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Jeff Lange brings you vintage footage from two completely different but unique elements of Disneyland history! Light Magic replaced the popular Main Street Electrical Parade, but ended after only 4 months in 1997. One Man’s Dream was a beloved stage show that also ran for 4 months in 1990 before making way for Dick Tracy’s Diamond Double Cross.

Two different vantage points – from the Small World mall and Main Street USA – give you a complete look at Light Magic. Opening on May 23rd, 1997 with four battery powered floats and 125 performers, Light Magic was billed as a “Streetacular” instead of a parade due to the two performance zones. The buildings on Main Street USA were enhanced with fiber optics created for Light Magic and lighting towers were added to the Small World mall (those still are used to this day). The soundtrack was a mix of both classic Disney songs and new music written specifically for Light Magic, the infectious “Dream our Dreams”. There is even a salute to the Main Street Electrical Parade, “Baroque Hoedown”.

The first complete Light Magic recording is shot from the Small World mall, recorded under a speaker for optimum clarity. Characters such as Chip and Dale, Goofy, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Roger Rabbit and Rafiki appear in their pajamas alongside pixies who dance to Celtic music. The performance includes audience interaction, fiber optic and smoke effects, and concludes with a bast of colorful confetti.

The second Light Magic recording is shot from Main Street USA, with a similar assortment of characters and pixies, and includes a perfect view of the screen that features Disney animated characters with corresponding music.

One Man’s Dream celebrated the remarkable imagination of Walt Disney, in an incredible stage show which begins in black and white and soon turns to color before your eyes! The setting was Videopolis, a teen dance venue which was turned into a stage for this Tokyo Disney-inspired show. Impressive sets and a cast of 40 bring movies such as Peter Pan and The Jungle Book to life, adding characters such as The Three Little Pigs, Pinocchio, Goofy and Pluto into a variety of dance sequences. You’ll see Peter and Wendy fly, and behold a beautiful dance sequence with Snow  White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and their princes. Mickey and Minnie open the One Man’s Dream show simply, and the presentation unfolds in front of you – building into a grand “H00ray for Hollywood” climax, and ending with an explosion of fireworks. This is a show not to be missed!

Relive the magic year after year or experience it for the first time by purchasing a copy of “Jeff Lange Remembers Disneyland’s Light Magic”.

Running Time: 66 Min

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February 24th, 2010 | Tags: Disneyland, Dream our Dreams, Light Magic, Main Street Electrical Parade, Main Street USA, One Man’s Dream, Small World mall, Videopolis, Walt Disney | Category: New Releases, Store | Comments Off

Hi everyone!

We just attended day 1 of the “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” press event! The event was held at the newly re-branded ESPN Wide World of Sports facility. The evening kicked off with the “What’s New, What’s Next” (below, left) media presentation. Meg Crofton, President of the Walt Disney World Resort (below, right) told everyone about the upcoming “Summer Nightastic“.

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February 11th, 2010 | Tags: AquaDuck water coaster, Disney Cruise Line, ESPN Sports Complex, ESPN Wide World of Sports, Fantasyland, Fantasyland Forest, Get a Disney Day, Give a Day, Main Street Electrical Parade, Summer Nightastic, Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Walt Disney World Resort | Category: Disney News, Whats Happening | Comments Off

Hi everyone!

Here are some photos from the recently updated Electrical Parade at Disney’s California Adventure! The parade now has nearly half a million lights. This summer marks the 30th anniversary of the parade! If you’d like to see how the Main Street Electrical Parade used to look, you can find my “Jeff Lange Remembers: The Main Street Electrical Parade” DVD for sale below the photos.

The Tinker Bell float is new, with more than 25,000 points of light (below left and right).

Mickey’s Train announces the name of the parade (below left and right).

Alice from Alice in Wonderland sits aloft on a mushroom, while the Cheshire Cat flashes his wide grin (below, left).   The pirate ship from Peter Pan spews smoke (below, right).

After a 13 year absence from the parade, the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Diamond Mine float is back with enhanced lighting (below left and right).

Also back after 13 years is Pinocchio on the Pleasure Island float (below left). You can see the special lighting effects (below, right).

