A Christmas Fantasy Parade
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The "A Christmas Fantasy Parade " is an annual parade presented at Disneyland Park in the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. The parade is a holiday parade that runs (usually) from the weekend before Thanksgiving until the Sunday after New Years. It debuted during the 1995 Holiday Season, replacing the "Very Merry Christmas Parade ". The name of the parade was inspired by similar name at Tokyo Disneyland .
Earlier versions of the parade included Scrooge McDuck , Roger Rabbit , Max Goof , characters from Lilo & Stitch , The Hunchback of Notre Dame , Mulan , Aladdin , and the elves were played by actual children instead of Cast Members, which likely changed due to child labor laws.
The Parade Units
When the parade originally debuted in November 1995, It was vastly different, with all the units arranged in a different order then it went today. It would go from the Opening, Santa's Mail Room, Santa's Toy Factory, A Recipe for Gingerbread Treats, Greetings from a Winter Wonderland, The Candlelight Christmas Ball, and Christmas Homecoming. Many of the floats in the original version were reused from the Very Merry Christmas Parade and the characters on the floats would very (such as Pluto pushing Santa's Sleigh in the grand finale for many years).
The current version of the parade used since 2008 described here has seven units, each consisting of at least one float. The following are descriptions of each of the seven units:
Opening Unit :
Music box float, with a dancing ballerina atop a revolving platform, and a stuffed Teddy bear sitting beside her. (Duffy the Disney Bear in 2011 and 2012)
Toy soldiers from Babes in Toyland marching that play trumpets and snare drums (in early years, there was also a bass drum and cymbals)
Santa's Mail Room Unit :
Mailroom float, Mickey , Minnie , and Chip and Dale . greeting park guests. (This float used to have Mrs. Claus, but she no longer appears in the parade.)
Donald (Pluto until 2013; Duffy the Disney Bear in 2014) sits atop the roof of the mailroom, trying to place the star on the top of the Christmas tree.
4 Female Mailroom Elves and 2 Male Mailroom Elves perform with mail bags along and atop the float.
Welcome to A Winter Wonderland Unit :
Tigger and Winnie the Pooh ride on sleighs, while Eeyore pulls a sleigh. Four skiers swing around them.
8 snowpeople scurry along, 4 male, 4 female.
A snowy Christmas Tree rolls down the parade route.
6 skaters skate down the parade route on roller skates.
Elsa and Anna stand atop an ice-themed float with an Olaf figure.
A Recipe for Gingerbread Treats Unit :
Clarabelle Cow and 6 Gingerbread Cookies dance down the street.
6 Candy Bakers (3 Male, 3 Female) help Goofy and Pluto (Max Goof until 2013), who are atop the Gingerbread float, wreak some havoc.
Candlelight Christmas Ball Unit :
Santa's Toyland Unit :
Jessie and a Green Army Man ride in a military hum-dinger.
Woody from Toy Story on a rocking horse is atop a Toy Block float.
The Green Army Men ride on top the giant Toy Factory float making toys.
6 Toy Factory Elves dance alongside the float.
Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story in a spaceship is atop a Toy Block float.
Until 2010, there used to be two Toy Block floats featuring characters from Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Little Mermaid .
Santa's Finale Unit :
8 Finale Dancers (4 male, 4 female) dance and sing to Christmas carols in front of a moving Christmas Tree adorned with jewels.
Santa Claus sits atop his sleigh on the Finale float led by the 8 Reindeer.
Two Finale Elves dance on the back of the Finale float.
Two or Three Rope Carriers end the parade.
