Tapestry of Nations Parade (2000) -- Epcot Millennium Celebration 

I was in the original opening cast for this parade as a Sprite girl. The original choreographer from France taught us the routine in the studio for 6 weeks before the opening day pass. We all worked so hard to make this special. Fun times and fun people. I performed this parade 6 nights a week for over a year from October 1999 until December 2000. Then my college class schedule changed and I had to give up the job. I hope we brought joy to many people. It’s nice to see this video here. I recognized a lot of my old friends from the college program.

This has already been said but it bears repeating: Yes, this was the greatest Disney parade ever...but the most important thing is WHY it was the best. It wasn't an ad for anything. It didn't promote Disney's latest venture.... It was just a celebration. And it's message was about human harmony and world peace.

I am the Sage in this video, honored, humbled, amazed and proud to have opened and closed this remarkable event. A milestone in my life

Long before I lived in Orlando and became a regular at the parks with my annual pass, I saw this parade and was hooked on the magic when one of those reticulated man puppets leaned down and shook my hand. Best parade they've ever done. I know they'll never bring it back, but at least I get to hear the music at park closing time! Thank you for posting this - wiping s tear away.

I was in this parade, miss the people I worked with.

EPCOT need to do some sort of nations parade again during the day, would bring the world showcase to life and help show that we are stronger as one world.

I saw this parade when I was 16 years old in person. Every time I watch it I cry. Good memories. The millennium celebration was awesome.

As someone who was born after this show existed, I feel like Epcot today is really missing this from the past.

This was the best parade ever! The music is phenomenal. Costumes were exquisite. I saw this five times. If they ever bring it back, I will fly to Orlando just to see it again!

The best Disney times... ever! This parade rocked. You’d have to have been there to understand the feelings that the great millennium walk conjures up.

I miss this parade. EPCOT needs to bring this back. EPCOT has gone through changes but Its missing a heart beat and this was it. Without the World Showcase, EPCOT would be nothing. This music and parade brought everyone together and the having it in World Showcase it was perfect.

I can't believe its been 18 years since I saw this wonderful parade. Disney had something really special back then, add on the Illuminations - Reflections of Earth show and you had an experience that I shall certainly treasure for the rest of my days. Thank you for posting and, to all of the Disney staff involved with this show, you did great guys ! :-) ( I now have to go and wipe my eyes )

Thank you for sharing this! I miss this parade so much!! Back then I was 5. I remember I cried when they shake hand with another kid beside me, I reach out my hand for a long time, but no one answer..... Then came a beautiful lady in parade with a big and sweet smile on her face, and literally give me a hand. I felt warm and be loved at that time, and I respond her with a big smile too! I would like to thank the lady if possible. She is really an angle!

This was such a good parade glad my wife and I could see it. This was when Disney was good at what they did. Thanks for sharing.

I saw this in person. Highlight of my life. Have the CD & have it on my phone so can listen to the music as I walk. Saw this when visited WDW with my son and his family...grandkids were then about 10 & 5. Loved the PARADE.

To this date, STILL the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life!! And I want to just say a BIG THANK YOU for being a part of it!!! 🥰 🎆🌐🎆

My parents saw this a few times during its run. I was born in the year 2000 and they took me to see it too, though unfortunately I was too young to remember anything. I'm thankful for videos like this that exist so that I can see it all these years later.

You can also hear this great song after Illuminations, after the song 'we go on' is replayed. I often stick around after the fireworks to listen to it :)

What a soundtrack and quite some floats. While Disney is busy coming up with all kinds of Intellectual Property (IP) type renovations to Epcot, who knows if they will bring a parade back. It may go hand in hand with the new fireworks show. Currently the Magic Kingdom doesn’t even have a nighttime parade which is a joke. Who knows if we will see a Tapestry of IP’s or something. Since there’s quite some time in the evening available before the fireworks.

I miss this parade so much. I saw this when I was about 10/11. The music always gives me goosebumps. Every trip my mom and I go on we always play this soundtrack. Then again even a quick errand that we do we still blast this music. R.I.P: Tapestry Of Nations/Dreams Parade

I’m so glad that I got to see this parade in January of 2000. When I went to Disney World with my family. Not my first trip to Disney World. But, it was my first time as a wheelchair user at Disney World. This parade lifted my spirits, and soul in many ways.

NOSTALGIA

Love(d) this parade and the music ! I long for the days when Epcot was a coherent park with a clear message 😢

I worked there at EPCOT and ohhh i remember how i used to be touched by this everyday. powerful. this and then the fireworks at 21h00.

thank you thank you thank you! one of the most magical times in my life. watching my 2 and 4 yo be AMAZED was magical!