Returning favorite Elliott from Pete’s Dragon, snorts smoke out of his nose (below, left). The “To Honor America” float brings up the rear (below, right).

Please click HERE for my past entry about the history of vintage floats from the Disneyland and Walt Disney World versions of this beloved parade!

For many more great current Electrical Parade photos, please check out MouseSteps latest update HERE!

Bonus Videos – “Disney’s Electrical Parade” Enhanced Version from Disney’s California Adventure.

With Mickey’s Fun Wheel in the back, this is part 1 of 3 of the entire Electrical Parade.

The former Main Street Electrical Parade at DCA in July, 2009, Part 2

Part 3 of the Disney’s Electrical Parade.

Parade Titles Available now:

Jeff Lange Remembers: The Main Street Electrical Parade!

Jeff Lange takes you on a trip back in time to experience the evolution of Disney’s beloved nighttime classic, “The Main Street Electrical Parade”.

Features: Disneyland: Main Street Electrical Parade (1993), Walt Disney World: Main Street Electrical Parade (1991), California Adventure: Disney’s Electrical Parade (2007) and Walt Disney World: Electrical Water Pageant (1992)

Running Time: 66 Min

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to purchase this item, please click HERE.

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Jeff Lange Remembers: The Hercules Electrical Parade in New York City

Jeff Lange takes you back to June 14th, 1997 to see this one-time-only extravaganza make it’s way through Times Square.

All of the classic floats are here, with the addition of the special Hercules units and fanfare. You have never seen the Parade like this!

Also included: The Main Street Electrical Parade recorded in 1999 during it’s short return engagement at The Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World.

Running Time: 43 min

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Jeff Lange’s Disneyland Parade Classics Vol 1

Jeff Lange takes you back in time to experience this first in a series of DVDs featuring vintage parades from the “Happiest Place on Earth”, Disneyland!.

Features the following classic Disneyland parades: Very Merry Christmas Parade (1985), Totally Minnie Parade (1986), Party Gras Parade – Disneyland’s 35th Anniversary (1990) and The World According to Goofy Parade (1992)!

Running Time: 60 Min

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or to purchase this item, please click HERE.

Also available: Jeff Lange’s Magic Kingdom Parade Classics Vol 1 and Jeff Lange’s Magic Kingdom Parade Classics Vol 2.

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As always, if you want to request a future DVD idea, Photo Memory topic or comment on anything, just drop me a line at suggestions@JeffLangeDVD.com.

August 7th, 2009 | Tags: Disney's California Adventure, Disney's Electrical Parade, Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Main Street Electrical Parade, Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Tinker bell, Walt Disney World | Category: Disney News | Comments Off

Hi everyone!

There has been continued interest in my vintage Main Street Electrical Parade Photos, and I’ve found more images that I will be sharing with you today! I hope you enjoy these photos taken either by myself or my father, Walter Lange – a Disney fan who shared the love of the parks with his family and got me started on all this.

Florida’s Main Street Electrical Parade opening unit (above left) announces the parade. “WDW’s 15th Float” (above right and below) was a special float to honor Walt Disney World’s 15th Anniversary. That float was only used for one season!

Note the one dimensional design of these early floats (above right).

The elusive “Pinocchio Underwater Unit” featured Monstro the whale (above left). A mystery (to me) has been resolved as many readers have identified the cars as from The Fox and the Hound – “Widow Tweed’s Car” (above right).

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February 27th, 2009 | Tags: Babes in Toyland, California Adventure, Disneyland, Dumbo, It’s A Small World, Main Street Electrical Parade, Pete's Dragon, Pinocchio, The Fox and the Hound, The Hercules Electrical Parade, Walt Disney World, Walt Disney World's 15th Anniversary | Category: Photo Memories | Comments Off

Hi everyone!

I’ve got more photos and videos of the great new Magic Kingdom parade, Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! Street Party!

This is a very colorful and photogenic parade, especially with the Cinderella Castle as a backdrop!

It is really fun to get out into the street and interact with the dancers and characters. I recorded this 5 times during my visit and wish I had a chance to get into the street and enjoy it fully! I plan to do just that on my next trip.

