disney at christmas

[Sherry E]

I have been gone from this thread for a while. I got back from my Halloween trip at DLR last Friday. Now onto the Christmas trip planned for this Dec. Had a great time last week, but I am looking forward to a greater time at my favorite place to visit during my favorite time of the year!

Sherry E., I am so excited about the letters having the peppermint look for the season. I can't wait to take pics of it when I go. Although it will be a bit sad. When I told DH that there going to be removed, his response, "So you want to buy one?" He is such a joker.

Liza - I have a feeling that there will alternately be a bunch of folks who do not realize that this is the last year for the letters (and the holiday versions of the letters) and, therefore, will miss their chance for final photos, AND there will be a bunch of us 'in the know' who are all congregated around the letters, snapping away!! We will all be up at 6 a.m., trying to sneak over to the letters before the Esplanade fills up with people.

I wish they would sell little scaled-down versions of the holiday letters as souvenirs, just as I wish they would sell scaled down versions of the gingerbread ballroom centerpiece in HMH each year.

I need to work for Disney in their merchandising departments!

Exactly what I am picturing will happen to me because I want to try everything!

Well, Meredith, we may be among the first people ever to actually be wheeled out on stretchers at DLR because we simply ate too many treats...but I guess we have to take one for the team!!

I am so happy to learn that the peppermint potcake (Holidays Demitasse Dessert ) will be available this year. That is on my list and plan to get one as soon as I arrive! Do you know if they come in two sizes?

Liza - I think the demitasse will just be one size. The thing is, since it apparently (from all reports) was not sold last year but it has been brought back this year, I'm guessing the actual mug will be different. They probably used a different holiday mug when the potcake used to be sold a couple of years ago. So the shape or size of it may have changed a tad, but it should still be the cake in the cup (or the "pot" in this case) with the peppermint sauce covering it, the whipped cream, sprinkles and candy canes hanging from the side. I would imagine the general recipe has not changed too much.

I am so happy that I will get another chance to try and get some of the gingerbread beignets. I was so sad when we left after our Halloween trip and didn't get any. We are looking at Dec 11 & 12 if our schedules go according to plan. Bummer is that we will be looking for a hotel at the last minute as MIL is going to be out of town that weekend & no more DVC points left.
BTW, my fav Starbucks drink is a peppermint mocha. I can't wait to see what damage I can do with peppermint goodies this season. Silly me I thought I would be able to lose weight before our cruise in January.

Sue, do you recall reading in the Halloween thread that the gingerbread beignets are heavy and not light, like other beignets? I cannot recall who reported that but a couple of different people agreed. This is what is holding me back from ordering them. If I am going to eat something heavy and gingerbread-y, I will stick to the cookies!

I MIGHT try the gingerbread beignets if I am already at Cafe Orleans, scarfing down the potcake. I don't normally eat at Cafe Orleans, so I would have to go there specifically to stuff my face with dessert or find something that looks appetizing to me for a meal.

I love peppermint mochas too!!

Sherry I was half convinced to go, but now I have to, it sounds absolutly amazing
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Hi, partinchina! Welcome! It sounds like this thread has worked its magic yet again!!

Halloween Time at DLR, while fun and festive, has left a few people feeling like it didn't live up to the hype or it didn't live up to its full potential in terms of seasonal decor. Many of us love it, but agree that it could be so much 'more,' and it is not a fully immersive season. The fact that DCA was left all but ignored in the Halloween Time feeling this year only contributed to that fact.

But I think that all of us who have been to DLR at Christmas time before can confirm and attest to the fact that - with the exception of possible crowd issues that may arise - you will not be disappointed. If you love Christmas and love DLR, there is no combination that is more magical than DLR + Christmas together!! If you've seen the photos in this thread, you know what to look forward to. The pictures don't lie! And this is a case where the entire Resort is decked out and involved in the fun, so you never feel like you are stepping out of the holiday magic.

You'll have a great time!

She convinced me too. She should work for Disney as a saleswomen. Can't wait to add to this!

Markie Mouse - hee hee! I have roped another one into the evil holiday web!! You have a triple whammy to enjoy - Disneyland + Christmas + your birthday! So I cannot see how your trip will be anything less than magical!

