Mickey's Soundsational Parade premiered on May 27, 2011, at Disneyland in Anaheim, California

California

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. The parade celebrates songs from Disney films. The parade includes Disney characters such as Mickey

Mickey

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 and friends, Prince Ali & The Genie, Ariel, The Three Caballeros

The Three Caballeros

The Three Caballeros is a 1944 American animated feature film, produced by Walt Disney and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The film premiered in Mexico City on December 21, 1944. It was released in the United States on February 3, 1945...

, Snow White

Snow White (Disney)

Snow White is a fictional character and the main protagonist from Walt Disney's first animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,...

, Cinderella

Cinderella (Disney character)

Cinderella is a fictional character and is the main protagonist from Disney's twelfth animated film Cinderella and its two sequels. In the original film she is voiced by the late Ilene Woods...

, Aurora

Aurora (Disney)

Princess Aurora is a fictional character and the title character from Disney's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty , as well as an official Disney Princess.The Disney version of the character was based on the French version of the tale by Charles Perrault, written in 1634 in Histoires ou Contes du...

, Belle, Rapunzel

Rapunzel (Disney)

Princess Rapunzel is the heroine of the Disney's 50th animated film Tangled. She is adapted from the original Rapunzel tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. She is voiced by Mandy Moore and is the 10th princess in the Disney Princess franchise...

, King Louie

King Louie

King Louie is a fictional orangutan who kidnaps Mowgli in Disney's 1967 animated musical adaptation of The Jungle Book. He is voiced by Louis Prima in the film and therefore has his same mannerisms...

, Simba

Simba

Simba is a lion character and the protagonist of Disney's most successful animated feature film, The Lion King. He is the son of Mufasa and Sarabi, nephew of Scar, mate of Nala, and father of Kiara. He has golden fur and when he grows into an adult, he has an auburn mane...

, Terk, Tiana, Peter Pan, Tinkerbell

Tinkerbell

Tinker Bell , is a fictional character from J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and its 1911 novelization Peter and Wendy. She has appeared in multiple film and television adaptations of the Peter Pan stories, in particular the 1953 animated Walt Disney picture Peter Pan...

, Captain Hook

Captain Hook

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, Mr. Smee, Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins (character)

Mary Poppins is a fictional character and the protagonist of P. L. Travers' Mary Poppins books and all of its adaptations. She is a magical nanny of unknown origins who arrives at the Banks home in Cherry Tree Lane where she is given charge of the Banks children and teaches them valuable lessons...

 and Bert

Mary Poppins (film)

Mary Poppins is a 1964 musical film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, produced by Walt Disney, and based on the Mary Poppins books series by P. L. Travers with illustrations by Mary Shepard. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, with songs by...

. The parade includes nine floats which include Mickey Strikes Up the Band!, Aladdin's Magical Cymbal Celebration, Sebastian's Calypso Carnival, Donald's Fiesta Fantastico, Royal Princess Romantic Melodies, Simba's Beastly Beats, Tiana's New Orleans Jazz Jubilee, Peter Pan's Neverland Buccaneer Blast and Mary Poppin's Spoonful of Rhythm. The music used in the parade is derived from Hong Kong Disneyland

Hong Kong Disneyland

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's Flights of Fantasy Parade

Flights of Fantasy Parade

Disney's Flights of Fantasy Parade premiered on January 18, 2011 as part of the Celebration in the Air, celebrating the 5th anniversary of Hong Kong Disneyland...

, both having the same tunes with changes in lyrics.

Development

Looking to develop a new parade for Disneyland, various concepts were considered, including an entire Princess and the Frog parade with the film's music being so strong. Eventually, director Steve Davison chose the idea of doing a parade based on Disney music in general, allowing for numerous films to be utilized.

Parade Units

• Mickey Strikes Up the Band!: Mickey Mouse
  Mickey Mouse
  Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio. Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves...
  
   (the only Disney character who can actually speak) plays drums and cymbals on the large float, accompanied by Classic Disney characters — Minnie Mouse
  Minnie Mouse
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   and Pluto
  Pluto (Disney)
  Pluto, also called Pluto the Pup, is a cartoon character created in 1930 by Walt Disney Productions. He is a light brown , medium-sized, short-haired dog. Unlike Goofy, Pluto is not anthropomorphic beyond some characteristics such as facial expression...
  
