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[AmandaSparks730]

Main Street Electrical Parade Quick Facts

The original Main Street Electrical parade from Disneyland, now being presented at the Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom, premiered at California Disneyland June 17, 1972.

The parade went on hiatus twice between its debut in 1972 and its Disneyland farewell in 1996. In 1975-76 it stepped aside for America on Parade, and in 1983-84 it was pre-empted by Flights of Fantasy Parade.

At the time of the parade's final performance at Disneyland in 1996, it had been performed almost 3,600 times for more than 75 million guests.

A version of the Main Street Electrical parade was created for the Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom, premiering June 11, 1977. That parade bid farewell on September 14, 1992 and moved across the Atlantic Ocean...to Disneyland Paris.

The Main Street Electrical Parade is a lasting tribute to longtime Disneyland entertainment Director Bob Jani and Jack Wagner, former "voice of Disneyland," who are credited with developing the concept for the parade.

The theme music, Baroque Hoedown, was written in 1967 by Gershon Kingsley and Jean-Jaques Perrey and was discovered by Jack Wagner, the longtime "voice of Disneyland."

The electronic sound of the parade was originally created by Paul Beaver, a pioneer in the world of synthesized music, and was updated in 1977 by Don Dorsey.

Elliott is not the first dragon to appear in the Main Street Electrical Parade. The parade opened in 1972 with the Sleeping Beauty Dragon.

There are 26 units portraying nine themes: Blue Fairy (Pinocchio), Casey Junior Circus Train (Dumbo), Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Dumbo, Snow White, Pete's Dragon, and Patriotic Finale.

There are approximately 575,000 lights in six colors - Amber, Blue, Chartreuse, Green, Pink, and Red - plus clear. Most used color: Amber (152,000).

More than 27 tons of batteries power lights, audio and float movement. Together, they could provide enough power to light 32 homes.

 

[Mrs. Chamberlain]

Bathing in the afterglow
A chance at luck and pride
When we end up we can never know
All I know is we seem to be

Changing, better to turn and walk away
Fading, all these lights just turn to grey
Changing, better to turn and walk away
But the strange thing
Is that I don't feel a thing

One last breath to say goodbye
I tell myself another lie
Stripped of all I hold so dear
The moment's lost and I am sinking down lower
I drown myself in the water
And I am watching my life pass before my eyes
It comes as no surprise

You fall apart and then you stop
You fall apart and then you stop
You fall apart and then you ..
Stop!

 

[AmandaSparks730]

INTRODUCTION


Hosted by a mad-scientist robot with the voice of the manic Robin Williams, Timekeeper is a wild journey into the past and the future, presented in a Circle-Vision 360º film in Tomorrowland in the Magic Kingdom. Note that the Timekeeper has been designated as a "seasonal" attraction, which means it's only operating during the busiest seasons.

 

[Mrs. Chamberlain]

We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
Why can't we say what we're thinking of

We speak in different voices
When fighting with the one's we've loved
We speak in different voices
We speak in different voices

To know they're real. Real.
I'll never...

 

[AmandaSparks730]

ATTRACTION

Pre-show -- Enter the Metropolis Science Center lobby, where you can sit on the floor to wait for the next showing of the film. There is a four-minute pre-show on elevated TV monitors that features the highlights of the career of the Timekeeper, as seen through the eyes of 9-Eye, the Timekeeper's wise-cracking robotic assistant.

The Timekeeper -- As you enter the theater, you see a metallic, robotic man that bears a strong resemblance to comedian Robin Williams. The reason soon becomes apparent as the Timekeeper greets visitors with Williams' voice. There are nine screens encircling the room, and during the film images are projected all around you. Because these images are most fully appreciated if you can turn 360 degrees freely, there are only railings to lean on in this theater, no seats. Timekeeper explains that he'll be sending his droid 9-Eye through time via the time machine at his side. With her nine eyes (one for each screen surrounding you), 9-Eye will be able to send everything she sees back to the viewers.

