What is this doing at Disney World?!?

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Indeed, Disneyland does perform it's own maintenance on it's parade units. That's not to say that things don't leave property for repair to one of several dozen outside companies that Disney uses.

Disneyland has sent parade floats to Florida in the past for example the Lion King parade, Main Street Electrical Parade, and at this very moment Block Party Bash. I'm sure that after the floats have made that trip a bit of refurbishment and repair is in order.

That must have been what the CM was referring to!, I would imagine that a flatbed would do the trick!!(or prrbably an enclosed truck would be more appropriate!)

[Big Wallaby]

Yup, and now the Lion King parade is no longer a parade. It's all indoors at Camp Minnie-Mickey. Belongs in Africa, thank you very much.

[Cranbiz]

Really? I always figured that each park built and repaired their own floats for the most part. At least repair them, doesn't make sense to ship them across the country to repair them as that would take a lot longer and I would think cost a lot more than having their own repair shops.

I've seen the float storage and maintenance area and some of the ride repair areas in the Magic Kingdom about 7-8 years ago now on the Keys tour. My uncle, who was an engineering CM at the time, showed me the large shop where they build and repair parts of rides. I saw a Winnie the Pooh honey pot, Small World dolls, and Carrousel horses being worked on among other things. This was while Mission:Space was being built and I saw a long line of ride vehicles for it in various stages of construction (from barely a frame at one end to a nearly complete vehicle at the other).

Let us not forget the hippobottomlesses.

[Princess Susi]

Indeed, Disneyland does perform it's own maintenance on it's parade units. That's not to say that things don't leave property for repair to one of several dozen outside companies that Disney uses.

Disneyland has sent parade floats to Florida in the past for example the Lion King parade, Main Street Electrical Parade, and at this very moment Block Party Bash. I'm sure that after the floats have made that trip a bit of refurbishment and repair is in order.

Block Party Bash has gone????...Oooooooooooh, Dreams REALLY DO come true in this Year of a Million Dreams! :D: ahhhhhhhhhhhh.....

That is the noisiest, loudest, disorganized mess of a parade I have ever watched. Actually, it is organized, but it is just too all over the place and LOUD! And I won't have to hear it at DCA at the end of the month. I hope it comes back to DL by May when we go to WDW. Where in WDW are they showing that Parade? (No offense to any CMs who have roles in that Parade!), it is just not my cup o' tea. It is really loud. I like Spectromagic and The Electrical Parade and The Parade of Dreams is fun. Mickey's jammin' Jungle Parade is cool too. :)
sues

[Cheshire Figment]

I think BPB is moving to DHS.

[Theme Park Where]

Yep, it's replacing the Disney Stars and Motorcars parade at DHS.

[Shorty82]

Yep, it's replacing the Disney Stars and Motorcars parade at DHS.

Ahh, damn it! I didn't get to see Stars and Motorcars on my last visit and was hoping to see it the next time I made it down.

Though, a little Googling makes it look like BPB is interesting.

[Whazzup]

Ahh, damn it! I didn't get to see Stars and Motorcars on my last visit and was hoping to see it the next time I made it down.

Though, a little Googling makes it look like BPB is interesting.

There's always YouTube! :D: Not nearly the same as being there in person, but it's better than not having seen it at all.

[Shorty82]

There's always YouTube! :D: Not nearly the same as being there in person, but it's better than not having seen it at all.

I saw the parade a few years ago but was hoping to get to see it in person again. Ahh, well.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

I think BPB is moving to DHS.

What does the Department of Homeland Security WANT with the block party????


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