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[experiment627]

but i still think that floats, characters and dancers make the whole parade atmosphere more spectacular otherwise all there is to look at is just floats and characters.

Considering that they now only have a fraction of performers for their parades than what they used to have, I actually think getting rid of most dance crews in front of the floats will look less embarrasing... Because the current parade just isn't spectacular anymore, no matter what they add or cut... to me, it's a lost cause.

I remember seeing the World of Disney Parade back in '98 and it was truely spectacular and the many performers really made a difference (they used to have a kind of classic Hollywood "camera crew" in front of Steamboat Willie - which actually gave the parade a storyline, which has been completely lost nowadays)...

I hope they do everything right with the new parade next year - and whatever they do to the Wonderful World of Princesses & Stuff just doesn't make any difference anymore...

(Man, do I sound too harsh lately? I really should write a more positive piece... usually I am more of an apologist, believe it or not  :wink:)

[Poppy The Monkey]

Some good news for 2007.

The number of cast in the parades will be raised from about 70 now to about 110. With 27 characters in total.

Parade stops will return and all 8 floats will have confetti effects for the stops.

[Anthony]

Some good news for 2007.

The number of cast in the parades will be raised from about 70 now to about 110. With 27 characters in total.

Parade stops will return and all 8 floats will have confetti effects for the stops.

Cool!  Are they planning some kind of farewell season then?

[Poppy The Monkey]

woops, my mistake for not clarifying.

This is for the new 'once upon a dream' parade.

There will be no farewell season for the WWODP to my knowledge.

Sorry for the confusion  :oops:

[Kris]

Haha, yeah. That's what I heard about the new parade too. I remember working the figures out in my head, although I heard of about 100 performers and an extra 23 characters. Now there's something to ponder over until we get the exact details.  

Just to add to the float info, I did hear that they will also include fibre-optics (I assume bright enough like the Peter Pan To The Rescue ones) too. Nice thought, but not all that practical. Sound expensive too.

[Kristof]

Yeah, I think most of us requested that information from Kinou  :wink:

[Dlrpfan]

cool news cant wait to see the confetti
they must need to imploy more people sweeping the floors as wel lol

[The Butlin Boy]

cool news cant wait to see the confetti
they must need to imploy more people sweeping the floors as wel lol

They have used confetti before on a different parade (can't remember which one it was!) and they just left it there until the end of the day and cleaned it up when they cleaned the park at night.

[Anthony]

This is for the new 'once upon a dream' parade.

There will be no farewell season for the WWODP to my knowledge.

Should be in the Once Upon a Dream Parade topic then!   :wink:

Confetti is an interesting choice, and something I thought DLRP would never do again because of the hassle of clearing it up.  I really hope they don't leave it till the end of the day, like The Butlin Boy says they did previously!!    Anyway, I bet the confetti would only stay part of the parade for a year, by 2008 it'll be gone, so it won't be too much of a problem for DLRP.

[Dlrpfan]

i think its a great idea! what parade did they use the confetti in previosally

[The Butlin Boy]

I can't remeber, I just remember arriving at dlp in the afternoon a couple of years ago and seeing confetti on the floor, the next morning it was gone and when we saw the parade they were using confetti!

[Dlrpfan]

ah i think it was the wwodp 10th anniversary

[Anthony]

ah i think it was the wwodp 10th anniversary

You mean the park's 10th Anniversary?  The WWODP's 10th will be in 2008, so luckily it won't make it...

[Dlrpfan]

yea i ment the 10th aniversary celebration with the extra cake float in the wwodp

[stuarthulluk]

please tell me sabestain will be in ariels float, please.......

i love to see characters there in the parade, shame they have to cut dancers tho, ive been learning the dances at home, hehe