Millennium Celebration

Walt Disney World

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"how did I forget ......." 14 years ago by kands2008

Oh man I forgot the Tapestry of Nations parade, man was that a great parade. Oh and the 2000 wand was cool too(to bad it stuck around as the Epcot wand for far to long). Glad to see SSE back to it glory minus the darn wand again.

"This was one party not to be missed" 14 years ago by kands2008

I was down in December of 1999 to see this man was this fun. The Tapastry of Dreams was fantastic, the Millennium Villiage was so fun and informative. I wish they had kept it so there would be even more contries represented for the World Showcase. It would be like having the Food and Wine Festival year around in a small way.

"The greatest ever" 15 years ago by Bongo

To this date, nothing has beatten the Millennium Celebration, and I've been many many times since then

"great" 16 years ago by maryszhi

its amazing becuase not only were we celebrating the millennium, but also to see how disney has really branched out and grew as time wewnt by, and its going to be around for a long time to come

Description

The Walt Disney World Millennium Celebration began on October 1, 1999 and continued for 15 months through January 1, 2001.

The Millennium Celebration press event takes place with the dedication of the Millennium Spaceship Earth icon (Sorcerer's Apprentice hand and wand waving over the geosphere) on September 29, 1999 and the dedication of Millennium Village on September 30, 1999 at Epcot.

Millennium Village, a new pavilion which include exhibits from more than 35 countries, the United Nations, and The World Bank, opens in World Showcase at Epcot.

"IllumiNations 2000: Reflections of Earth" officially debuts above the World Showcase Lagoon at Epcot (Unofficial opening takes places on September 22, 1999).

"Tapestry of Nations," a parade of giant, colorful puppet-like figures and huge percussion units designed to resemble colossal timepieces, debuts in three locations around the World Showcase promenade at Epcot (Unofficial opening takes place on September 25, 1999).

Pin trading begins and, after proving to be a great success, is adopted as a new tradition at Walt Disney World.

Millennium Celebration

Walt Disney World