Block Party Bash Soft Opens at DCA!!!

[Nemo88]

Wow, those videos are great. Thank you Sydney and Mouseinfo for sharing them!

I couldn't help but notice that the crowds along the parade route were a little... sparse. Now that the 2Fer1 offer is over, DCA is suddenly not very busy. There was just one single row of people standing along the street for this show, with some big patches of curb past Golden Dreams with no one at all along the curb line. This type of performance really has a great deal of potential, as long as there is a decent crowd there to get the vibe going in the first place. Let's hope DCA can pull them in this summer so they can get a bigger crowd than was there on Saturday, April 30th.

And I LOVE the woman in Clip #2 who literally shoves her daughter back out into the street to do the YMCA! That's a classic moment caught on video!


Thank you again for the pics and vids Sydney!

to be fair,Im sure both parks are dead right now as most people will probably wait a few days and come during the 50th,it would be kind of silly to go to the parks now as a paying guest.

as for the Block Party,it looks like alot of fun!! I cant wait to see it next weekend

[ZeekSlider]

Looks cheesey... but extremely fun. Now if only I can get to the resort this summer.

It looks like the bulk of characters are over at the Monster's Inc. side. Is my observation true?

[Sydney]

Hippie--- THANK YOU-- I said the same thing and got shot down by parties who shall remain nameless...

And as far as crowds, you all saw the amount of people at the first show stop, right? that does not look like a single row of audience to me... the 2nd show stop was full as well-- by the time you got to the back of the park I think the crowds were a little thinner, but I think that's a good thing that the show is not hitting capacity now-- if it were able to hit capacity even when no one knew it was going to be there... I'd be worried. Remember, they only made P.A. announcements an hour and a half before hand.

Next week, you'll have to deal with everyone knowing when it's going to be in the Times guide, also you'll have some families parkhopping specifically to see it, etc etc... I think it's safe to say it will be BUSY.

As far as the concentration of people around the monsters float, that may be because I was sitting at the middle of the sun plaza (facing the sun icon) and that's exactly where the monsters scream factory stops. Its' SO large that it becomes the focal point for that part of the audience. Rest assured there is a huge amount of stuff happening over by Bugs and the Toys units...

Once i got to paradise pier and had already seen it once, I knew better than to just sit in the front row by monsters-- I stayed back and thanks to the somewhat lighter crowds back there and the less arched pathway, I was able to see a bit more of the show-- but i still basically got the back half-- from the monsters unit backwards (which is about half of the parade). Next time, I plan to try to watch the front half, with the Toy story unit.

[SoCalFan]

The more I see and/or hear about this the more excited I get. I can't wait to see this parade. It looks so much better during the day. The music's a little odd but it gets people up and dancing which it is meant to do. One thing I'm still mad about is that they didn't use the great CM costumes shown in the concept art. Also how the concept showed more costumed characters and how they are a little more big and elaborate. But all in all BPB looks amazing.

[SoCalFan]

For any who haven't seen the concept art here it is.

http://www.mouseinfo.com/photo.php?photo=http://www.mouseinfo.com/updates/20040504/DSC06908.JPG

http://www.mouseinfo.com/photo.php?p...4/DSC06909.JPG

http://laughingplace.com/ShowPic.asp...ion=&ID=508310

I like the current Monsters Inc. one a lot more than one in concept. I think I like postion of old Bug Life float and like how the Toy Story had more floats and characters.

[DCADude]

omg the more I see this the bummed I get that I wont get to see it till july. oh well. it looks FRIGGIN AMAZING! definetly looks better than boring/traditional parade of dreams to me. people will be talking bout this parade. heck, they already are!

[disney rocker]

Looks like a lot of fun. Im glad DCA got a great show/parade to really get the enviorment energetic. DCA has a cool vibe, and this parade is a lot of fun. I cant wait to see it for myself.

Ill be the one dancing for all to see.

[DCADude]

after this, monsters, and trurtle talk are all open, I smell over 6 million people in DCA this year!

[Nemo88]

^I have no doubt DCA will get over 6 mil visitors this year

[Evan-500]

I love how in the first clip, you see all these people dancing!