Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Manfried, they did have a fantastic parade that ran for a couple of years - Tapestry of Nations (then later Tapestry of Dreams). It was awesome.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>If they did a parade at EPCOT, it would make it Disney's longest parade route. I doubt if anyone working in the parade would survive it, particularly in the summer.<<< DAK's parade might be longer, but the Tapestry of Nations/Dreams worked fine from 1999-2003.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Not to mention they can do it in the evening.. with promenade lighting systems they installed.. that pop out of the buildings and rockwork.. lovely.. but parades are no replacement for rides. And Tapestry wasn't even Epcot's first parade around the promenade.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Didn't Tapestry just run for segments of the parade route? I think there were actually 3 copies that ran at the exact same time, so that almost the entire route was covered, but each portion of the parade only went past a few pavillions. Looking at aerial pictures, you can still see the mini-parade barns behind the UK, between Norway and Mexico and next to Germany. This meant that the performers didn't have to do a 5-hour routine, and they didn't need to worry about making the floats small enough to fit on the bridges. As for actually going the entire route, I've seen it done. When the DCI finals were in Orlando about 6 years ago, we went to Epcot the day before, and they had a couple of the drum corps going around in parade mode. I'm not sure the exact route they took, but we saw one group come through the breezeway next to the Electric Umbrella, go around the far side of SSE around the queue, and head off through the breezeway toward The Land. About 45 minutes later, we saw them coming back toward Future World from near Mexico, which makes me think they did a parade circuit around the entire park. It wasn't the hottest day in the world, but it was pretty warm and sticky, and we were really impressed that they had been out there that long. Then again, DCI folks can make just about anything happen.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Tapestry cut the UK-Canada section because bridge from France to the UK lost a Sprite in the Lagoon during high winds during one parade. So they did go over the bridges and the floats were small enough. It just wasn't exactly safe during windy days.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros ...a Sprite...like one of the puppeteers? That must have been an interesting sight to see! Were the bridges wide enough to have guests on the sides while the floats went across, or was that area just performers dancing with themselves?
Originally Posted By mousermerf This, btw, is a Sprite: http://images.mouseplanet.com/wdw/compressed/Epcot/Tapestry_of_Nations/tapestry_night_03.jpg
Originally Posted By brotherdave Personal preference of countries I'd like to see in World Showcase: Russia Egypt India Brazil Australia I know, keep on dreaming....We'll be lucky to get just ONE more country to WS in my lifetime. A few new attractions in WS in the existing pavilions would be nice, too.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Oh.. I haven't this hard in a while, it's brought a tear to my eye.. <a href="http://forums.wdwmagic.com/sho...t=566015" target="_blank">http://forums.wdwmagic.com/sho...t=566015</a> That's comedy gold kids. >> C'mon, to be fair, they're only 11 pages and 156 posts (this is 2/3rds of the way there)! But they also have a thread on the MK reaching a phased closing today for all of 90 minutes (in Spring Break, imagine that) ... and Eddie Sotto is hanging around again (can't help but feel that he really wants into WDI again and sees Tron Legacy as a way to resurrect his bike concept from TDL's Sci-Fi City) ... and someone posted something about how WoD is selling some Marvel merchandise now (shocking ... since they sold Marvel merchandise at the giant toy store for years when they did NOT own the brand). But I don't think they should be made fun of. It's a quality site with some quality folks. I just have no desire to post there any longer. These boards are the best Disney fan forum out there (with some great peeps)... and aren't dead yet!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I doubt the retheming of a Pavilion as well... That's near impossible, unless they want to demo tons of detailed facade.>> Not impossible, just not happening. A dumb rumor that was started when someone took 2+2 and got 7 3/4ers and took fire. Most thinking fans can get why ...
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Yeah, Tapestry of Nations would be fantastic. Logistically, though, I don't know if they are up for that again. It was a hassle. >> Nope. NO more bringing back old parades and passing them off as something new. And EPCOT has never really needed one ... ToN was wonderful for the time, but the park has far more pressing needs.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> ^^Wow, someone needs to get a boyfriend ,, <<Or at least a hug!>> You want to hug Merfie?!??! Were you drinking some good Commie vodka when you typed that?
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Why don't you just rip out my heart, and stomp on it.>> You never asked before. I'd be glad to!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> But I hear Ricky Martin might be on the market. Who could have seen that one coming? << <<Everyone should have know Ricky was to good looking, and could dance to good to have been straight.>> TDLFAN would likely be in tears with pride that you realized something so obvious!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Where is Martin Smith when you need him?>> Wasting his knowledge ... but at least the fanbois over there don't accuse him of being a pillar of Spirited evil black smoke!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I like how people can just be as brain dead as they want on discussion board and just venture into whatever brain dead topic they realy want to discuss instead of the topic at hand... >> So bitter ... so nasty ... at 27 too! Maybe Botox and a personal trainer would make you feel better about yourself?
