[1] The parade had a unity and world peace theme and featured a variety of large puppets and massive rotating drum units with drummers dressed like kings.

The leader of the parade was the Sage of Time (better known as the fabled Father Time), who was represented as a stilt walker in an elaborate costume featuring alchemy symbols, gold trim on a white robe (featuring the Roman numerals MM for 2000 at the bottom), a staff, and a headpiece resembling a sun with a face.

In this version, the Sage of Time was replaced with the Dreamseekers, a trio of elf-like humanoid characters that would open and close the parade and collect Dreamtale coins that children would receive at the Epcot Kidcot stations.

The original version, with only the ticking and chiming of clocks with narration from a more stoic Sage of Time being used, ran from the parade's debut in October 1999 to the middle of December 1999.

Outside of Epcot, Tapestry of Nations served as the theme of the Super Bowl XXXIV halftime show and featured a massive sized Sage of Time as a backdrop in addition to an appearance by the parade's walkaround version.

[5]The Millennium Heartbeat section, which was released on the Walt Disney World Millennium Celebration CD track, was not featured in the parade, as it lasted about a minute and a half, and was substituted by a different transition section which lasted about 50 seconds and still heavily featured drums, but added a slower version of the theme including lines from the chorus.

Along with such alumni groups as the Kids of the Kingdom,[7] Festival of the Lion King,[8] and The Great Movie Ride,[9] the cast and crew of Tapestry of Nations recreated their show during the COVID-19 quarantine.

As an added element, the cast read real messages of thanks to the first responders and essential workers, replacing the original show's Sage of Time dialogue.