Tapestry of Dreams Final Pass Video
Well, I promised someone awhile back that I'd do it, and here it is...
In honor of the third anniversary of its closing, here is the full video of the last ever showing of Epcot's Tapestry of Dreams!
This was quite possibly one of the prettiest, most touching parades ever. It seems to me like it was a love-it-or-hate-it parade. People were either bored by it or thought it was one of the most beautiful things they've seen. Me, I fell into the latter category. While it's the first Disney parade I can think of that didn't have a single "Disney" character, it was gorgeous in its own right. Beautiful music, great puppets (by famous designer Michael Curry!), and a moving atmosphere all around.
On March 1, 2003, after rain threatened to cancel the final performances, we were blown away by the last pass. It's one of those moments I'm glad I taped, because the cast's energy was sky high and the crowd (in large part made up of Cast Members, many of them, like myself, from the Entertainment department) was screaming and cheering. I do wish I'd turned and gotten a shot of the crowd behind me as we followed the last float, because it was HUGE. Tons of people clapping and cheering and singing. Simply amazing. As I watched the video last night while I snagged it off my camcorder, I felt my own eyes welling up as I remembered that moment.
I apologize for shakiness in some of the video... as I shot it, I was screaming and cheering and clapping and loving the moment - perfect camera techniques weren't the first thing on my mind. ;) I included the full intro (3 minutes or so long) since it sets up the parade, even though I was towards the end of the parade route so there's really nothing to look at then. I did, however, spare you the ten minutes of nothingness between the intro and the time that the parade actually got to us - although I've got that on tape. ;) And yes, you get random commentary and screaming from me and one of my roommates. :P
I've got a couple of links here 'cause different people have trouble with different sites, but if anyone wants to mirror it somewhere, I can add a link in here! If any of the following links stop working and you need me to reupload, just let me know. It's about 39 mb, .wmv format, and runs 20:23.
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If you know of anyone who is interested in downloading this video, please feel free to link them to this entry. :)
... and dream on!
In honor of the third anniversary of its closing, here is the full video of the last ever showing of Epcot's Tapestry of Dreams!
This was quite possibly one of the prettiest, most touching parades ever. It seems to me like it was a love-it-or-hate-it parade. People were either bored by it or thought it was one of the most beautiful things they've seen. Me, I fell into the latter category. While it's the first Disney parade I can think of that didn't have a single "Disney" character, it was gorgeous in its own right. Beautiful music, great puppets (by famous designer Michael Curry!), and a moving atmosphere all around.
On March 1, 2003, after rain threatened to cancel the final performances, we were blown away by the last pass. It's one of those moments I'm glad I taped, because the cast's energy was sky high and the crowd (in large part made up of Cast Members, many of them, like myself, from the Entertainment department) was screaming and cheering. I do wish I'd turned and gotten a shot of the crowd behind me as we followed the last float, because it was HUGE. Tons of people clapping and cheering and singing. Simply amazing. As I watched the video last night while I snagged it off my camcorder, I felt my own eyes welling up as I remembered that moment.
I apologize for shakiness in some of the video... as I shot it, I was screaming and cheering and clapping and loving the moment - perfect camera techniques weren't the first thing on my mind. ;) I included the full intro (3 minutes or so long) since it sets up the parade, even though I was towards the end of the parade route so there's really nothing to look at then. I did, however, spare you the ten minutes of nothingness between the intro and the time that the parade actually got to us - although I've got that on tape. ;) And yes, you get random commentary and screaming from me and one of my roommates. :P
I've got a couple of links here 'cause different people have trouble with different sites, but if anyone wants to mirror it somewhere, I can add a link in here! If any of the following links stop working and you need me to reupload, just let me know. It's about 39 mb, .wmv format, and runs 20:23.
SendSpace download link
MegaUpload download link
YouSendIt link
If you know of anyone who is interested in downloading this video, please feel free to link them to this entry. :)
... and dream on!