See also
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Songs
Movie Songs
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: "Winnie the Pooh " • "Up, Down, Touch the Ground " • "Rumbly in My Tumbly " • "Little Black Rain Cloud " • "Mind Over Matter " • "A Rather Blustery Day " • "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers " • "Heffalumps and Woozles " • "Rain, Rain, Rain Came Down, Down, Down " • "Hip-Hip-Hooray! "
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh: "I Am Not Afraid " • "I Wanna Scare Myself "
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin: "Forever & Ever " • "Adventure is a Wonderful Thing " • "If It Says So " • "Wherever You Are " • "Everything is Right "
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving: "Hooray, Hooray! " • "Berrily We Roll Along " • "Our Thanksgiving Day " •
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving: "Seasons of Giving "
The Many Songs of Winnie the Pooh: "It Really Was a Woozle, Yes it Was "
Sing a Song with Pooh Bear: "Kanga Roo Hop " • "Harvest What You Grow " • "My Song "
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You: "Girls are Like Boys " • "When the Love Bug Bites " • "Places in the Heart "
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year: "Jingle Bells " • "Snow Snows " • "Happy Pooh Year " • "Hunny, No Not For Me " • "Auld Lang Syne "
The Tigger Movie: "Someone Like Me " • "Whoop-de-Dooper Bounce " • "Lull-a-Bee " • "Round My Family Tree " • "How to Be a Tigger " • "Your Heart Will Lead You Home "
Piglet's Big Movie: "If I Wasn't So Small " • "A Mother's Intuition " • "With a Few Good Friends " • "Sing-Ho (For the Life of a Bear) " • "The More It Snows (Tiddely-Pom) " • "The More I Look Inside " • "Comforting to Know "
Springtime With Roo: "We're Huntin' Eggs Today " • "Sniffley Sniff " • "Easter Day With You " • "The Way It Must Be Done "
Pooh's Heffalump Movie: "Little Mr. Roo " • "The Horribly Hazardous Heffalumps " • "The Name Game " • "Shoulder to Shoulder " • "In the Name of the Hundred Acre Wood/What Do You Do? "
Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie: "Trick 'R Treating With Our Friends " • "Brave Together "
Winnie the Pooh: "The Tummy Song " • "A Very Important Thing to Do " • "The Winner Song " • "The Backson Song " • "It's Gonna Be Great " • "Everything is Honey " • "Pooh's Finale " • "So Long "
Christopher Robin: "Goodbye, Farewell " • "Busy Doing Nothing " • "Christopher Robin "
Television Songs
Welcome to Pooh Corner: "Welcome to Pooh Corner Theme Song " • "Try a Little Something New " • "The Right Side " • "Yes, I Can " • "You're the Only You " • "I Hum to Myself " • "Please and Thank You " • "Responsible Persons " • "You're the One and Only One " • "Welcome to Pooh Corner Ending Theme "
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: "Pooh Bear " • "'Cause It's Make Believe " • "The Floating Song " • "Nothing's Too Good for a Friend " • "Under the Bed " • "I Don't Have A Name " • "King of the Beasties " • "The End " • "Pirates is What We'll Be " • "Tigger the Private Ear is Here "
The Book of Pooh: "Everyone Knows He's Winnie the Pooh " • "Goodbye for Now " • "Your Best Wishes " • "On the Double " • "Who is Me " • "Think, Think, Think " • "A Day in the Life of a Pooh " • "What Piglets Are " • "I Watch for Signs " • "We're Making a Cake " • "If I Could Be Big " • "Isn't That Funny? " • "Everyone Wants a Valentine " • "That's What We Do " • "Keep it Simple " • "Have You Got a Book For Me? " • "Give It a Try " • "On Your Way Back Home " • "The Birdbird Song " • "Nightmare Wranglers " • "Carry On " • "What's Your Name, River " • "Where Do Words Go? " • "Under a Spelling Bee's Spell " • "Adventure " • "Stripey McSnarl Always Gets His Man " • "Mental Altitude " • "I Want to Know Everything Now " • "Happy Tailiversary " • "Get Growin' " • "Tigger's Lullaby " • "Perfect Party " • "If We Were Talkin' " • "Someone New to Meet " • "My Hero " • "Broken Friendships " • "Do the Roo " • "Call Me Buck-a-Roo " • "At Chez Piglet " • "Nothing Ever Happens " • "Too Much Honey " • "Lost in a Book "
My Friends Tigger and Pooh: "My Friends Tigger & Pooh Theme " • "A Few Simple Rules " • "Bouncin' " • "The Grass is Greenier " • "The Password Song " • "Underneath the Same Sky " • "One Big Happy Family " • "Think, Think, Think " • "The Question Song " • "Floating in a Cloud " • "Different Can Be Good " • "The Little Things You Do " • "There's a Party " • "No More Fun In the Snow " • "Butterflies " • "What Makes a Pony a Pony " • "When We Work Together " • "Christmas Comes Tomorrow " • "Time to Go (On a Trek Through the Snow) " • "Snowman Song "
Miscellaneous: "Luv-a-bye " • "Playtime Song " • "Learning Song " • "Friendship Song " • "Snug as a Bear Can Be " • "The Scrapbook Song " • "Pooh for President "