My favorite parade is Mickey's Once Upon A Christmastime Parade. I'm not great with the Dwarf names, but this one looked right at me and waved.
This was taken on the bridge between the hub and Liberty Square. I actually stood by the wall next to the courtyard by the Christmas Shop and zoomed all the way in at 200mm focal length. I took it handheld with a shutter speed of 1/320 sec with an aperture of f/6.3 at ISO 100.
Have fun capturing the magic of Disney.