  . Chip 'n' Dale follow the unit on foot. Goofy
  Goofy
  Goofy is a cartoon character created in 1932 at Walt Disney Productions. Goofy is a tall, anthropomorphic dog, and typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora. Goofy is a close friend of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck...
  
   appears on a smaller float occasionally hitting a large drum behind him. The addition of the float is Jiminy Cricket
  Jiminy Cricket
  Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of "The Talking Cricket" , a fictional character created by Carlo Collodi for his children's book Pinocchio, which was adapted into an animated film by Disney in 1940...
  
   and Professor Owl from Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom.

• Aladdin's Magical Cymbal Celebration (Aladdin Unit): Based on the 1992 animated film. The diamond-in-the-rough street rat Prince Ali dances atop a smaller float in front of a golden gong. The Genie leads his dancing team, which is formed of six harem girls and a golden coin dancer, and Abu bringing up the rear.

• Sebastian's Calypso Carnival (The Little Mermaid
  The Little Mermaid (1989 film)
  The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same name. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, the film was originally released to theaters on November 14, 1989 and is the twenty-eighth film in...
  
   Unit): Based on the 1989 animated film. Princess Ariel rides atop a larger float dominated by a blue and purple maraca-playing octopus. The addition of the float is Sebastian, which lacks audio-animatronics since he is only shown waving from his clam chariot.

• Donald's Fiesta Fantastico (The Three Caballeros
  The Three Caballeros
  The Three Caballeros is a 1944 American animated feature film, produced by Walt Disney and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The film premiered in Mexico City on December 21, 1944. It was released in the United States on February 3, 1945...
  
   Unit): Based on the 1945 animated film. The smaller float features a maraca-playing Donald Duck
  Donald Duck
  Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions and licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie. Donald is most...
  
   next to his co-star José Carioca
  José Carioca
  José Carioca is a Disney cartoon character drawn as an anthropomorphized parrot from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil . José was created in 1943 for the movie Saludos Amigos as a friend of Donald Duck, described by Time as "a dapper Brazilian parrot, who is as superior to Donald Duck as the Duck was to...
  
   from Saludos Amigos
  Saludos Amigos
  Saludos Amigos is a 1942 animated feature produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the 6th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It is the first of six package films made by the Disney studio in the 1940s...
  
  & Panchito Pistoles
  Panchito Pistoles
  Panchito Pistoles is a cartoon character drawn as an anthropomorphized rooster. He appeared in the film The Three Caballeros. Later he appeared in several Disney comics, including Don Rosa's The Three Caballeros Ride Again and The Magnificent Seven Caballeros...
  
  , in addition to the float is the Aracuan Bird. With three dancing piñata girls, and two flamenco dancers bringing up the rear.

• Royal Princess Romantic Melodies (Disney Princess Unit): On a Rapunzel’s tower float are the Disney princesses, Snow White
  Snow White (Disney)
  Snow White is a fictional character and the main protagonist from Walt Disney's first animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,...
  
   from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated film based on Snow White, a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history, as well as the first animated feature film produced in America, the first produced in full...
  
  , Cinderella
  Cinderella (Disney character)
  Cinderella is a fictional character and is the main protagonist from Disney's twelfth animated film Cinderella and its two sequels. In the original film she is voiced by the late Ilene Woods...
  
   from Cinderella
  Cinderella (1950 film)
  Cinderella is a 1950 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the fairy tale "Cendrillon" by Charles Perrault. Twelfth in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film had a limited release on February 15, 1950 by RKO Radio Pictures. Directing credits go to Clyde Geronimi,...
  
  , Princess Aurora
  Aurora (Disney)
  Princess Aurora is a fictional character and the title character from Disney's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty , as well as an official Disney Princess.The Disney version of the character was based on the French version of the tale by Charles Perrault, written in 1634 in Histoires ou Contes du...
  
   from Sleeping Beauty
  Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)
  Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the fairy tale "La Belle au bois dormant" by Charles Perrault...
  
  , Belle from Beauty and the Beast
  Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
  Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirtieth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and the third film of the Disney Renaissance period...
  
  and Rapunzel
  Rapunzel (Disney)
  Princess Rapunzel is the heroine of the Disney's 50th animated film Tangled. She is adapted from the original Rapunzel tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. She is voiced by Mandy Moore and is the 10th princess in the Disney Princess franchise...
  
   from Tangled.

• Simba's Beastly Beats: Characters such as King Louie
  King Louie
  King Louie is a fictional orangutan who kidnaps Mowgli in Disney's 1967 animated musical adaptation of The Jungle Book. He is voiced by Louis Prima in the film and therefore has his same mannerisms...
  
   from The Jungle Book
  The Jungle Book (1967 film)
  The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Released on October 18, 1967, it is the 19th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It was inspired by the stories about the feral child Mowgli from the book of the same name by...
  
