Disneyland's Mulan Parade

Every summer, Disneyland's Main Street lights up the nights with a form of great entertainment. For many seasons, this was in the form of the Main Street Electrical Parade, however it had its farewell season a few years ago. For one year, Disneyland experimented with the unsuccessful Light Magic "streetacular" and finally the Mulan Parade, based on the animated feature Mulan, opened in the summer of 1998 and ran until 2000.

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The Mulan Parade combined many effects into a great show which went down the traditional parade route of Main Street in Disneyland. Many performers were involved, many of which came straight from China to do their special talens. Plate spinners, jug balancers and acrobats were only a few of the special performers in the show. The show also involved many detailed floats of characters from the movie, such as the floats pictured here. Perhaps one of the most stunning effects was the long dragon which turns into the Great Wall of China, small soldiers and all.

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The entire parade was backed by the great soundtrack from the movie. There was no specific storyline to follow. The parade was set up as if it were a celebration parade for Mulan coming home, a hero from her adventures and the bad guy is beaten. All in all, this was an excellent parade.




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