Disney World Christmas parade taping earlier than ever before
Advance taping for the Walt Disney World Christmas Parade has historically taken place early in December, but the dates for the recording has been moved up significantly for 2015
ABC Christmas Parade will be called Disney Parks Unforgettable Christmas Celebration and the filming will occur across the resort from November 10 to 13, 2015. The parade portions will be filmed in the Magic Kingdom and guests are allowed to participate in the parade stop filming and special musical acts on the Cinderella Castle stage.
I updated my November 2015 Crowd Calendar with a note on each day.
Has there been any word for 2016 yet? It seems late for the dates to not have been released yet!
Haven't see it yet
Any word on filming this year???
No, much too early
Doesn't Disney understand that we need to know it all ;) Thank you!!!
Kennythepirate, Do you know who the special celebrity guest are?
No, they haven't announced anything
do you know when they are annoucing the musical guests?
Haven't heard anything yet.
Thanks you so much! Where is the bypass and where does it lead you to?
Right of main street
Have no interest in watching the taping. Is it even possible to by pass Main Street to get to adventure land?
Yes, they open the bypass
Hi, will the welcome show still go on as normal?
Yes
Excuse my ignorance but what is a "daily op"?
Operations
Actually it's not a mess. They just move the characters elsewhere like they have in the past years. The schedules still continues.
The only mess is that daily ops (not attendants) give out false information.
Is the filming an all day occurrence, or for a set amount of morning hours? Is there a reason that 2015 taping is scheduled across 4 days rather than 2 like in the past (or perhaps I am mistaken about the 2 in the past statement)?
Usually morning into early afternoon. All 4 may not be mk film dates
Hi , we have an 8:20 ADR for Crystal Palace before park opening on the Thursday of taping. Will our reservation be affected in any way? Also, does the parade taping have any affect on the MVMCP?
No on both
How will this affect the character meet and greets in Town Square? Will they move them elsewhere or will they be cancelled all together?
Character locations and schedules become a mess. Sometimes more rare ones pop up though.
Any tips, since we've already planned all our ADR's & Fastpasses in Magic Kingdom for 2 of the days the parade will be filming? Can't imagine trying to re-work everything now less than 30 days out.
You'll be fine. Crowds are only there for the filming. Wait times usually lessen on those days.
Thanks Kenny.
Do you know if the filming of the Christmas parade interferes with the Festival of Fantasy parade? I'm curious what time they do the parade and performances that are being filmed.
Last year they just adjusted the time
does that mean the tree will be up soon after that?
Seems likely