Disneyland at Christmas?...HELP

[agnes!]

We will be going to DL for Christmas this year, plane tickets bought (airline points!..Woo-Hooooo!), on-site hotel ressies made... but I am at a loss about special seasonal activities. Going Dec 23-28 (staying off-site the night of the 27th near airport, leaving early morning on the 28th) and information on special dinners, brunches, tours, etc. seems hard to come by.

We go to WDW a lot, but this is our first time as a family at DLR. We are used to our WDW-APs, so will also have to get some kind of multi-day Hopper.

Any advice, tips, hints, etc. for going this time of year please post them all here !
agnes!

 

[Sherry E]

We have a thread dedicated to nothing but Christmas! This is the thread for you! It is the "Disney at Christmas" superthread, and we discuss seasonal food, souvenirs, hotels, decorations, events, attractions, weather, the holiday tour, etc. - basically anything and everything having to do with DLR at Christmastime. This is the thread that's in the main Info sticky at the top of the page as well, so it's there year-round.

There are tons of tips and lots of great advice to be found, but one of the the main things that has made our thread so special is the photographic contributions! We have so many beautiful photos all throughout the thread, as well as many DIS'ers descriptions of why they love DLR at Christmastime so much - our Superthread has convinced more than a few people to make holiday trips to DLR!!

Come join us - you don't have to read through the whole thread if you don't want to, but if you scroll through and look at the amazing photos, you will get an idea of what you can expect. Otherwise, just jump on in with any questions you have! We have a wonderful panel of experts there to help you out!

Here is the link:

Disney at Christmas

Here is a thread by Ariel224, with a bit of 2010 holiday tour information as well as a list of who is attending the tour at which times:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2575310

 

[tinkermell]

Hi!

Welcome to the best time of year at DL!

First of all you will get to experience Haunted Mansion's and It's a Small World's holiday overlays. Lots of time goes into these makeovers, and they are wonderful.

Big Thunder Ranch over in Frontierland, is all decked out, and has real reindeer too.

New Orleans Square looks incredible too. My all time favorite area of the park all year long.

Every night, there is a castle light show that leads up to the Holiday fireworks, with snow afterwards. This is open to everyone who passes through the gates. No special hard ticket needed. Same with the Christmas parade. It should perform 2 times a day. They also project light shows onto IASW in the evening.

In all of the resort hotels you will be serenaded by the Dicken's Carolers. They are the best, and are one of my favorite things to make time for. The best location to hear them is in the Grand's lobby. Also in the lobby is a great hearth with a fire roaring, a huge Christmas tree, with Santa's throne sitting by it. Of course Santa comes to visit and sits in it. What hotel are you staying at?

DTD is also very festive. One nice thing about DL, is the close proximity of everything. You can walk everywhere, which I just love. By staying in one of the resorts, you will walk through DTD everyday. There are different live music acts all the way in the evening. So fun! One difference you will see in DTD, is that there are other shops besides Disney, which is nice to me for a change.

If you call Disney dining, they should let you in on what places will be serving special holiday meals.

I would bring clothes for layering. During the day it could be very warm and comfortable. At nights it gets pretty darn cold. I usually wear a hat, gloves and warm coat. I also bring Uggs, but then, I tend to be cold blooded. LOL!

Have a wonderful time!

 

[Sherry E]

...you call Disney dining, they should let you in on what places will be serving special holiday meals.

NewbieMouse posted info about this subject.....in the Disney at Christmas superthread mentioned above.

From page 129 of "Disney at Christmas," courtesy of NewbieMouse:

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=38706789&postcount=1924