This absolutely made my day. It takes sheer talent to be able to play with such tone and accuracy while spinning around in circles for an entire piece. Especially for that piece. Amazing.
The moment the band started playing William Overture I laughed like crazy, that had got to be the most epic (and unexpected) thing to ever happen for those riders XDDDD
Omg this is one of the most epic things I have ever seen at Disneyland! I was like huh the band joined them on the ride, that's cool and then they start playing!!!! how awesome! lol.
"They would NEVER do anything like this at Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World." So says you. In 2007, when I went again to WDW, two things made my time there memorable. First, Mary Poppins not only signed autographs for me & my young sister, but she also rode the carousel with us, with me next to the seemingly rotating pillar, Mary to my right, & my sister sort of behind us. Second, when we met Mickey, he used my sister's head as a writing desk!
This is awesome! I worked at amusement parks before and you NEVER see this. It's interesting that Disneyland allows though rare CM's to ride while in character. In a way, it adds to the magic that Disneyland brings to the park. Which is why they do allow it. I wish it would happen more often. Simply because you see adverts all the time with Characters riding. I have only been to Disneyland twice in my lifetime. Both times I didn't see hardly any characters. It's nice to see more of them coming out now
Great comment. I know yeah you always see the characters riding the rides in the adverts and promotional material, especially the big characters like Mickey and Goofy, but you rarely see it
Oh my goodness!!! The band on the carousel is amazing! All those USC alumni/students... :D I am also always really impressed with Alice's hair. What a glossy head of hair!
kdm71291 My little sister used to be in Band and she ask some of her friends playing band and she said its not that really hard to play while marching and my little sister is a majorite and if there on competition they need to careful while they rotating their baton.
Tj Samson Yep! When I was in high school (Back when it was 3 years in my area), marching season was the first semester. We started 2 weeks before the school year started so Freshmen could learn how to march and we could get a jump on things. We attended street marching band review competitions all over Southern California. Proper competition marching involves a great multitude of factors, all of which are judged: Being smooth yet precise (which involves a certain technique), being in step and in phase, instrument position, arm, head and head-ware position, proper care and wearing of uniforms, esprit decor and the list goes on. All these factors must be maintained by the band members with unity! And then there's the march song itself that is used for competition, played while doing all the previous! It is also judged and must be played as precisely as possible! We were typically made fun of by the rest of the school but we brought home more awards than all the other factions combined.....a trophy every time out! I was voted "best marcher" by my peers all 3 years and we were fortunate enough to march and play down Main Street USA at Disneyland (While the rest of the students had to be in school, haha) and we even played the National Anthem on the field of Dodger Stadium for opening day with several other marching bands from So. Cal. in 1981. Hard work but worth it and experiences I am grateful for!
Wow those guys are so badass. Playing when you can't see each other is hard enough, let alone on a moving structure... let ALONE that piece with is ridiculously hard on the lips for the brass. Kudos and more kudos. Can't wait for my next trip down, it's been five years!
i am really glad that you put these up... i was from california so i would go about once a year.... now i live in indiana and love getting to see this stuff thank you so much you are awesome!!!!
The Disneyland band on the Carousel was awesome! I've always wanted to ride on that or the Tea Cups with them playing...or with them or one of the piano players on the Mark Twain...but it's never happened! The only time I remember being on a ride with a CM (Other than the operators) was on a raft to the island when Pirates Lair was relatively new. Jack Sparrow rode over with my GF and I. Once there, however, he made it hard to get a pic with him and my GF was not happy, haha!
I want to do that too!!!! I'm so jealous of that tuba player right now >.< (I play tuba myself in a marching band, so seeing them doing this both amazes me and makes me jealous)
OMG this was so wonderful!! It's got to be hard playing a contrabase tuba while you ride that though... But hey, props to him for being able to do that! Wonderful video though! I love the Disneyland Band! Then again, I'm a band geek myself... :D
Oh my gosh, I was LOLing so hard I got scolded by my husband! XD Egads, I so did not take full advantage of my school trip in high school, I want to go visit Disneyland again so bad right now!
"I would very much like to see Mary Poppins on that carrousel!" She did it for me & my sister in 2007. We've pictures to prove it, of course, they're offline for safety reasons.
If the Carosel moment didn't inspire Alice/Hatter I dunno what would ;) And yes, I totally rode the Carosel ride when I visited Walt Disney World last. I tried to find Alice and the Hatter but I only caught a quick glimpse of Alice once! Oh well...also the band on the Carosel = WIN :).
@Chikoritababy15 I'd say they only get annoyed when they encounter annoying guests. Y'know, the kind who DON'T play along. The rest of the time they sure do enjoy it.
I think the... I want to say its an organ but I think I got the term wrong,,, in the Penny Arcade is pretty valuable too. Those two couldn't get any cuter *sigh* :) That would be so much fun to be sitting next to Alice and Mr. Hatter with the band playing and going round and round and round haha.
of course. Watching Hatter tie Alice to the horse and all I could think about is... things that a shouldn't. I blame you and your amazing, not 'bad things' but eluding to 'something', art. *nods lots*
OMG That has to be one of the most awesomest vids on youtube. lol Thanks so much, been on a total Grassy withdraw since I think I've watched every hatter vid on youtube during the past month. lol
@LinesOfNines Very carefully. I was in marching band in high school and we did something similar to this. Once you're on and situated correctly, it's not as difficult as one would think.
