The Easter Parade at WDW has not been filmed for 10 years now. It was last filmed Easter 1998 and the hosts were Regis Philbin and Anne Jilian. Notice how I mention it was last "filmed". There was an Easter Parade broadcast in 1999 (the 15th Annual) with hosts Caroline Rhea and D.L. Hughley but it used re-edited footage filmed of the 1998 parade. I was in the background of many shots of the 1998 parade and was surprised to see myself along the route of the 1999 parade as well (in all different shots) even though I wasn't at Disney in 1999.
After 1999, there was no longer an Easter Parade either on television or in the parks. For a number of years they had an Easter pre-parade with a few of the floats but that was ended a few years back too. Still, every year we see people posting about how they just saw the parade on TV "last year" even though it's been almost a decade!
It's certainly disappointing to hear the loss of another long-standing Disney World Easter tradition. The Azalea Trail Maids have appeared at WDW on Easter for decades! This is the first year that I've heard of them not being invited to appear in the parade or on Main St. USA!
