disney at christmas

[Ariel224]

 

[Ariel224]

The Smiling Tiger salad at Napa Rose. It reminded me of a Christmas tree.

 

[Sherry E]

Ariel224 - Thank you sooooo much for posting your photos here! I love them all, but I especially love the ones I selected above. The colors are amazing, and I love that you got a photo on the Storybook Land boat ride! That is a place many people might not think to look for holiday decorations because the line is usually so long, but they have some cute stuff!!

I see that the seats for the parade worked out great!! That tour is really the way to go for parade seats and all the other stuff. I hope they don't make the parade a Christmas Party exclusive next year and remove it from the tour. I want to do the tour one time and I would like the parade to be part of it!!

 

[Ariel224]

Loved this guy's hat. It lit up at night too! Notice the garlands on the Tortilla Factory.

More NOS

A few more parade pics

Yes, Sherry, the tour seating puts you right in the parade action. The kids loved it, especially the youngest. You simply MUST do this if you have the opportunity. Though I will say, I thought the peppermint fudge was awful. It wasn't a really crisp peppermint flavor, which made me feel like I was chewing on a chunk of dried up toothpaste. The pumpkin fudge, on the other hand...YUM!

 

[tksbaskets]

I can't, either, Bret! And I can't believe that your big WDW adventure is fast approaching! Where does the time go? Yikes! It will be Christmas 2011 before we know it!

I keep checking Accuweather, which changes every day! It has been in the 50's and 60's in SoCal for the last couple of weeks. So now it appears as though it is going to jump to the 70's and 80's for my trip! Arrrggghhh.... Even though I know that 80 degrees in December feels different than 80 degrees in Summer feels (not as harsh in December, thankfully), still...I have been loving the 50's and 60's and was looking forward to those temps when I go! Why am I the one who suddenly gets the warm temperatures? I don't want them, but other people do! Let the other people have the warm temps and give me the COLD! I would be thrilled if it were 40 degrees all day long!

The other thing Accuweather had been saying was that it was going to rain on at least one day of my trip (the last day). I didn't want to have to schlep along an umbrella or rain gear (I already pack enough as it is), so I am happy that the rain seems to now be non-existent on my days. Then again, seeing how rapidly Accuweather is changing its forecasts, I wouldn't be surprised if, in a few days, it reports that all of my days will be rainy!!

Looking forward to both of your Christmas trips. They keep me excited for ours at the end of the month.

 

[amamax2]

Thank you so much! Its an old Canon Rebel EOS 350D. The photos were taken with either a 55-250mm lens or the standard 18-55mm lens. With only existing light, (no flash, I hate flash )

I hate flash, too!! I just got a Rebel 450D - it's an older model also - and I really like it, but cannot figure out how to turn off the flash for certain modes, so have to keep switching everything in manual mode, which takes me forever, lol. I brought three different cameras with me - each is great for certain shots - and just switching off.

I especially like this one, too, the way you have the Disney part in it! And I couldn't pick a favorite from NOS - they all were beautiful!

 

[Funball]

Mexikolla:

Fabulous, fabulous pictures!!! Love them all and your perspectives - and what a great idea to take a series of lamp post pictures! Oh Sherry...I think we have another Quest going!


Sara: Thanks so much! I know, I CANNOT believe your camera is dead at this most critical time - we NEED your gorgeous pictures. Any word on when it will be fixed? And of course I took all the blue pictures just for you.

thanks!! umm soon . it will be fixed soon!


but in the meantime i got some new photos i took today with my phone of main st for the candlelight pross.








i had picked the wrong time to go into DL!! put it this way, they had main st roped off, it was super busy do to the candle light pross thing.. and so there was only one way in DL and one way out....and lots of people had ben waiting since 7 am for the candle light thing as a CM told me..

 

[Mexikolla]

I know what you mean, I was constantly switching from Auto to Program the whole week. i Love my old camera. Got it off Craigslist a few years back from a girl that took a photography class at the community college and no longer needed it. {score} of course I made up for it by getting a nice bag and a few fancy lenses.

