And Now, A Word From Our Sponsor.....

Before we take a look at the very last float in Tokyo Disneyland's Electrical Parade Dreamlights, let's take one more look at the "Small World" unit of the parade. The music for this unit is of course the Sherman Brothers classic and as the song is just about to finish, the colored lights on all four Small World floats start to fade and are partially replaced by white twinkling lights. Then, on the very last note of the song, all the lights go entirely white for just about four seconds before immediately reverting back to color. From what I remember, the finale of Spectro Magic at Walt Disney World does something similar, but I seem to recall that parade's lights turning white and staying that way for a little while before changing back. Tokyo's effect takes place VERY quickly.

The photo below shows the lights in transition.....


And now, all white twinkling lights.....

The parade is sponsored by Unisys and they get their very own float at the end of the parade.

Following the sponsor's float, we have the obligatory rope carriers. In Tokyo however, the rope has been replaced with three separate bars that are carried by performers wearing light-up flower costumes.

Tokyo's new version of the Electrical Parade is a wonderful reworking of a long time beloved Disney classic. As metioned in an earlier post, some floats have already been retired and replaced in the six years since the parade was brought back. The parade runs nightly, year round and there is even a special Christmas version that was introduced two years ago. Perhaps in a future post, we will revisit the parade and take a look back at some of the floats that are no longer around. I hope everyone has enjoyed seeing Tokyo Disneyland's version of the Electrical Parade!