Disney Parks Podcast Show #104 – A Roundtable Discussion of the Festival of Fantasy Parade

We have a GREAT show for you this week as Tony and Krista , and a awesome panel of Disney Fans discuss the NEW Festival of Fantasy Parade at the Magic Kingdom

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Festival Of Fantasy Parade Panel

Bill Iadonisi is a writer and blogger for some websites like MickeyNews, DBTN, The Magic In Pixels and much more. HIs main love is the how’s and why’s of the attractions, and the secrets behind them.He is also a Disney History buff as well and we hope to tap into that knowledge tonight as well. @MIckeyNews1

Ramon Rodriguez is with Theme Park Concierges.com and offers VIP Tours to Disney guests at affordable prices! Find more on Ramon at ThemeParkConcierges.com OR at Disneyways.com/Ramon (with no E) You can also follow him at facebook.com/RamonVIPConcierge

Jason Mayhew works as a paramedic here in the Orlando area but he also covers all of your Orlando theme parks and more at Chip and Company.com Follow him on twitter and instagram @MedicMayhew to find out about monthly theme park meetups and so much more!

Disney Festival of Fantasy Float descriptions

The Princess Garden – This pageantry of princesses celebrates Disney royalty. Cinderella, Tiana and Belle accompanied by their respective princes, ride in a garden of topiaries with woodland creatures, birds and more. Cinderella’s dress playfully twirls like a turntable, while Swan Court couples lead the 50-foot-long majestic float, capped off with a special appearance by Anna and Elsa from Disney’s hit animated feature, “Frozen.”
The princess float is at [2:25], you can see the main change is the last section of the float which they changed for Frozen and also added Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen.

Tangled – A massive long ship on the high seas showcases Flynn Rider and Rapunzel in search of adventure and another Best. Day. Ever! Rapunzel’s iconic tresses weave throughout this 36-foot-long float decked out with swaying pendulums carrying dastardly thugs.

Little Mermaid – Ariel and her friends sit atop a colorfully kinetic seashell music box that boasts an enchanting musical jubilee. There’s no shortage of whimsy on this Under the Sea float with conga dancing fish kicking up their fins and bubbles galore. Shimmering fabrics and intricately designed costumes for the Lion Fish, Coral Fish, Seashell and Sea Horse performers are runway-inspired.

Peter Pan – Straight from Never Land come Peter Pan and Wendy soaring high aboard the famous Jolly Roger pirate ship complete with smoke effects and special surprises. A rainbow arch shines over Skull Rock and Tinker Bell nestled among giant flowers, while Captain Hook takes center stage on a swinging anchor. “Newsies-inspired” Lost Boys kick up their heels to high-energy choreography. The Peter Pan Float is at [10:55], this one looks inspired from Jubilation! but with a new look, the spinning seat on the skull was taken out and Hook rides on the anchor instead. Also they removed the swinging mechanism in favor of keeping the ship stationary and adding the cannons which is a nice effect and added Tink to the back of the float.

Brave – Celtic couples and a vessel shaped like an enormous bagpipe announce the arrival of Merida perched high on her majestic crown. Scottish dancers step to melodies of the Great Highlands in celebration of the popular Disney*Pixar film, “Brave.”

Sleeping Beauty – The heroic Prince Phillip battles a Steampunk-inspired Dragon as the wicked Maleficent. This float stretches 53 feet in length and 26 feet tall with a prickly spinning wheel dead center of the float. With fiery eyes and glowing effects the spectacular dragon was built on an articulating chassis allowing the float to bend and flex as it moves along the parade route – a first for Disney parades. This float was designed in a partnership with Tony Award-winner Michael Curry. There’s Prince Phillip, thorn-inspired stilt performers, dramatic raven dancers, plus the three good fairies, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather glide along the parade route.

Pinocchio, donald, daisy etc. – The parade culminates with a 90-foot-long magical caravan of characters featuring Pinocchio, Dumbo, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the Mad Hatter, Pluto and more in a splashy carnival of color. There’s Pegasus horses, dancing hippos and sassy Bubble Girls with cotton-candy-like hair celebrating Storybook Circus in New Fantasyland. The last float from Jubilation! is the Pinocchio float at [14:10], this one is also mainly unchanged except for the hanging dancers maybe because the spinning move is more difficult so they opted for the swings instead. They also added Donald and Daisy to this float and Pluto at the end.

Sporting zany new costumes Mickey and Minnie Mouse sit sky high in Mickey’s Airship — a giant hot air balloon that rounds out Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade. One last interesting point is the Mickey and Minnie float at the end. This float looks like it was influenced from the hot air balloon from the HKDL parade and even has the same Mickey Mouse Club background music mixed with the Festival of Fantasy main theme.

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