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It is nice to see the Holiday decorations go up in DL and DCA. Have you see todays Micechat.com In the Parks page showing the Holiday decorations in both DL and DCA. I was also glad to see the Candy Cane CALIFORNIA letters are up this year before the major overhaul of the front entrance. It is nice that DLR decorated the Golden Gate Bridge for the last time and Bug's Land too.

Thx Jillian for the post and it is great to see the resort all decoration half way until the Holiday season.

Man Sherry, that is hot weather during the Holiday season at DL. :lmao:

I haven't looked at MiceChat yet, but I'm headed that way now!! I was so excited just to see that the festive ToonTown tree is up - I love that tree (it's one of the better ones at DLR because it's so whimsical and colorful). It looks like Main Street has not been decorated yet. The DLR people seem to decorate all the peripheral areas first and then hit Main Street last.

I wonder how many of the 700 trees are already up!!

Yes, Bret, it's been blazing hot! This is a crazy, crazy weather year in SoCal. However, it is supposed to drop to the low 70's within a couple of days, I think. So, it may not feel like Christmas yet (weather-wise), but it will at least feel Fall-like!!
 
I just wanted to copy these two posts from Jillian and Bret onto this page so no one misses them - they got lost on the last page very quickly, but they have links which people may enjoy seeing!


Don't know if someone had posted this but it looks like the candy cane "CALIFORNIA" letters are up!
The Magic Eye blog has some photos up!
http://mintcrocodile.blogspot.com/
Also the blog shows photos of the WOC platform things fully submerged in the water! YAY no more ugliness showing! :)
It's a great blog with lots of photo updates!

It is nice to see the Holiday decorations go up in DL and DCA. Have you see todays Micechat.com In the Parks page showing the Holiday decorations in both DL and DCA. I was also glad to see the Candy Cane CALIFORNIA letters are up this year before the major overhaul of the front entrance. It is nice that DLR decorated the Golden Gate Bridge for the last time and Bug's Land too.

Thx Jillian for the post and it is great to see the resort all decoration half way until the Holiday season.

Man Sherry, that is hot weather during the Holiday season at DL. :lmao:
 
Very Cool Pics, Thanks!!
One thing I have noticed about DCA,,, I haven't been there in a year and a half, and their are A LOT more Palm tree's! It looks soooooooooo much better already! it was so baron before, lol!
That's a cool website, I saved it to my faves!:woohoo::woohoo:
 
Yes, Bret, it's been blazing hot! This is a crazy, crazy weather year in SoCal. However, it is supposed to drop to the low 70's within a couple of days, I think. So, it may not feel like Christmas yet (weather-wise), but it will at least feel Fall-like!!

That is good to hear when I go to DL in less than two weeks. That is summer weather and we are already in November.
 

maybe for fun, we could see whos dining where during the month of december.

i'll start

dec 5 we arrive at 5pm so dinner might be on the fly
dec 6 we hope to eat at pac wharf cafe for dinner. i hear the soup in a bread bowl is good!
dec 7 we are eating at ariels for lunch
dec 8 is a mystery meal. might be mac donalds!
dec 9 is goofys for brunch
dec 10 is the plaza for breakfast
dec 11 we hope to eat at rainforest cafe
and we leave on the 12th
 
I don't recall that review but I have not been over much since our trip mid-October. :rolleyes1 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! :woohoo:

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. :thumbsup2 Years of expermintation. :lovestruc

I think the DIS boards need to start a campaign for this to happen!:cheer2::cheer2:

I'm with you, Sue! Cookie in one hand and beignet (or some sort of other treat) in the other hand! And just alternate with eating them!!:rotfl2:

I looooooove me some peppermint!

Thank you for being a cheerleader for me working for Disney!:goodvibes If I knew the name of the person (in charge of hiring for the specific departments I would be interested in) to whom I could submit a resume (and a flood of e-mails in the campaign!;)), I might say, "Go for it!"