It is also great to see more obscure park characters, like Sebastian the Crab and the Mad Hatter! Currently “Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! Street Party!” happens at 11:00, 12:30 & 5:45pm.

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February 22nd, 2009 | Tags: Disney Vacation Club, Hercules Electrical Parade, Magic Kingdom, Main Street Electrical Parade, Mickey Mania, Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! Street Party!, Remember the Magic Parade, Saratoga Springs Treehouse Villas, Sassagoula River, Share A Dream Come True Parade, Walt Disney World | Category: Whats Happening | Comments Off

Hi everyone!

During production of my recently released Main Street Electrical Parade DVD, I came across some interesting images of long retired floats and parade elements. I am presenting them here for all to enjoy!

Below is the Florida opening unit of the Main Street Electrical Parade, followed by Toy Soldiers from Babes in Toyland. As a kid, I thought this was a special Christmas bonus as we often traveled to Walt Disney World for the holidays. I remember seeing them one July and realizing they were always part of the parade.

Next we have the “It’s A Small World” section that ran from 1977 – 1991. This was unique as it was the only float that was based on a park attraction.

This next series of photos is very rare. These photos were taken by my father in 1976 (when “America on Parade” was being performed). I don’t recall ever seeing a Pinocchio Monstro float in the Main Street Electrical parade. Look carefully and you will see the large headed America on Parade characters driving the vehicles. Was this a nighttime version of America on Parade?

If anyone has more information about these parade units please email me at Jeff@JeffLangeDVD.com and I will post the information on the site.

Available now:

Jeff Lange Remembers: The Main Street Electrical Parade!

Jeff Lange takes you on a trip back in time to experience the evolution of Disney’s beloved nighttime classic, “The Main Street Electrical Parade”.

Features: Disneyland: Main Street Electrical Parade (1993), Walt Disney World: Main Street Electrical Parade (1991), California Adventure: Disney’s Electrical Parade (2007) and Walt Disney World: Electrical Water Pageant (1992)

For more information or to purchase this item

Please click HERE.

Click here to browse the JeffLangeDVD store.

Also Available:

Jeff Lange Remembers: The Hercules Electrical Parade in New York City

Jeff Lange takes you back to June 14th, 1997 to see this one time only extravaganza make it’s way thru Times Square.

All the classic floats are here with the addition of the special Hercules units and fanfare. You have never seen the Parade like this!

Also included:

The Main Street Electrical Parade recorded in 1999 during it’s short return engagement at The Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World.

For more information or to purchase this item

Please click HERE.

The Gumball Rally:

MiceChat’s Dustysage is inviting everyone to a huge upcoming event at Disney World:

Disney fans everywhere are invited to attend a fun four park event this October 18th. The MiceChat Gumball Rally is an event which challenges you to ride a set of attractions in all four parks in just one day! The event is designed to see who can make best use of their time and transportation skills to complete the assigned attractions in the least amount of time possible. It promises to be a fun and unique way to visit the parks – all of them! Since the first Gumball Rally at Disneyland nearly 3 years ago, there have been constant requests to “Bring the Rally to Disney World,” and that is just what we are going to do! Whether this is your first visit to WDW or your hundredth, this event was designed for you to have a great time. We hope you’ll all join us. For more information and to sign up, please visit this link on micechat.com Gumball Rally Information.

Contest Winner:

Thank you for another great response to my latest contest with partner site Mousesteps! The winner was Eric Hoffman of Georgia and he will receive a free Disneyland Anniversary DVD of his choice!

DVD Check-off Sheet:

The most frequent request at my NFFC show and sale booth last month was a check-off sheet for my customers to keep track of their JeffLangeDVD.com titles. We now have the check-off sheet available HERE, sorted by release date, park, and series.

As always, if you want to request a future DVD idea, Photo Memory topic or comment on anything, just drop me a line at suggestions@JeffLangeDVD.com.

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August 16th, 2008 | Tags: America on Parade, Babes in Toyland, Disneyland, Disneyland Anniversary, Hercules Electrical Parade, It's A Small World, Jeff Lange, Main Street Electrical Parade, Monstro, NFFC, Pinocchio, Walt Disney World | Category: Photo Memories, Whats Happening | Leave a comment