Thank you for sharing this Jeremy I saw this parade in December of 2000 as a graduation gift from my parents I graduated from High School in 2000 We also did the Disney Cruise that year too Disney Wonder I still have the poster of the Wonder from that year too Where we watched the parade was in front of The Crown & Crest store in the UK Pavilion

I saw this when we first went down to Disney. I was only 3 at the time but I still remember this so vividly. I really miss this ;3;

This was the last parade I saw with my grandparents, in 2001. I was moved by the the music, the puppetry. This is one of my favorite parades Disney has ever done, and it’s a beautiful reminder of those cherished moments with my grandparents, and that we are all stronger together than we are separated.

I definitely remember seeing this parade at epcot. Best parade ever.

First time I went to Disney World was in May 2000! I loved this Parade so much!

I saw this parade when I was 5 years old and I still remember it to this day (now 18yrs old). Sometimes I find myself humming along to the music while out and about because the music is just so great. Miss this! :')

The music is so beautiful 😢😭💔 I don't know how I didn't bawl my eyes out when I was 14. Maybe I'm just nostalgic... What I would give to go back 😔

Oh I remember this parade! I was there in 1999. The drummers were my favorite. I love looking at the crowd as well. Clothes are still 90s right at the end of it lol.

I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying. 😂

Great video! Thanks for sharing this. This is one of the better quality videos out there. GR8 Job! ;-)

My mom was a float driver for this parade and she was pregnant with me during the time and 17 years later hearing the soundtrack for the first time since my mom was pregnant with me, it all sounds so familiar. Thank you for sharing! My mom loves it!

During the Milennium Celebration, McDonald's should have had Happy Meal toys of the Tapestry of Nations puppets: The Sage of Time, the rolling clock unit with the drummers, Aztec Man, Disc Man, Hammered Man, The Sprite, Inverted Marionette, Bird Man, Wiggle Girl and Angel Girl!

This parade had me crying like a baby the first time I saw it. I wish they could make this work again.

I am so glad this was uploaded and really amazing quality. My daughter watched this in amazement and I was so happy she got to see it if this was the only way. I totally agree the best parade they ever did followed by ILLUMINATIONS at night. Some of the best times at Disney were here.

Thanks so much for the uploaded video. It is great to see this parade again, I was there in November of 2000 and just remember the feeling of optimism and excitement of the celebration.

Carrying around that stick-man thing must have been a blast.

I just came home from the end of Illuminations a few weeks ago and cried like a baby. This was such a wondrous time at Epcot and so many beautiful memories were made with my then 5 year old son who will be 24 this year. I'd forgotten about the parade that went with the show. 20 years of beautiful Epcot memories. Thanks ever so much for posting this.

This the first time seeing this parade I sure wish I saw it in person

Absolutely the best parade Disney ever did! Some of the musical score is highlighted in the new Epcot Forever show & I just had to see this parade again! I was there in Sept 2000 too!

I love being born in the 2000's but at the same time I don't because I want to see old attractions and stuff like this

It was one of those parades where It freaked me out but at the same time I thought it was cool! I was too little to really understand too....but I do remember this parade

Epcot Forever brought me here. Lol

I was there when they were having the Tapestry of Nations Parades, I found it Kinda creepy, but that made it all even more memorable and mystical

So cool! I was only 7 at the time but I remember the music (as it now plays after IllumiNations) and I remember seeing the Epcot ball with the hand and wand on it in 2000. Thank you for posting! World Showcase is now my absolutely undisputed favorite place in WDW :)

In Jan 2001 I danced with the girl of my dreams at this parade. Best times of my life. I need a tissue

they should bring this back

No matter how many times we saw this -- and we saw it as often as possible -- it never lost the magic. Loved the costumes the performers and the music. Well done.

THEY NEED TO BRING THIS BACCKKKKK!!!!!!!

My mother and I loved this parade! The interaction, music and the puppetry were amazing! I remember one of those big guys at 8:59 leaning down towards her. They were huge and those winged things at 16:38 sailing over our heads. I'm tearing up a bit here. : ( I also still have the soundtrack and still love to listen to it. Brings back a lot of memories. My Mom and I saw it 6 times and like here, everyone would applaud at the end. We used to also hear this music after Illuminations and we would turn to each other with tears in our eyes. My Mom has since passed on now but I feel blessed that I got to share this with her.