Personally I love using a DSLR over a point and shoot, a LOT less time in Photoshop I didn't do any post production on any of the photos from our trip

 

[Mexikolla]

 

[shayna111]

I heard it's an absolutel dreamland at Christmas. Someday I will go see for myself.

 

[Mexikolla]

 

[PHXscuba]

OK my friends, I am BACK!!! And it was SOOOOO amazing! I will write more tomorrow (and catch back up on the many pages I missed on this thread, but I will just say this:

DLR at Christmas is gorgeous!!! Even the fabulous pictures posted here don't do it justice.

BBB costumes (for someone here whose name I forgot); YES Rapunzel costumes, NO Christmas dresses.

I did get pictures of the gingerbread cookies but haven't downloaded/uploaded yet. The short answer is that the ones for the holiday tour and Marceline's were very similar except the ear sprinkles, at least mine were.

The Holiday Tour was totally worth every penny. We had an amazing time, learned a lot, skipped hefty lines, and got great parade seats. Anyone on the fence, JUST DO IT!

I'll be back tomorrow with more, but thanks to all who have shared photos and details that really made my trip even more special.

PHXscuba

 

[Sherry E]

OK my friends, I am BACK!!! And it was SOOOOO amazing! I will write more tomorrow (and catch back up on the many pages I missed on this thread, but I will just say this:

DLR at Christmas is gorgeous!!! Even the fabulous pictures posted here don't do it justice.

BBB costumes (for someone here whose name I forgot); YES Rapunzel costumes, NO Christmas dresses.

I did get pictures of the gingerbread cookies but haven't downloaded/uploaded yet. The short answer is that the ones for the holiday tour and Marceline's were very similar except the ear sprinkles, at least mine were.

The Holiday Tour was totally worth every penny. We had an amazing time, learned a lot, skipped hefty lines, and got great parade seats. Anyone on the fence, JUST DO IT!

I'll be back tomorrow with more, but thanks to all who have shared photos and details that really made my trip even more special.

PHXscuba

See? Now you know what we've all been saying - that DLR during the holidays is gorgeous! And now you see why I've been such a champion of it and have been devoted to this thread from the beginning!! It's so much more beautiful and detailed during Christmas Time than it is during Halloween Time, isn't it?

It's possible that the holiday tour cookies have shrunk as well. They don't look smaller in the photo that MattsPrincess posted. They look like the same size cookie that all of the cookies used to be. But the cookies in Marceline's have, for sure, shrunk. That I saw with my own eyes and it was confirmed by at least one other DIS'er. So I am guessing maybe the ones for the tour are also smaller than what they used to be, but it just didn't appear that way in the photo.

Glad to hear you had a wonderful time, PHXscuba!!! I can't wait to see all the photos.

 

[Flitterific]

amamax - Wow...what lovely pictures! I especially thought the picture of the two Goofys were hilarious I wish my photography skills were as good as yours. Please do continue to post more pics

Mexikolla - great pictures as well - thanks for sharing!

 

[Flitterific]

Sherry...I know how much you love these so I took more this year just for you Can these count toward the Tree and Wreath Quests as well?

 

[Flitterific]

These were actually from the Emporium on Main Street but I thought they were super adorable...they are limited edition and scented as well!

 

[Flitterific]

I didn't spend a lot of time at A Bug's Land last Christmas and was sad to see that the decorations there this year was at a bare minimum due to the construction everywhere

Sherry...I don't recall Roz wearing a Santa hat last year so I think it's something they added this year. Either that, or both our memories are failing us

 

[Flitterific]

That's all for tonight...Christmas parade pictures to come tomorrow! Have a good night everyone!

 

[skiingfast]

Sherry...I know how much you love these so I took more this year just for you Can these count toward the Tree and Wreath Quests as well?

I'm sure they should, good eye with those.

 

[Mexikolla]

Mexikolla - great pictures as well - thanks for sharing!

My pleasure, I loved taking them knowing I would share them on the board. Just wish I could've taken more... there's always next year