Disney's Party Express was a street show/parade that ran in Tokyo Disneyland from January to May in 2001 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Walt Disney, that paid tribute to his love for steam locomotives.
Disney's Party Express is a street show consists of six colored trains, consisting of a locomotive, five carriages and a caboose.
Each of the trains are hosted by a Sensational Six character (apart from Winnie the Pooh), who rides in the middle carriage, and a co-host, who rides in the caboose. Both the locomotive and caboose feature 2 large balloons of the train hosts.
Each train appears seperately from each other when they head into the plaza. Afterwards, they stop and then the party begins. The Dancers then begin to send park guests out, who dance around the plaza with the performers. The music repeats 3 times as the trains begin to move in the plaza circle until they go back to where they were.
After the finale, confetti cannons hidden inside the caboose chimneys shoot out colorful Mickey-shaped confetti onto the audience (this feature was removed near the end of its run). After the end, all the trains go back to where they were before and the show ends.
Characters included in the cars: Cinderella and her Prince Charming, Perla and Suzy, Minnie Mouse, Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip, Alice, the White Rabbit, and Tweedledee and Tweedledum
Characters included in the cars: Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Bear, Shaker, Liverlips McGrowl, Panchito Pistoles, Jose Carioca, Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck, and Launchpad McQuack
Host character:Winnie the Pooh (Confetti covered T-shirt, Bow Tie, and Party hat)
Characters included in the cars: Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, Peter Pan (near the end of its run), Wendy, Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, Belle, Lumiere, Mary Poppins, Bert, and penguins
This is the first Disney Park train parade. The second one is Mickey's Rainy Day Express at Hong Kong Disneyland in Hong Kong, and the third is the Disney Characters' Express at Disneyland Paris in France.
The balloon concept was used in the Party Gras Parade which had its run in Tokyo Disneyland as well, but that was obviously not a train parade and the balloons were taller.
This marks the final Tokyo Disneyland appearances of Launchpad McQuack. Afterwards, he does not meet and greet guests.
At rare times, Aurora and Phillip and Belle and Lumiere switch places in Minnie and Pooh's train cars.