disney at christmas

[Sherry E]

Hey, we finally made it past 100,000 views!!! It only took 1 year and 3 months to get to this point, but here we are!!

 

[kylie71]

Yipppeee!!!

 

[funatdisney]

Thanks for the link, Marie. Lots of good information for me to keep eating my way through my trip next month. I was especially happy to read this:

"The Plaza Inn will also be one of the locations to offer a Santa Mickey demitasse cup. Karlos says this keepsake cup may be the start of a new holiday series, with new designs released annually. The demitasse cups are also available at Blue Ribbon Bakery, Bakersfield Bakery, Rancho del Zocalo, Carnation, Blue Bayou, Big Thunder Ranch BBQ and Storytellers Cafe; dessert offerings will vary by restaurant location."


A new keepsake cup series? That would be great. Not for collecting the cups, but that they will keep serving these every year! December can't arrive soon enough.

 

[merrrydeath]

Meredith, I've seen all of those shows that are now on Netflix (although I saw them when they were running on Travel Channel instead), BUT I have either totally blanked out on remembering the part about the IASW song, OR that part is among the new footage/supplemental scenes that have been added in to the shows, because I don't remember that part. I have not yet seen the new scenes that have been added in to replace some of the old stuff.

The slow, choir version of the song is definitely different than the upbeat ditty we hear in the ride. Of course, in the holiday version of IASW, they have replaced the standard IASW song with Christmas songs like "Deck the Halls" and a couple of others.

Listen for "Jingle Bells" in IASWH, and right when you pass by an underwater scene, you will hear the words, "Jingle shells"!!

If you watch the "Disney Parks: Disneyland Resort: Behind the Scenes" that is on Netflix instant right now, a little before 11 minutes in Richard Sherman who is the co-composer talks about it and plays/sings it.

I remember the different Christmas songs from when I went at Christmas time 6scared1 years ago, but I didn't know the part about Jingle Shells. Love it!

It's kinda nice to have that respite from the Small World song during the holiday season, because we all know how catchy that song is!

 

[amamax2]

I read from yesterdays post that you need a tripod to take the photos during the night. I always use my tripod during any shows during the day or night. But it is annoying to carrying it around the parks since it is a few pounds you have to carry. They are not very expensive but you can get them cheap on amazon or ebay. If you there during my visit, why don't you come down at DL and we'll have a nice meet-up. I have a spare tripod and if you are interested in using it I can bring it down during my trip..

Bret, what a nice offer! I hope you and Funball can meet up - you take fantastic pictures and I'm sure Funball would learn a lot from you! (And then she can share with us.)

The tripod we were talking about is the little gorillapod for the small P&S - it weighs nothing and fits in a small bag or jacket pocket...that's what I use with my little Canon P&S.

here is a better look at the ornaments on the tree at DCA:

LOVE, LOVE this one with the image. Ok, I'm adding that to my list of picture to try to take.

Thanks for posting Sara!

 

[PHXscuba]

Yeah, Sherry knows if there's peppermint involved, I'm there. I practically live on CO Bigelow mint lip balm (sold at Bath and Body Works). I kissed DD8 goodbye this morning and she said "What smells like mint?" I gave her a do-you-really-have-to-ask look and she said, "Oh, of course. It's you!"

I am also excited to see what the demitasse cup looks like and if it comes in different flavors, so please report back any sightings of flavor and which restaurant it was at.

I could get behind either gingerbread or choc/peppermint beignets ... I don't eat gingerbread much the rest of the year. Makes a nice counterpoint to all of the other sweets I am going to overdose on!

PHXscuba

 

[where's_my_prince]

the demitasse cup is a mickey with a santa hat
and it'll be available starting november 24th

 

[funatdisney]

November 24th! That's the day before Thanksgiving right? Good thing I am going to be there the first week in December. There will be a good chance I will be able to get one.

 

[Goofy_Mom]

the demitasse cup is a mickey with a santa hat
and it'll be available starting november 24th

That's our first day in the parks!! Yippie!!

Bath and Body works sells a Twisted Peppermint line of products and they have a new smell, chocolate mint. I got a wallflower.

 

[Sherry E]

You mean the DLR visitors who are heading to the parks before 11/24 won't get to have any peppermint pot cake (that's what the demitasse dessert is - peppermint pot cake)? That's terrible! It should be available all season long!



Speaking of peppermint beauty products, there was this brand of lip gloss (actually it was more like a tinted lip balm, not a liquid) that was put out by either Maybelline or Cover Girl years and years and years ago - it was called something like Kissing Coolers, I think? Anyway, it was a little bullet-shaped container that was swirly - almost tie-dyed - in color, and the lip balm itself was also bullet shaped, and it had swirly colors. It came in different flavors like watermelon (swirly green and purple?) and bubble gum and some other stuff.

But, of course, my favorite Kissing Coolers flavor was Candy Cane! It was a little pink and white swirly-looking bullet and it was just the right amount of color for your lips - not too much, not too little! And the candy cane/peppermint scent was some of the best-smelling stuff ever out of any peppermint-scented producted I have tested!! Of course, they stopped making that 100 years ago but it was great!



