Mickey's Magic Kingdom Celebration...

[DisneyFunGuy]

I saw MMKC today and it was really cute!! Here are my positive notes about the parade/calvacade/show.

#1 The music was up-beat and fun
#2 The floats and costumes were very colorful
#3 There are lots of dancers & characters

This celebration is longer than Mickey's Shining Star Calvacade and has a lot more dancing in it. There are no Princesses in this show, but by golly, those 3 fairies are sure getting a lot of exposure, LOL! Can they do anything else by wave those wands and dance in circles?

The show is definitely *hip* compared to SBRC and completely different in how it's presented. It's been really neat to see Disney entertainment doing these types of *celebrations*, cuz it reminds me of the 80's when Disney did a lot more variety type shows/parades, compared to what we have now.

So hats off and kudos to Disney for giving us something fun and different before we get the real parade in May!

So, what are your thoughts on the MMKC and the rest of the celebrations we've been seeing lately??? :botox:

Patrick

[SoCal]

We are going on Tuesday so I will let you know what I think after that

But where does it go? Is it like the princess one that went up Main St. and stop in front of the castle? Or does it follow the parade route? If it stops - where does it stop?

[dancinmanCA]

i absolutely KNEW you'd like it, patrick.

that said, i'm not crazy about it. :botox:

[MinionLumbo]

i absolutely loved it! it comes out of Town Square gate, stays on the Magic Shop side, up Main Street, clockwise around the hub and does a stop between Coke Corner and the hub.

To everyone in the parade, kudos! great job. i was smiling from ear to ear and absolutely amazed at how much choreography there was in it.

smiles from all of you and singing along with the music was awesome. i think one of you posts here, the guy in the green shirt with the pink belt...?... you were terrific. high energy and very well rehearsed.

i'm looking forward to seeing it again. tell everyone, we love it!

[Monorail Man]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[Malibu Minion]

Mickey's Shining Star Calvacade is gone already?

[DisneyMickey]

If it is, thank god.

[xfkirsten]

How long will this one be running? I'd like to see it, but thanks to school and work I won't be in the park in the next week or two.

[SoCal]

i absolutely loved it! it comes out of Town Square gate, stays on the Magic Shop side, up Main Street, clockwise around the hub and does a stop between Coke Corner and the hub.

Ok cool! So when it stops between Coke Corner and the Hub what way is the better way to be facing? Like for the Princess one we found it was better to be facing the castle, as the characters were facing you most of the time.

Thanks for the info!

[Parade of the stars]

LOVED LOVED LOVED IT!!!!! so great i love the song! and the costumes and choreogrophy were good. i really liked it a lot.

[imagineer boy]

We need pics and perhaps a video! Please!

[Bornieo Goes Bananas]

I enjoyed the "celebration" and liked it better than the Princess deal. I found it fairly nostalgic and although the opeing music wasn't THAT great, once they stopped and got into the show, it got better.

THe only down side was it was stopped in a bad spot and basically pluged up Main Street. Plus I thought for sure there should have been an 800 number on the floats.

[GeneralShang]

I loved this show!! I had so much fun watching it! and the 60's costumes! HAHA! Soooo great. I didn't get to take any pictures, cuz I wasn't sitting in the optimal place for pictures, but if others have any pictures of videos, please share!! that would be SOO great!

But yeah - I'm glad it's a parade/show - just like Parade of Dreams will be, right? And when I was there, there sseemed to be a big crowd. The performers encourage the audience to kinda clap along and play along with them -- I noticed some people being REALLY reluctant. Like someone asked them to hold a maraca and she said, "NO!" and backed away. haha. Poor performers. They had GREAT smiles the entire time though! And I could tell they were having fun.

And I really like the main float, representing all the different original lands of Disneyland. Well, I guess that's the main idea of this Celebration, isn't it? heh.

[Dustysage]

This is a photo taken on Sunday of the Parade coming up Main Street:



And this is from the Hub looking toward the castle. You can only see the guys carrying the sign at the center of the picture, but look at the crowd! At least it packs 'em in!

[Malibu Minion]

Thanks for the picture's Dustysage I love the Disneyland sign!!

[dsnylndmom]

Oh I LOVE the Disneyland sign!! :love:

Thanks for the picture Dusty!!

[SoCal]

Ok, went today - missed the first one so did not get a chance to check it out to see where the best place was to sit. And NO MC that I asked about it had any idea - so I sat by Coke Corner as was pointed out was a good place.. well, it passed us up and stopped a bit further up. So the video we got was not the best with the moving around we had to do, plus I forgot my monopod (ARG!), plus the pics are not the best.

I will pass on what I learned for future use - so you can see it from the best place - you can be just in front of where it stops:



Either that or directly across from it - does not matter.

And do not forget - when they start moving again it is not over! They go around the hub and come back down, so it is a chance to snap a few more pics. And, if you are on the side in the pic above - you can get some good pics with the Matterhorn in the background.

I got a few pics from it, working on them now. I will post a note when they are up.

[dancinmanCA]

[QUOTE=GeneralShang]But yeah - I'm glad it's a parade/show - just like Parade of Dreams will be, right? QUOTE]

no. parade of dreams will not have a show stop. block party will have three.

[Jerm]

I loved this show. We only caught it going back down Main St. after the first show and thought it was a bit lame. Thankfully my friend wanted to catch the show stop.........I was floored. It is a great show that is very old school disney. They represent each land (5) in song and dance and it is up beat and very entertaining. We both are huge Disney fans and said this is one of the best parades in many years. I would be very happy if they kept this around during the 50th some how.

J

[GeneralShang]

[QUOTE=dancinmanCA]

But yeah - I'm glad it's a parade/show - just like Parade of Dreams will be, right? QUOTE]

no. parade of dreams will not have a show stop. block party will have three.

Actually... POD DOES have show stops - as does Block Party. I have friends that are going to be in POD that confirmed it for me.