Originally Posted By DlandDug The Pixar Play Parade returned for its 5:15 showing today. There were a couple of striking changes. First of all, the entire Bugs Life unit was missing. Not even the walk around characters were in the parade. (I would like to have seen Heimlich, for example.) Also missing were the bungee jumping rats in the Ratatouille float, as well as the gymnastic cowboys who would swing on the bar held in Rex's mouth in the Toy Story sequence. The "spaghetti" strands were just sort of wrapped around the Ratatouille float. Rex's bar was redecorated with Barrel 'o Monkeys monkeys. It didn't seem that there was much else missing, although the parade wasn't as wet as it was on press preview Friday. Lotsa suds and bubbles, though. New to the parade was a tinker toy rider. It was cute.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I saw pictures of the Barrel o Monkeys before the parade went down. I wonder if they planned on only having the acrobats for some performances, or why else they would have had them lying around. I also noticed that they just stood there and waved a good portion of the time when I was there (and there were two sets of them on the float at the time), and I didn't get to see them do anything except from a distance as I was following the parade to the nearest intersecting path. They were really cool, but not enough people really got to see them.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Here's a photo of the acrobatic cowboy performers: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/Showpic.asp?filename=http://s231432788.onlinehome.us/lotion/pics/SS20080317-DLPixarPlay/big/P13-0001.jpg&caption=Toy+Story+%2D+Page+3" target="_blank">(click here for picture)</a> You can also see them performing in LP's video: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/Lotion-View-588.asp" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplace.com/L otion-View-588.asp</a> They can be seen at 13 minutes in. The Bugs Life unit starts at 6 minutes in. I also note that we also did not have the spring loaded Incredibles performers today, and Jack Jack wasn't sending bursts of fire from the top of his head.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Also missing: the Child Detection Agency performers who followed the opening drum.
Originally Posted By DlandDug ^^^ I also noticed that Woody and Jessie were using the same devices we will be using in the Midway Mania attraction. (I'm sorry, that's the Toy Story Midway Mania attraction!) ALSO MISSING FROM TODAY'S PIXAR PLAY PARADE: The stilt walking chefs from the Ratatouille unit. And amazingly enough, even with all the stuff that was missing, it's a great parade. But I want it all back!
Originally Posted By DlandDug AS Hillary Clinton would say, I misspoke. According to the DizKid, both the spring walkers in the Incredibles unit and the stilt walking chefs were present and accounted for yesterday.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That's good that the stilt chefs are back. I can't imagine there would be much to look at with the Ratatouille float if they took away the bungee rats and the chefs. The just leaves Remy in the front and Emile on the one side and nothing on the other. I'm glad to hear that they're back!
