Parade of Parades: Share a Dream Come True

Disney’s Share a Dream Come True Parade debuted on October 1, 2001 as a part of the 100 Years of Magic Celebration, for Walt Disney’s 100th Birthday. It was a simple parade that many people felt was well done, and had unique show stops.       

 

  

    

        

        

The Share a Dream Come True Parade ran until Fall 2006, when Disney Dream Come True Parade debuted. The Disney Dreams Come True Parade was similar to the previous parade, though many of the floats were changed, and had no snowglobes. This parade also had new soundtrack which was already being used for Disney's Dreams on Parade... Moving On at Tokyo Disneyland.

    

 

Ending on January 22, 2009, Disney Dream Come True Parade came to an end, and just a week later, the new and “improved” Celebrate a Disney Dream Come True Parade debuted on January 29, 2009. Featuring a new upbeat Celebrate You theme and redone Mickey and Giant Castle Floats.

           

  

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Parade of Parades: Tapestry of Nations/Dreams

The Tapestry of Nations was a parade at the Epcot theme park in Walt Disney World that ran around the World Showcase Lagoon from 1999 to 2001. The parade had a unity and world peace theme and featured a variety of large puppets and massive rotating drum units. The leader of the parade was the Sage of Time, who was represented as a stilt walker in an elaborate costume featuring alchemy symbols, gold trim on a white robe, a staff, and a headpiece resembling a sun with a face.

The parade was actually 3 identical processionals, which occur concurrently in the World Showcase. Parade A can be seen between Mexico and Germany, Parade B between Germany and Morocco and Parade C between Morocco and Canada.

The Puppets included:

• Reverse Marionette, a large multicolored puppet with a little marionette being held in its arms.
• Disc Man, a large character with discs within the body and dreadlocks. This was the heaviest and tallest of all the puppets.
• Hammer Man, a humanoid character made of pieces of sheet metal.
• The Sprite, a winged character with a three tiered tail.
• Angel Girl, a feminine figure with a massive wingspan and human face.
• Wiggle Girl, similar to Angel Girl, but had a smaller wingspan and lacked a face, also had movement in the hips.
• Bird Man, with a large wingspan and a crane-like face. This puppet was the hardest to control.
• Aztec Man, with an Aztec-style head, small wingspan and several flaps at its end, similar to kite tails

    

  

 

  

In 2001, the parade became Tapestry of Dreams. Wishes from children around the world were heard throughout the parade's soundtrack. The middle of the parade had a tribute to Walt Disney, "...the greatest and most wonderful dreamer of all!". In this version, the Sage of Time was replaced with the Dreamseekers, a trio of elf like characters that would open and close the parade and collect Dreamtale coins that children would receive at the Epcot Kidcot stations. These three included:

• Leonardo Columbus, who represented discovery, invention and genius
• Elfin, who represented nature, magic and emotion
• Cosmo, who represented space and the unknown

It ran nightly, although in a reduced fashion compared to Tapestry of Nations and was canceled in March 2003 as a result of its waning popularity.

    

  

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