The World According to Goofy explained

The World According To Goofy was a parade at Disneyland which opened in June 1992 and closed about five months later to begin a 3 month refurbishment in the It's a Small World area, which included repainting the façade to a different color and adding a gift shop.^[1] It contained floats showing the history of the world with Goofy-esqe characters portraying real ones.^[2] For example, one of the floats showed a large dinosaur that had some of Goofy's features, called the "Goofasaurus". The parade was shown in celebration of Goofy's 60th "birthday".^[3]

Parade units

• Opening Unit: The float was themed to Ludwig Von Drake standing on a teacher's desk piled with history books, alongside school students dancing with books.
• The Pre-Hysterical Age: The floats featured dinosaurs, cavepeople from the "Tar Bath Resort," and a Buddy Geyser band playing with Goofy. A Brontosaurus with Goofy's face appeared at the end of the unit.
• Egyptian Daze: The floats consisted of Ancient Egypt as a golfing tournament. It featured the Pharoah Golf Champion "King Putt", Clarabelle Cow as Cleopatra, a Goofy Sphinx, a Goofy mummy emerging from a pyramid, and a Goofy-faced golfball.
• The Renais-Sauce: The float focused on food, with paintings featuring the discovery of fried chicken, and the "Leaning Tower of Pizza," with roller-skating chefs carrying stacks of pizzas.
• Goofy Runs for President: The closing units consisted of Goofy physically "marathon-running" for president, with his friends Donald, Pluto, Chip and Dale riding in "Goofy's Pace Bus," with a dance crew participating in the marathon. Goofy, Mickey, Minnie and Max rode on a Finish Line-styled float with a giant Uncle Sam Goofy inflatable. Near the end of the parade's run, following the 1992 elections (which the unit parodied), the unit instead featured Goofy becoming "Man of the Year."

See also

• List of former Disneyland attractions
• Mickey Mania, A parade similar to this parade that ran from 1995-1996 at Magic Kingdom

External links

• World According to Goofy Parade on YouTube

Notes and References

1. Book: Strodder . Chris . The Disneyland Encyclopedia . 2017 . Santa Monica Press . 978-1595800909 . 3rd . 369.
2. Web site: Geryak . Cole . Disney Extinct Attractions: The World According to Goofy and Parade of Stars . The Laughing Place . 17 July 2020 . October 11, 2018.
3. Web site: The World According to Goofy Parade. 29 August 2011. 25 August 2007. Yesterland.com.