Daily calvacade of American popular music, oversize characters, floats shaped like red, white , and blue hot air balloons, displays of iconic moments from American history, and a marching band celebrated the nation's 200th birthday.

Included elephants, clowns high-wire act stilt walkers, motorcycle daredevil

Blast to the Past featured rockin’ music, colorful costumes, special giveaways, and themed parades, all of which evoked the innocent bygone days of poodle skirt and sock hops.

Parade during opening day festivities

This daytime parade is going to celebrate both big and small magical Disney moments.

The ingenuity of the Disneyland designers remains endless and amazing. A long lavender caterpillar deploys winged butterflies who do a dainty little dance before caterpillaring up Main Street again. The wooden soldiers and their band really look like wooden soldiers.

Light Magic was a very short lived parade that was designed to replace the Main Street Electrical Parade. Due to critical response from the public and technical problems it was canceled. Light towers, seating areas, fiber optics (installed on Main Street buildings) were all installed in preparation of Light Magic.

A festival of music from Disney films, including performances by live musicians. Parade began on May 27, 2011

The parade kicks off with the famous Pixar lamp, characters from “Up” and “Inside Out” will make appearances, as well.

The special spooky procession will be seen during Mickey's Halloween Party. The autumntime, specially ticketed happening waltzes on select nights beginning in Sept. .

A spectacular festival pagent of nighttime magic and imagination in thousands of sparkling lights and electro-syntho-magnetic musical sounds Did not perform at Disneyland between 1996 and 2016. Began performing again in 2017

Saluting “the greatest hero of all time, ” and featuring parade commentators Ridges Philbinylus and Appollonia Airheadenese.

Parade, showcasing beloved Disney characters in dazzling parade scenes illuminated with more than 1.5 million individually controlled lights – the first all-LED parade in Disneyland Resort history. The luminescent parade introduces a new era of magical entertainment, as Mickey Mouse uses his imagination to harness the power of Tinker Bell's pixie dust to "Paint the Night" in dazzling Disney dreams. Those dreams include special appearances by Mickey's pals and beloved characters from tales such as "Monsters, Inc.," "Cars," "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast," "Toy Story" and "Frozen." The parade features some of the most spectacular floats, unforgettable music and special effects ever presented at the Disneyland Resort, along with energetic performers who add to the brilliance with colorful costumes that light up, too.

A mid day parade with a bunch of hot rods

On his toy drum Mickey Mouse beats out a Christmas salute. Donald Duck is in the driver's seat and the Big Bad wolf close behind. Some 60 Disney characters plus 100 Marching toys marching units, bands, dancers and singers are included in the parade. The “Parade Of The Toys” also will be a daily Disneyland feature throughout the yule season from December 23 through December 31.

On his toy drum Mickey Mouse beats out a Christmas salute. Donald Duck is in the driver's seat and the Big Bad wolf close behind. Some 60 Disney characters plus representatives from 28 nations -- marching units, bands, dancers and singers are included in the parade.