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Christmas Parade Filming ?
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sweetpee_1993
Well-Known Member
I believe the first weekend of December.
AnimalMagnetism
Member
Hmm, I'm going to be in WDW that weekend. Is it best to avoid MK on the day they film it?
raven
Well-Known Member
Yes indeed. It takes hours and hours to film the parade and usually the "guests" along the main street are actually CM's and their families. Last year I heard they had to shoot the High School Musical section several times due to the cast not being able to get everything in sync.
happymom52003
Active Member
YES!!! We were there last year on the filming day. Never again!!
TomorrowlandTyler
New Member
Yes, it is pretty cool to be there on the day that they are filming...But don't expect to be able to move around freely and accomplish what you usually do on a normal day. You've been forewarned.
AnimalMagnetism
Member
Thanks for the tips! Will it be the Saturday, or the Sunday?
cindy_k
Well-Known Member
Last year is was a Multi-day event.. spanning Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
I went on Friday and got to see Michael Bolton sing as well as the winner from Dancing with the Stars show. (Some football player)
It was fun, but then I was there with the purpose of being an audience member for the filming. MK was crowded and they roped off whole sections around the castle for the filming which didn't help traffic flow.
sweetpee_1993
Well-Known Member
To the OP, I feel your pain. We'll be at WDW that weekend, too. My plans have us out of the MK for the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I don't want to get tangled in that mess. We'll just go do other stuff.
Figment1986
Well-Known Member
I watched that number from behind the equipment near Walt and mickey, and I noticed something, each take he did something else differently with his kids... lol
This is one thing about going, you see which take they use in the show versus which takes they drop.
Phantom39001
New Member
Hey everyone! this is my frist time posting. So here it goes.
I was at the filming for two of the three days, And it was a really awesome time. It just that the taping takes forever. And the street is lined mostly with AP as well as CM. Me being a CM, got tickets to go to the parade taping but we were pushed off to the side because the AP holders were the important ones. But anyways we got an awesome spot. But i think Disney didn't do a good job of letting the general public know that it was being filmed. Many of the guest i heard that the fimling ruined their vacation and were never coming back.
So if you don't like large crowds i would stay away from MK during the first few days of decemeber, from what i heard it always done on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
I was at the filming for two of the three days, And it was a really awesome time. It just that the taping takes forever. And the street is lined mostly with AP as well as CM. Me being a CM, got tickets to go to the parade taping but we were pushed off to the side because the AP holders were the important ones. But anyways we got an awesome spot. But i think Disney didn't do a good job of letting the general public know that it was being filmed. Many of the guest i heard that the fimling ruined their vacation and were never coming back.
So if you don't like large crowds i would stay away from MK during the first few days of decemeber, from what i heard it always done on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
Question: Since I have ticket for MVMCP for the Dec 2, Should I hold off going to it after 4 pm? I would think the crowds whould still be heavy after the Christmas show taping for the rest of the day and that night, I should do most of the ride on some other day later that week.
DisneyDellsDude
New Member
When do they announce official dates?
coastermaster83
Member
I went 2 years ago when it was free to get in with just a paper from the company, then last year they said it would cost and I couldn't go. That first year I stayed for about 3 hours at the taping and then went off into the park because I got sick and tired of the lady in front of me that was insane. Every time the camera or a celebrity came anywhere near us she would push and move around in her spot to get into the shot. To make things worse she had a backpack on and a stupid huge homemade hat that was 10X to big for her head and had about 4 million little Disney beanies on it. Plus it was really hot and they were running really behind. So I went off into the park and it was great because once you got out of the crowd at the front the rest of the park was empty, I walked onto everything but Buzz and Peter Pan.
phenom1307
New Member
so if you would go on film day wouldnt main street be the only place thats filled and the majority of the rest of the park empty....so wouldnt there be little to no wait on the attractions?
coastermaster83
Member
I think the issue last year was alot of AP and cast members in the park for the taping and then add guest and you get alot of people walking around and it just seems fuller then it really is.