Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams

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Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams
Disneyland
Attraction type	Parade
Opening date	May 5, 2005
Sponsored by	Sylvania[1] [2]

Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams premiered on May 5, 2005 as part of the Happiest Homecoming on Earth, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Disneyland in California.The parade celebrates the Dreams of Disney Characters. This parade includes favorite Disney chracters including Mickey, Minnie, Tinkerbell, Cinderella, Snow White, Simba, Alice and Mad Hatter, Pinocchio, Belle and Beast, Ariel, Donald, Goofy ,and Pluto This parade icludes eight floats witch include Getaway to Dreams, Dream of Enchantment, Dream of Laughter, Dream of Another World, Dream of Imagination, Dream of Adventure, and Dreams Come True.

Contents 1 Pre-Parade/Grand Marshall 2 Parade Units and Characters 3 Show facts 4 Fun Facts about the Parade 5 See also

[edit] Pre-Parade/Grand Marshall

As part of "Year of a Million Dreams" one lucky family is chosen to be part of the "Grand Marshall Pre-Parade Cavalcade" and stay one night in the Mickey Mouse Penthouse located in the Disneyland Hotel or the Disneyland Dream Suite in New Orleans Square. The family will journey along the parade route with the Mayor of Main Street and other Disney characters such as Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Mary Poppins, Bert, Woody, Jessie, Aladdin, and Jasmine. The "Grand Marshall Pre-Parade Cavalcade" features two banner holders, six dancers,and two rope carriers as well. The song that is played is the song "The Happiest Place on Earth".

A Pre-Parade is a mini parade with usually one float with the main character(s) that promote an upcoming Disney movie.There has been three Pre-Parades for Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams, Ratatoullie, Enchanted, and Prince Caspian.

[edit] Parade Units and Characters

• Gateway to Dreams (Opening Unit): Peter Pan inside a golden train with Tinkerbell sitting on top of it with the backdrop of the unit as the Main Street train station. Merlin from The Sword in the Stone (substitute - seems to be filling in very often for the Fairy Godmother), The Fairy Godmother of Cinderella, the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio and Flora, Fauna & Merryweather from Sleeping Beauty dance around this unit.
  

  
• Dream of Enchantment (Beauty & the Beast Unit): Themed to the ballroom from Beauty and the Beast, Belle and Beast dance and an Audio-Animatronic Lumiere sings. Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, and Chip entertain the crowd as well while spoon, fork, knife, salt & pepper shaker, and plate dancers perform around the unit. This was Jerry Orbach's last time supplying the voice of Lumiere. Orbach died in December 2004 after he recorded the dialogue for the parade.

• Dream of Laughter (Pinocchio Unit): Pinocchio and toys from Gepetto's workshop dance around a giant Gepetto who is controlling the Can-Can and Dutch dancing puppets from the movie. Hanging behind the unit are Russian Puppets on bungee cords. The part of the unit that they hang on raises up during the show stop to allow the Russian Puppets to perform amazing bungee tricks. Other toys include two bell ringers, two ballroom dancers attached to female doll counterparts, a toy drummer, and Bo Peep. Other characters include Foulfellow, Gideon, Jiminy Cricket sitting atop a toy block and Cleo swimming around in her fish bowl
  

  

  Dream of Another World Unit
• Dream of Another World (The Little Mermaid Unit): Ariel sits on top of a giant sea shell, with Part of Your World and Under the Sea playing in the background. Bubbles float around Ariel. This unit also features Audio-Animatronics Sebastian and Flounder. Before the unit are dancers decorated like stylized waves, blue and white pearl dancers, and light-colored 'fish kites'. When the Parade returned in 2007 the water on Ariel's shell was replaced by clear plastic tubes
• A giant Ursula puppet/balloon makes potions and cackles to "Poor Unfortunate Souls" while Flotsam and Jetsam lurk around. Black Pearl dancers perform for the audience as well.
• Dream of Imagination (Alice in Wonderland Unit): A Giant Trampoline themed to Alice in Wonderland's Mad Tea Party, carrying a live-action Mad Hatter and Alice. A giant animatronic Caterpillar sits on the back of the unit above the Cheshire Cat. The Queen of Hearts, White Rabbit, Tweedle Dee and Dum (occasionally), a pair of Royal Marching Cards, and four 'jumping' flowers entertain the crowd. The Cards climb atop the trampoline during the show stop to perform incredible acrobatics.
  

