Christmas Decorations???

[followme2disney]

I will be there 11/4 - 11/10. I have learned that the Christmas festivities start the week after I leave. What we be visable while I am there. Is there a chance that they would have an Osborne Lights preview? I have gone the last four years in December. We decided to go earlier this year and now I am disappointed that I will not celebrate Christmas with Disney. (But I am thrilled that I have less then a week until my vacation...WOO HOO!!!)Help?

 

[civileng68]

I will be there 11/4 - 11/10. I have learned that the Christmas festivities start the week after I leave. What we be visable while I am there. Is there a chance that they would have an Osborne Lights preview? I have gone the last four years in December. We decided to go earlier this year and now I am disappointed that I will not celebrate Christmas with Disney. (But I am thrilled that I have less then a week until my vacation...WOO HOO!!!)Help?

I doubt that you'll get a preview of the Light Festival. It's never out of the question but, not likely. If they do a preview, it will be unannounced and unscheduled.

You will get to see alot of christmas decorations however, throughout the parks.

 

[mickeysgirl17]

As of today, this is the new information I got about the decorations:
The holiday season is coming to the Magic Kingdom park and here's the installation schedule for decorations as we know it:

November 1: Exteriors, Castle Stage, overhead garland cables, Mainstreet Shops, and icon tree in the Rose Garden

November 2: Overhead garlands, Main Street Train Station, exteriors, Liberty Tree, Crystal Palace

November 3: Parade route, Liberty Square, Frontierland, Mickey's Toontown Fair

In preperation for filming of the Christmas day parade, decor from the Castle stage and overhead gardlands along the parade route will be removed Nov 28-Dec 5, and the icon tree will be moved from the Rose Garden to Town Square on Dec 6th.

Of course, this is only for MK, I don't know about the other parks.

 

[civileng68]

As of today, this is the new information I got about the decorations:
The holiday season is coming to the Magic Kingdom park and here's the installation schedule for decorations as we know it:

November 1: Exteriors, Castle Stage, overhead garland cables, Mainstreet Shops, and icon tree in the Rose Garden

November 2: Overhead garlands, Main Street Train Station, exteriors, Liberty Tree, Crystal Palace

November 3: Parade route, Liberty Square, Frontierland, Mickey's Toontown Fair

In preperation for filming of the Christmas day parade, decor from the Castle stage and overhead gardlands along the parade route will be removed Nov 28-Dec 5, and the icon tree will be moved from the Rose Garden to Town Square on Dec 6th.

Of course, this is only for MK, I don't know about the other parks.

That sort of sucks that they are removing the Garlands so early from Main St. They are so perfect for viewing and atmosphere. Last year they didn't remove them until the day before the parade.

 

[followme2disney]

Thanks for the info! Do you know anything about resort decorations?

 

[BlindTyldak]

WHAT????? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

I SPECIFICALLY tried to plan this trip so we wouldn't see the Christmas decorations. Even asked the CM when we booked if they were going up early, and she said "Oh, no, you should see the parks MAGICALLY TRANSFORM into a Christmas wonderland the day that the first MVMCP starts!" and I said "Good, book my trip to end a day before the magic." It never looks right decorated for Christmas, and I tried so hard to just see it NORMAL again.

*storms off screaming profanities*