Christmas Tree Trail

[mousiemom]

oh we will definitely see this, we love going to Disney springs, we always have to ride the boat taxi down to POR and back!!

 

[margareton27]

Thanks for posting! Now where to fit this in!?!

 

[Alice777]

Luckily it starts day before we leave so now I have to adjust my schedule so that we can be at DS on 11/11 so we can see it. Hopefully it won't be too crowded...but I'm sure it will be since it'll be the first night and Friday night.....

 

[revdon64]

Can you imagine how many people would try to get into that area to see the Osborne Lights for free?? Sadly it's just not logistically possible without creating havoc. Which was, remember, the reason he had to give up the light display in the first place. I hope they return somewhere, sometime, too though.

Oh, I get the crowd part of it. I'm sure it would get crowded. But let's not forget what actually happened. Osborne lights wasn't removed because it creathavoc. It was removed because they demolished the streets of America to build Star Wars Land. I'm certain I'm overly optimistic, but one could be forgiven for thinking that with all that new retail space that they could use at least some of that now mothballed attraction/resource to draw more customers to a new area of the shopping district. I'm willing to bet that the vendors wouldn't complain a whole lot about it.

 

[yulilin3]

Oh, I get the crowd part of it. I'm sure it would get crowded. But let's not forget what actually happened. Osborne lights wasn't removed because it creathavoc. It was removed because they demolished the streets of America to build Star Wars Land. I'm certain I'm overly optimistic, but one could be forgiven for thinking that with all that new retail space that they could use at least some of that now mothballed attraction/resource to draw more customers to a new area of the shopping district. I'm willing to bet that the vendors wouldn't complain a whole lot about it.

I think what @cgattis was saying is that Mr. Osborne had to stop his display in Little Rock because of the crowds and havoc.
Disney gave back the entire display back to the Osborne family at the beginning of thiis year, they paid the Osborne family to have their lights and their name. Disney is not going to keep paying when they can't charge people to visit the lights at DS.

 

[ShirikiUtundu]

I wonder how this will be set up. The Marketplace is already a crowdcluster as it is and now they are adding somewhere for more people to hang around and take pictures etc. It sounds nice but logistically how will they keep this from making the already too-crowded Marketplace (especially at this time of year) an absolute nightmare to try and navigate?

 

[hiroMYhero]

I wonder how this will be set up. The Marketplace is already a crowdcluster as it is and now they are adding somewhere for more people to hang around and take pictures etc. It sounds nice but logistically how will they keep this from making the already too-crowded Marketplace (especially at this time of year) an absolute nightmare to try and navigate?

I'm envisioning it in the Town Center area where the walkways are wide and there are a lot of pathways that branch off.

 

[ShirikiUtundu]

I'm envisioning it in the Town Center area where the walkways are wide and there are a lot of pathways that branch off.

The link says Marketplace and "The new tree trail will begin near the play fountain outside of Once Upon a Toy"

 

[scard192]

I wonder how this will be set up. The Marketplace is already a crowdcluster as it is and now they are adding somewhere for more people to hang around and take pictures etc. It sounds nice but logistically how will they keep this from making the already too-crowded Marketplace (especially at this time of year) an absolute nightmare to try and navigate?

would a Wednesday night be better than Sunday night crowd-wise?

 

[hiroMYhero]

The link says Marketplace and "The new tree trail will begin near the play fountain outside of Once Upon a Toy"

It begins there but probably isn't all contained within Marketplace. Not a good way to market Town Center if they draw Holiday traffic away from it.

 

[hiroMYhero]

would a Wednesday night be better than Sunday night crowd-wise?

If you're there during Thanksgiving week or the two Christmas weeks, it probably won't make much difference.

We were there mid-week in September and it wasnt crowded at all - Starbucks was empty, no line at the registers in WoD, etc.

 

[scard192]

If you're there during Thanksgiving week or the two Christmas weeks, it probably won't make much difference.

We were there mid-week in September and it wasnt crowded at all - Starbucks was empty, no line at the registers in WoD, etc.

week of November 13, we are most interested in the Christmas stuff

 

[hiroMYhero]

week of November 13, we are most interested in the Christmas stuff

For that week, I would choose Wednesday because Sunday (13th) may be busy because:

~ no night entertainment at DHS... no fireworks show because it switches to JBJB on the 14th.

 

[tink too]

Looking forward to seeing this on our upcoming trip.

 

[orangejeepgirl]

Our last night in Disney is the first night this is up.. I don't want to miss it but do we think it's going to be super crowded ?!

 

[Nancyg56]

Oh, I get the crowd part of it. I'm sure it would get crowded. But let's not forget what actually happened. Osborne lights wasn't removed because it creathavoc. It was removed because they demolished the streets of America to build Star Wars Land. I'm certain I'm overly optimistic, but one could be forgiven for thinking that with all that new retail space that they could use at least some of that now mothballed attraction/resource to draw more customers to a new area of the shopping district. I'm willing to bet that the vendors wouldn't complain a whole lot about it.

If there is ever some sort of resurrection of the Osbourne Lights in some fashion, it will probably not be in DS. Disney will put any display that draws a crowd in a park so it can generate some additional revenue. DS is free. Adding a display like the Tree Trail makes a lot of sense to me, it will draw folks in who may have decided to skip this area on the trip, but may not be enough to draw hoards of locals in on a daily basis. I think that is a balance Disney has to navigate. Enough Holiday decorations to make the space festive but not so many that the area becomes a destination simply for the decorations.

 

[crazedprincess]

Oh how exciting! This will be perfect to add in to our trip! Thanks for posting!

 

[SeeDisney]

this is a great idea, liking forward to see on youtube though.

 

[yulilin3]

it sounds like the tree trail will be concentrated on the Marketplace side, over by the old bus loop
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events-tours/holidays-at-disney-springs/
expand the "drift into a festive atmosphere" tab
A decked out trail near the Marketplace bus loop with custom-decorated holiday trees—all centered around a different Disney theme

 

[hiroMYhero]

it sounds like the tree trail will be concentrated on the Marketplace side, over by the old bus loop
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events-tours/holidays-at-disney-springs/
expand the "drift into a festive atmosphere" tab
A decked out trail near the Marketplace bus loop with custom-decorated holiday trees—all centered around a different Disney theme

Thanks!! So weird to be outside of the shopping area.