I wish Disney people were reading this - it's hard to get hired on the business side of things at Disney, but I would love to work for their marketing department, or I would love to write the blogs that Heather Hust Rivera does on the Parks Blog website. I'd love to work for TDA in the planning and execution of the holiday seasons. And I'd love to be involved in the merchandise planning sessions too!!

 

[amamax2]

I wish Disney people were reading this - it's hard to get hired on the business side of things at Disney, but I would love to work for their marketing department, or I would love to write the blogs that Heather Hust Rivera does on the Parks Blog website. I'd love to work for TDA in the planning and execution of the holiday seasons. And I'd love to be involved in the merchandise planning sessions too!!

Maybe we need to start a write-in campaign to get you hired!

We could all keep posting on the DL Parks Blog, "According to DIS Moderator Sherry, blah blah blah" until your name gets sent up the hierarchy to someone who could hire you.

 

[SueTGGR]

Sue, do you recall reading in the Halloween thread that the gingerbread beignets are heavy and not light, like other beignets? I cannot recall who reported that but a couple of different people agreed. This is what is holding me back from ordering them. If I am going to eat something heavy and gingerbread-y, I will stick to the cookies!
I MIGHT try the gingerbread beignets if I am already at Cafe Orleans, scarfing down the potcake. I don't normally eat at Cafe Orleans, so I would have to go there specifically to stuff my face with dessert or find something that looks appetizing to me for a meal.

I don't recall that review but I have not been over much since our trip mid-October. I will have to look now but beignets are a little heavy to begin with to me. I love the ones @ the Jazz Kitchen! Maybe we will have to do a taste test. I cookie in one hand & the beignets in another!

I love peppermint mochas too!!

Next time you want something cold from there ask for a Java Chip with Peppermint! Also, if you order it with non-fat milk, you can taste more peppermint. Years of expermintation.

I wish Disney people were reading this - it's hard to get hired on the business side of things at Disney, but I would love to work for their marketing department, or I would love to write the blogs that Heather Hust Rivera does on the Parks Blog website. I'd love to work for TDA in the planning and execution of the holiday seasons. And I'd love to be involved in the merchandise planning sessions too!!

I think the DIS boards need to start a campaign for this to happen!

 

[Goofy_Mom]

for those needing a disney christmas picture fix, go to photobucket.com and search for christmas disneyland. Some are of people at disneyland in various spots, but there are a bunch of pictures around the parks. I noticed not all of them are at Disneyland CA, some are of Toyko and Paris.

 

[NewbieMouse]

I wish Disney people were reading this - it's hard to get hired on the business side of things at Disney, but I would love to work for their marketing department, or I would love to write the blogs that Heather Hust Rivera does on the Parks Blog website. I'd love to work for TDA in the planning and execution of the holiday seasons. And I'd love to be involved in the merchandise planning sessions too!!

I'm sure Disney is reading, and they figure you're doing a wonderful job marketing for them on here for free - why pay you!?!

 

[funatdisney]

Liza - I have a feeling that there will alternately be a bunch of folks who do not realize that this is the last year for the letters (and the holiday versions of the letters) and, therefore, will miss their chance for final photos, AND there will be a bunch of us 'in the know' who are all congregated around the letters, snapping away!! We will all be up at 6 a.m., trying to sneak over to the letters before the Esplanade fills up with people.

I wish they would sell little scaled-down versions of the holiday letters as souvenirs, just as I wish they would sell scaled down versions of the gingerbread ballroom centerpiece in HMH each year.

I need to work for Disney in their merchandising departments!

6 am! I guess that would make sense, if you want just the letters. I should get pictures of them in the morning and at night.

There are so many things that Disney could sell. I sometimes think that they no idea how to select merchandise or they do not have nearly enough of items to go around.

BTW, I did complain at MHP about not having any adult size t-shirts of the MHP shirts with the "2010" year on them. I went to City Hall to complain, because I was so frustrated with not having these t-shirts available every year (except for one year- 2006) This year was suppose to be an event only purchase, but they always take them out in the stores during regular park hours the weekend before the last week of scheduled events. Which really frustrates me because that means they have no shirts for the last two biggest attended events - the Friday before Halloween and Halloween night! Makes you wonder who really is in charge and ordering t-shirts. I mean 5 years out of 6 they have run out of these t-shirts before the last week of events? I even had the them bring out the merchandising supervisor to tell him directly what I thought about this. He had the gall to tell me to try to attend a MHP earlier in the month! Not to my face, of course, the CM at City Hall relayed that one to me. Anyway, I digress.