After lots of sparks and a few mistarts in which 9-Eye is transported back to the time of the dinosaurs, the Ice Age, da Vinci, Mozart, and a few other time periods, the droid ends up in Paris circa 1900. She meets up with authors H.G. Wells (actor Jeremy Irons) and Jules Verne (French actor Michel Piccoli) and inadvertently ends up bringing the latter along for the rest of her adventure through the modern world and into the future. Eventually, 9-Eye returns Verne to his proper time period and the show concludes with many wisecracks from The Timekeeper. (Our favorite is as the robot sends the audience off with, "All feet are the same!" (Auf weidersehen!))

A transcript of this attraction is archived at our friend Iago's website: http://members.aol.com/diziago/timekeeper.html

 

[Mrs. Chamberlain]

You're not alone
There is more to this, I know
You can make it out
You will live to tell

She's just like him
Spoiled rotten
Confused by the lies she's been fed
And she's searching for no one..
(But herself)
Her eyes turn to green and she seems to be happy
That she is here
And this time I think you'll know...

 

[Mrs. Chamberlain]

You already let it pass through your lips
You can’t take it back, now...

I’m losing what’s left of my dignity
But I'll fight till the end for her heart
I'll never give up for what’s possibly
For better for worse this love must be cursed

I'm holding on to hope
This love must be cursed!
I’m holding on to hope
This love must be cursed!
I’m holding on...

I’m afraid to say she never made it home
Couldn’t keep her head on
She was so close
I’m afraid to say she never made it home

 

[AmandaSparks730]

75 InspEARations Statue Program




1 Saxophonic Mickey Dave Koz - Musician
2 "I'm Going To Walt Disney World" Cody Reynolds for Walt Disney World® Resort
3 Fruits of the Mouse Andreas Deja - Disney Legend
4 It was All Started By A Mouse Vanessa Hunt for The Disney Store
5 Mickey Through the Years Tuck Morgan for Disney Consumer Products
6 Mickey's Shadow Trey Hoyumpa for Parsons School of Design - Art School
7 You Can Do It Elva Salinas for The Home Depot - Sponsor
8 Peace and Love Michelle Kwan - Athlete
9 Tune In Anthony Rietta for Radio Disney
10 Undersea Mickey Wyland - Artist










11 Viva Mickey Luis Armand Garcia for George Lopez -TV Show
12 The Original Mouse Pad Jamie Lee Curtis - Actor
13 Crazy Style Mouse MEAR ONE - Artist
14 Funny Pages Lori Tyminski for Disney Publishing Worldwide
15 Mickey Celebrates Our Freedom Paul Wenzel - Artist
16 Super Fan Mickey Regis Philbin - TV Host
17 Jet Setter John Travolta - Actor
18 Slapstick Mouse Jerry Bruckheimer - Director
19 Home Rum Hero Ben Affleck - Actor
20 Tuxedo Lenox - Artist
21 All Aboard! Ollie Johnston - Disney Legend
22 Flying Colors #3 David Willardson - Artist

23 Delivery Man Mickey Kelly Kozel & Sharon Noh for The Coca-Cola Company - Sponsor
24 FrontEAR Tales Fess Parker - Disney Legend
25 True Blue Marlee Matlin - Actor
26 Ready for Action Christy Carlson Romano - Actor
27 Ellenland Ellen DeGeneres - Actor
28 Always My Angel, Mickey Annette Funicello - Disney Legend
29 Dunk Mouse Shaquille O'Neal - Athlete
30 Ice-skatEAR Paul Wylie - Athlete













31 ESPN Sports Center Mickey Linda Cohn, Dan Patrick & Robin Roberts - TV Show
32 ESPN 25th Anniversary Mickey Chris Berman & Dick Vitale - TV Show
33 All The World's His Stage Susan Lucci - Actor
34 Memories Dennis Larkins for Kodak - Sponsor
35 Mickey and the Nightingale Ming-Na - Actor

