Mickey's Soundsational Parade

Mickey's Soundsational Parade
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Attraction type	Parade

Mickey's Soundsational Parade premiered on May 27, 2011, celebrating the 55th anniversary of Disneyland in California. The parade celebrates the dreams of Disney characters and includes Disney characters such as Mickey and friends, Aladdin & The Genie, Ariel, The Three Caballeros, Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, Rapunzel, King Louie, Simba, Terk, Tiana, Peter Pan & Tinkerbell and Mary Poppins. The parade includes nine floats which include Mickey's Band, Agrabah Band, Under the Sea Float, Mexico Band, Princess Float, Jungle Band, New Orleans Float, Neverland Band and Step in Time Laugh Float. The music used in the parade is derived from Hong Kong Disneyland's Flights of Fantasy Parade, both having the same tunes with changes in lyrics.

Parade Units

• Mickey's Band:The Talking Hand Mickey Mouse plays drums and cymbals on the large float, which will likely anchor the parade. Classic Disney characters — Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Chip 'n' Dale & Professor Owl from Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom — march beside the float playing drums and horns. Goofy appears to be riding on a tweener playing the big drum behind him.

• Agrabah Band (Aladdin Units):The diamond-in-the-rough street rat dances atop a smaller float in front of a golden gong. The Genie dances next to the float with six harem girls and a golden coin dancer, and Abu bringing up the rear.

• Under the Sea Float (The Little Mermaid Units):Ariel and Sebastian ride atop a larger float dominated by a blue and purple maraca-playing octopus.

• Mexico Band (The Three Caballeros Units):Based on the 1945 animated film, the smaller float features a maraca-playing Donald Duck next to his co-star José Carioca from Saludos Amigos & Panchito Pistoles. With 3 dancing Pinata girls and 2 flaminco dancers. The addition of the Caballeros float is curious Jump with Aracuan Bird.

• Princess Float (Disney Princess Units):Snow White from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella from Cinderella, Aurora from Sleeping Beauty and Belle from Beauty and the Beast are joined by the newest Disney princess, Rapunzel from Tangled, whose hair trails up in a tower on the larger float. The music used in this units is derived from Flights of Fantasy Parade's Romance Takes Wing Unit, both having the same tunes with all longer in lyrics.

• Jungle Band:Our friends such as King Louie from The Jungle Book, The Lion King and Terk from Tarzan will feature in this float. Simba stands atop a smaller drum-shaped float before a golden sun featuring the image of King Mufasa. WIth 4 monkey dancers, a headress dancer, and 2 dancing stilt walkers. The music used in this units is derived from Flights of Fantasy Parade's Jumpin' Jungle Jam Unit, both having the same tunes with all longer in lyrics.

• New Orleans Float (The Princess and the Frog Units):Tiana and Louis the trumpet-playing alligator ride aboard a larger Mardi Gras-inspired evinrude Spin float.

• Neverland Band (Peter Pan Units):Tinkerbell takes on the starring role atop the smaller float, which is decorated with giant flowers and humongous mushrooms to make the diminutive pixie appear smaller than the other characters in the parade. Captain Hook & Mr. Smee chases Peter Pan around the base of the float.

• Step in Time Laugh Float (Mary Poppins Units):Based on the 1964 animated- and live-action musical movie, the larger float features Mary Poppins, Bert, chimney sweeps, Big Moon, and horn-playing penguins riding on a whimsical 2 Carousel horses. Mary and Bert riding on a bicycle carousel horses in front of the float next to Jolly Holiday Fox Hunter & Fox riding a penny-farthing high wheeler bicycle.

Show facts

• Show run: May 27, 2011
• Show length: Approximately 35 minutes
• Other songs featured:
  • OPENING UNIT
    • "Mickey Mouse Club March"
  • ALADDIN UNIT
    • "Arabian Nights" / "One Jump Ahead" / "Prince Ali"
  • THE LITTLE MERMAID UNIT
    • "Under the Sea" / "Kiss the Girl"
  • THE THREE CABALLEROS UNIT
    • "The Three Caballeros" / "Baia" / "Saludos Amigos" from Saludos Amigos
  • PRINCESSES UNIT
    • "Someday My Prince Will Come" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs / "So This Is Love" from Cinderella / "Once Upon a Dream" from Sleeping Beauty / "Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast / "I See the Light" from Tangled
  • JUNGLE UNIT
    • "I Wanna Be Like You" from The Jungle Book / "Circle of Life" & "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" from The Lion King / "Trashin' the Camp" from Tarzan
  • THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG UNIT
    • "Gonna Take You There" / "Dig a Little Deeper"
  • PETER PAN UNIT
    • "You Can Fly!" / "A Pirate's Life" / "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" from Pirates of the Caribbean
  • MARY POPPINS UNIT
    • "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" / "A Spoonful of Sugar" / "Step in Time"
• Grand Marshal song: "Mickey's Soundsational"
• Show Times and Information: 4:00pm and 6:30pm
• Previous parade:
  • Celebrate! - A Street Party
  • Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams (50th Anniversary Parade)
  • Parade of the Stars (45th Anniversary Parade)
  • Mulan Parade
  • Hercules Victory Parade
  • The Lion King Celebration Parade
  • Aladdin's Royal Caravan Parade
  • The World According to Goofy Parade
  • Celebration U.S.A. Parade
  • Party Gras Parade