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Enjoy Disney Parade Pictures and make plans to see Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams at Disneyland Park! Updated January 17, 2009. Related info-- HOME :: Latest News :: Disneyland Park Entertainment: Disney Christmas Parade :: Christmas Parade, pt 2 :: Disney Christmas Fireworks & Snow :: Disney Princess Fantasy Faire :: Jedi Training Academy Pics :: Pirate's Lair :: Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams :: Disneyland Entertainment Schedules :: Disney California Adventure Entertainment: Disney's Electrical Parade :: High School Musical 2 Parade :: Mickeys Halloween Parade :: Santa's Beach Blast :: California Adventure Entertainment Schedules :: Walt Disney World: Block Party Bash Disney Parade PicturesWalt Disney's Parade of Dreams is a festival of favorite characters!
WHAT IS "WALT DISNEY'S PARADE OF DREAMS?" It's the Disney parade that has been performed for the past several years at the popular Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California. It was a truly beautiful, elegant parade...filled with so many fun Disney characters that it was hard to keep count of them all! However...Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams reached its end in late 2008, and so... Hot news--a brand new parade will begin at Disneyland in late March, 2009! It will be hard for the Disneyland parade creators to outdo the wonderful Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams...but the new parade does appear to be filled with fun! Since "Celebrations" is the theme for the year at Disneyland---with everyone in the world invited to spend their birthday for FREE at Disneyland Park or Disneyworld---then the new parade is being created to reflect that theme. The new Disneyland Celebrations parade will feature upbeat music and characters dancing with members of the crowd! The parade's interactivity is meant to get your toes tapping & your hands clapping as you almost feel that you're a part of the show yourself! Expect the new Disneyland celebration-themed parade to debut at the end of March, just in time to delight the crowds of Spring Break visitors to the theme park.
However, Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams is simply too good to forget! This page will remain standing to pay a tribute to the parade that had guests enthralled with its beautiful floats, gorgeous costumes, and upbeat spirit. On this page, you'll see an archive of Walt Disney Parade of Dreams pictures, and you can "stroll down memory lane" while thinking about the Disney characters and scenes that you remember from this well-loved spectacle at Disneyland Park. You'll see pictures of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Princess Aurora, the Lion King, Ariel (the Little Mermaid,) the Alice in Wonderland Float, and more! For Daytime Parade Photos: Pictures of Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams at night are on this page...but these aren't the only Disney Parade pictures you may enjoy on this website! If you would prefer to see daytime pictures of Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams, simpley head to the Disneyland Entertainment Schedules page of this website. Pictures of the Disneyland Parade, "Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams"
WHAT CHARACTERS WERE FEATURED IN WALT DISNEY'S PARADE OF DREAMS? In the slide show above, you saw a number of Disney characters, dancers and floats from the parade. The slide show included pictures of---
* Snow White and some of the Seven Dwarfs
WERE THERE OTHER CHARACTERS IN THE PARADE who aren't pictured on this page? OF COURSE there were! There were just too many characters, dancers, and float details to include pics of every one of them.
"Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams" was performed regularly from May, 2005 through late 2008 at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California. It was the parade that debuted especially for Disneyland Park's 50th anniversary celebration! This popular Disneyland parade was performed ALMOST every day of the year...either once or twice per day. There are some notable times when this parade was NOT performed: mainly, during the Christmas season, when a special seasonal parade is offered, instead.
WAS WALT DISNEY'S PARADE OF DREAMS A NIGHTTIME PARADE? Actually, whether you saw this lovely Disneyland Park parade during the daytime or at night depends on the time of year you visit the park. During the summertime...with its longer days and sunsets that don't occur until after 8 pm...you probably experienced Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams as a daytime parade. Even if you visited Disneyland Park on a day when 2 performances were scheduled, both will take place during daylight hours. However, if you visited the Disneyland theme park when days were shorter...such as the wintertime and early spring...you were able to experience some parade performances after dark. While Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams is both beautiful and whimsical whether seen in the daylight or at night, you were able to view the parade floats' nighttime lighting only during evening performances.
Some Disney parades are more interactive than others. Parades at Disneyland's sister park (Disney's California Adventure) have been more interactive. Parades such as "High School Musical," "Pixar Play Parade" and "Block Party Bash" encourage viewers from the sidelines to dance, clap and sway with the characters in the parade. Disneyland's new Celebrations parade will be more like this, with audience participation encouraged. Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams was more "traditional," in the sense that kids don't actually dance with the performers as the parade passes by them. Nevertheless, characters from the parade DO visit the parade's sidelines, waving at onlookers...and occasionally stopping to shake hands. Characters mounted atop floats (who cannot actually leave the float & meet guests on the sidelines) actively wave to BOTH sides of the crowd so that everyone will get a chance to see them.
DOES VIEWING THE DISNEYLAND PARADE CAUSE ME TO MISS OTHER DISNEYLAND RESORT ENTERTAINMENT? Disneyland Park schedules usually "stagger" performances so that guests attending the park for only one day will, nevertheless, have a chance to view all of the MAJOR entertainment offerings at Disneyland Park. This was true for Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams, and it will also be true for the new Celebrations parade. Even though the theme park's schedules make it possible to view a performance of each major show during a one-day visit, you WILL miss out on some of the park's rides if you take time to catch all of the parade, fireworks and other entertainment. That's why it's always a good idea to spend more than one day at Disneyland Park...especially if it's your first visit.
The answer to this question is that, "There's NO answer to this question!" It totally depends upon your own personal tastes and interests what you'd enjoy best. Some people have no interest in parades or show, no matter how good they might be. Others have little interest in the rides. MOST people, however DO wish to enjoy BOTH...and that's where the problem comes in! Try to remember that it's impossible to see and do everything at the Disneyland theme park in only one day. In order to experience as many rides AND performances as possible, try to stay more than one day. If that's not possible, be sure to know in advance of your visit which attractions are on your "must see" list---and plan accordingly. Lastly, don't forget to pick up the latest showtime schedule as you enter the park...every day that you enter! Never assume that the show schedules will be the same on your 2nd or 3rd day at the park as they were on the 1st day you arrived. It's sad to say...but some guests have been known to miss shows they wanted to see because they made that assumption!
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Question: If I have only one day at Disneyland Park, which is better--=the rides or the entertainment?
