disney at christmas

[lapdwife]

Sherry- thought of you today. I got a gingerbread Mickey cookie and omg, they are half the size of previous years. That's ok though since the others were huge. Just kind of shocking to see it in the case. It was hard and dry. I'm hoping it was just a bad batch because I love them.

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That stinks! I was looking at them last night and wanted one so bad. Somehow even in the cold, we ended up with ice cream. Dd just lives for the peppermint.

Enjoy CO, that sounds so yummy right now.

 

[BunnieGene]

I'm a little bummed that the gingerbread men are no longer soft cookies...but I won't let it ruin my trip

 

[Sherry E]

That stinks! I was looking at them last night and wanted one so bad. Somehow even in the cold, we ended up with ice cream. Dd just lives for the peppermint.

Enjoy CO, that sounds so yummy right now.

Thet peppermint ice cream is sooooooo yummy. Your DD has great taste!! In fact, you might be better off with that (and a corn dog) than at Tortilla Jo's on Thanksgiving!! I kid, I kid...I'm sure your TJ meal will be good - they will likely do something a little different for the holiday.

I will be so annoyed if all the gingerbread men are hard and crispy now, instead of chewy like they used to be. It's bad enough that they are half the size of the old ones, but changing the whole texture is a different story!

The ones I saw at Marceline's last week also looked hard, not chewy. This sounds like a disturbing trend in baked goods!!

 

[PHXscuba]

I also vote for chewy gingerbread cookies!!!

PHXscuba

 

[Sherry E]

Or could go to the Turkey Leg cart!

You know, that very well may be what a lot of people end up doing on Thanksgiving!! Not a bad idea for some folks!

 

[Sherry E]

I also vote for chewy gingerbread cookies!!!

PHXscuba

They were so good because they were hefty, chubby, chewy cookies. Not hard and crunchy. And my cookies even stayed chewy for a couple of days after I bought them.

This is pastry blasphemy, I tell you!! Next thing you know, they will be taking the candy cane crunchy bits out of the peppermint ice cream.

 

[BunnieGene]

"pastry blasphemy"

 

[Flitterific]

This arrived in my email today. I thought someone here may be interested.

Oohh...perfect - thanks for sharing this DizDragonfly! I have a PS for dinner the first night we are there (on Nov 27)...just in time to try the oysters which sound super yummy

Here are some pictures from our day at the park, yesterday. It was so beautiful -- perfect weather, very low crowds. We had a great time soaking in the Christmas spirit!

Very cute pictures of your daughter!

Still going through pictures from a couple of weeks ago and found these two.

Goofy...those are sooo cute. Do you mind telling me where you took those pictures?

Here's another B&W shot.

Feeling Nostalgic

Awesome picture...maybe it'll inspire me to take more B&W shots with my camera

 

[PHXscuba]

That's what I love about digital ... anything can be made black and white later. Although I think Christmas should always be in vibrant color!

PHXscuba

 

[KCmike]

Awesome shot, Mike. I just love the colors. It is so Christmas-y

Thank you so kindly. Does the tree on the float count for the tree quest???

 

[SueTGGR]

My DD got an amazing treat that I've never seen before. It was marshmallows dipped in caramel, chocolate, and rolled in crushed candy canes. Yum! She inhaled it but let me have a bite. She enjoyed it even more because she just got her braces off after 2 years. She hasn't been able to have caramel.

OH! I will have to look for them. We are now official, we will be there late on the 10th -12th and staying at the DLH so we can get in on the early morning to get our Candy Canes! So now, Candy Canes, beignets and the marshmallows.

BTW, Tortilla Joes is much better at the quick service on the side or sitting out by the bar. I don't know why but we have eaten in all 3 spots and we much prefer the 2 to inside at the restaurant. It's faster, too! But for Thanksgiving, no. An idea is Brennan's to go. I don't know about Thanksgiving but we found out everything on their restaurant menu you can order @ the bar and get it to go.

Anyway let my count down begin...3 weeks from now I will be checking in to DLH

Beautiful pictures everyone & I hope the sun peeks out enough to dry off this weekend for you who are there.
Later,
Sue

 

[Sherry E]

Thank you so kindly. Does the tree on the float count for the tree quest???