Anyway, I just saw yet another version of that DLR holiday commercial a few minutes ago!! It was slightly longer - but not full-length - and slightly different than the one I saw this morning. They all seem to be variations of what was put out last year, but edited together differently and shortened a bit. This one I just saw now ended with fireworks. I don't know how many darn varieties of this commercial there are but I still love it, either way!!

 

[Funball]

Yes sherry thank you thank you again. And everyone for the nice comments I tried to get you all BETTER photos of the DCA tree ornaments. They are as big as they look! Also funny thing about the night shot one where I had to practically climb in the potted plants, I was trying to dodge the rest of the park guests as they snapped there photos…RFLOL

 

[Goofy_Mom]

You mean the DLR visitors who are heading to the parks before 11/24 won't get to have any peppermint pot cake (that's what the demitasse dessert is - peppermint pot cake)? That's terrible! It should be available all season long!



Speaking of peppermint beauty products, there was this brand of lip gloss (actually it was more like a tinted lip balm, not a liquid) that was put out by either Maybelline or Cover Girl years and years and years ago - it was called something like Kissing Coolers, I think? Anyway, it was a little bullet-shaped container that was swirly - almost tie-dyed - in color, and the lip balm itself was also bullet shaped, and it had swirly colors. It came in different flavors like watermelon (swirly green and purple?) and bubble gum and some other stuff.

But, of course, my favorite Kissing Coolers flavor was Candy Cane! It was a little pink and white swirly-looking bullet and it was just the right amount of color for your lips - not too much, not too little! And the candy cane/peppermint scent was some of the best-smelling stuff ever out of any peppermint-scented producted I have tested!! Of course, they stopped making that 100 years ago but it was great!



Anyway, I just saw yet another version of that DLR holiday commercial a few minutes ago!! It was slightly longer - but not full-length - and slightly different than the one I saw this morning. They all seem to be variations of what was put out last year, but edited together differently and shortened a bit. This one I just saw now ended with fireworks. I don't know how many darn varieties of this commercial there are but I still love it, either way!!

OMG!! I totaly had a collection of those. They were really cheap, so us young kids (I think I was 7) could buy them. It was the closest thing to "makeup" I could have. I'ld still buy them if they still made them. My brothers would get hold of them and eat them

 

[Funball]

i think what this thread needs is a table of contents as we have photos posted by not just me but other members also..and i dont know maybe it be easier viewing ..??

 

[Flitterific]

I forgot to add in my last post - the DLR holiday ad not only does a great job at capturing the sense of wonder and awe that kids experience, but it reminds me of one of my adult friends.

I think that the DLR holiday season can affect even the most grumpy and hardened people, as well as amaze and inspire even the most seasoned DLR visitors. In 2007, my friend came to hang out with my other friends and me at DLR, on a Saturday in December. Now, this friend had been with us to DLR during previous holiday seasons and various summer trips, but it was back in the '90s, before DLR really, really, really started to make a huge deal of Christmas. She was never really enamored of Disneyland like I was/am - she just thought it was a fun place to hang out now and then. When she joined us on this particular Saturday, she was going to go home after we had lunch. For some reason or other, we talked her into staying so we could have a dessert-only meal at Carnation Cafe. But she swore she would leave after dessert.

We were entering DL at night after having spent the last several hours in DTD and DCA. All the lights were aglow and shimmering all around us, and you could see the Winter Castle shining in the distance - glowing incandescently throughout the park, really. We approached the giant Main Street tree and just stood there for a moment, soaking it all in.

This friend - who had never particularly cared one way or the other about DLR at Christmastime - seemed a bit speechless. Or maybe awestruck is a better word. Suddenly, she was transformed into a child. She said, in a trance-like voice, eyes widened, "You guys...look! It's soooo....beautiful! Everything is so beautiful...." Aha! A DLR holiday convert!

We proceeded to Carnation Cafe for our sundaes, coffee and pie. The holiday parade was taking place while we ate, but we only caught glimpses of it through the people crowded to watch. My friend was preparing to leave.

But, as we exited Carnation, bellies full of treats, it began to snow on Main Street. The most serendipitous timing, I'd say. We giggled like little girls and brushed the white foam off our clothes. My friend said, "Oh! It's snowing..." (And then we realized that the snow looked a bit like detergent bubbles.)

We decided to introduce this friend to the wonders of IASWH - one last ride before she went home - and we waited in a 45-minute line to do that. But my friend was entranced, and she was able to catch a whiff of the peppermint as you sail through the candy factory in the ride.

So...as a result of this trip, in which my friend had become so impressed and enchanted with DLR at Christmas time, she ended up buying AP's for her husband and herself, and the following year she was dragging her reluctant husband on IASWH. She was anxious to share with him the beauty of the season at DLR.

Yep...I'd say Disneyland at Christmastime can make a kid out of all of us, and we all find ourselves standing there and staring like the kids in the commercial, in awe and wonder at the magic before us!