  

  Lion King
• Dream of Adventure (The Lion King Unit): Simba atop Pride Rock from The Lion King with Zazu, a live-action Timon, Pumbaa, and Nala. Various costumed animals surround the unit, such as a zebra, giraffe, antelope, chimpanzee, cheetah, leopard, and a rhino. On the back of the unit are two Bird performers. During the show stop, that part of the unit raises up and the Birds perform an amazing Spanish Web routine.
• Dreams Come True (Finale Unit): Lastly, Mickey and Minnie as King and Queen on Sleeping Beauty Castle
  

  

  Finale Unit

with other Disney royalty, including Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), Snow White, and Cinderella. Attendants Chip 'n' Dale, Goofy, Pluto, and Donald also perform on and around this unit along with the seven dwarfs.

[edit] Show facts

• Show length: Approximately 35 minutes with three show stops

• Show Stop Song: "Welcome" from Disney's Brother Bear, composed by Phil Collins.

• Other Songs Featured:
  • OPENING UNIT:
    • "Welcome" from Brother Bear / "The Three Good Fairies Magic Dance" from Sleeping Beauty / "Bibbitti-Bobbitti-Boo" from Cinderella /"You Can Fly" from Peter Pan / "When You Wish Upon A Star" from Pinocchio
  • BEAUTY & THE BEAST UNIT:
    • "Be Our Guest" / "Belle" / "Beauty & the Beast"
  • PINOCCHIO UNIT:
    • "I've Got No Strings" / "An Actor's Life for Me"
  • THE LITTLE MERMAID UNIT:
    • "Under the Sea" / "Part of Your World"
  • ALICE IN WONDERLAND UNIT:
    • "I'm Late" / "The Unbirthday Song" / "Alice in Wonderland" / "March of the Playing Cards" / "How Do You Do and Shake Hands" / "March of the Playing Cards" (reprise)
  • LION KING UNIT:
    • "The Circle of Life" / "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" / "Hakuna-Matata"
  • FINALE UNIT:
    • "Welcome" from Brother Bear / "Aurora's March (Hail to the Princess Aurora)" from Sleeping Beauty / "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" from Cinderella / "Someday My Prince Will Come" from Snow White / "When You Wish Upon A Star" from Pinnochio / "Mickey Mouse Club March" from The Mickey Mouse Club

• Pre-Parade/Grand Marshall Song: "The Happiest Place on Earth"

• Show Times and Information: Generally 3:30pm (Small World to Main Street) and 6:30pm (Main Street to Small World). During off seasons, there is generally only one parade at 7:00pm that will go from Small World to Main Street. On hotter days, there are times where there will be only two show stops and reduced choreography.

• Previous parade:
  • Disneyland Parade of the Stars (2000-2004)

[edit] Fun Facts about the Parade

• Each float has a hidden Mickey on it.
• The original (May 2005 - October 2006) opening recording was voiced by award-winning actress Julie Andrews. It has since been replaced to coincide with the "Year of a Million Dreams."
• The parade's theme song "Welcome" from Brother Bear was written by Phil Collins, the parade version has slightly different lyrics and is performed by an ensemble. The song is featured on the "Gateway to Dreams" float and "Dreams Come True" float as well as the Show Stop
• There was a similarly titled parade at Tokyo Disneyland called Disney's Dreams on Parade which was latter tittled Disney's Dreams on Parade Movin' On and ran from 2003 to 2008. While they may have similar names, both parades had a different soundtrack and theme.
• Starting in Spring 2007, the Princes (Prince from Snow White, Prince Charming, Prince Phillip) were cut from the parade.
• The original design for the Ariel unit had Ariel on a swing in the front of the unit and Sebastian on top.
• In an early draft of the parade, Aladdin, Jasmine, Pocahontas, John Smith, Gaston, and Daisy Duck were to appear alongside Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Pluto, Chip, Dale, Cinderella, Prince Charming, Aurora, Prince Phillip, Snow White, and The Prince in the finale unit.
• The original show stop was about three minutes long and was cut down to two and half minutes for pacing.
• During the two and a half minute show stop chracters from each float wave golden banners and some floats have acrobats that preform also. Duing the show stop the song stars off with a recording of Walt Disney saying "To all who come to this happy place...Welcome" and the song "Welcome" from Brother Bear plays and is song by Jump 5
• The song which is played, being used as the background for the Pre-Parade (The Grand Marshal) is titled, "At the Happiest Place On Earth."
• During the Holidays at Disneyland, Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams is replaced by A Christmas Fantasy Parade.

[edit] See also

• List of current Disneyland attractions

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