PHXScuba - I don't know too much about the filming of the parade. I knew that it has happened in November as a rule (maybe DLR thinks it will interfere too much with daily operations if they do the parade filming in December, and so November seems like it would be less chaotic?), but I have no clue about the actual dates or anything.
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Anyway - I wasn't able to post yesterday. I see things are carrying along nicely!! Great video by smiley_face2 and the usual awesome photos from Christina-B-Na!!
For anyone who hasn't been following the Halloween thread, you may not know that we were all waiting and waiting and waiting for info on what was going to happen at DLR this Halloween season (in other words, the roster of events and highlights, and if anything was removed or added in). The info took much longer to come out this year than it did last year, and I was guessing that this meant that there would be no new attractions or additions to the season.
It appears I was right. And on top of that, it appears as though there will be no Candy Corn Acres in DCA this year (we are waiting on the final word for that, but it seems almost a given). And, as we all know, the Halloween party is headed to DL and out of DCA. Candy Corn Acres was the one and only thing - other than the Halloween party - that
involved California Adventure in the Halloween season. Without CCA and the party, it seems like the only HalloweenTime season that is happening is in DL itself. The hotels are not decorated for Halloween, either (they never are). The restaurants are not decorated. So it's really just going to be
Disneyland itself that is decked out at all, from what it seems.
We can only assume that this sort of scaled-down Halloween celebration is due to either the focus on World of Color in DCA this year
or the work that is going on at DCA as part of the billion dollar makeover...or possibly both. There just might not be any room for a giant candy corn in DCA this year.
So it makes me wonder - what, if anything, will be different at DCA this holiday season? One good thing is that Christmastime is a very involved, immersive experience at DLR, and the decorations are really all over the Resort. So the hotels will still be decked out. All the shops and restaurants will still be decked out, I assume. They would have to put up a big tree in DCA, I'm sure. But will Santa be back in DCA this year? He was not there in 2008 at all. He returned last year. Will he be missing again?
And will there still be the same decorations in the Hollywood area (like the candy canes and bells and all that), or will those be abandoned to focus solely on World of Colr stuff? Will anything be removed or scaled back to make way for the ongoing work?
What do you all think?
Even though the bulk of the merriment is in Disneyland itself (IASW Holiday, HMH, the snow, the parade, the Round-Up), I like having DCA
involved in the holiday season in some way. I like to see decorations there and feel like Christmas didn't leave DCA behind...or that DCA didn't leave Christmas behind!!
I hope they don't change too much...but we
may not see those cute candy cane CALIFORNIA letters again.
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