This long and already commented light posting period was due to several things. But the last two weeks “hiatus” has been due to something planned for 2 years now, and which is happening today.
From now on and until mid december I’m gonna be blogging from Tokyo, Japan.
This three months stay means a lot to me, and though I won’t be able to visit Tokyo Disneyland every week, I will go several times (oh yeah) and will post and/or update my previous articles accordingly.
I’ll still be posting regular articles during my japanese retreat, but exept a little bit more Tokyo Disney bits, for during 9 weeks, this wonderful Kingdom will act as my Homepark.
Everybody knows its home park parade route by heart, being able to define the best spot to watch it, or the best short cuts to avoid it, but what about the other parks ?
What about the 5 Parade Routes of the 5 Magic Kingoms ?
Disneyland (above) being the first parade hosting park bares a pretty simple route, from the east side of It’s a Small World straight to Main Street and Town Square.
Walt Disney world is kind of unique in its Parade path. This is the only parade to curve along the Rivers of America, making the night parades (Presently Spectromagic) magically reflect in the waters. The route is gonna be altered though, due to Liberty Square bridge being refurbished.
Tokyo with its now very famous Canopy couldn’t really let the floats parade down their covered World Bazaar. So this one starts from Fantasyland like in Paris and Anaheim and ends up in… Fantasyland as well, or a few yards beaten off from Tomorrowland. Because of this very unique route, the parade doesn’t clog up the park like in the other Kingdoms.
Paris’ route is pretty much inspired by Disneyland’s original. East side of It’s a Small World, all the way down to Town Square. We can note that the Fantasy Festival Stage outdoor theater which sits right by Sleeping Beauty Castle has been designed to let the parade float between its stage and seating rows. Making it the premium spot to watch the show on the only parade bleachers of the 5 Magic Kingdoms.
Finally, Honk Kong gets pretty much the same route as Anaheim and Paris. With no particular info to discuss.
Which makes really three very different parade routes for the 5 Kingdoms, the orignal route being always picked first hand when possible. One thing sure, beside presend day Spectromagic, it always ends up in Main Street or it’s not a Kingdom’s Parade !
