Disney's Party Express

Disney's Party Express was a street show/parade that ran in Tokyo Disneyland from January to May in 2001 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Walt Disney, that paid tribute to his love for steam locomotives.
==Concept==
Disney's Party Express is a street show consists of six colored trains, consisting of a locomotive, five carriages and a caboose.
Each of the trains are hosted by a Sensational Six character (apart from Winnie the Pooh), who rides in the middle carriage, and a co-host, who rides in the caboose. Both the locomotive and caboose feature 2 large balloons of the train hosts.
==Show Mode==
===Pre-Show===
The show begins with the performers teaching the guests how to do the different train moves while an announcer tells them how to do it in English and Japanese.
* First, guests are tought how to do "The Train-Sta", where they must move around their arms like a train in a slow and fast matter, then they wave their hands and blow like a whistle.
* The next step is "The Railroad Crossing", where guests shake their fingers and then shake all around.
* Then, guests know how to do "The Smoke-Sta", where they move arms around in a fast position, one at a time.
* Finally, guests must "Jump Across Tivers and Canyons"/"Go Up and Over", where they jump and shake fast, then pose.
After the move, the announcer tells the guests to form a line and dance clockwise around the plaza when the trains stop.
===Parade Mode===
Each train appears seperately from each other when they head into the plaza. The dancers then join their respective color train. The train hosts (Mickey, Daisy, Goofy, Pooh, Minnie and Donald) will speak out different lines in Japanese. The Disney's Party Express Theme plays in this mode.
===Show Mode===
Once the trains reach the plaza, they stop and the party soon begins. The Dancers then begin to send park guests out, who dance around the plaza with the performers as they perform the train moves set to samples of different Disney songs:
* The Train-Sta - Casey Junior
* The Railroad Crossing - I Just Can't Wait to Be King
* The Smoke-Sta - Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
* Jump Across Rivers and Canyons/Go Up and Over - Be Our Guest
Once the first round of the "Railroad Crossing" is done, the trains begin to circle round the plaza. The music repeats three times and then the trains go back to their positions when they previously stopped.
After a "comin' for home" finale, performers throw Mickey-shape confetti followed immediately with confetti cannons hidden inside the funnels of the locomotives and caboose chimneys shooting out Mickey-shape confetti onto the audience (this feature was removed near the end of its run). 
After the finale, the trains return back to their original positions and leave the plaza, ending the show.
==Character Trains==
===Minnie's Train===
Minnie's character train consists of characters seen in Fantasyland.
*Color: Pink
*Characters included in the cars:
** Alice, White Rabbit and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
** Aurora and Prince Phillip
** Minnie Mouse (Host, wears a pink party dress)
** Perla and Suzy
** Cinderella and Prince Charming
** Dale (Caboose, wears a party hat with blue outlines and pink middle)
===Donald's Train===
Donald's character train consists of characters seen in Critter Country as well as some of his family members.
*Color: Blue
*Characters included in the cars:
** Shaker and Liver Lips McGrowl
** Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Bear
** Donald Duck (Host, wears a party suit and hat)
** Panchito Pistoles and Jose Carioca
** Scrooge McDuck and Launchpad McQuack
** Chip (Caboose, wears a party hat with pink outlines and blue middle)
===Mickey's Train===
Mickey's Train, like Minnie's, mainly consists of characters seen in Fantasyland.
*Color: Red
*Characters included in the cars: 
** Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket
** Snow White, Dopey, Sneezy and Bashful
** Mickey Mouse (Host, wears a white party suit and hat)
** Grumpy, Doc, Happy and Sleepy
** The Three Little Pigs
** Pluto (Caboose, wears a red paper crown)
===Daisy's Train===
Daisy's train consists mainly of animal characters.
*Color: Purple
*Characters included in the cars:
** An Ostrich and Hyacinth Hippo
** Flik and Atta
** Daisy Duck (Host, wears a confetti-covered dress with a heart in a middle, and a hair piece)
** Quasimodo, Esmeralda, and Clopin
** Bernard and Miss Bianca
** Roger Rabbit (Caboose)
===Goofy's Train===
Goofy's Train consists mainly of characters seen in Westernland.
*Color: Green
*Characters included in the cars: 
** King Louie and two Monkeys
** Gadget Hackwrench and Monterey Jack
** Goofy (Host, wears a yellow party outfit and Top hat)
** Timon, Rafiki and Baby Simba (puppet)
** Woody and Jessie
** Max Goof (Caboose, wears a visor)
===Pooh's Train===
Pooh's Train consists of his own Hundred-Acre-Wood friends, as well as characters seen in seen in Fantasyland and World Bazaar.
*Color: Yellow
*Characters included in the cars: 
** Peter Pan (near the end of its run), Wendy Darling, Captain Hook and Mr. Smee
** Belle and Lumiere
** Winnie the Pooh (Host, wears a confetti-covered shirt with purple bow tie and party hat)
** Mary Poppins, Bert and Penguins
** Piglet, Eeyore and Rabbit
** Tigger (Caboose, wears a party hat)
==Trivia==
*This is the first Disney Park train parade. The second one is Mickey's Rainy Day Express at Hong Kong Disneyland in Hong Kong, and the third is the Disney Characters' Express at Disneyland Paris in France.
*The balloon concept was used in the Party Gras Parade which had its run in Tokyo Disneyland as well, but that was obviously not a train parade and the balloons were taller.
*This marks the final Tokyo Disneyland appearance of Launchpad McQuack. Afterwards, he does not meet and greet guests.
* On some occasions, Aurora and Phillip and Belle and Lumiere switch places in Minnie and Pooh's train cars.
==Gallery==
Disney's_Party_Express.jpg|A pin of the parade.
Party Express Minnie Maquette.jpg|Concept model for Minnie's Balloon.
Party Express Dale Maquette.jpg|Concept model for Dale's Balloon.
Party Express Chip Maquette.jpg|Concept model for Chip's Balloon.
Party Express Roger Rabbit Maquette.jpg|Concept model for Roger Rabbit's Balloon.
Party Express Goofy Maquette.jpg|Concept model for Goofy's Balloon.
Party Express Max Maquette.jpg|Concept model for Max's Balloon.
Party Express Pooh Maquette.jpg|Concept model for Winnie the Pooh's Balloon.
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