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. :cheer2:

Thank you, amamax2!:goodvibes As I said to Sue above, if we only had names and contact info for the people in charge of hiring and placing in the departments I am interested in...:idea:

awww thank's sherry!!!:goodvibes

You're welcome, where's_my_prince! And I'm happy for you that you are now a CM! I don't know what was on your resume or not on your resume, but I firmly believe that a company such as Disney has to go by more than what's on paper. Of course, work history and skills are major, but to work for them you have to have a certain 'spark,' I think. Something has to stand out. It's not the same as, say, applying for work at Toshiba or at a law firm or something. You have to have a little bit of that Disney magic in you already to work for Disney, I think.

I used to work in the personnel business years ago, and I would interview people and send them out on jobs. Some of them may have had (supposed) perfect work histories but their personalities were as dull as dirt, or they couldn't write/speak well. Or they had no people skills. They didn't 'pop' in the interviews. So, we would fit them to the type of company that would suit them best. I would never send them to a place like Disney! Others may not have had a perfect resume, but they had a spark and they had great potential, so we would send them to a place that would bring that out!


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.

Thank you, Markie Mouse!:goodvibes What nice things for you and your wife to say.:goodvibes Of course, sometimes I am biased about certain things, but I try to separate myself from a lot of the info I give out and be objective. It doesn't always work, but I try!:rotfl2:

I would certainly not abandon the DIS, no matter where I was working. I might have to curtail my time on the boards if I suddenly got snapped up by some huge company, but I would still be here, annoying everyone!!:rotfl2: With my current work, sometimes I have lots of time on my hands and sometimes I have none.


I'm totally okay with taking one for the team. No one has posted a picture in the dining review thread of them too full to move yet!

Yup. I want this one!!

Meredith, you'll be at DLR before I am, so you'll go down first from the sweets overload!:rotfl2: I'll follow your lead! Just let me know if there are any cute EMT's wheeling you out of DLR. If so, I want to make sure it's a good hair day for me before I collapse!

Oh, what great pics of the letters, SueTGGR! I've only "heard" about them at Christmas, never seen what they looked like...so cute with the characters on them and everything! December...get here already!:)

MinnieMama09 - when you have time, scroll through this thread and take a look at all the photos. I think we have quite a few 'letters' photos, if I recall. Sue's photos are particularly good because they are nice and bright and close-up!!
 
maybe for fun, we could see whos dining where during the month of december.

i'll start

dec 5 we arrive at 5pm so dinner might be on the fly
dec 6 we hope to eat at pac wharf cafe for dinner. i hear the soup in a bread bowl is good!
dec 7 we are eating at ariels for lunch
dec 8 is a mystery meal. might be mac donalds!
dec 9 is goofys for brunch
dec 10 is the plaza for breakfast
dec 11 we hope to eat at rainforest cafe
and we leave on the 12th


Oooh! Good idea, ado121! Make sure to repost your list every so often so it doesn't get buried in the thread. Maybe you'll find that you are going to be at one restaurant or another when other DIS'ers are there. When I have any meals set up, I will post too, but it probably won't be for a while.
 
thanks for sharing the links, i'm getting exicited. just 2 and a half weeks to go
 
Oooh! Good idea, ado121! Make sure to repost your list every so often so it doesn't get buried in the thread. Maybe you'll find that you are going to be at one restaurant or another when other DIS'ers are there. When I have any meals set up, I will post too, but it probably won't be for a while.

Can we plus the list to add all of us going during christmas time (the november guys)?
 
It is nice to see the Holiday decorations go up in DL and DCA. Have you see todays Micechat.com In the Parks page showing the Holiday decorations in both DL and DCA. I was also glad to see the Candy Cane CALIFORNIA letters are up this year before the major overhaul of the front entrance. It is nice that DLR decorated the Golden Gate Bridge for the last time and Bug's Land too.

Thanks for the link, Brett. I found that descriptions and pictures of DLR going through a transitional stage between Halloween and Christmas quite entertaining.

