Christmas At Us And Ioa

[sorcerermick]

Hi all. I am going this December for Christmas season, and it will be our first time. We will not be staying on site, however, we thought about going to US for one day to experience Christmas there. Can anybody tell me when the Whoville sets up in IOA and approximately when the Macy's balloons arrive in US? We will be in the area from 12/4 thru 12/11. Thanks in advance for all of your help!

 

[tclowe]

I think I read that the Christmas stuff and parade will start around 12/10 so maybe you can make it to see before you leave. We booked 12/10 to 12/12 just so we could enjoy Whoville and Macy floats.

 

[Bill Lumbergh]

Grinchmas and Macy's Day parades usually occur in mid-December. Grinchmas used to start before Thanksgiving, but the time period has been scaled back for some reason.

 

[Metro West]

They didn't take down the decorations until the beginning part of January. Here are a few pix I took the weekend of 1/7-1/9. Hope you like them:

 

[Bill Lumbergh]

You can find more photos here: http://www.ioacentral.com/park_information/special_events/holidays_2004/holidays_2004.htm

Here: http://www.themeparks.com/library-06/unifllibrary/uso-ioa/index.htm

Here: http://www.themeparks.com/library-06/unifllibrary/uso-usf/index_3.htm

And here: http://www.wdwinfo.com/universal/Photos/Grinchmas-ioa/index.htm