The craziest parade in the history of Disneyland could soon bring together wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, music composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts and the Jonas Brothers in a salute to Disney icons.
Disneyland will host a Disney Legends Cavalcade along Main Street USA on Thursday, Aug. 13 at 1:30 p.m. on D23 Day ahead of the three-day fan event at the Anaheim Convention Center.
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The Disneyland Band will be joined by 23 Disney and Pixar characters and select Disney Legends during the parade.
The Disney Legend award is given to artists, actors, voice actors, songwriters, musicians, broadcasters, directors, producers, executives and Walt Disney Imagineers who made significant and lasting contributions to Disney films, TV shows, music and theme parks.
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A “cavalcade” is Disneyland’s way of setting expectations below what fans have come to expect from a full-fledged parade. The Disney Legends will ride aboard Disneyland’s double-decker bus and other Main Street USA vehicles as characters march along with them.
Disneyland has not yet announced which Disney Legends will be in the cavalcade — but the lineup of Disney Legends taking part in D23 offers some good hints.
The D23 fan convention will feature eight Disney Legends.
- Jodi Benson — Voice of Ariel in “The Little Mermaid” and Barbie in the Toy Story films.
- Bill Farmer — Voice of Goofy and Pluto.
- Don Hahn — Producer on “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Lion King” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
- Mark Henn — Animator of Mickey Mouse, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Mulan, Tiana, Simba and Pocahontas.
- Alan Menken — Song composer for “Aladdin,” “Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Tangled,” “Pocahontas,” “Hunchback of Notre Dame” and “Hercules.”
- Paige O’Hara — Singing and speaking voice of Belle in “Beauty and the Beast.”
- Robin Roberts — Co-anchor of “Good Morning America” and former ESPN host.
- Joe Rohde — Walt Disney Imagineering portfolio creative executive who worked on Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Pandora – The World of Avatar, Expedition Everest, Guardians of the Galaxy — Mission: Breakout and Aulani.
A D23 awards ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 16 during the convention will induct 11 new Disney Legends.
- Chris Berman — ESPN’s voice of the NFL for more than three decades.
- Jerry Bruckheimer — Producer of the Pirates of the Caribbean and National Treasure franchises.
- Susan Egan — Belle in “Beauty and the Beast” on Broadway and voice of Megara in “Hercules.”
- Eric Goldberg — Animator of Genie in “Aladdin,” Louis in “The Princess and the Frog” and Phil in “Hercules” and co-director of “Pocahontas.”
- Anne Hathaway — Actress in “The Princess Diaries,” “Ella Enchanted” and Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland.”
- Bob Iger — Disney CEO who acquired Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox and opened Shanghai Disneyland.
- Kim Irvine — Executive Creative Director of the Disneyland resort for Walt Disney Imagineering and Madame Leota in Haunted Mansion Holiday.
- Dwayne Johnson — Maui in the animated and live-action Moana movies and Frank Wolff in “Jungle Cruise.”
- Jonas Brothers — Musical trio starred in “Camp Rock” and other movies and shows on the Disney Channel.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda — Songwriter for “Moana” and “Encanto,” actor in “Mary Poppins Returns” and “Percy Jackson & The Olympians” and producer of “The Little Mermaid” live-action remake.
- Alan Tudyk — Voice of King Candy in “Wreck-It Ralph,” Duke Weaselton in the Zootopia franchise, Toucan in “Encanto” and Heihei in “Moana.”
The three-day D23 fan expo kicks off on Friday, Aug. 14 at the Anaheim Convention Center with the Disney Legends presentation on Sunday, Aug. 16 at the Honda Center.