As usual we put this on the dvr and got around to finally watching it last night (after seeing Rogue 1 during the day!).

I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised by it. Recent years its been so much infomercial and smarmy, useless hosts, with little or no parade viewing and for the most part unentertaining singers.

I still wasn't knocked over by the celeb list, although my kids enjoyed Flo Rida and some of the others, and I always like Garth Brooks. I thought the Hough hosts actually did a good job. The sentimental family tie ins that they introduced around Thanksgiving were good and touching.

I still think they could show more of the actual parade, and what they did show appeared to all be filmed at Disneyland.

So did they actually do much taping at the MK this year? Garth Brooks, Gavin DeGraw and Kelley Clarkson I think performed the main stage. But I think they had two perform over at DHS and one at AK, and then two of the performers were at night. And like I mentioned above, it appeared that all the parade footage that they showed was from Disney Land, so wondering if they even taped the parade at WDW MK.

Anyhow, I found it to be a vast improvement over the past 3-4 years.