Aww...that is such a beautiful story, Sherry! Anyway, I never noticed the smell of peppermint on the IASWH ride (but then again, my allergies get the best of me most of the time and I just noticed the scent of pickled ginger on the Monsters Inc. ride for the first time this past trip and I've been on that ride at least a dozen times! ). I'll be sure to pay more attention when I go during Thanksgiving

 

[Sherry E]

i think what this thread needs is a table of contents as we have photos posted by not just me but other members also..and i dont know maybe it be easier viewing ..??

Yeah, I'm going to do a Table of Contents when I start Part 2. Many of these threads start because another DIS'er asks a question and they turn into super threads. It's only when you are starting something and you know how you want it to be formatted at the beginning that you can add in things like the ToC. (Which is why I started Halloween at DLR, Part 2 - to get a ToC in there and some other things.)

This thread is fully developed right now and people are tuning in as they are planning their holiday trips, so I am waiting for just the right time to start Part 2 - it's all in the timing! I already have it mapped out in my mind what I'm doing with Part 2 and the ToC and other stuff. There is nowhere to put in a ToC at the start of this thread, and we are already too far along with it. But there will be one in Part 2!

 

[Sherry E]

OMG!! I totaly had a collection of those. They were really cheap, so us young kids (I think I was 7) could buy them. It was the closest thing to "makeup" I could have. I'ld still buy them if they still made them. My brothers would get hold of them and eat them

I would buy the Candy Cane Kissing Coolers if they were still sold!

Aww...that is such a beautiful story, Sherry! Anyway, I never noticed the smell of peppermint on the IASWH ride (but then again, my allergies get the best of me most of the time and I just noticed the scent of pickled ginger on the Monsters Inc. ride for the first time this past trip and I've been on that ride at least a dozen times! ). I'll be sure to pay more attention when I go during Thanksgiving

Thanks, Flitterific!

Sometimes the peppermint smell in IASWH is not as strong as other times. You have to catch it at a very precise moment. If I were in the same IASW boat with you, I could point out the exact spot where we seem to start smelling it but it's literally a situation of, if you turn your head one inch in the wrong direction, you might miss it! There are times where I could smell it very clearly, and other times where it was barely there. There is also another scent - maybe like pine or something like that? And my friend said she thought she smelled gingerbread too, but I didn't catch that. If it's there, it's not as strong as the gingerbread you smell in Haunted Mansion Holiday.

 

[tdashgirl]

A new keepsake cup series? That would be great. Not for collecting the cups, but that they will keep serving these every year! December can't arrive soon enough.

You know what's funny - my DD6 picked out the Halloween demitasse dessert at Blue Ribbon precisely because of the keepsake cup - and the fact that she likes pumpkin flavor desserts. The dessert was really good, and we kept the cup - brought it home and displayed at home with our other Halloween decorations - and we got so many compliments on it from visitors! They all thought it was the cutest thing. Didn't cost much - I think the dessert was 6.95, which is not much more than a pastry at Blue Ribbon ... and it was the best souvenir

Speaking of peppermint beauty products, there was this brand of lip gloss (actually it was more like a tinted lip balm, not a liquid) that was put out by either Maybelline or Cover Girl years and years and years ago - it was called something like Kissing Coolers, I think? Anyway, it was a little bullet-shaped container that was swirly - almost tie-dyed - in color, and the lip balm itself was also bullet shaped, and it had swirly colors. ... But, of course, my favorite Kissing Coolers flavor was Candy Cane!

Oh! FLASHBACK!!! I totally remember these - owning them and loving them. Peppermint was my favorite too. It was so good. They should bring those back. A photo I googled...

 

[disneylovingfamily:4]

I never knew they had a peppermint smell in IASW!!! Thanks!!

 

[Sherry E]

Oh! FLASHBACK!!! I totally remember these - owning them and loving them. Peppermint was my favorite too. It was so good. They should bring those back. A photo I googled...

Yessss!!!!!! Tdash - exactly! That's it! I loved those cute little swirly bullet-shaped things! The color and scent were so good! I miss them! I miss the Candy Cane flavor!

 

[mvf-m11c]

Yeah, I'm going to do a Table of Contents when I start Part 2. Many of these threads start because another DIS'er asks a question and they turn into super threads. It's only when you are starting something and you know how you want it to be formatted at the beginning that you can add in things like the ToC. (Which is why I started Halloween at DLR, Part 2 - to get a ToC in there and some other things.)

This thread is fully developed right now and people are tuning in as they are planning their holiday trips, so I am waiting for just the right time to start Part 2 - it's all in the timing! I already have it mapped out in my mind what I'm doing with Part 2 and the ToC and other stuff. There is nowhere to put in a ToC at the start of this thread, and we are already too far along with it. But there will be one in Part 2!

You are right that we do need a Table of Contents on this Christmas thread. I'm glad that you started the Halloween at DLR Part 2 so everyone on the thread can see all the different link to the Halloween pics on one post. It is just tough to find all these different pics on this thread one page at a time.

There is already 2300 posts on this thread and if I remember correctly on the Halloween at DL first thread it stopped around 3400 posts. The 2nd Part of the Halloween thread is already at 1700 posts in just less than two months. I wonder if we have to wait a little bit longer and start Part 2 of the Christmas thread until it gets to 3000 posts? It would be nice to have the ToC so everyone can see the other pics during the Holiday season.