I was lucky enough to be able and see the last performance of this great parade! Of course everything started out normal, I stood by a crowd of performers who werent scheduled to be in the parade that night, they were having a great time screaming and chanting the words to the parade! When the parade finally got to where I was it was better than ever!!! The performers were hugging former performers and family as well as coming into the crowds more, the puppeteers were running up and down the parade route and appeared to be having a great time! The second show was a little different, I stood by Morocco, the very end of the very last parade. By the time the performers made it down to where I was they were in tears yet still putting on the best show ever and as every puppet went into the back they had an awesome applause. When the last Dream Catcher float came the cheers and applause were so lound I couldn't even hear the Dream Seakers, and I was standing right next to a speaker! A few people had signs saying Tapestry of Dreams, will never be forgotten, or there was one (or should I say three) that all said Dream On! Finally as the Dream seakers went in for the last time, one drummer came out and bowed as all the others were standing in the background with many of the puppets. Tonight is a night I dont think I will ever forget, and neither will many of the people who saw it! I still hope to one day see this parade winding through the World Showcase Promenade! Seeing this parade tonigh gave me a new appreciation (I know that is way wrong, but I dont care) for how much many of the performers in this parade cared about their jobs and trying their best to just make someone smile, I know they made me tonight, of course after the occasional tear!
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My thoughts on the Final ToD performance
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Dizknee_Phreek
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that was such a beautiful review, Micheal! you really made me feel like i had seen it myself....i know if i had been there, i would've been bawling the whole time! i know that CM's in any parade are probably sad when it's last performance comes, but i think it's probably rare to find a parade that genuinely touches the performers the way ToN/ToD did. I just feel so blessed to have had the honor of witnessing it, and more than once! it was certainly a parade with a profound message and an even more profound spirit!
SpongeScott
Well-Known Member
Michael,
Glad you enjoyed it and were able to be there for the final performance. As you know, there are mixed feelings about ToD on this forum, but I for one also liked it. May the good memories linger for you and for a night you obviously will never forget.
Glad you enjoyed it and were able to be there for the final performance. As you know, there are mixed feelings about ToD on this forum, but I for one also liked it. May the good memories linger for you and for a night you obviously will never forget.
Testtrack321
Well-Known Member
Ah, good bye ToD. Lets hope we conjure the magic for the next 100 years.
Man, if anyone has video, I'D LOVE TO HAVE IT!
Man, if anyone has video, I'D LOVE TO HAVE IT!
I was such an idiot too, I didn't bring my video camera thinking it was going to be as awesome as it was
haha good point, I still think it would have been cool to be in it!
DisneyWonders07
New Member
Tapestry of Dreams was one of my favorite parades at Walt Disney World, and I hate to see it go. The music and message that it brought was just so triumphant and rejuvenating that it brought tears to many people including myself. Let's hope that if Disney never brings it back, they give us a parade just like it.
In the words of the dream seekers,
"May your journeys forever be laden with peace, and jubilant dreams may forever increase, we look to the future to a beautiful dawn, 'till then, we'll be with you, farewell, and Dream On!":sohappy:
In the words of the dream seekers,
"May your journeys forever be laden with peace, and jubilant dreams may forever increase, we look to the future to a beautiful dawn, 'till then, we'll be with you, farewell, and Dream On!":sohappy:
Testtrack321
Well-Known Member
The gift of dreams has made us unite!
And cause the sparkling starts to shine bright!
We'll journey together to bold new fronteirs!
AND CONJURE THE MAGIC FOR THE NEX 100 YEARS!
And cause the sparkling starts to shine bright!
We'll journey together to bold new fronteirs!
AND CONJURE THE MAGIC FOR THE NEX 100 YEARS!
Originally posted by DisneyWonders07
Tapestry of Dreams was one of my favorite parades at Walt Disney World, and I hate to see it go. The music and message that it brought was just so triumphant and rejuvenating that it brought tears to many people including myself. Let's hope that if Disney never brings it back, they give us a parade just like it.
In the words of the dream seekers,
"May your journeys forever be laden with peace, and jubilant dreams may forever increase, we look to the future to a beautiful dawn, 'till then, we'll be with you, farewell, and Dream On!":sohappy:
I gotta agree with you, seeing the parade go in for the last time was not easy nowing I would never see it again!
