Celebrate More Info on “Celebrate! A Street Party”

WDWNT Author on March 25, 2009

The OC Register’s Around Disney blog has a little bit more information on the new “Celebrate! A Street Party” which debuts this Friday:

Disneyland is holding all-night rehearsals to prepare for the Friday opening of its “Celebrate! A Street Party” street show.

The show will feature — in constant motion – 48 dancers, 12 dancers on stilts, 3 DJs, 12 drivers of combination bicycle/drum kits, and 24 Disney characters. (The characters include Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, Chip and Dale, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Lilo and Stitch, Woody and Jessie, Alice, the Mad Hatter and Mary Poppins).

Giant balloons and floats will trundle along the parade, said Disney spokesman John McClintock.

The dancers will be in three different vignettes:

  • The first will feature zoot-suited swing dancers stepping to jazz music.
  • The second group will be in flashy costumes and dancing to rock ‘n’ roll tunes.
  • Finally, the stilt dancers will come on the scene for the Latin conga finale in which audience members are pulled into the line. Tunes from Disney movies like “The Little Mermaid” will get a salsa treatment.

The parade stops at the mall in front of the its a small world ride, the central plaza near Sleeping Beauty’s Castle and then along Main Street – cast members perform the dance numbers for about 12 minutes at each location, McClintock said.

The show, starting Friday, will run at 3:30  and 6:30 p.m. daily through April 19. Then, the parade will run only at 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and at 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

Celebrate! Dreams Come True at Disneyland

WDWNT Author on February 24, 2009

Some exciting news for you Disneyland entertainment fans. Remember Dreams Come True, Disneyland’s fireworks spectacular will be permanently returning to Disneyland on Sunday, March 8th and will be showing for all of March, and we presume up through early November. As previously reported, parades will return to Disneyland in the form of the new “Celebrate! A Street Party” on Friday, March 27th (at least that’s the current date, subject to change as with anything).

Stay tuned to Disneyland News Today as I will be at the Resort for both the return of Remember Dreams Come True and the debut of “Celebrate! A Street Party”.

Humbug Made Official

WDWNT Author on December 30, 2008

Disneyland has now officially announced the entertainment cutbacks for 2009:

As The Year of a Million Dreams celebration comes to a close and the Disneyland® Resort heads into 2009, entertainment offerings and show times are being updated for the kick-off of “What will you celebrate?” 

Disneyland Park 

  • A Christmas Fantasy Parade and “Believe In Holiday Magic” Fireworks Spectacular will run through Sunday, Jan. 4 to close out the holiday season.
  • Disney’s Princess Fantasy Faire will have its last showings of the Royal Coronation Ceremony and Disney Princess Storytelling on Sunday, Jan. 4. Disney Princess Meet & Greet will continue to remain at the Fantasyland Theatre.
  • “Remember Dreams Come True” Fireworks Spectacular will return to the skies above Disneyland® on Jan. 17-19 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend) and Feb. 13-16 (President’s Day weekend). The show is scheduled to make a full return in March 2009. 
  • Fantasmic! will continue to run daily through most of January and February. 
  • Walt Disney’s Parade of Dreams will not return to Disneyland® Park after the holidays. There will be no parades at Disneyland® Park after the holidays due to track work being done on Main Street, U.S.A. 
  • Celebrate! A Street Party will make its debut down Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland® Park on March 27. 

Disney’s California Adventure Park 

  • Disney’s Electrical Parade will have its final run on Sunday, Jan. 4 at Disney’s California Adventure® Park and will not return until June 12 for the summer season. 

Beginning Monday January 5th:

  • Pixar Play Parade at Disney’s California Adventure® Park will be dark on Mondays and Tuesdays. 
  • High School Musical 3: Right Here! Right Now! will be dark on Mondays through Thursdays. 
  • Disney’s Aladdin – A Musical Spectacular will be dark on Wednesdays and Thursdays. 

All entertainment offerings are subject to change without notice.

July 4th Trip Planner

WDWNT Author on January 1, 1970

To prepare everyone visiting the Disneyland Resort during this holiday weekend, I wanted to go over the entertainment schedule for July 4th, as well as the park hours, to make sure everyone can successfully see what they want to see:

  • Disneyland will be open from 8:00am to 12:00am all weekend.
  • “Celebrate! A Street Party” will be performed every day at 3:30pm and 6:30pm.
  • The special fourth of July holiday fireworks show, “Disney’s Celebrate America! A Fourth of July Concert in the Sky”, will be performed at 9:25pm starting tonight and running through Sunday night. According to D23, the shows on July 2nd, 3rd, and 5th will be a condensed version, only 8 minutes long, compared to the full show on July 4th which is 13 minutes long and will have much more pyro. The regular fireworks show, Magical, will return on Monday.
  • Fantasmic will have three performances on July 4th, at 9:00pm, 10:30pm, and 11:30pm.
  • Suburban Legends will be performing through-out the night on July 4th at the TLT Dance Club, beginning at 7:00pm.
  • Disney’s California Adventure will be open from 10:00am to 10:00pm on July 4th.
  • The Pixar Play Parade will be performed as usual at 5:15pm.
  • Disney’s Electrical Parade will also be performed at its usual time of 8:45pm.

If you are planning to visit the Disneyland Resort this weekend, be aware crowds will be massive. Disneyland may even be closed in the afternoon due to the park reaching capacity, and you’ll be re-directed to DCA. Parking may also be an isssue, as I explained in this recent post. For the full entertainment schedule on July 4th, which includes smaller entertainment venues around the parks, click HERE.