36 Music Royalty Sir Elton John - Musician
37 Extended Play Wayne Brady - Actor
38 Clouded Conscience Raven - Actor
39 Mickey: In Yellow. Rosie O'Donnell - Actor
40 Lone Star Kermit Eisenhut - Tour City
41 Let's Party Chris Fedun for Jump5 - Musician
42 Back to School Al Konetzni - Artist
43 Family Tree Jeff Conine - Athlete
44 Monday Night Mickey Al Michaels & John Madden - TV Sports
45 Love All Andre Agassi - Athlete
46 Big Cheese Mickey Jeff Spohn for Otis College - Artist





47 Mickey in the Park Black Entertainment Television - TV Station
48 Mickey On the Move Malcolm Stone for Suddath Relocations Systems - Sponsor
49 Wonderful World of Mickey Kathryn E. Morgan - Tour City (Philadelphia)
50 Patchwork Pal Thomas Knechtel - Tour City (Atlanta)
51 Mouseskateer Tony Hawk - Athlete
52 UndercovEAR Mickey Jennifer Garner - Actor
53 Funny Bones James Gandolfini - Actor
54 Good Catch Bob Guiney - Actor
55 TRON Mickey Syd Mead - Creator
56 Field Mouse Brian Matson - Tour City (Chicago)
57 Fountain of Fun Christina Grantham - Tour City (Kansas City)
58 Mickey's Dream Peter Ellenshaw & Harrison Ellenshaw - Artist
59 Lobsta Mickey Breanna Rowlette - Tour City (Boston)
60 Mickey Reigns Anita Hurst - Tour City (Portland)
61 Rockin' Mickey Mario Vaiana - Tour City (Denver)
62 Wild for Mickey Star Jones - Actor
63 Reflections on Mickey Disneyland® Resort Entertainment Art Dept. - Internal
64 Filmic Mickey Kataneh Vahdani for California Institute of the Arts - Art School
65 Base Mouse Gary Baseman - Artist
66 El Mickey Lamberto Alvarez - Tour City (Dallas)
67 Mambo Mickey Andy Garcia - Actor
68 Believe In Your Dreams Kevin Garnett - Athlete
69 Big City Mouse Kelly Ripa - TV Host
70 National Pastime Mickey Major League Baseball® - TV Show
(71 Mickey's Nation 1928 Janet Jackson - Musician -- Removed from Exhibit)
72 Moustacciolli Doris Roberts - Actor
72 Music Mouse Brian McKnight - Musician
74 I Speak for Mickey and Mickey Speaks for Me Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor - Disney Legend
75 Space Mouse Tom Hanks - Actor

 

[AmandaSparks730]

ATTRACTION

Walt Disney World Railroad -- Walt Disney developed a love of trains at an early age. When he was a young adult, he built a half-mile scale model railway in his backyard that he called the "Carolwood Pacific Railroad." At Disneyland, a railroad was one of the first attractions he planned. Later, when he began the design for what is now known as Walt Disney World Resort, Walt made sure that the train station was located near the entrance to the park.

Because of this, the Magic Kingdom has featured vintage, steam-powered trains since its opening in 1971. One of the first things visitors to the Magic Kingdom see as they approach the park is the Main Street Railroad Station -- and one of the first sounds they hear is likely a train's steam whistle.

You can board the Walt Disney World Railroad at any of its three stations: the main station on Main Street, U.S.A.; the station in Frontierland; and the one in Mickey’s Toontown Fair. You can also depart at any of these stations, or stay on board for the full 1.5-mile grand-circle tour, which takes about 20 minutes. A recorded narration describes the sights you're seeing as you make the circuit around the park at a leisurely, 10-12 mph pace.

Main Street Station -- When you walk into the Magic Kingdom, you walk through a tunnel -- in the center there are stairs that lead you up to the railway platform.

Frontierland Station -- The Frontierland Station is located near Splash Mountain.

