Quentin Disney
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FYI, I went to Mardi Gras last night (3/17). I gotta use my 2-park pass to its fullest potential! Anyway, I'm not going to go long this time (I'm getting tired). Since I usually lean to the Disney side of things, my mind was on default to hate the entire thing. I didn't enjoy Halloween Horror Nights, I had mixed feelings w/ Grinchmas so MG was pretty much in the same vicinity.
I thought I was pretty cool for a celebration.
This was the final MG for 2001, so I guess it was a lot more festive. Not to mention it was St. Pats Day and a lot of people were getting wasted anyways. It was pretty festive indeed. It must be the beads during the parade that makes every single person in the crowd a bunch of manaics. I guess I did go overboard, yelling for a bunch of cheap plastic, but when was the last time I got something for free in a theme park? (Notwithstanding the MSEP Litho) I almost got one of those electrical ones...until someone was really eager to grab it...and tear it apart!
I do appreciate the way Universal handled the parade to have a New Orleans flavor. Dancers, confetti and of course the beads made it very exciting for me to experience. I did stick for a few to watch Blues Traveller perform. I haven't heard these guys in a long time. The announcers mentioned they were from New York, so that got me in a cheer
The main vocalist John Popper (I think that's his name) who is usually huge lost a TON of weight! Kudos to him.
The only thing that I didn't like about the parade is that the concert stage area had poor crowd control early on. I wish they could just stick people to the curbs. With the exceptions of some parades I saw at WDW in the summer, there were wall to wall people watching. I can't imagine what the crowds be for the final MSEP performance April 1st! I guess since I didn't give much of a fight, I really came up with a shorter amount of beads to come home with.
If I had some booze it would have been even better, but I only came by myself for tonight and driving drunk is not cool.
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I thought I was pretty cool for a celebration.
This was the final MG for 2001, so I guess it was a lot more festive. Not to mention it was St. Pats Day and a lot of people were getting wasted anyways. It was pretty festive indeed. It must be the beads during the parade that makes every single person in the crowd a bunch of manaics. I guess I did go overboard, yelling for a bunch of cheap plastic, but when was the last time I got something for free in a theme park? (Notwithstanding the MSEP Litho) I almost got one of those electrical ones...until someone was really eager to grab it...and tear it apart!
I do appreciate the way Universal handled the parade to have a New Orleans flavor. Dancers, confetti and of course the beads made it very exciting for me to experience. I did stick for a few to watch Blues Traveller perform. I haven't heard these guys in a long time. The announcers mentioned they were from New York, so that got me in a cheer

The only thing that I didn't like about the parade is that the concert stage area had poor crowd control early on. I wish they could just stick people to the curbs. With the exceptions of some parades I saw at WDW in the summer, there were wall to wall people watching. I can't imagine what the crowds be for the final MSEP performance April 1st! I guess since I didn't give much of a fight, I really came up with a shorter amount of beads to come home with.
If I had some booze it would have been even better, but I only came by myself for tonight and driving drunk is not cool.


Formerly "larkedup"
"That guy who likes Minnie Mouse.*"
*Wanna know why? <A HREF="http://wdwinfo.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?q=Y&a=tpc&s=40009993&f=55009194&m=493099902" TARGET=_blank>click here for my story!
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