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MSEP Returns
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mickEblu
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Well if it’s between day or night I’m going with night. No sitting in the blazing sun and the lights add a special quality at night. Day parades bore me and are usually uncomfortable.
George Lucas on a Bench
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One thing I don't like about parades is cheesy music and Disney really excels at that. At least the cheesy music in Electrical Parade has a nostalgic old school quality about it. It doesn't even have any terrible choirs.
brb1006
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SuddenStorm
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I highly recommend the expanded bathrooms at the Space Mountain exit, or the Hungry Bear depending on the time of day.
SuddenStorm
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I really liked PTN back in '15- but liked it less when I saw it at DCA last year. I wonder how much the setting impacted that.
I also used to really like A Christmas Fantasy Parade- and while I don't want them to get rid of it, I do want them to rethink many of the floats to help make it feel fresh.
Soundsational and Pixar Play are hot garbage.
MSEP is a delightful parade that's charming and iconic, despite the changes Disney's made to it over the last few decades. I actually think it should just be continually updated and run till the end of time at Disneyland Park, to help round out the evening entertainment at the park.
mickEblu
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SuddenStorm
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Nope- after they expanded the Space Mountain men's room, there are more stalls in there than any other bathroom in the park. There's always many empty ones, and always a few clean ones.
Hungry Bear also always has one open and it's generally clean.
The worst two are Adventureland entrance and Fantasyland by Village Haus, since they're high traffic but don't have enough stalls to meet demand so they're typically crowded and dirty.
mickEblu
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Preach. The problem is Disney seems to think PTN is an updated MSEP. But maybe not anymore since they don’t seem to want to run it for whatever reason.
Yeah I used to like Christmas Fantasy but it felt really boring when I saw it 2 years ago. Agree on Pixar Play and Soundsational.
mickEblu
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Oh. I wrote off Space Mountain bathrooms years ago. More stalls is a good thing, but for my taste still a little too high traffic for a nice peaceful # 2. I used to like Hungry Bear before the opened up that pathway to SWL.
SuddenStorm
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Agreed on Fantasy- For me, the music for Christmas Fantasy is phenomenal- it's iconic, and it's the parade I've known my entire life. But watching the parade? Yeesh, it's corny, boring, decrepit, and literally falling apart as we watch it. It needs a refresh and refocus, but I want the music to remain.
I wonder how much of PTN's sporadic scheduling has to do with the rumored costuming issues. Maybe it's just expensive and impractical to run?
SuddenStorm
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Oh- yeah, I forgot about GE. I imagine I'll have to find another second choice. Give the Space Mountain ones another shot, I was surprised to see one that's easily the worst become the best with a simple expansion
George Lucas on a Bench
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I don't think you guys have been to the restrooms in Galaxy Edge. It's so "immersive" that it's made to feel disgusting and rundown. What is this? Prison?
Castle Cake Apologist
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I would say that you're way overthinking how much the general public will even care about this; let alone how much thought they'll give to TDA in connection to it. Do you really think the majority of people put that much thought into a parade announcement?
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mikenatcity1
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Is that really the sink for Galaxy's Edge?!
mikenatcity1
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So i'm torn. I grew up watching World of Disney on Sunday evenings. It always opened with quick snips of the floats. In 2007 I saw it for the first time at DCA. I was excited, but knew something was missing. Fast-forward to WDW's limited time engagement of 650 years with the parade. It was still the same. When it "came home" to Disneyland I couldn't make it. I wanted to see the parade in its original setting with the restored drum float and name. I was very sad. Now, i'm going to be at Disneyland during this time and am very excited to see it. But I also know that most people will hate it.
It seems like they are bringing back fan favorites for the summer as their way of coping with the projected crowds for Galaxy's Edge to go along with D23 in August which could bring tons of people to the park, especially on Saturday (when those tickets sold out quicker than previously).
Maybe just being optimistic for my special place?
It seems like they are bringing back fan favorites for the summer as their way of coping with the projected crowds for Galaxy's Edge to go along with D23 in August which could bring tons of people to the park, especially on Saturday (when those tickets sold out quicker than previously).
Maybe just being optimistic for my special place?
Californian Elitist
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Wait, is this real? I honest to God thought this was taken at Alcatraz.
Californian Elitist
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If Disney wants to bring back old nighttime entertainment, bring back Magical!. It was a good firework show and is superior to the majority of these other firework shows at Disneyland.
Watching MSEP after watching PtN is almost painful. MSEP’s music is better, but those floats... Goodness.
Watching MSEP after watching PtN is almost painful. MSEP’s music is better, but those floats... Goodness.
TTA94
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Hong Kong has had no issues running their Paint The Night which has the same costumes. I think there’s more to the story than “costume Issues” or costs of performers.