disney at christmas

[raftislander]

Thanks! I have more where those came from, so if y'all want more I can find some.



PLEASE...Your pictures are wonderful. DLR looks incredible. I just booked the holiday tour today. I will be on the same tour as Littleprincess 2010 and her family. Have never been to DLR during the Holidaytime and am getting very excited!

 

[Littleprincess2010]

I was wondering if you could share the prices of the Holiday tour and the times. Did you have options on the time? Thanks

mvf-m11c is correct, the price is $64. The times we were offered were 12pm or 3pm, HTH

 

[Ariel224]

Ariel224 posted that she booked the Holiday tour today.

The price is the same as last year and the same as the Happiest Haunts Tour @ $64. You still get a discount if you have an AP, AAA, or Disney Visa. Mostly in the past they have two tours a day when they have "A Christmas Fantasy" Parade two times a day. Sometimes they only have one tour a day when DL is just running the parade once a day. When I read from Ariel224 post the times of the tour is 12pm and 3pm on Nov. 13. You can choose one of the two tours if it is still available.

The above mentioned discount is 20%, which makes it $51.20 per person.

 

[Peri]

And, regarding Holiday tour, the OP noted that the times were for a Saturday, when there are two parade experiences. On a weekday, it might be just one parade (and one tour time). Maybe someone going on a weekday can let us know? Thanks to all who help!!

 

[zeitzeuge]

Here's a few more of the more decent shots from that weekend. Enjoy!

Had to end it with us in our mickey santa hats, while it's snowing in NOS.

 

[greens_in_WA]

Would the Holiday Tour be relevant to 5 year old boy or would be get bored with it?

 

[mvf-m11c]

Would the Holiday Tour be relevant to 5 year old boy or would be get bored with it?

I have seen young kids in the tour with their families, the first part of the tour might not be that interesting to kids (talking about the Holiday history of DL) but some do like it. Parts of the tour they would like is going to Big Thunder Ranch and seeing the reindeers at Santa's Reindeer Round-Up!. The best part is when you get priority boarding on HMH and IASWH than heading over to TT and get a gingerbread and a beverage. The best part that young kids might like is the reserved seating for "A Christmas Fantasy" parade.

 

[Sherry E]

I must say that the same thing holds true for this thread as it does for the Halloween thread, which is that it's always worthwhile for people to post their photos - even if they think we have seen enough of certain photo subjects in the thread, no matter which camera you use, no matter how great the photos are or are not, no matter how great your skill level is as a photographer, etc.

Every picture is different and unique in its own way, for various reasons. While the subjects may be the same in many photos, no two photos will be exactly alike. We all love to look at pictures here, and we always spot something new or different in each one that we may not have seen before. It could just be that the angle or perspective is different. It could be that an ornament on a tree we've never noticed before is now more visible. It could be that someone in the background of the photo is doing something interesting. It could be that a certain corner of the park is captured and we realize we've never seen it before.

So, that said, no one ever needs to ask if we want to see photos or if they should post - we want to see ALL photos!! No matter what they are, if they have to do with DLR at Christmastime, we want to see them!!


And - a big round of applause for the excellent, stunning contributions by zeitzeuge (Mark) and mvf-m11c (Bret)!!! Thanks, guys!!

 

[Littleprincess2010]

And, regarding Holiday tour, the OP noted that the times were for a Saturday, when there are two parade experiences. On a weekday, it might be just one parade (and one tour time). Maybe someone going on a weekday can let us know? Thanks to all who help!!

We booked for Friday, November 12th and there was 12pm or 3pm to choose from HTH

 

[Littleprincess2010]

I must say that the same thing holds true for this thread as it does for the Halloween thread, which is that it's always worthwhile for people to post their photos - even if they think we have seen enough of certain photo subjects in the thread, no matter which camera you use, no matter how great the photos are or are not, no matter how great your skill level is as a photographer, etc.

Every picture is different and unique in its own way, for various reasons. While the subjects may be the same in many photos, no two photos will be exactly alike. We all love to look at pictures here, and we always spot something new or different in each one that we may not have seen before. It could just be that the angle or perspective is different. It could be that an ornament on a tree we've never noticed before is now more visible. It could be that someone in the background of the photo is doing something interesting. It could be that a certain corner of the park is captured and we realize we've never seen it before.

So, that said, no one ever needs to ask if we want to see photos or if they should post - we want to see ALL photos!! No matter what they are, if they have to do with DLR at Christmastime, we want to see them!!


