Hollywood Holly-Day Parade
Daily at 3:00 p.m.
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“Disney-MGM Studios Presents Hollywood Holly-Day Parade”
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If this parade looks strangely familiar, there’s a reason.
It’s a holiday—oops, I mean “Holly-Day”—makeover of the Disney Stars & Motor Cars parade.
The cars, which are all themed to movies or television programs, are now decorated with snowdrifts, wreaths, garland, gift boxes, ribbons, and ornaments.
To the music of “Walkin’ in a Winter Wonderland” and other holiday favorites, Disney characters and other parade performers walk, drive, and dance their way down the parade route.
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It’s Santa Goofy... Or is it Goofy Claus?
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Mickey and Minnie are the Grand Marshalls of the parade.
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Toy Story holiday car
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Mary Poppins holiday car
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Sweetums and The Muppets holiday car
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A parade cast member interacts with the audience.
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Playhouse Disney holiday car
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How high is that parade performer off the ground?
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Monsters, Inc. holiday car
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Aladdin holiday car
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Hades from Hercules carries a sign, “Holidays give me heartburn.”
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Mele Kalikimaka from the Lilo and Stitch holiday car
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Little Mermaid holiday car
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Snow White holiday car
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“Hello, everyone! Merry Christmas! Ho! Ho! Ho!”
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Yes, the biggest star gets the biggest car, a 1929 Cadillac.
The regular Disney Stars & Motor Cars parade ends with Mickey and Minnie Mouse in the grand Cadillac.
During the Christmas season, Santa Claus is a bigger star than Mickey, so Santa gets the Cadillac.
And that’s the end of the holiday version of the parade.
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The Disney Stars & Motor Cars parade from October 1, 2001, through March 8, 2008, at Disney-MGM Studios (which became Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the beginning of 2008).
For the first three years, there was no special holiday version.
The Hollywood Holly-Day Parade debuted on November 24, 2004, and ran through New Years Day.
The holiday makeover returned for the 2005, 2006, and 2007 holiday seasons.
For more information about the parade and its history—and the real story about those “vintage” cars—see Disney Stars & Motor Cars.
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Updated November 7\5, 2009.
All photographs of Hollywood Holly-Day Parade: 2006 by Allen Huffman, courtesy of Allen Huffman.
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