For being filmed in 2000 the video is great quality. Great job!

These were the BEST days of Disney in my opinion. Everything the imagineers created was magic and warmed my heart. To have that Disney again!!!

A few months back my family was converting old camcorder tapes into video files on our computer and we ran into a tape of this. It was a nostalgia overload for me.

The prologue narrator was Jeff Bennett and the voice of the Sage of Time was Tony Pope!

My favorite parade that Disney ever had. I wish they would revive that for the anniversary.

I've always wondered: Why are the drummers dressed like kings? What's the significance behind that?

I wish I had been around for this. I was born a year after this.

I just found this video and it brought so many wonderful memories. You see I was a cast member and I danced at this parade. I it to handle 4 of them: Astec, Tin Man, Angel and Marionette. Best experience of my life. I will never forget it.

Wow!! What a great parade that was..I miss the good old days at Disney world. ☺

Thanks to the cast members who brought us this fantastic parade. Job well done

I wanna see a cool daytime parade at Disney’s Animal Kingdom that celebrates all kinds of animals around the world and the Circle of Life called “Circle of Life: A Celebration of a World of Creatures”!

I was only 5 when this parade closed but one of my earliest memories is looking up and being amazed by the puppets! Tapestry of Nations really started my love for Disney magic and hearing the music after Illuminations always makes me so happy. This parade and Illuminations are everything Epcot is supposed to be about - I just hope that magic and sense of coming together isn't lost with the new firework show.

I absolutely love how it’s been 19 years and yet the logo on the banners for world showcase remain the same

The music is so memorable. The parade unlike any other. This was truly 1 of a kind! Brings me to tears every time I see and hear this. Epcot always puts me in a mellow mood. And this Tapestry Of Nations is the pinnacle!

This was the best memory my kids have of Epcot and by far the best parade that WDW put on. Jeremy thank you for sharing!

They should bring this back. Great parade at Epcot

this parade is full of memories for me, thanks for sharing this footage. it is so precious.

I still feel honored to have been able to witness this parade in real life. On my college program, there were a lot of kids who hadn't even heard of it. Seriously makes me feel lucky

I really hope they revive this parade one day. I'd kill to experience it.

What a magical evening...will never forget it!

I used to perform in it.. good times..

I swear 2000 to 2010 were the golden years of Disney

I experienced this parade Jan 2000. Greatest day/vacation of my life. With my dream girl ❤️

Way cooler in the dark.

12:49 That looks like Barack Obama!

I remember seeing this parade but never knew what it was called. Glad to see it again

A truly magical parade...

I loved that parade.... my favorite by far, even though I love most things at Epcot World Showcase.

I remember this parade I was 7 turning 8 and my brother was 8 turning 9 it was the best and the most amazing parade I have ever seen and I still love the sound track heck I own it and my kids now 3 and 2 love it as well

Have seen it in person, and it always amazes me that with all this beautiful music and pageantry, so many people are not even paying attention. Why the hell did you come?

Our first trip WDW was 2000. My Daughter was 5 back then. Now almost 20, with a child of her own to bring there now. Wow time flies..

I miss seeing The Tapestry of Nations if they would bring this Parade back then it would had been the Same Parade i've seen Before.

Watching this parade is honestly one of my first memories in life haha I was six years old in 2000, and I still remember being fascinated by all the different colors and flags

I saw this as part of PBS's Millenium coverage! Millions, I'm sure, saw it happen as it happened!

Awww thank you SO much for sharing this! My parents used to take me to Dis often and ToN was one of my favourites. Miss being able to go to Dis.

Let's face it, if Epcot gets a new parade it won't be anything beautiful and inspiring like this. It'll probably be "A Tribute to all Disney Movies but Mostly Frozen."

I saw this parade when I was 7. :) It really stuck with me. So much imagination!

This brings me back so many memories. i still remember the same music being played. Such happy times :')

I was 4 or 5 when I saw this. It’s because I was born in 1996.

Awesome to celebrate the incoming of this millennium we've been creating new memories in, with our diverse friends from the never-finished theme park of innovation.✔🌎🎉🎊🎆🌅 Stay safe everyone.

Were playing this song in marching band i loveee itttt

This parade, innoventions music/sidewalk lights, and illuminations really marked the best time in Disney world history. If I could time travel I would go back.

Anybody know if this music is available on CD for purchase? Would love to get this for myself; 10 year-old me LOVED this parade.

This is before 9-11.

This was back when Epcot Center embraced being a permanent World's Fair. Now they embrace drinking around the world.

I miss this parade so much.