cstephens
07-26-2008, 11:20 PM
I hadn't seen the new Pixar parade at DCA, so when we entered the park about 15 minutes before the next parade, we decided to sit down and watch it. I'd loved Block Party Bash, so I was sorry to see it go, but I was willing to see what the new parade was like. I hadn't heard too much about it so was just going with what I'd see.
It started off fine - Boo in her monster costume came by, and the Incredibles and how cool. And then the first float went by, and it went downhill from there. We had heard the announcement before the parade saying something about you might get wet during the parade. OK, kinda weird, but they might have some kind of misters or something. If you're going on Splash Mountain or Grizzly River Run and they tell you that you might get wet, you know what to expect. When they tell you that before a parade, you think you might get a little moisture, but I don't think you'd expect to be hosed down like you were on fire. Each and every single float contains multiple elements that either automatically shoot heavy streams of water out or are manually controlled by a cast member/parade performer. And I'm not talking a little misting. The streams that didn't actually hit us landed on the pavement with a fairly loud "splat". Where you get hit by the water varies as well, so sometimes, I was shot in the arm or my shirt or pretty much in the face if I wasn't already trying to duck and shield my head. By the time the parade was over, my clothes (and the floor around me) were pretty wet. Heck, I've gotten off Splash dryer than that!
The floats themselves seemed nice, but to be honest, I wasn't able to pay that much attention to them because I was pretty distracted by either trying to figure out what was going to shoot at me or actually being pelted with water. I remember that the Bug's Life float was funny because I noticed the "leaf" or whatever that was being carried by ants - very cute. The back of the Nemo float had the water goggles. I don't really remember much else, other than the music being kind of generic and easy to forget.
I can't imagine why they thought this was a good idea. If I want to get wet, I know what areas and what rides to go on to achieve that. But just sitting watching a parade? There was a lady sitting in front of me with what looked like a very expensive camera. I'm not sure how she reacted to the water blasts.
There's a part of me that doesn't ever want to watch this parade again because I was so completely irritated with being constantly pelted by water, but I suppose if I wanted to actually see the floats, I could watch from a distance, out of the splash zone.
It started off fine - Boo in her monster costume came by, and the Incredibles and how cool. And then the first float went by, and it went downhill from there. We had heard the announcement before the parade saying something about you might get wet during the parade. OK, kinda weird, but they might have some kind of misters or something. If you're going on Splash Mountain or Grizzly River Run and they tell you that you might get wet, you know what to expect. When they tell you that before a parade, you think you might get a little moisture, but I don't think you'd expect to be hosed down like you were on fire. Each and every single float contains multiple elements that either automatically shoot heavy streams of water out or are manually controlled by a cast member/parade performer. And I'm not talking a little misting. The streams that didn't actually hit us landed on the pavement with a fairly loud "splat". Where you get hit by the water varies as well, so sometimes, I was shot in the arm or my shirt or pretty much in the face if I wasn't already trying to duck and shield my head. By the time the parade was over, my clothes (and the floor around me) were pretty wet. Heck, I've gotten off Splash dryer than that!
The floats themselves seemed nice, but to be honest, I wasn't able to pay that much attention to them because I was pretty distracted by either trying to figure out what was going to shoot at me or actually being pelted with water. I remember that the Bug's Life float was funny because I noticed the "leaf" or whatever that was being carried by ants - very cute. The back of the Nemo float had the water goggles. I don't really remember much else, other than the music being kind of generic and easy to forget.
I can't imagine why they thought this was a good idea. If I want to get wet, I know what areas and what rides to go on to achieve that. But just sitting watching a parade? There was a lady sitting in front of me with what looked like a very expensive camera. I'm not sure how she reacted to the water blasts.
There's a part of me that doesn't ever want to watch this parade again because I was so completely irritated with being constantly pelted by water, but I suppose if I wanted to actually see the floats, I could watch from a distance, out of the splash zone.