Disney Cinema Parade at the Walt Disney Studios Paris
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As the shooting is now complete, the following Grooms hand out tickets to awaiting guests and one even has a sandwich board suspended from his shoulders, inviting guests into the movie theatres. The final float is designed as a 1940s Broadway-style theatre with the front recreating the marquee of old-time movie palaces. However, this marquee is advertising the latest Disney feature, the Disney Cinema Parade! As the front passes the guests, the rear reveals a movie theatre complete with seated guests, nestled in plush red velvet seats and Mickey about to unveil his newest movie!

As the parade disappears backstage between the Magic Carpets and Animagique, the final float stops just before the gates and all the preceding cast return to wave goodbye to the awaiting guests. The final refrain of the soundtrack invites Mickey to draw the curtains over the movie screen and bid farewell to the audience. This is the creative way to finish a parade, as it treats the guests as the audience who have waited patiently for the finished product.

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