Disney’s Electrical Parade

Disney Sunday Part 1 – Disney’s Electrical Parade



Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you are all having a fantastic Sunday with plenty of fun and relaxation. For this week’s installment of Disney Sunday I wanted to write about my favorite parade – Disney’s Electrical Parade in Disney’s California Adventure.

The parade is back this summer big and better than ever. Among the new surprises is the new lead float featuring Tinkerbell. She sprinkles her pixie dust along the parade path and it can be seen sparkling along the sides of many of the floats.


Another fabulous feature is the return of the Pinocchio floats and the Seven Dwarf’s mine float. Both of these went MIA after the parade’s visit to Tokyo Disneyland. If you are a fan of the Parade you will also notice that the music has a new layer on the background and I think it’s better than ever.


We found some terrific seats just outside the Golden Vine Winery facing the Fisherman’s Wharf area, just 30 minutes before showtime. I’ve usually caught it at the entrance of California Adventure and it usually one of the busiest locations to catch a glimpse. If you head further down the parade route there are plenty of seats and in my opinion a better view.

We sat down and waited for a few minutes for the parade and as we waited you could feel the anticipation and excitement in the crowd. There is nothing quite like experiencing the parade up close with the kiddos. My family loved every single minute of it.

I want to hear from you. Do you love the parade? If you do what is your favorite part of it? Where do you usually sit? Would you love to see it return to Disneyland?

The parade is running nightly through August 23, 2009. It’s the perfect excuse to head over to California Adventure. It then will go on a hiatus for a time. Rumor has it that it could wind up back at Disneyland next year as part of the 55th park anniversary. We’ll have to wait and see.

Summer Nightastic at The Disneyland Resort

I want to start out a new feature every Monday called Disney Mondays. It will be a tip or something new I’ve learned from my weekly visit to Disneyland Resort. Here is the first installment in my soon to be weekly series (sounds fancy- haha!!).
I was invited last Thursday to attend the media preview of the Summer Nightastic at Disneyland and DCA . It was seriously so much fun!! Disney’s new offerings this week are quite a treat.

The new fireworks show, “Magical” features a new song sung by Orange County’s own Eden Espinosa from Wicked and the real flying elephant, Dumbo. Tinkerbell also makes two appearances. The new show is very entertaining and I absolutely love the music. The shining star of the show in my opinion is Dumbo. He makes an appearance that will have your family oohing and ahhing. You will have to see for yourself. Dumbo is not to be missed!!



Fantasmic is back for its 17th year. It now features new digital video projectors which provide a much sharper picture on the water screens. There is also an appearance of the all new Flotsam and Jetsam floats from The Little Mermaid, who are quite scary but a fantastic addition! Later this summer, the evil Maleficent from “Sleeping Beauty” will transform into the new fully animated, 40-foot-tall dragon. In my opinion, the best thing about this summer is Disney’s Electrical Parade at DCA (what can I say – I’m an absolute fanatic of the Electrical Parade). The show now features a new Tinkerbell float who leads the parade, taking the place of the Blue Fairy. Also back are new versions of the lost seven dwarfs mine float and the Pinocchio floats. The soundtrack has also been slightly updated for the better.

There is plenty to see at both parks, so take the kiddos. These shows will be played nightly through August 23rd and then weekends through Labor Day. A big thank you to Disney for making my dreams come true!!