Oh, this all doesn't mean that the floats were bad - as usual, they were gorgeous, even while melting.
Disney finally got the float thing right this year.
It was beautiful, with each castle rendered perfectly. Ours was the biggest, for the 50th of course, and had each crown done right. There were characters with umbrellas, including a few face characters that we knew ("hey, I know that Jasmine!"). They had a couple singers doing a song I don't know but it was a decent generic upbeat tune. It was a huge float and very impressive.