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- Arrived in the Central Plaza near World Bazaar around 4:15, half an hour before the parade was to start.
- Spotted one of the few ECVs I can ever remember seeing in the Tokyo Parks.
- Cinderella Castle in the distance. Also notice they pulled the two Omnibuses in front of the castle to clear the parade route.
- I stood near the Partners statue.
- A lot of guests moving around.
- Time for the parade. A wide shot of my view. This was going to be the official premiere performance. There had been some soft opening previews earlier in the week and the 1st parade today was cancelled due to weather.
- Custodial cast members leading the way.
- Watching parades in Japan is a different experience.. even this far back guests keep their phones, kids, balloons below head level.
- Dancers arriving before the first float.
- Here are a couple clips from the parade. For this first showing my goal was still images but wanted to give a sample of the audio.
- The opening float features Mickey and Pluto up front.
- Goofy was on a float behind the lead.
- A better picture of Goofy.
- Next up the Alice in Wonderland group.
- Pinocchio led the next float.
- Minnie Mouse on her own float.
- The Princess unit up next.
- Chip and Dale
- Belle, Lumiere and Cogsworth
- Next up the Winnie the Pooh group.
- Donald and Daisy
- Hiro & Baymax
- The finale float features Mary Poppins and Peter Pan
- A large group of characters walking follow the finale.
- And behind them the sponsor float.
- After the parade the crowd was on the move. I stayed put and let it thin a bit.