"Celebrate A Dream Come True" Parade

[James N.]

Meh, it's okay but it has the same problem I had with the previous one: the floats are nice but the music is way too sappy and sweet for me.

I like it a lot better then Move It, Shake It, Celebrate It though. I really despise that parade for some reason.

I say skip both of these and see Spectro-Magic at night. 10x better in both the music and float-design departments.

[Imjustpeachy]

I watched it the other day and I really have to say that I don't like it. The one thing that bothered me was the lack of creativity. I didn't like how all the girls had a bob haircut. At first I thought it was coincidence "oh, look they all have the same hairstyle!" Then I noticed that all the girls had them. Don't get me wrong, I like the hairstyle [I have one myself :)] but I feel that everything was cookie cutter. There was no creativity or change in costume. Everyone had on THE SAME THING. It made it repetitive and boring. I felt it was a shame. I do like the song though.

[Disneydanny]

anyone know how the reverse direction test went the other day?

[xfkirsten]

Not sure about Main Street, but Frontierland was rather messy. Sounds like they're going to test it that way all next week, though.

[BPBfan]

Originally Posted by xfkirsten

Not sure about Main Street, but Frontierland was rather messy. Sounds like they're going to test it that way all next week, though.

As in change the direction of the parade route and start on MS? NO! It's supposed to start in Frontierland.

Where will SpectroMagic start, in Frontierland?

[xfkirsten]

Originally Posted by BPBfan

As in change the direction of the parade route and start on MS? NO! It's supposed to start in Frontierland.

Where will SpectroMagic start, in Frontierland?

Correct - starting Sunday, CADCT will start on Main Street. So far, this is temporary (I've heard a week) but they are seriously looking at doing it daily. Apparently it's in response to traffic flow issues on Main Street.

Spectro is still starting on Main Street, as usual.

[dlrp135]

When the daytime parade ended in main street how do sent the float back to the parade warehouse?

[BPBfan]

Originally Posted by dlrp135

When the daytime parade ended in main street how do sent the float back to the parade warehouse?

The float warehouse is directly behind Splash Mountain. When the parade exits the hub, it heads through Liberty Square and then Frontierland and exits the park to the left of SM. It goes a little further and is in the warehouse.

If the parade starts on MS, then it travels down a small road, crosses the WDWRR tracks, and then heads up toward the gate by the firehouse.

Hope that helped.

Originally Posted by xfkirsten

Correct - starting Sunday, CADCT will start on Main Street. So far, this is temporary (I've heard a week) but they are seriously looking at doing it daily. Apparently it's in response to traffic flow issues on Main Street.

Spectro is still starting on Main Street, as usual.

You would think that during the day, traffic should head into the park. So run CADCTP in that direction, down MS. At night, traffic should head out of the park (in a guest perspective), so the should run Spectro from FRL toward the castle.

Maybe like DLRP did for some time?

[xfkirsten]

Originally Posted by BPBfan

You would think that during the day, traffic should head into the park. So run CADCTP in that direction, down MS. At night, traffic should head out of the park (in a guest perspective), so the should run Spectro from FRL toward the castle.

Maybe like DLRP did for some time?

I'd heard that it actually had to do with the floats blocking traffic and causing congestion there during show stops, although not having seen it down there at the time, I have no idea how switching the direction would help that any.

[BPBfan]

Originally Posted by xfkirsten

I'd heard that it actually had to do with the floats blocking traffic and causing congestion there during show stops, although not having seen it down there at the time, I have no idea how switching the direction would help that any.

Either way, the parade has to go down Main Street, so the sidewalks are going to be crowded which ever direction the parade runs. If WDW could spice the show stop up a little more, the stop could benefit them and people that aren't watching in the first place would at least stop and watch the show stop..

Does anyone have any vids yet of the reversed run?

[xfkirsten]

Originally Posted by BPBfan

Either way, the parade has to go down Main Street, so the sidewalks are going to be crowded which ever direction the parade runs. If WDW could spice the show stop up a little more, the stop could benefit them and people that aren't watching in the first place would at least stop and watch the show stop..

Does anyone have any vids yet of the reversed run?

That was my thinking, too. I'm not sure how it helps (again, I always see it from Frontierland!) but apparently in the one-day test, it helped enough that they want to try it for a whole week.

I have heard rumors, though, that a few more characters will be joining the parade.

[BPBfan]

Originally Posted by xfkirsten

I have heard rumors, though, that a few more characters will be joining the parade.

Maybe in the street?

Hopefully they will allow the characters that can get off the floats to step off during the showstop. The floats that characters can get off of during the showstop don't need new characters. The ones that can't get any characters off of (i.e. Princess Unit, Aladdin Unit), should get some characters.

[stevo505]

I like the parade, especially the show stop. I wish they'd have some confetti or streamer cannons instead of the girls throwing them, but oh well.

[xfkirsten]

Originally Posted by BPBfan

Maybe in the street?

Hopefully they will allow the characters that can get off the floats to step off during the showstop. The floats that characters can get off of during the showstop don't need new characters. The ones that can't get any characters off of (i.e. Princess Unit, Aladdin Unit), should get some characters.

One would hope! This parade desperately needs more interaction between characters/performers and the audience.

[BPBfan]

Originally Posted by stevo505

I like the parade, especially the show stop. I wish they'd have some confetti or streamer cannons instead of the girls throwing them, but oh well.

I love to listen to the show stop. It was a good arangement. As for confetti cannons, I wish Disney had done that too.

Originally Posted by xfkirsten

One would hope! This parade desperately needs more interaction between characters/performers and the audience.

No joke. On a okay thing, the costumes look great. It does get a little repetative when the same dancers are between each float.

Does anyone know if the reverse run has become permanent?