We are going the 18th-20th of December. I wanted to read that huge thread, but it seemed overwhelming. Do you know around what page(s) have information about the holiday tour? Or, is there a post that has all of the different links to the various topics - I love the superthreads that start with an overview of the topic and then links to the different things.
sacteach - you should just jump right into the Disney at Christmas thread and ask questions if you have them! It's a great thread and there are tons of wonderful people who are more than happy to answer questions. It's the Christmas superthread, so that's where the bulk of all holiday info will be. There has been lots of discussion about the tour on that thread. There is not a specific page on which the tour info begins - people discuss random things about the season on random pages, so it all blends in together - like on most threads. And certain subjects come up again and again. If you use the "Search this Thread" feature when you're in it, you can type in "holiday tour" and come up with all kinds of posts! I've found
lots of things that way.
I have an overview post in the Halloween Time Superthread - Part 2, and I added a Table of Contents/Index in the Halloween Superthread mainly for
photos and a few select posts that had general information (Belle Ella is now in charge of doing the ToC in that thread). It's too hard to break down all the individual subjects that come up within the thread because it flows more like a conversation and may not have a real beginning and end. Things go back and forth. So we try to only post links to pictures and particular posts (in different categories) that may have important info.
The Christmas thread was not started by me. It was started by a DIS'er who had a question and it blossomed from there. Therefore, that person has the first post. It's too far along now to go back and try to categorize everything and give an overview, and I wouldn't be able to put the overview on the first page, which would make no sense. The overview would go on page 100-something!!
When I start the Disney at Christmas thread, Part 2, I will be sure to do the same thing I did with the Halloween thread - intro/overview and Table of Contents, and a couple of relevant info posts at the beginning. I already have it mapped out in my mind. However, Disney at Christmas (Part 1) is fully developed with great info and photos, and people are just now planning their holiday trips - so it makes more sense to leave Disney at Christmas, Part 1 open and active for a little longer before Part 2 is created, so people can pop in and look at the beautiful photos and ask questions. I have to time it out right - when to phase out Part 1 and phase in Part 2. It's not the right time yet.
This is all volunteer work - anything we do with the threads to make them more cohesive and easy to follow is all done out of love, not for money. But it does take lots of time to get these kinds of things done (that involve so many details), and we have to work it into our schedules and things, which can be tricky. It can be a long process.
We hope everyone will enjoy the Christmas thread while it's active and look forward to Disney at Christmas, Part 2, in the not-so-distant future!!
