Celebrate!
Join in the new street party


The Mickey Monitor
Official Passholder Newsletter
February 2009 Edition


... This year Walt Disney World® Resort is making it easier for them to celebrate any of life’s special moments. Well, one very big way that will be happening is a brand-new extravaganza aptly titled the Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! Street Party. Or as Walt Disney World Entertainment Producer Gary Gutierrez calls it, “The ultimate celebration that celebrates everything worth celebrating.”

The street party, which is set to premiere this month at Magic Kingdom® Park, will be performed multiple times daily. The magic kicks off with Disney Characters, gift-wrapped package floats, stilt-walkers and other performers promenading toward Cinderella Castle, as an emcee entices Park-goers to join in. Contemporary music, classic Disney Like most Disney productions, this one is driven by a fantastic score. “The music is all contemporary,” Gary told us. “They’re the songs kids and parents hear on Radio Disney. We wanted everyone to have chance to sing along.” Of course, the classic Disney contingent is also well represented.

As the party settles in at the Castle hub, packages burst open to reveal Disney Characters like the Genie or Sebastian singing a signature tune. And inviting everyone to dance along. “This is the main idea of the show,” said Gary, “to have that opportunity to play and dance with the characters.”

Disney insiders are calling this street party one of the most exciting new Magic Kingdom parades our artists and performers have eve dreamed up. And Gary, for one, agrees. “We do what we do for a reason,” said Gary. “And once it hits the street and we see the Guests interacting and you hear that first ‘wow,’ it’s very exciting.”