Friday, March 14, 2008

PIXAR PLAY PARADE AT DCA

UPDATE 3/27: Pixar Play Parade is showing back up on the daily schedule. I also heard that yesterday it did perform without incident. But as of 3/26 the Bugs Life float was not in the parade. Also the acrobatic performers on the Toy Story float were absent. Instead they have blue plastic monkeys hanging there. And lastly the rats on the Ratouille Float were not bungee jumping. Instead the cords look like spaghetti tossed in a pot and the rats are just waving from the float. To see the latest pictures and read more about what is happening with the parade go here MiceChat PhotoMatt Pics and MiceAge Dateline Disneyland.

UPDATE: Beginning March 20 the following parade has been temporarily suspended. The Bug's Life float malfunctioned. One of the swings in the middle of float broke. The performer on the swing noticed something was wrong and stopped the swing and jumped off just before it broke. The swing or arm or something fell straight down onto the float and then it rolled off onto the parade route. No one was injured. All performances were canceled through the weekend, and there is no official word on when the parade will return. I'll let you know when it is back up and running. It is shame this happened now because this is one of their peak times of year and also it was very hot this past weekend and the water would have felt good, I'm sure.



On March 13, 2008 there was a "soft" opening and preview of the newest parade at DCA, Disney's California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort. This parade replaces a previous parade called Block Party Bash which has been transplanted to Orlando.

This parade celebrates all the Disney/Pixar movies. There is a float of some kind for every movie and it is very colorful, fun and ... wet! Just about every float has water squirting out at the spectators randomly. This will be fine when it is hot in the summer but I really didn't appreciate it in March. I was also trying to keep my camera dry.

Here are some of my better shots. Enjoy.




















3 comments:

Rhea said...

Great pictures, thanks for sharing!

Laura Ellen said...

Oh, my word! What great pictures! I didn't realize they had added Ratouille to the parade. We will have to see that. Hey, Happy Easter Irene! Enjoy your vacation.

Laura Ellen said...

Abby keeps asking to go to your blog and see these pictures. We've looked at it hundreds of times. We're blocked out right now, but we can't wait to take her.