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

[DizNee Luver]

I made our motel ressies this week with the hopes that somehow we'd be able to save up the money to go......tonight I can officially say.......WE'RE GOING!!!!!!

Found out about a federal credit for adopting special needs kids & we adopted a set of twins we had in our home as foster kids......we are getting a HUGE refund........only bad part is having to wait 6 weeks to 6 months for it to get here!!!!

 

[Sherry E]

I made our motel ressies this week with the hopes that somehow we'd be able to save up the money to go......tonight I can officially say.......WE'RE GOING!!!!!!

Found out about a federal credit for adopting special needs kids & we adopted a set of twins we had in our home as foster kids......we are getting a HUGE refund........only bad part is having to wait 6 weeks to 6 months for it to get here!!!!

I saw that in your Pre-TR, Laurie! That is absolutely awesome and amazing! See? You started talking and thinking as though the trip would happen...and it is going to happen! The universe 'heard' you and is making sure you get to DLR for Christmas! And even aside from the Christmas trip, I'm sure that the money will come in handy for other things too.

 

[Sherry E]

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Anyway, I've been struggling with Photobucket and my PC most of the day, trying to get photos organized in some way. I have a lot of work to do on that.

So is everyone ready for Christmas? The holiday season is only 7 months away!!

Some of these photos I posted in the first Christmas thread. Some of them I may have even already posted in this thread, but forgot about!! Most of these pictures I posted in my Trip Report, but I will assume that we have new people joining us here who have not been to either the first Christmas thread or my TR!! So these will be new photos to you guys!

I will share photos of a wide variety of Disneyland Resort holiday things...a sort of broad spectrum of DLR Holiday fun (minus the parade and the fireworks)!


California Adventure:

Critter Country:

Disneyland Hotel:

Downtown Disney:

Flowers/Plants:

Frontierland:

Grand Californian Hotel:

Haunted Mansion Holiday:

It’s a Small World Holiday:

Main Street - Daytime:

Main Street – Nighttime:

Continued in Next Post!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

I saw that in your Pre-TR, Laurie! That is absolutely awesome and amazing! See? You started talking and thinking as though the trip would happen...and it is going to happen! The universe 'heard' you and is making sure you get to DLR for Christmas! And even aside from the Christmas trip, I'm sure that the money will come in handy for other things too.

So excited now.......really gonna get my Must Do List going now!!

 

[Sherry E]

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New Orleans Square:

Ornaments:

Paradise Pier Hotel:

Reindeer Round-Up:

Souvenirs:

Toon Town:

Treats:

Trees:

Window Displays:

Winter Castle:

Wreaths:

 

[DizNee Luver]

LVE the pictures Sherry......wish you could see the big ol' smile I have on my face right now!!!! I'm all giddy!!!!

 

[funatdisney]

Great pics Sherry. As I look at them, it makes me wish it was December. What did you say... 7 months away? Not soon enough!

 

[Sherry E]

Thank you, Laurie & Liza!

Great pics Sherry. As I look at them, it makes me wish it was December. What did you say... 7 months away? Not soon enough!

Neither HalloweenTime nor Christmas Time are coming soon enough for me! I want them both to hurry and get here! There's a long, hot summer fast approaching. We have to get through that first...and then holidays, here we come!

I had the same experience - as I was sorting out the categories of photos for those 2 posts on the last page (and alphabetizing the categories, you may have noticed!), I was thinking, "Now I want it to be Christmas. Why did I decide this was a good idea to sort and post a bunch of photos?"

Anyway, I thought you'd appreciate it, Liza, as you had wanted me to post some photos a while back and I didn't have anything ready yet. And I had not posted any photos in a long time! I just cannot believe how incredibly long it takes for Photobucket and my PC to work together. It is just ridiculous.





By the way, everyone - Bret mentioned earlier that I usually do the welcome/greeting. By all means, please, everyone jump in and greet, welcome, help, answer questions for, etc., any newcomers to this thread....or just anyone who has a question in general. I try to jump in and say something if I happen to be on the board at the time and I see that someone posted, but if I'm not, don't hesitate to get involved!

This is a team effort here - we all help each other out!

 

[Ihaveamickeymousekid]

LOVE the pics Sherry!!

Makes me even more excited to be experiencing the holiday season at Disneyland, now time just needs to fast forward

 

[TheColtonsMom]

Sherry your pics make me homesick for my "other" home it seems so long ago and yet just yesterday that we were there!

 

[Cali_Traveler]

Thank you, Laurie & Liza!





Neither HalloweenTime nor Christmas Time are coming soon enough for me! I want them both to hurry and get here! There's a long, hot summer fast approaching. We have to get through that first...and then holidays, here we come!

I had the same experience - as I was sorting out the categories of photos for those 2 posts on the last page (and alphabetizing the categories, you may have noticed!), I was thinking, "Now I want it to be Christmas. Why did I decide this was a good idea to sort and post a bunch of photos?"

Anyway, I thought you'd appreciate it, Liza, as you had wanted me to post some photos a while back and I didn't have anything ready yet. And I had not posted any photos in a long time! I just cannot believe how incredibly long it takes for Photobucket and my PC to work together. It is just ridiculous.





