Monday, March 17, 2008

Follow-up to Disney's Pixar Play Parade is All Wet

Someone replied to my post reporting a news report on the "wetness" of the new Pixar Play Parade at California Adventure. So I'll report the comment here so that everyone won't miss it:

My wife and I have seen the parade 3 times already, and the main reason why is we know that somebody's going to complain and before you know it, it's going to be an all bubble & no water parade.

Yes, they DO warn you TWICE in a very nice announcement that water is a major part of the fun. And yes you do get wet, but this is not Splash Mountain. It's a play parade. The water is constant, but about as harmful as a shot from a cheap plastic squirt gun. By the end of the parade we were already dry. My wife had a Sully plush with her, and it was also dry by the end.

During the three viewings, the audience around us laughed at the squirters, and we didn't see anybody fleeing or even backing up out of range. (Note you will see no fleeing on the dozens of videos that are on YouTube.)

Disney has added a real fun element to their already impressive parade tradition, one that will be especially welcome during the upcoming Summer. And I hope they don't let a small, but (unfortunately) very loud minority take the Play out of the Parade.


So there. That's a different take than the LA Times blog report. Anyone else would like to chime in?

Zz.

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