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[Chi84]

"Talent" is in the eye of the beholder...

No it’s not lol.

 

[Ayla]

Well, here's a little "piece of the action"...

I am admittedly not a GS fan, but WTH was that??

 

[larryz]

I am admittedly not a GS fan, but WTH was that??

I dunno -- I couldn't watch the whole thing...

 

[Comped]

This lineup reminds me of the IBC production of The Christmas Carol...
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I'm always annoyed people confuse this film with the much better Scrooge (1970). That film is a classic, and far underappreciated in the US. A good number of people involved in that film have connections to Disney actually (and it's a very good cast too)... Don't watch the Netflix version it's not as good. Very surprised Disney didn't remake it and Netflix did, it would have been a big hit in the UK and Europe.

I am admittedly not a GS fan, but WTH was that??

A song I've never heard of and do not want to hear again. I know the classics are overplayed, but there are better Christmas songs that are underexposed in the US. Granted, her voice makes is difficult to not give a pop-ish squelching (which rules out more theatrical songs like from Scrooge as I mentioned above), but God that was not necessary.

 

[jah4955]

Just seeing this - it was available for several hours on Friday and marked private at some point in the afternoon.

Here's a new YouTube link to the Holiday Spectacular that airs tonight on ABC - it appears the show will be available starting at 3am ET:

I gave it a chance (at least part way through having it on in the background) .....after avoiding these specials for years for very good reasons. It actually wasn't terrible. Some pleasant surprises.

I admit my bias...I doubt I could ever enjoy it nearly as much as the 80s-90s

 

[DCBaker]

ABC has released a sneak peek of the "Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade":



Here's a list of performances:

• Gwen Stefani – “White Christmas” from Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Resort
• Coco Jones – “This Christmas” from Millennium Falcon at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
• Iam Tongi – “The Christmas Song” from Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa in Ko Olina Hawai‘i
• Lady A – “Winter Wonderland” from World Celebration Gardens at EPCOT
• Nicole Scherzinger – “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” from Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Resort
• Mariah the Scientist – “Please Come Home for Christmas” from Tree of Life at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park
• Bebe Rexha – “Last Christmas” from Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom Park

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

ABC has released a sneak peek of the "Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade":



Here's a list of performances:

• Gwen Stefani – “White Christmas” from Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Resort
• Coco Jones – “This Christmas” from Millennium Falcon at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
• Iam Tongi – “The Christmas Song” from Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa in Ko Olina Hawai‘i
• Lady A – “Winter Wonderland” from World Celebration Gardens at EPCOT
• Nicole Scherzinger – “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” from Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Resort
• Mariah the Scientist – “Please Come Home for Christmas” from Tree of Life at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park
• Bebe Rexha – “Last Christmas” from Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom Park

Best way it describes it for me.....

If you ain't showing the parks And the rides.....Your waisting my time...

 

[Disneyfanatic30]

Merry Christmas Anybody here watching the parade? this has been an yearly tradition for me for a very long time

 

[DCBaker]

Here's the full Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade special:

 

[jrhwdw]

Here's the full Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade special:

You Rock DCBaker!!!! Merry Christmas All!!!

 

[Comped]

I do wish maybe next year they would update the parade substantially. I don't think they will but it would be really nice to see it get an overhaul. It is at least 10 to 15 years out of date except for character changes...

 

[Mickerooni]

I think you can make a drinking game out of this special. Every time they plug one of their parks, their ships, their hotels, or plug anything that that’s coming to their parks, You have to take a drink.

And why on gods earth do they have to add all that extra audience applause?!

 

[HauntedPirate]

I think you can make a drinking game out of this special. Every time they plug one of their parks, their ships, their hotels, or plug anything that that’s coming to their parks, You have to take a drink.

And why on gods earth do they have to add all that extra audience applause?!

I’m still recovering from doing exactly that. It was touch and go for a while, being so close to alcohol poisoning, but I managed to pull through. The doubling down on consecutive segments with mentions really did me in, that was a mistake I won’t make again.

(Sarcasm, since I’m sure many won’t get the joke)

 

[Comped]

I think you can make a drinking game out of this special. Every time they plug one of their parks, their ships, their hotels, or plug anything that that’s coming to their parks, You have to take a drink.

And why on gods earth do they have to add all that extra audience applause?!

Some of the applause no doubt comes from all the audience members you can't see, standing behind the barriers (at least for the WDW segments). Although in the segments I saw, it wasn't exactly heavy (as many of us were trying to figure out who these folks were).