Disneyland at Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread #2 (Closed)

[lurpee]

Love today's theme!! Question though -- is there normally a photopass photographer near the castle at night? Those look beautiful!!

We got the Photopass + thing for our upcoming trip and all of these pics are reassuring me that we've made the right choice. There has always been a major lack of photopass photogs whenever we go so I was quite worried about whether it would be worth it or not. We mainly got it for the character meals and ride pictures but I'd love tons of photopass pics!

Can anyone tell me where the main photo ops are? Just so we make sure we hit all of those locations! Thanks!!

I have a question regarding this. What is the best way/time to get a pic in front of the castle?

 

[JediMasterNerd]

Love this photo! I need to try to get this one with my son.

J.

 

[DSNY4ever]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE all these photo pass pics, they are fabulous! I think I might have to break down and buy one from in front of the castle all lit up, those are fantastic. 15 days till I am there

 

[Beee]

yay, just booked our fantasmic dessert seating for the 9th of December - it is like that flicked the excited switch or something. Up until now I've just been stressed out with all the things I have to do before we go but now I am just excited to see everything. Loving the family photos with santa, I am going to totally make my family do that!

and on that note given it is 5.30 saturday morning here I am going to try going back to bed

 

[Sherry E]

With just days to go until November 12th rolls around, you know what that means....



It’s time for the Daily Countdown to the holiday season!!!

...Only 3 Days Until the
Holiday Season Begins at Disneyland Resort!!!!​

Each day this week there will be a new Disneyland Resort holiday mini-theme!! Some of the daily themes may tie in to a theme from the prior day or from the following day, or even tie into the main theme for the week (which is the Hotels of the Disneyland Resort until 11/12). If you don’t have any holiday photos of the Hotels, you may have photos for one of the mini-themes. You may have photos that apply to both the mini-themes and the weekly themes. It’s all good!

Everyone’s photos will fit into many of the themes one way or the other – whether it’s the overall weekly theme or the daily mini-themes, or both! Everything should blend together and (hopefully) transition nicely so that no one has to sit out of the photo-sharing fun for longer than a couple of days.

In the spotlight today…




HOLIDAY CHARACTER PHOTOS!!!




During the holiday season at Disneyland Resort, sometimes the characters in the parks will dress in Winter sweaters & scarves or Santa Hats – maybe even reindeer ears. Sometimes they simply wear their ‘street clothes’ and stand in front of a holiday display of some kind. Often times you can find these furry, playful friends around Main Street or in Toontown. Occasionally they will appear in their seasonal outfits at character meals (more recently at Minnie & Friends).


Today I am mostly posting my vintage holiday character photos (with more recent ones thrown in at the end), but please feel free to share any holiday character photos you have from any year the Disneyland Resort!!!!.






Let me go into the vault to start this off. These are all non-PhotoPass character pictures.



From 1990 – Santa Goofy used to hang out in Frontierland…and on this day it was cold! It was only in the upper 40’s in the daytime and a crisp 30 degrees at night (which was a very rare occasion in SoCal at that time)! Brrrr!...

From 1992…

From 1993 & 1994…

See the interesting Christmas tree behind us, in front of the Castle? This was not the “Winter Castle” in the old days…

From 2001…

From December 2007 – Goofy caught me off guard in Toontown!...

From December 2009…

From December 2010…

Reindeer Pluto!

From December 2011…

Duffy butt!

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Please feel free to post your holiday character pictures (and they can be non-PhotoPass pictures or PhotoPass pictures)!

Stay tuned for another daily countdown mini-theme tomorrow …and then we will finally wrap up our countdowns and themes on Monday, November 12th!!

I will be doing mini-daily themes every day this week from today (Friday, November 9th) through Sunday, November 11th, and then the final weekly theme will be on Monday, November 12th – but please continue to post your Hotels of the Disneyland Resort pictures all week long if you have them (or any other mini-theme photos too)!!