And - a big round of applause for the excellent, stunning contributions by zeitzeuge (Mark) and mvf-m11c (Bret)!!! Thanks, guys!!

Amen to that!! I love seeing all the photos, its getting me royally excited for our trip!! The drive down is going to be hell, lol, I just want to get there!!

 

[mvf-m11c]

Here are more Holiday pics.

 

[Sherry E]

Ooooh!! Love those photos, Bret! That picture of the Winter Castle through the trees is amazing (it's the 4th photo down) - that's a perfect example of seeing a very familiar subject in a totally different way, so it makes it seem like we've never seen it before!!

 

[mvf-m11c]

Ooooh!! Love those photos, Bret! That picture of the Winter Castle through the trees is amazing (it's the 4th photo down) - that's a perfect example of seeing a very familiar subject in a totally different way, so it makes it seem like we've never seen it before!!

Thx Sherry. I like to take pictures of SB castle with the Holiday lights in different locations.

 

[Sherry E]

Thx Sherry. I like to take pictures of SB castle with the Holiday lights in different locations.

Bret - Your photo of the Castle-through-the-trees almost sort of gives off the feeling of someone, perhaps, wandering through a dark forest at night and accidentally stumbling upon this magnificent, enchanted Winter Castle draped in glowing icicles, and then peering at it through the trees in wonder and awe!!

 

[mvf-m11c]

Bret - Your photo of the Castle-through-the-trees almost sort of gives off the feeling of someone, perhaps, wandering through a dark forest at night and accidentally stumbling upon this magnificent, enchanted Winter Castle draped in glowing icicles, and then peering at it through the trees in wonder and awe!!

I did got that same feeling from that picture when I took it last year. It was a great photo that we don't see too much on this thread. We get the castle from the front view and the back view, but not much from the sides and by the trees.

 

[Dinder1]

We've always gone in spring or summer, but after seeing this thread, hubby and I decided that winter would make a great trip time. Thank you everyone for posting pictures and info! Reading this thread is making me SO EXCITED for our upcoming holiday trip!

 

[Sherry E]

We've always gone in spring or summer, but after seeing this thread, hubby and I decided that winter would make a great trip time. Thank you everyone for posting pictures and info! Reading this thread is making me SO EXCITED for our upcoming holiday trip!

That's wonderful! We helped inspire another holiday trip!! You'll have a great time - there's so much to look forward to. I even got excited today when I received an e-mail from Disney with a picture of the Winter Castle on it! It's not that I haven't seen the Winter Castle before, but I love that we are getting closer to the holiday season and that Disney is starting to mention the holidays in its mailings!!

Thank for jumping on board our thread!

 

[tdashgirl]

We helped inspire another holiday trip!!

Sherry, the word is enable y'all are a bunch of enablers! I just went last week. Yet. I am dying for Christmas time at DLR. This.thread.does.not.help.

 

[Sherry E]

Sherry, the word is enable y'all are a bunch of enablers! I just went last week. Yet. I am dying for Christmas time at DLR. This.thread.does.not.help.

Well [cough cough]..if you want to get technical about it!! "Enable" is such a harsh, ugly word, isn't it? It's all part of the evil DSE - Disney Snowball Effect!!

I forget, Tdash - you have an AP, don't you? Is it easy for you to get over to DLR pretty often? The holiday season is just about 4 weeks away!! You won't have long to wait.

 

[emum]

I'm trying to get caught up on all the boards I've neglected over the past couple of weeks, so bear with me

First up, a huge thankyou to all of you who are posting photos. It's been a lifelong dream for me to be at Disneyland at Christmas, and I'm so excited to finally be doing it this year. The photos are adding to that excitement tremendously.

Secondly, does anyone know how long they run the Christmas Holiday Tours for ? Do they also go until the 2nd of January ? I'm hoping to be able to book one while we are there from the 25th to 29th December.

Oh, we also have good news - we were on the later of the two flights arriving Christmas Day into LAX, but the airline cancelled it, and put us on the earlier flight, which means we arrive Christmas morning 6.25am, so I'm reasonably sure we'll actually get *in* to DL on Christmas Day (remember I was stressing about it somewhat a couple of months ago).

The excitement is certainly building here - we're not telling the kids until after DD1's exams finish in 4 weeks' time, and then there's only 6 weeks after that until we leave ! YAYAYAY !

Hope to check back in with you more, most likely with more questions ! LOL !

Yours-in-all-things-merry-and-bright,
Sally