  , Simba
  Simba
  Simba is a lion character and the protagonist of Disney's most successful animated feature film, The Lion King. He is the son of Mufasa and Sarabi, nephew of Scar, mate of Nala, and father of Kiara. He has golden fur and when he grows into an adult, he has an auburn mane...
  
   from The Lion King
  The Lion King
  The Lion King is a 1994 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series...
  
  , and Terk from Tarzan
  Tarzan (1999 film)
  Tarzan is a 1999 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 18, 1999...
  
   are featured in this float. Simba stands atop a smaller drum-shaped float before a golden sun featuring the image of King Mufasa. With four monkey dancers, a headress dancer, and 2 dancing stilt walkers. The addition of the float is Zazu.

• Tiana's New Orleans Jazz Jubilee (The Princess and the Frog Unit): Based on the 2009 animated film. Tiana and Louis the trumpet-playing alligator ride aboard a larger Mardi Gras
  Mardi Gras
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  -inspired boat. Also present on the float as decorations are Ray the firefly, from the same film, as well as Evinrude the dragonfly, from The Rescuers
  The Rescuers
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  .

• Peter Pan's Neverland Buccaneer Blast (Peter Pan
  Peter Pan (1953 film)
  Peter Pan is a 1953 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up by J. M. Barrie. It is the fourteenth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and was originally released on February 5, 1953 by RKO Pictures...
  
   Unit): Based on the 1953 animated film. Pirates are described as having come out from Neverland. Tinkerbell
  Tinkerbell
  Tinker Bell , is a fictional character from J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and its 1911 novelization Peter and Wendy. She has appeared in multiple film and television adaptations of the Peter Pan stories, in particular the 1953 animated Walt Disney picture Peter Pan...
  
   takes on the starring role atop the smaller float, which is decorated with giant flowers and humongous mushrooms to make the diminutive pixie appear smaller than the other characters in the parade, is the float of pirates. Captain Hook & Mr. Smee with two pirates chases Peter Pan around the base of the float, and two butterfly girls bringing up the rear, who generously sharing their joy and happiness to everyone.

• Mary Poppin's Spoonful of Rhythm (Mary Poppins
  Mary Poppins (film)
  Mary Poppins is a 1964 musical film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, produced by Walt Disney, and based on the Mary Poppins books series by P. L. Travers with illustrations by Mary Shepard. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, with songs by...
  
   Unit): Based on the 1964 animated- and live-action musical film. The larger float features Mary Poppins
  Mary Poppins (character)
  Mary Poppins is a fictional character and the protagonist of P. L. Travers' Mary Poppins books and all of its adaptations. She is a magical nanny of unknown origins who arrives at the Banks home in Cherry Tree Lane where she is given charge of the Banks children and teaches them valuable lessons...
  
   and Bert riding on a bicycle carousel horses in front of the float, finish the Parade with chimney sweeps, Big Moon, and horn-playing penguins riding on a whimsical 2 Carousel horses next to Jolly Holiday Fox Hunter & Fox riding a penny-farthing high wheeler bicycle, and deliver the greatest “Jolly Holiday” of "Soundsational".

Show facts

• Show run: May 27, 2011 - Present
• Show length: Approximately 23 minutes
• Other songs featured:
  • OPENING UNIT
    • "Mickey Mouse Club March"
  • ALADDIN UNIT
    • "Arabian Nights" / "One Jump Ahead" / "Prince Ali"
  • THE LITTLE MERMAID UNIT
    • "Kiss the Girl" / "Under the Sea"
  • THE THREE CABALLEROS UNIT
    • "The Three Caballeros" / "Saludos Amigos" / "Baía"
  • PRINCESSES UNIT
    • "Someday My Prince Will Come" / "Once Upon a Dream" / "So This Is Love"/ "Beauty and the Beast" / "I See the Light"
  • JUNGLE UNIT
    • "Trashin' the Camp" / "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" / "I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)" / "Circle of Life"
  • THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG UNIT
    • "Gonna Take You There" / "Dig a Little Deeper"
  • PETER PAN UNIT
    • "A Pirate's Life" / "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" / "You Can Fly, You Can Fly, You Can Fly, You Can Fly"
  • MARY POPPINS UNIT
    • "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" / "A Spoonful of Sugar" / "Step in Time"
• Grand Marshall song: "Mickey's Soundsational"
• Show Times and Information: 4:00pm and 6:30pm
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