 

[hollyshoffbrau]

Thank you for all of the pics! They are helping me *BIGTIME* to get geared up to head back in Dec seeing all of these!!!

 

[Escape2Disney]

Thanks for the great pictures, Sherry!

yay, just booked our fantasmic dessert seating for the 9th of December - it is like that flicked the excited switch or something. Up until now I've just been stressed out with all the things I have to do before we go but now I am just excited to see everything. Loving the family photos with santa, I am going to totally make my family do that!

and on that note given it is 5.30 saturday morning here I am going to try going back to bed

Hi, Beee! I just booked Fantasmic for the 9th as well! Which show? We're going to the 9pm show. Hope to see you there!

 

[tksbaskets]

Love today's theme!! Question though -- is there normally a photopass photographer near the castle at night? Those look beautiful!!

We got the Photopass + thing for our upcoming trip and all of these pics are reassuring me that we've made the right choice. There has always been a major lack of photopass photogs whenever we go so I was quite worried about whether it would be worth it or not. We mainly got it for the character meals and ride pictures but I'd love tons of photopass pics!

Can anyone tell me where the main photo ops are? Just so we make sure we hit all of those locations! Thanks!!

Yes the PP Photographers are out at night by the hub. Look for their tripods! Usually right in front of the castle and in the little spot on the way to Tomorrowland.

In my experience the main photopass photo-ops are outside DL in front of the Mickey and the train station, on Mainstreet by the tree, walking up Mainstreet with either the tree behind you of the castle. In the hub by the Partners statue, in front of the castle.

DCA will probably be different now with BVS and CarsLand but it used to be the gazebo by Ariel's at Paradise Pier.

A great tip I got was to take a picture of your photopass card in case you loose it. You'll be able to combine cards when you order your CD if you do.

TK

 

[Beee]

Thanks for the great pictures, Sherry!




Hi, Beee! I just booked Fantasmic for the 9th as well! Which show? We're going to the 9pm show. Hope to see you there!

same as us! Seeing as we arrive that day after a 14hr flight I didn't think I'd make it for the 10pm show - you will recognise us easily I think lol I will be the one trying not to fall asleep in my chair

 

[Escape2Disney]

same as us! Seeing as we arrive that day after a 14hr flight I didn't think I'd make it for the 10pm show - you will recognise us easily I think lol I will be the one trying not to fall asleep in my chair

You poor thing! That's a long flight! I'll be the curly-haired one arriving in a scooter with 2 other women. Are you going to stay in your seat to watch the fireworks after?

 

[Beee]

You poor thing! That's a long flight! I'll be the curly-haired one arriving in a scooter with 2 other women. Are you going to stay in your seat to watch the fireworks after?

I know its not the greatest view but we are pretty excited to see the fireworks as a great finale to our first day in the park so we'll probably do that and then try to see it from a better view later in our stay.

 

[minnieandmickey]

Just saw the Towmater Christmas commercial! Hubby and I will be there 2 weeks from Sunday for our 24th Anniversary. Using the last of our AP's (next year we are going to London!) Love this time of year!

 

[pattyduke34]

Here are a few for today's theme..

 

[kswm30b]

This is my favorite day of pics so far

Love the old pics, Sherry! If only Roger Rabbit still met!

 

[StyledSugar]

Yes the PP Photographers are out at night by the hub. Look for their tripods! Usually right in front of the castle and in the little spot on the way to Tomorrowland.

In my experience the main photopass photo-ops are outside DL in front of the Mickey and the train station, on Mainstreet by the tree, walking up Mainstreet with either the tree behind you of the castle. In the hub by the Partners statue, in front of the castle.

DCA will probably be different now with BVS and CarsLand but it used to be the gazebo by Ariel's at Paradise Pier.

A great tip I got was to take a picture of your photopass card in case you loose it. You'll be able to combine cards when you order your CD if you do.

