Okay, I have been having mega-problems getting onto the DIS in recent weeks - partly because of the DIS' server issues, I think, and partly because of some Internet problems I have been having on my end. So that's why I have disappeared from my own threads and other DIS duties! It's been too hard for me to log in, and if I get in the page freezes up on me within a minute and I have to reboot.
Anyway, I was not sure what I would find in this thread in the time that's passed! I was hoping that if folks popped in with questions, others would answer.
Let me just throw in some additional quick comments (albeit, a tad late!):
I'm so excited, we are seriously considering a trip during the end of Nov this year! I've lurked on this thread and have enjoyed all of the pictures, but never thought I could convince my dh to go during the holidays.
I do have a question about tickets. Historically, have there been ticket promotions during the holiday season? Or is it best to purchase tickets now before they go up later in the year?
thanks for any info!
michelleh1 -
A very belated welcome to you! Thank you for joining this thread after lurking for a while. I do hope that your holiday trip comes to fruition!
As for ticket promotions during the holidays, not really. If I were you, I would get your tickets now - or at least, before the end of May/early June. Holiday season is peak season at the parks, and the ticket discounts are not likely.
But, I think the ticket prices are going to hike up by May or June, in anticipation of the crowds coming to see Cars Land and all the other new California Adventure stuff. The prices go up every year, anyway, and last year's increase was right around June...which means they will go up again by June of this year.
What is the protocol for referring to info (or posting links) from other DL discussion websites? I was reading one that mentioned DCA....specifically Cars Land and Buena Vista Street....will be thoroughly decked out for the holiday season. Woohoo!!!
DTDkettleCORNfan -
I think I was just saying to fellow DIS'er mariezp in my TR a few weeks ago that I thought Cars Land would eventually get its own style of holiday decor, along the lines of what happens in ToonTown, A Bug's Land and New Orleans Square. But, I was saying that I didn't think the Cars Land decorations would happen in its first year. I thought Disney might wait a year or two, to let guests get used to the 'regular' Cars Land, and then throw in some holiday stuff down the line.
And then came the Al Lutz piece! What a surprise! I hope it's accurate! Then again, what Disney considers to be thorough holiday decor may not be what we all think of as thorough holiday decor. The "new" trees in ToonTown last year were hideous. The decorations in New Orleans Square keep getting scaled down, little by little. The decorations in the Paradise Garden area and on the Little Mermaid facade were minimal.
So if there are Cars Land decorations this year - and I hope there will be - I wonder how extensive they will be. I hope that none of the decorations from other areas of the Resort are removed and added into Cars Land!
Thanks,
I'm mikey, for posting the link here!
Shameless re-post of my little question....
NewbieMouse -
You've probably already gotten enough feedback on this elsewhere, but yes,
if the CM parties follow the same pattern set forth last year and in 2010, then the dates should be 12/10 and 12/11. Of course,
Disneyland could revert to its old ways and start having the CM parties earlier, and they could be on 12/3 and 12/4. I don't think the actual party dates will be released to the Cast Members until November.
We are arriving on the 13th of Nov - leaving on the 16th of Nov. I would like to know if anyone has gone the day after Vets Day? Are there going to be ANY decorations? Gingerbread houses? Santa? Is the 4pm parade the same as the nighttime parade? What is the not-to-miss during Christmas to-do? I don't want to miss anything!!! Thanks
Hello,
MrsSpfaff -
Welcome! When you have time, you should scroll through this thread (Page 1 has some useful information, applicable to any year, in the first 3 posts). It will give you a good idea of what kinds of things will be happening during the season.
Depending on when the holiday season officially begins - and it could be November 9, November 12 or November 16 - you may only see decorations, or you may get to experience the full array of holiday activities.
Yes, both parks will decorated even before the official holiday season start date, but the 3 Disney hotels may not get their decorations until right before or right after Thanksgiving.
Things like the snow falling on Main Street, the holiday parade, the holiday fireworks, Santa's Reindeer Round-Up, etc., tend to not begin until the official start date of the season. It's a Small World Holiday will probably begin a day or two before the season start date. Haunted Mansion Holiday will start in September, so you will definitely see that.
All in all, you may get only decorations or you may get the full holiday experience, but you will definitely get a good taste of the season!!
Oh, and yes, the daytime holiday parade and the nighttime version are the same!!
The gingerbread house at Storytellers Cafe in the Grand Californian Hotel may or may not be there this year, and if so, I'm not sure when it will come out (November? December?). They put it there last year, but in 2010 it was gone. I don't know about this season.