Also, I had seen some of the Christmas hats out last week, but I noticed that there are new designs for the hand bands. Just like the Halloween head bands were different, I was glad to see some interesting and neat designs for the Christmas ones.
 
Can we plus the list to add all of us going during christmas time (the november guys)?

You mean in terms of who is dining where? Or just who is going in general? (I ask only because there are separate threads for who's going in November and in December.) But as for dining - of course! You guys can tackle that!

In fact, you may want to start a separate thread just for the list of who is eating where during the holidays (just like one of the meet-up threads)? There's a separate thread for who is doing the holiday tour on which dates, so if you want to set up a thread just for who is dining where for the entire season for possible meet-ups, maybe it will be easier to keep track of than trying to save it from getting lost in this thread?

It's up to you guys!
 
OOOOOOH! And the Golden Gate Bridge is not being ignored, either! I was afraid they wouldn't decorate it again, but they are!! And A Bug's Land is getting it's giant ornaments. The Christmas tree is in place. The wreath is over the Pacific Wharf area!

I am so excited to see that post! Jillian, you made my day!!:banana: One week until Holiday Time - and it's been 96 degrees!:rotfl2: Not Christmasy at all!:rotfl2:

YAY glad I made your day, Sherry! & even though I am in love with summertime weather, I do agree that it's a bit odd to see candy canes and Christmas trees when it's nearly 100 degrees out! :rotfl:
I'm usually not a regular on the Christmas thread but i think that is going to change. I am in LOVE with how DLR looks during the holidays (from what I've seen in photos) and I am excited to see everyone's pictures and read about people's holiday trips pretty soon :yay:
 
Oh how I am in the mood to submerge myself into DLR"S holiday spirit! December can't come fast enough.
 
Also, I had seen some of the Christmas hats out last week, but I noticed that there are new designs for the hand bands. Just like the Halloween head bands were different, I was glad to see some interesting and neat designs for the Christmas ones.

When I saw the pics on micechat today, they had that nice candy cane ears. I was hoping that DL would have a new Santa's hat like the Goofy Joker Christmas hat. But right now they just have the regular Mickey ears Santa hat.

We are only just one week away to the Holiday season.
 
thanks for the links :goodvibes

It looks so beautiful - but still a bit ODD with that blazing sunshine so evident in those photos :rotfl:
 
:music: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.....:music:
:yay: :cheer2: :woohoo: :santa:
This made me smile and remember last night. We went to CostCo and my 10 year old son is busy with his imagination as we walk down the isles. He turns to me and says, "what is 10??" I had no idea what he was talking about. He starts singing The 12 Days of Christmas and asks me again. He was all the way up to 10 and couldn't remember. I think he is ready for Christmas. :santa: :littleangel: Had to share!
Sue
 
This made me smile and remember last night. We went to CostCo and my 10 year old son is busy with his imagination as we walk down the isles. He turns to me and says, "what is 10??" I had no idea what he was talking about. He starts singing The 12 Days of Christmas and asks me again. He was all the way up to 10 and couldn't remember. I think he is ready for Christmas. :santa: :littleangel: Had to share!
Sue

:laughing: that is so cute!!:santa:
 
This made me smile and remember last night. We went to CostCo and my 10 year old son is busy with his imagination as we walk down the isles. He turns to me and says, "what is 10??" I had no idea what he was talking about. He starts singing The 12 Days of Christmas and asks me again. He was all the way up to 10 and couldn't remember. I think he is ready for Christmas. :santa: :littleangel: Had to share!
Sue

Very cute! And impressive that he got all the way up to 10 - not sure I could do that! I can usually go to 5, then get stuck after that with what comes before what.
 
Very cute! And impressive that he got all the way up to 10 - not sure I could do that! I can usually go to 5, then get stuck after that with what comes before what.
Got to love the internet!

On the twelfth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtledoves,
And a partridge in a pear tree!

Is it stuck in your head yet???:santa::santa::santa:
 
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