taking pictures with them). If you remember, there USED to be a villians float in that parade (with Gideon, Snow White's Witch, Cruella DeVille, and Malifecent) which was cut. It was cut because Mr. Kagami didn't care for it, from what I heard.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN ...And I recented it because that particular float in "100 Yrs of Magic" did feature the villains in a light hearted moment of rock and roll which also featured our greatness Diva, Ms DONNA SUMMER's 'Hot Stuff' in the soundtrack. Plus the float blew fire bursts thru it's stacks. Mr. Kagami has no taste. No wonder our entertainment at TDR has taken a hit lately. >>Witches there is always a semi-naked Tarzan that swings onto stage in the Golden Mickeys<< Oh yes Leemac.. (swoon! Schwing!!) That Tarzan was gorgeous!! I want him in my Disney Room as part of my collection... Then those two fire twirlers in Lion King.... <--getting the vapors. >> why the F'%$ is Marie so popular in Japan, and now China?<< Since Marketing said so.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Speaking of THE GOLDEN MICKEY's, leemac, duckling--when us cauldron girls went on a Disney Cruise a little over a year ago--we saw that stage show at least twice and LOVED it! But we have a question for you about it, now. Is it the exact same show that we saw on the Ship? Or has it been altered? We were wondering because--by the look of the Poster--it seems to feature characters that were a part of the version WE saw. For instance, the version we got to see had segements featuring the following classics: Snow White & the 7 Dwarves, Tarzan, Mulan, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, Lady & the Tramp, Toy Story, The Lion King, Hercules and Pocahontas. But the poster we noticed for Hong Kong's GOLDEN MICKEY's has Beauty & the Beast on it. So they must have at least added that classic to the line up at some point. Yet the ship version did not have Beauty & the Beast as a part of their GOLDEN MICKEY's stage show.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Oh, oh! I meant to say: this new version of The GOLDEN MICKEY's seems to feature characters that were NOT a part of the version we saw on the Disney Cruise.
Originally Posted By leemac The line up for the Golden Mickey’s is: Toy Story, Heroes (Hunchback, Tarzan, Mulan), Lilo and Stitch, The Little Mermaid then Beauty and the Beast is the last section before the finale of the whole cast.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Hmmm...then it's really not the same show we saw, after all. No Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, Lady & the Tramp. The version we saw had no Lilo & Stitch, Beauty & the Beast or Little Mermaid. I wonder why they didn't just re-name it if it's not quite the same show?
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ It only runs about 25 minutes and has a new host character too. You we were thinking the same thing. Also Festival of the Lion King is totally different. Again same name different show. Same for the parade.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Witches, HKDL's is about 80% different from the show I saw on the Wonder. It does start pretty mush in similar fashion, with reporter gal announcing the arrival of the fab characters into the theater for the award ceremony (Kinda reminded me of my arrival at the LP Meet in July Then the first and last act do feature pretty much a similar golden set as I recall from the Cruise's version.. Then the show changes totally. What they did was quite nice IMO even though both my chinese neighbors to my right and left were falling asleep thur the show, I thought it was a TDL worthy show (that's high praise from me!!) However, most of it is in cantonese..so we english speakers loose a bit of the action, but still..it's a very nice show in a huge theater that has church style long chairs with backrest rather than individual pulldown seats. As for Lee's comments about Lion King.. I thought it was an improvement over DAKs but still thrilling and very colorful. I loved the way they drive the floats onto the stage and rotate them. Give the show a whole new feel... And those two fire twirlers got me heat turned. >:O Needless to say.. The shows (and especially the fireworks) did NOT disappoint.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>It does start pretty mush<< MUCH, pretty MUCH! Darn it. Memo to Doobie: Edit feature please.
Originally Posted By MagicalNezumi According to the pics on the LP Lotion report, there are nine floats (vehicles) in the parade. 1. Title, 2. Mickey Bandleader, 3. Animation, 4. Silly Symphony, 5. Princess's Castle, 6. Alice, 7. Mermaid, 8. Pixar, and 9. Park Castle. Of these I figure floats 5, 7-9 are original HKDL DOP (Disney on Parade) floats, the rest are taken (inspired by) the original at TDL. #5 looks like the one from TDL's "Dreams on Parade" Castle. Also, I don't think the TDL float had show stops either. In any case, I like the new parade. The music is good too. I never meant to say that this one was subpar, as you may know, I liked to original too. Hopefully, I'll be there in November to watch it in person. -- MagicalNezumi
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I don't think the TDL float had show stops either<< Correct. "100 yrs of Magic" did NOT have a show mode.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I figure floats 5, 7-9 are original HKDL DOP (Disney on Parade) floats, the rest are taken (inspired by) the original at TDL<< Exactly what I thought as well. Also, some costumes were also TDL's.
Originally Posted By leemac MagicalNezumi I think you are dead right there. My memory of the 100 Years of Magic parade is fuzzy at best as I was never a fan. Always preferred Dreams on Parade. It is a cute parade. The music is fun too. Definitely not one of the greatest parades but a good place to start. I hope you get to visit HKDL in November! Lee
Originally Posted By leemac TDLFAN did you recognise some of the costumes? The only reason I ask is that I thought they were all-new for the entertainment in the park (especially for the parade as the OLC would have owned the CM costumes for the parade). I must admit I never remember that sort of stuff at all.
Originally Posted By MagicalNezumi One example of the same costume (Dear Lord I hope HKDL got new ones and not used! LOL!) is your great pic of the movie-reel-dressed Chinese dancer. She's cute! -- MagicalNezumi
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Yes, that ^^^reel costume is about the most recognizable costume from 100 yrs. Will have to re-check Lee's photos to refresh my memory..