Mike - Heck yeah, it does!! I included my parade float trees as part of Tree Quest, so everyone should include them! I was including wreaths from inside the IASW Holiday ride as part of Wreath Quest, so I guess anything goes!!

 

[jnjusoioa]

Here at DL now. We got to the parks around noon. Not busy at all. We went to pick up space fp's at 12:30 and the return time was 1:50. Standby was 30 minutes. Indy had a 20 minute wait at 1:00. We walked on hmh and picked up fp's for later. It's our favorite ride this time of year.

Sherry- thought of you today. I got a gingerbread Mickey cookie and omg, they are half the size of previous years. That's ok though since the others were huge. Just kind of shocking to see it in the case. It was hard and dry. I'm hoping it was just a bad batch because I love them.

My DD got an amazing treat that I've never seen before. It was marshmallows dipped in caramel, chocolate, and rolled in crushed candy canes. Yum! She inhaled it but let me have a bite. She enjoyed it even more because she just got her braces off after 2 years. She hasn't been able to have caramel.

We're eating at cafe orleans tonight and then watching the fireworks.

Not looking forward to the rain tomorrow. We did switch our tour to Monday so at least I'm not stressing about that anymore. If the rain gets too unbearable, I may take my girls to see Harry potter, if we can get tix.

That marshmellow treat sounds very yummy!! Is it like the Tigger Tail type thing? Do you have a photo? It sounds very good. Where did she get it? Also if you are still there, the Disneyland Holiday throw? I got one last year at WDW, but I saw in someone's photo that they have one in Disneyland too, do you know how much that is? I would love to call the 1-800 number and order one over the phone? Thanks in advance.

 

[MattsPrincess]

Just checking in from DL! Haven't been able to keep up with this thread, no internet at the hotel, so sorry if any of this is repatative (sp?)

Got here on Thursday the 18th. Crowds were low, weather was perfect. 10 minute wait for Buzz, 15 for Indy. Got a great spot in the middle of main street for the fireworks, which were beautiful. The snow was so magical.

19th- a little chilly, but that's what I wanted. Got there at opening, headed straight for Peter Pan and got right on. Walked onto Dumbo, Mr Toad, and Pinocchio. Headed for PFF, waited about 20 minutes. Met Belle, Tiana, and Arielle. Again, low crowds great weather.

TOUR- worth it! do it! Listening to music while walking around was so nice. The peppermint fudge is to die for! I'm going to have to buy some! The chocolate fudge was good too. HMH is so cool! The cookie is so big and soft! I was expecting a typical hard gingerbread cookie, but no! It was the best one i've ever had. Also, the cocoa was sooo yummy! And it was made with WATER not milk, so I got to drink it! (and i can promise they didn't just say it was made with water, if there had been any milk i would have gotten very ill) We were a group of 12 including the guide and all sat in one row, so we all got the best view of the parade. DH thanked me for booking this and wants to do another tour next time!

Christmas here is amazing! Heading out for day 3 now! I have a TON of pics and stuff to post later, probably Tuesday or so and i'll do my full trip report too. I'll try to check back in again.

But yeah, crowds have been low. Walked on to pretty much everything so far. Longest wait has been PFF at about 30 minutes around 3pm. 10 for screamin. Weather has been great too, chilly enough to wear a hoodie, but still be comfy.

 

[Sherry E]

Just checking in from DL! Haven't been able to keep up with this thread, no internet at the hotel, so sorry if any of this is repatative (sp?)

Got here on Thursday the 18th. Crowds were low, weather was perfect. 10 minute wait for Buzz, 15 for Indy. Got a great spot in the middle of main street for the fireworks, which were beautiful. The snow was so magical.

19th- a little chilly, but that's what I wanted. Got there at opening, headed straight for Peter Pan and got right on. Walked onto Dumbo, Mr Toad, and Pinocchio. Headed for PFF, waited about 20 minutes. Met Belle, Tiana, and Arielle. Again, low crowds great weather.

