More than half of the original cast have returned to perform in Magic Happens -
"More than half of the nearly 100 performers in the Magic Happens parade returning to Disneyland this week after a three-year hiatus were part of the original troupe that launched the pandemic-shortened production in 2020.
“It feels new and the same,” said parade performer Jenn Acevedo. “It’s a weird feeling. It doesn’t feel like it was three years ago.”
The Magic Happens parade that ran for only a couple weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered the Anaheim theme park for more than a year will make a long-awaited return engagement on Friday, Feb. 24.
Acevedo taught dance classes via Zoom during the pandemic while Disneyland was closed beforereturning in 2022 to work on the Main Street Electrical Parade and “Fantasmic.”
Acevedo says the relaunch of Magic Happens feels like a reunion of the team that launched the parade in 2020.
“There’s a lot of returning people that still want to do it, loved it the first time and really want to live it again,” Acevedo said via a video call.
Acevedo is once again an ocean dancer leading Moana’s float along the parade route.
“I do the same exact thing in the same exact spot, which I’m really happy about,” Acevedo said."
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"More than half of the nearly 100 performers in the Magic Happens parade returning to Disneyland this week after a three-year hiatus were part of the original troupe that launched the pandemic-shortened production in 2020.
“It feels new and the same,” said parade performer Jenn Acevedo. “It’s a weird feeling. It doesn’t feel like it was three years ago.”
The Magic Happens parade that ran for only a couple weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered the Anaheim theme park for more than a year will make a long-awaited return engagement on Friday, Feb. 24.
Acevedo taught dance classes via Zoom during the pandemic while Disneyland was closed beforereturning in 2022 to work on the Main Street Electrical Parade and “Fantasmic.”
Acevedo says the relaunch of Magic Happens feels like a reunion of the team that launched the parade in 2020.
“There’s a lot of returning people that still want to do it, loved it the first time and really want to live it again,” Acevedo said via a video call.
Acevedo is once again an ocean dancer leading Moana’s float along the parade route.
“I do the same exact thing in the same exact spot, which I’m really happy about,” Acevedo said."
Full article below.
More than half of Disneyland’s Magic Happens parade performers return after 3-year break
The parade that ran for only a couple weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic makes a long-awaited return engagement on Friday, Feb. 24.
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