Christmas Day parade taping - with pics

GatorChris

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We were there!!!!

After years of just walking by when they were taping the parade at DL and at WDW, we finally decided to jump in. We had been at the park the previous week and we were going that morning just to hit some of the headlines. But then my wife spotted some Hollywood stars and we planted ourselves right where the taping was happening. So I would say there's a high probability you'll see us on Christmas Day!

What made my wife stop was this young man, Sean Giambone. He stars at Adam Goldberg on "The Goldbergs". We LOVE this show! So that's what really got us to stop. And when he saw my wife taking a selfie, he threw up a huge grin! What a cool dude.
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He was really, really nice - he was just like the sweet boy he plays on TV. He even stopped to take a pic with me. Also in this picture is Olivia Rodrigo from the tween-show, Bizardvark.
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Being introduced on this Christmas Day Parade show will be a new group called Club Mickey Mouse. I saw a poster ad with just the name earlier last week and was wondering who this was. We found out!
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And then my daughter got to meet and take a picture with Ky, the first "Mickey Mouse Club" member to be from overseas. He's from Sydney! And yes, my daughter is now in love.
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Hosting the event is Jesse Palmer, former NFL quarterback, current ESPN analyst, and most important for me, a Florida Gator! This is how close we were during taping!
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And I even got my picture with him in the Mickey Ears the Hollywood crew gave to me so that I'd look more "Disney" on camera.
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Here's a pic at the stage with Jesse Palmer and singing artist Jason Derulo.
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I'll post the next pics in the following response. You won't believe who showed up on Tuesday night.
 
Ever heard of that movie, Frozen?!?!?! Well, a couple of singer from that movie showed up Tuesday night at Disneyland! We had spent the day at Great Wolf Lodge, hitting the waterslides. We decided to go back to DL for the evening to do a ride (Star Tours - where we just missed Skywalker!) and then catch the fireworks. We saw they were taping again, so we got in line and got moved near the front to catch.......

Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel!!!!!!!
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My pics aren't too great because we were just far enough away. But we got to hear them sing their new song from Olaf's Christmas movie (coming out with Coco) three times, complete with fireworks. It was AMAZING! And on top of that, Jesse Palmer introduced them. While we were waiting for his cue, I screamed out a big "Go Gators!" And he turned, looked at me and gave me a big thumbs up! I got a lot of street cred from the folks around me for that. I was cool for about all of 5 seconds.
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It really was a great time. Enjoyed being a part of it, meeting some of these superstars, and now looking forward to see if I made it on the one show I watch every year without fail: Disney's Christmas Day Parade!
 

WoW! Fantastic, fabulous, magical! thanks for sharing and the great photos!
 
It totally was! I'm a HUGE Goldbergs fan. So when "Adam" showed up, it was awesome! And he even acted like the Adam on TV....very fun and looking like he's always in trouble. It was awesome!

SCORE!
Looks like you were able to fit in with the crowd!!
What a great time for you and your family.
The smiles tell it all.....

Geemo
 
What fun!! I love the Goldberg’s too plus of course Kristen Bell is cool in my book too!
 
What a fun experience! I'm glad for you, and thank you for sharing the photos.

I couldn't wait to share!!!!

WoW! Fantastic, fabulous, magical! thanks for sharing and the great photos!

Magical. A perfect word. I had been hoping for something magical all week and it happened on the days we weren't even planning on being there. Funny how that happens.
 


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