At the end of the parade, they took the costumes from us, and let us stand at the very end of the parade, in an area reserved for the parade-guests, so we could see the rest of the parade. All the cast members and characters knew we were the banner carriers/ family in the car, so they either waved to us (if they were in a car) or came over to us to shake our hand. Here's is a picture of the of one of the little-green-soldiers from Toy Story.