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Favorite Parade

Postby Dazzlegal » Sun Feb 07, 2021 11:36 am

Which parade is your favorite?

My favorite was the Main Street Electrical Parade. Seeing that parade always made me so happy.
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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby CoolJames1174 » Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:37 pm

Dazzlegal wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 11:36 am Which parade is your favorite?

My favorite was the SpectroMagic. Seeing that parade always made me so happy. :D
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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby DLandChris » Sun Feb 07, 2021 1:03 pm

At Disneyland I think it’s a tie between MSEP and Paint the Night.
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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby Snow White » Sun Feb 07, 2021 1:23 pm

My favorite parade is and always will be SpectroMagic. It was simply enchanting.
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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby T music » Sun Feb 07, 2021 1:52 pm

At Disneyland the Main Street Electrical parade by far
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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby Niknak88 » Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:22 pm

I actually really loooovee Soundsational!! Mickey is AMAZING when he plays those drums!! (That, and I’m a pretty huge band nerd, so music is a soft spot for me) :D
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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby DLandChris » Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:38 pm

Niknak88 wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:22 pm I actually really loooovee Soundsational!! Mickey is AMAZING when he plays those drums!! (That, and I’m a pretty huge band nerd, so music is a soft spot for me) :D
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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby Poppy » Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:48 pm

MSEP will always take First Place but in the retro category, i loved the Blast to The Past parade in the 1980s
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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby DLandChris » Sun Feb 07, 2021 6:20 pm

Poppy wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:48 pm MSEP will always take First Place but in the retro category, i loved the Blast to The Past parade in the 1980s
Also a good one. I did see it a couple times but was fairly young so it’s not too strong a memory. I know I really enjoyed it though.
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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby Dive Bar Casanova » Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:07 am

Disney on Parade back in the early '70's.
Clever gags and sophisticated props with Disney characters.
A real eye opener as what they were capable of and what the future will hold.
Main Street Electrical Parade topped it and took over.
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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby jbletheby » Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:23 pm

Dazzlegal wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 11:36 am Which parade is your favorite?

My favorite was the Main Street Electrical Parade. Seeing that parade always made me so happy.
no question best parade
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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby LadyElspeth » Mon Feb 08, 2021 4:22 pm

MSEP will always be my number one because that was a soundtrack of my childhood. My family even had the music on vinyl back in the day.

I really enjoy the Christmas Fantasy parade, as well. Can't go a holiday season without seeing that parade. I even sing that song when I'm decorating my Christmas tree!

And this might be controversial, but I quite like Magic Happens! That main theme gets stuck in my head so easily and makes me want to dance, the opening unit is fun, and the remixes of the Disney songs are great!
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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby DLandChris » Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:47 am

LadyElspeth wrote: Mon Feb 08, 2021 4:22 pm MSEP will always be my number one because that was a soundtrack of my childhood. My family even had the music on vinyl back in the day.

I really enjoy the Christmas Fantasy parade, as well. Can't go a holiday season without seeing that parade. I even sing that song when I'm decorating my Christmas tree!

And this might be controversial, but I quite like Magic Happens! That main theme gets stuck in my head so easily and makes me want to dance, the opening unit is fun, and the remixes of the Disney songs are great!
I don’t think it’s controversial. I like Magic Happens quite a bit. For me, it’s too new to decide for myself yet. But I like the soundtrack a lot and some of the floats.
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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby Harald » Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:03 pm

Main Street Electrical Parade. But there was once a parade called "Tapestry of Nation" at the Epcot,
if I remember right. It was more a music and dance parade, but I got always little chills if I heard the music.
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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby randyf79 » Tue Feb 16, 2021 6:51 pm

The classics...Main Street Electrical Parade and Spectromagic will always be...well, classics.

The named successor was Paint the Night...which we saw in Disneyland. These pictures were from the 2016 era. The lighting technology, the dancers costumes, were amazing. Some modifications to floats had to be made to accommodate the wires over in DCA when it was there for a short time. When it closed, there was talk that this parade was particularly hard on the cast members, physically. One hopes that it might come back in some way in the future...

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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby Aeroangel23 » Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:00 am

This one is tough for me. I loved main street electrical parade. But specto magic hold a special place since that's was the one there during my college program. And I was put on a lot of nights. I also liked the first day time one from when I was around 5. We have it on video. Thought I donr remember it without the video, when I watch it gives me chills.
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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby disneydorkx » Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:24 am

definitely msep because of the soundtrack and how retro it is! i love it so much, and i miss it dearly!
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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby AviationPhotography » Wed Feb 17, 2021 12:10 pm

Parade of Dreams! All time favorite parade for me. It's exactly what a Disneyland parade should be, classic characters, show stops, classic music, wonderful floats, etc!

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Re: Favorite Parade

Postby BretH » Wed Feb 17, 2021 6:20 pm

My favorite is The Lion King Celebration. Great costumes, puppetry, floats, and performances by the cast. But I'd also like to give an honorable mention to the music from the Party Gras parade.
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