Liza - I think the demitasse will just be one size. The thing is, since it apparently (from all reports) was not sold last year but it has been brought back this year, I'm guessing the actual mug will be different. They probably used a different holiday mug when the potcake used to be sold a couple of years ago. So the shape or size of it may have changed a tad, but it should still be the cake in the cup (or the "pot" in this case) with the peppermint sauce covering it, the whipped cream, sprinkles and candy canes hanging from the side. I would imagine the general recipe has not changed too much.

So now I am curious what the mug will look like. Can't wait to find out myself.

 

[Goofy_Mom]

So now I am curious what the mug will look like. Can't wait to find out myself.

Add it to the list of things that the early chritmas go-ers need to take pictures of so that the rest of us who have to wait can uogle over.

 

[Sherry E]

I'm sure Disney is reading, and they figure you're doing a wonderful job marketing for them on here for free - why pay you!?!

Well, that's not very encouraging! I'm only talking glowingly about Christmas (and Halloween) on one message board. I'm not publicizing their events all over the Internet. I don't think that anyone who does the hiring and is in charge of those decisions is reading the DIS or this thread, but if they were, I would certainly hope that they would not discount someone from being considered for employment because they were huge DLR at Christmas fans and liked to talk about it. If anything, when you're hiring, you want someone who is passionate about your product and can talk it up well (or write it up well) to be on your team.

 

[NewbieMouse]

Well, that's not very encouraging! I'm only talking glowingly about Christmas (and Halloween) on one message board. I'm not publicizing their events all over the Internet. I don't think that anyone who does the hiring and is in charge of those decisions is reading the DIS or this thread, but if they were, I would certainly hope that they would not discount someone from being considered for employment because they were huge DLR at Christmas fans and liked to talk about it. If anything, when you're hiring, you want someone who is passionate about your product and can talk it up well (or write it up well) to be on your team.

Sherry, I'm not trying to be discouraging - it was tongue in cheek. And of course they want people who are passionate about their product, that's why they have so many people lining up who want to get hired. But marketing departments do monitor "buzz", and message boards are a big part of that these days.

Took off my mickey ears and put on my MBA hat there for a second....

 

[Sherry E]

Sherry, I'm not trying to be discouraging - it was tongue in cheek. And of course they want people who are passionate about their product, that's why they have so many people lining up who want to get hired. But marketing departments do monitor "buzz", and message boards are a big part of that these days.

Took off my mickey ears and put on my MBA hat there for a second....

Well, where's_my_prince from this very board just got hired at DLR. Regardless of how many people are lining up to work there, they won't hire everyone because not everyone has the skills or the qualities they need. She obviously had what they were looking for. Again, even if all of the Disney hiring people are tuned into this very thread to read my musings on how wonderful their park is at Christmas time, I doubt they would say, "Let's not hire her." Chances are they would say, "There's a girl who really loves DLR, and she's articulate and can express herself well, and we'd love to have her on board!" Not to mention that I have an excellent work history and am quite capable!

The trouble is that so many people are out of work in California in general, so it's hard to get hired anywhere these days. But certainly, there are some people who would be better candidates than others.

 

[where's_my_prince]

Well, where's_my_prince from this very board just got hired at DLR. Regardless of how many people are lining up to work there, they won't hire everyone because not everyone has the skills or the qualities they need. She obviously had what they were looking for. Again, even if all of the Disney hiring people are tuned into this very thread to read my musings on how wonderful their park is at Christmas time, I doubt they would say, "Let's not hire her." Chances are they would say, "There's a girl who really loves DLR, and she's articulate and can express herself well, and we'd love to have her on board!" Not to mention that I have an excellent work history and am quite capable!

The trouble is that so many people are out of work in California in general, so it's hard to get hired anywhere these days. But certainly, there are some people who would be better candidates than others.

awww thank's sherry!!!

