Walt Disney World Christmas Day parade taping December 5 & 6

[Luanne]

Changes to Walt Disney World Christmas Day parade taping:

Tickets for the annual Walt Disney World Christmas Day parade taping will not be distributed to passholders, or the general public, a Disney rep told me. Instead, anyone visiting the Magic Kingdom with a valid ticket can view the taping if space permits. In the past, a passholder giveaway distributed tickets for reserved areas in front of the castle and along Main Street. Then, Lightship Entertainment handed out the remaining tickets, which included free admission to the park, to the general public.
The main production dates have been confirmed for Dec. 5 and 6. The first day typically involves the performances in front of Cinderella Castle and the second is the actual parade on Main Street. If you've never gone to the taping, be forewarned that both days involve a lot of standing around and waiting -- this is a television production, people! In other words, you will not see the parade travel seamlessly down Main Street. Each float may be started and stopped several times to get the correct camera angles. Likewise, performers will come out and sing their songs multiple times after you watch hours of prep work by the crew.
Still, seeing a live television production is interesting and somewhat unique to a lot of us. Keep in mind, though, that small children will not be patient enough to endure the downtime. Trust me -- I know this from personal experience. The upside is that while Main Street is crowded during the taping days, the rest of the park typically is not.

[ChrisR]

We happen to be there once during taping. We only watched for a while, 'cause like Luanne said, it is a television production and quite tedious at times.

ETA: I have been told by those who are interested in seeing/watching tv productions that it can be quite interesting. I would have like to have watched, but to two toddlers, nope not for it.

[Luanne]

Soory, meant to clarify.. Those are not my words, I was just cutting and pasting information if anyone was interested.