If you're a fan of Disney's Stars and Motorcars Parade (and there must be a few fans, right?), don't forget your last chance to see the parade at Disney's Hollywood Studios is Saturday. Block Party Bash is on the horizon.
I caught the Motorcars parade this past weekend -- actually, it almost caught me. I was disoriented by the fact it is running in the reverse direction it previously traveled. The parade now starts at the main entrance and runs back to the Sorcerer's Hat and over to Star Tours, where it exits the park. A cast member told me Block Party Bash will run in that direction, so they turned this parade around to give guests and cast a little time to get used to it.
Thoughts after the jump.
I'm not a huge fan of this parade, but I have fond memories of it as a good friend of mine was a performer in it years ago. He typically was a Chinese swordsman in front of Mulan's car.
As parades wind down, they tend to lose some of the performers and units, and this was no exception. At Saturday's parade, Mulan didn't have any swordsmen, just Mushu to escort her. Will we still see Mushu at DHS?
I liked the original musical arrangement better for the parade, also, with different musical themes representing the various cars. Of course, that would have been hard to maintain as they switched several of the units. (Bye, Hercules; hello, Power Rangers.)
Speaking of the Rangers, it still makes a weird sight to see Ariel combing her hair with the Power Rangers running around her car!
I noticed Disney did change the voice-over announcements by "Stone Granite" to refer to Disney's Hollywood Studios. As that only applied briefly, it may rank as one of the shortest-lived pieces of audio played at the Disney parks.
Bring on the Block Party Bash.