 

[where's_my_prince]

ok sorry i have been MIA, totally tired, but i did get pictures of the holiday jackets, but i havent gotten the pillow pets because i guess they only sell them inside the park but i'm going to walk around DL friday so i'll be getting the photo of it then =)

and also for all of you wondering if there will be a mickey christmas bucket like the micket halloween bucket....THERE WILL. and its ADORABLE. even better then the halloween one! i cannot wait to get it

 

[Goofy_Mom]

ok sorry i have been MIA, totally tired, but i did get pictures of the holiday jackets, but i havent gotten the pillow pets because i guess they only sell them inside the park but i'm going to walk around DL friday so i'll be getting the photo of it then =)

and also for all of you wondering if there will be a mickey christmas bucket like the micket halloween bucket....THERE WILL. and its ADORABLE. even better then the halloween one! i cannot wait to get it

yeah for the popcorn buckets!!! I'll have to add it to my list of christmas goodies I need to buy.

 

[NewbieMouse]

Well, where's_my_prince from this very board just got hired at DLR. Regardless of how many people are lining up to work there, they won't hire everyone because not everyone has the skills or the qualities they need. She obviously had what they were looking for. Again, even if all of the Disney hiring people are tuned into this very thread to read my musings on how wonderful their park is at Christmas time, I doubt they would say, "Let's not hire her." Chances are they would say, "There's a girl who really loves DLR, and she's articulate and can express herself well, and we'd love to have her on board!" Not to mention that I have an excellent work history and am quite capable!

The trouble is that so many people are out of work in California in general, so it's hard to get hired anywhere these days. But certainly, there are some people who would be better candidates than others.

I don't think I ever implied that people get hired without proper credentials. I've worked in HR for over 10 years and have hired many, many people. I was just pointing out that a lot of people feel passionately about Disney and I'm sure the number of unsolicited resumes they receive is astonishing. It's a recruiter's dream, assuming that those people are actually qualified!

But back to my initial post, I really meant the initial comment in a tongue and cheek way, hence the smiley face. Of course your passion for Disney would make you an excellent candidate. If you have marketing credentials, I'm sure that adding your moderator activities on this board to your resume would make your application stand out.

I'm sorry if it upset you; it wasn't meant to discourage. But maybe I should - what would we all do if you left the boards to market Disney professionally? Who would help us with our holiday trip planning!?!

 

[amamax2]

and also for all of you wondering if there will be a mickey christmas bucket like the micket halloween bucket....THERE WILL. and its ADORABLE. even better then the halloween one! i cannot wait to get it

Can you elaborate? Pretty please?

My DH really wanted a Halloween one, but we were there the day they pulled them (we saw one in the a.m. and then went to find one in the p.m. and they were all gone, then read the next day how they had been pulled..), so I would love if we can get a Christmas one....

 

[PHXscuba]

OK, so maybe I'm WAY behind, but I re-read all of the official Holiday press release and I never saw anything about the Candlelight Processional.

Have we actually had any official confirmation they are doing it, and specifically doing it Dec. 4 and 5? I haven't seen dates, times, narrator, etc., and I've been keeping my eye out because we will be there that weekend and I'll be trying to work around it.

PHXscuba

 

[kylie71]

Anybody have any new PICS of the parks as the decoration's go up?? Pretty Please!!

 

[where's_my_prince]

Anybody have any new PICS of the parks as the decoration's go up?? Pretty Please!!

i'll be takng a few on friday

 

[Markie Mouse]

Well, where's_my_prince from this very board just got hired at DLR. Regardless of how many people are lining up to work there, they won't hire everyone because not everyone has the skills or the qualities they need. She obviously had what they were looking for. Again, even if all of the Disney hiring people are tuned into this very thread to read my musings on how wonderful their park is at Christmas time, I doubt they would say, "Let's not hire her." Chances are they would say, "There's a girl who really loves DLR, and she's articulate and can express herself well, and we'd love to have her on board!" Not to mention that I have an excellent work history and am quite capable!

The trouble is that so many people are out of work in California in general, so it's hard to get hired anywhere these days. But certainly, there are some people who would be better candidates than others.

I think thats what separates you from any disney fanatic. Its that you are very articulate and have an ability to color your descriptions while still being informative and unbiased. When my wife was reading the info you had given me, she actually asked if you worked for Disneyland. I agree with the others we should start a campaign for you(but if they hire you I hope you'ld still stick around the boards). I have been on the DISboards for a while now and always see you giving some of the best advice.

 

[where's_my_prince]

heres the back of the adult Christmas sweatshirt

and the only kids sweatshirt i could find was this (they have an adult version as well):