DEP/BPB & other shows/parades.

[MagicalMomAZ]

Does it state where/when you can see these things online? The Aladdin show....the Dream Parade...all of the shows or parades.

I read DEP is going strong in DCA & BPB is retired? Which I'm totally ok w/ - I just wanted to prepare.

I wanted to try & plan our days around our meal reservations & scheduled events if possible.

 

[bradk]

all of those items are listed on the calendar at disneyland.com. either go to the days in questions manually or enter in your starting day and number of days and it'll spit out your entire trip for you. if the schedule is blank, it's just not in for that day yet.

BPB is gone (going to WDW actually) but is expected to be replaced by a new parade called Pixar Play! but I don't believe any further details have been released yet.

 

[Albort]

im not sure whats going on. From forums, it says BPB will be gone, DEP will continue to run, but from what the managers are saying, DEP running in place of BPB isnt really true.

So i dont know what to believe atm.

 

[bradk]

not really sure what that means? but if you look at 1/12 for example, DEP is running

 

[Armadillo4]

Actually, BPB is still running BUT only for one more week. It's last scheduled performance is Sunday Jan. 6. The new Pixar Play Parade is rumored to start sometime in March. I assume they'll try to get it ready in time for the Spring Break and Easter crowds.

Regarding, DEP, I don't have concrete information. But (after the holiday crush is over) I believe it will run Fri/Sat/Sun only. Once Spring Break starts, it will probably go back to 7-days a week.

Note: even though I'm not even close to the target demographic for High School Musical, I enjoy the HSM2 School's Out show at DCA. It's something else to think about for your trip. Have a wonderful time!!!

 

[bradk]

isn't that normal for DEP? i actually anticipated it only to be running on weekends.

or was that a rumor that it'd run every night?

 

[DangerMouse]

isn't that normal for DEP? i actually anticipated it only to be running on weekends.

or was that a rumor that it'd run every night?

Brad, the DEP is run seasonally. It only runs during the peak Christmas season (runs daily for about 14 days surrounding Christmas) and it would go dark again until peak Spring Break season (runs daily the 2-3 weeks surrounding Easter). After that, it run's weekends only until peak Summer season, when it will begin running daily through Labor Day. Then it goes dark again until Christmas.

That's been the normal schedule for DEP for the last several years. However, this year, because BPB is going away, they are using the DEP as a replacement parade on weekends until they get the Pixar Play parade up and running.

HTH.