Toontown Station -- The Toontown Fair Station of the Walt Disney World Railroad is located adjacent to Toon Park.

 

[wdwllamadancer]

hi

 

[Mrs. Chamberlain]

I spend my nights and days
Locked away there all the same
I don't know how much more I can take
(what's left to say, what's left to say, what's left to say, what's left to say)
cause life's too short to spend alone in misery

 

[AmandaSparks730]

INTERESTING FACTS

Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia originally built the brightly painted locomotives in the 1910s and 1920s. They were purchased from United Railways of Yucatan in 1969, disassembled and shipped to a Tampa (Fla.) ship repair dock where they were renovated, bolt by bolt. The passenger cars were fabricated from scratch in the same warehouse where the locomotives were renovated. Originally wood burners, the locomotives were converted and currently are oil burners.

The four locomotives, which hauled both freight and passengers in the Yucatan, were renamed the Walter E. Disney, the Roy O. Disney, the Lilly Belle and the Roger E. Broggie. (Broggie was an Imagineer who also was a train fanatic.)

 

[Mrs. Chamberlain]

Let me up
Let me out
My lips are trembling
And I cannot make a sound
My love betrays me
Is this almost over now?
The walls caved in
The roof fell down
And I am finally
Tired of the lying
And the cloud
That follows you

You left me at the altar
My heart in my hand
I am tired and broken
Haunted by memories of
The life you've stolen
I am tired and broken
You left me at the altar
My heart in my hand (you left me, I won't forget)
In my hand (you left me with my heart in my hand, I won't forget)

You left me breathless
You left me scared
But your love has never kept me warm when you weren't here

And now my only hope is to take back what you've stolen
(My life will go on without you)
And now my only hope is to take back what you've stolen
(My life will go on without you)

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Guests boarded Captain Nemo's submarine and traveled under the sea through coral reefs, dark caverns, and into unexpected danger below deadly ice caps. Sadly, the ride closed in 1994 with almost no notice to guests, not due to lack of popularity, but because of constant ride breakdowns, loading difficulties (the subs were not handicapped-accessible), long lines, and the difficulty and high costs of maintenance (including keeping 11.5 million gallons of water clear enough for guests to see through).

 

[Mrs. Chamberlain]

Deny it, but I am alone here
I always feared this place
I never thought it'd end this way
Deny it, but I am alone
Another nameless face
Deny it, but I am alone here
I always feared this place
I never thought it'd end this way
Deny it, but I am alone
Please don't forget my name
Deny it, but I am alone

Empty pages haunt me and
I can't move on
The words I never said were wrong
I never needed to feel connected
And now I'm only loved by empty glasses
It's gone on too long
I need to find a way to just move on

 

[Mrs. Chamberlain]

I am the anchor
Bound to my existence

I make peace with the parasites I live among
Paralyzed I watch them colonize as I sit here and just fall apart

The beggars and choosers are all the same
The default reaction will never change
So I catch a glimpse of my own reflection
From a shard of glass left on the floor

 

[Mrs. Chamberlain]

I'm the desperate
And You're the savior
I'm the desperate
And You're the savior

There's been something, something else
Talkin' in my ear
Someone save me
When I speak it begins to decay
I'm not about to bury myself

 

[Mrs. Chamberlain]

I'm not scared that this is happening,
I'm not afraid but this is real, this is real
It all comes at once, from every single direction
This time I'm not, I'm not sleeping alone

How could this be real
I've failed you, I've failed you

 

[DisGirlAllie]

 

[Mrs. Chamberlain]

Oh God the Noise
This ringing in my ear, It's so unclear, so unclear

I hear them talking, but can't make out the words
Speak up, Speak clear
I hear them talking, but can't make out the words
Speak up, Speak clear

God, where have I been, I'm terrible company,
With zero apologies
My God, where have I been, Where have I been

While I sink to the bottom,
I'll sing out as it fills with water
I hope I've done enough