TOUR- worth it! do it! Listening to music while walking around was so nice. The peppermint fudge is to die for! I'm going to have to buy some! The chocolate fudge was good too. HMH is so cool! The cookie is so big and soft! I was expecting a typical hard gingerbread cookie, but no! It was the best one i've ever had. Also, the cocoa was sooo yummy! And it was made with WATER not milk, so I got to drink it! (and i can promise they didn't just say it was made with water, if there had been any milk i would have gotten very ill) We were a group of 12 including the guide and all sat in one row, so we all got the best view of the parade. DH thanked me for booking this and wants to do another tour next time!

Christmas here is amazing! Heading out for day 3 now! I have a TON of pics and stuff to post later, probably Tuesday or so and i'll do my full trip report too. I'll try to check back in again.

But yeah, crowds have been low. Walked on to pretty much everything so far. Longest wait has been PFF at about 30 minutes around 3pm. 10 for screamin. Weather has been great too, chilly enough to wear a hoodie, but still be comfy.

MattsPrincess - I'm so glad you checked in with us. I was literally just over in your TR a couple of nights ago to see if you had posted any updates. I was especially interested in hearing your take on everything because I knew you had really been conflicted about whether to do Halloween Time or Christmas Time this year, and ended up with the holiday trip. Given what you have said about your love of Christmas and your love of Disney, I was really crossing my fingers and hoping that you find DLR at Christmas Time to be as magical as we have all made it out to be!! I hope it has lived up to the hype!

Have a great time - it sounds like things are going wonderfully so far!! Stay dry today!!

ETA: That's great news about the cookie, too! We were discussing this last night on the thread - the cookies have suddenly gotten smaller and harder (the ones in the shops) than what they were like a while back. But it sounds like the tour is offering the cookies that I remember - the big, chewy cookies! Hmmm....I may have to do that tour!

 

[specialks]

Thanks for checking in MattsPrincess. Sounds like this is going to be a great trip for you. I hope you are able to stay fairly dry today!

Less than 3 weeks for us now. Have to look at my siggie to get the actual days.

 

[tksbaskets]

Just checking in from DL! Haven't been able to keep up with this thread, no internet at the hotel, so sorry if any of this is repatative (sp?)

Got here on Thursday the 18th. Crowds were low, weather was perfect. 10 minute wait for Buzz, 15 for Indy. Got a great spot in the middle of main street for the fireworks, which were beautiful. The snow was so magical.

19th- a little chilly, but that's what I wanted. Got there at opening, headed straight for Peter Pan and got right on. Walked onto Dumbo, Mr Toad, and Pinocchio. Headed for PFF, waited about 20 minutes. Met Belle, Tiana, and Arielle. Again, low crowds great weather.

TOUR- worth it! do it! Listening to music while walking around was so nice. The peppermint fudge is to die for! I'm going to have to buy some! The chocolate fudge was good too. HMH is so cool! The cookie is so big and soft! I was expecting a typical hard gingerbread cookie, but no! It was the best one i've ever had. Also, the cocoa was sooo yummy! And it was made with WATER not milk, so I got to drink it! (and i can promise they didn't just say it was made with water, if there had been any milk i would have gotten very ill) We were a group of 12 including the guide and all sat in one row, so we all got the best view of the parade. DH thanked me for booking this and wants to do another tour next time!

Christmas here is amazing! Heading out for day 3 now! I have a TON of pics and stuff to post later, probably Tuesday or so and i'll do my full trip report too. I'll try to check back in again.

But yeah, crowds have been low. Walked on to pretty much everything so far. Longest wait has been PFF at about 30 minutes around 3pm. 10 for screamin. Weather has been great too, chilly enough to wear a hoodie, but still be comfy.

Glad you are having so much fun!

 

[KCmike]

That's what I love about digital ... anything can be made black and white later. Although I think Christmas should always be in vibrant color!

PHXscuba

I usually agree but sometimes B&W just adds more depth to shots. Just my two cents.

 

[amamax2]

I usually agree but sometimes B&W just adds more depth to shots. Just my two cents.

Mike,

I'm curious as to whether you usually take the picture in B&W, or change it afterwards? I've discovered recently in low light situations (like around a campfire), if I take the picture in B&W with a flash, it actually turns out really well, but just curious what others do.

 

[DLtorgo]

Hey Christmas Ladies and Gents!

What is your recommended place to view the Christmas fireworks? Thanks!