TK

Thank you very much for the information!! This will be the first trip where we'll be scouting out photopass photogs. lol

Looks like we'll be in the park at the same time. Hope you have a great trip!

 

[JediMasterNerd]

Hi all,

While I'm still 6-7 weeks out I'm already thinking about how to surprise my son with our Christmas trip.... After reading about the addition of glow ears for the fireworks I thought that would be great. But it looks like you can only buy them at Disneyland and not online nor at a Disney store... Anyone know for sure?? Are there Christmas versions of the ears?? Any other ideas on ways to surprise a kid with a Christmas trip?

Thanks,
J.

 

[dismomofbn]

We arrived yesterday for the opening weekend of the holidays. We woke up our kids at 3 am to catch our flight and were so pleased that we had actually pulled off the surprise trip we had been planning for months. I just wanted to report that there is snow in DCA! We went to the Mad T party last night and as they belted out the Christmas songs, snow started falling! It was an amazing surprise and the kids (DS 17 & DD 14) had a blast. Can't wait to do more holiday exploring today at both parks.

 

[LullahBelle]

We arrived yesterday for the opening weekend of the holidays. We woke up our kids at 3 am to catch our flight and were so pleased that we had actually pulled off the surprise trip we had been planning for months. I just wanted to report that there is snow in DCA! We went to the Mad T party last night and as they belted out the Christmas songs, snow started falling! It was an amazing surprise and the kids (DS 17 & DD 14) had a blast. Can't wait to do more holiday exploring today at both parks.

HOW EXCITING!! I'll be there in exactly 1 week, and love hearing how the Holiday season is already being rolled out! And yes, did hear about the snowstorm that hit the West Coast...unfortunately it's moving East, but that's another story, lol.

 

[Sherry E]

Were in the home stretch! With just days to go until November 12th rolls around, you know what that means....



Its time for the Daily Countdown to the holiday season!!!

...Only 2 Days Until the
Holiday Season Begins at Disneyland Resort!!!!​

Each day this week there has been a new Disneyland Resort holiday mini-theme!! Some of the daily themes may have tied tie in to a theme from the prior day or from the following day, or even tied into the main theme for the week (which is the Hotels of the Disneyland Resort until 11/12). If you didnt have any holiday photos of the Hotels, you may have had photos for one of the mini-themes. You may have photos that applied to both the mini-themes and the weekly themes. Its all good!

Everyones photos have fit into many of the themes one way or the other  whether its been the overall weekly theme or the daily mini-themes, or both! Everything blended together and (hopefully) transitioned nicely so that no one had to sit out of the photo-sharing fun for longer than a couple of days.

Tomorrow is the final mini-theme of the countdown, and the final major theme will be in 2 days - on Monday, November 12th.

In the spotlight today&





HOLIDAY WREATHS!!!




Much like the Christmas trees of the Disneyland Resort, you can find a wide variety of festive wreaths fitting the various themes and color schemes of their designated posts/locations  in both parks, inside restaurants, in shops, on rides, in Downtown Disney and at the 3 hotels.

Ive taken photos of many of these wreaths. Today, I am sharing pictures of some my favorites of the bunch!




Main Street&

Vintage Main Street  Circa 1993&

Carnation Café&

Frontierland&

Santas Reindeer Round-Up&

Toontown&

Vintage Toontown  Circa 2001&

Its a Small World Holiday (I am only including a few here, but there are many wreaths lining the path to IASWH)&

New Orleans Square (Im not including the masks because those are masks, not wreaths!)&

Disneyland Hotel&

Goofys Kitchen&

Uh oh! Someones got a wreath on his head!

​

Please feel free to post your holiday wreath pictures!

Stay tuned for the final daily countdown mini-theme tomorrow &and then we will wrap up our countdowns and themes on Monday, November 12th!!

 

[monkey30]

I am soooo excited! I think I am even more excited to go during the Christmas season then I was to go in Halloween!

I keep looking at these wonderful pictures and loving it!