By the way, everyone - Bret mentioned earlier that I usually do the welcome/greeting. By all means, please, everyone jump in and greet, welcome, help, answer questions for, etc., any newcomers to this thread....or just anyone who has a question in general. I try to jump in and say something if I happen to be on the board at the time and I see that someone posted, but if I'm not, don't hesitate to get involved!

This is a team effort here - we all help each other out!

*sigh* Yes we do have to wait for the Summer to be over , from the sounds of it , we arent suppose to have the warmest summer but hopefully things will brighten up! Only 260 days until we leave for our DLR Christmas Vacation!

 

[Sherry E]

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California Adventure:

Critter Country:

Disneyland Hotel:

Downtown Disney:

Flowers/Plants:

Frontierland:

Grand Californian Hotel:

Haunted Mansion Holiday:

It’s a Small World Holiday:

Main Street - Daytime:

Main Street – Nighttime:

Continued in Next Post!!

Does anyone notice that the tree under the Critter Country heading has ornaments that are covered in honey - excuse me - hunny?

Well, if you also notice, there are dripping hunny pots on the tree too....except the way they have the ornaments placed, it does not appear that the pots are dripping on the ornaments, as it should appear! It looks odd to me - just one of those small details that catches my eye - as if the hunny-covered ornaments are just covered with hunny from nowhere! I feel like I want to go in and rearrange the ornaments so that the hunny pots are placed above the ornaments covered in hunny, so that it looks as if they were dribbled on!

 

[Sherry E]

Post # 2 of 2 (Continued from previous post)



New Orleans Square:

Ornaments:

Paradise Pier Hotel:

Reindeer Round-Up:

Souvenirs:

Toon Town:

Treats:

Trees:

Window Displays:

Winter Castle:

Wreaths:

I was posting these hastily last night, and I was exhausted and exasperated with Photobucket and my PC at that point, so I neglected some details...

I suppose I should point out that in the Ornaments section, those pictures are from the tree in New Orleans Square and the tree in ToonTown - two of my favorites.

And under the Wreaths section, those wreaths are from Carnation Cafe (love the deep red carnations) and the IASW Holiday area.

The Christmas Trees are from Goofy's Kitchen and the Golden Horseshoe!

 

[Sherry E]

LOVE the pics Sherry!!

Makes me even more excited to be experiencing the holiday season at Disneyland, now time just needs to fast forward

Thank you, Ihaveamickeymousekid! Yep, we just need to fast forward 7 months...in a way, it will probably be here in no time. On the other hand, it will take forever to get there!

Sherry your pics make me homesick for my "other" home it seems so long ago and yet just yesterday that we were there!

Sherri - I guess I succeeded in my mission, then...to make everyone either more anxious to get to DLR for the holiday season or fondly remembering their own holiday trips, or just homesick for DLR in general! That was my evil master plan! Muahahahahaha!!

*sigh* Yes we do have to wait for the Summer to be over , from the sounds of it , we arent suppose to have the warmest summer but hopefully things will brighten up! Only 260 days until we leave for our DLR Christmas Vacation!

Cali_Traveler - I forgot to say Welcome to you when you first posted yesterday! Your 260 days will fly by, I think. But it seems like an eternity. Darn that Summer that has to get in the way of the holidays arriving!

Oh, you had asked yesterday about any must-do/must-see things at the PPH, I think? Well, as much as I love the PPH and its cute sun/surf/beach theme, it is a small hotel and there is not much to it. It's not like the DLH or the GCH in that there are grounds to stroll or big, cozy lobbies in which to relax by a fire or by the tree.

When you enter the PPH, you will notice the extremely beautiful Christmas tree in the lobby. My photos above don't do it justice - and believe me, I tried without flash, with flash, from the front side, from the back side, up close, from a distance, and every which way but loose! - but there are glowing blue and green-ish lights on the tree that really catch your attention, even from far away. We noticed the tree when we pulled up in the front entrance valet area. It is very eye-catching, and I know that Sherri (TheColtonsMom) has seen it up close and will agree with me, too. Plus, the colors of the ornaments on the tree are very complementary to the blue-green lights. And it is a tall, towering tree (as is the one at the GCH), which I like. I like big trees!

So you must take time to stop and admire the PPH tree.

Mickey in Paradise is a cute, less crowded gift shop, and often has items that are sold out in the parks. Lots of cute pins, too! Sometimes they sell special holiday pins for each of the hotels, so be sure to check that shop for a PPH holiday pin! I got a Christmas tree antenna topper for another DIS'er in that shop, because it was gone/sold out from the other shops I looked in.

The character meal at the PPH is Surf's Up with Mickey and Friends. I've not eaten there yet, but I know that Sherri (TheColtonsMom) and Laurie (DizNee Luver) are big fans of it and they both recommend it highly.

The Surfside Lounge is a nice little counter service place that serves some tasty treats.

Otherwise...then you start running out of things to see at the PPH!! Time to venture over to the DLH and see their holiday decor, and then into the GCH to lounge in one of their comfy chairs, sit by the fire with a beverage, enjoy carolers performing by the giant tree, listen to the pianist and guitarist playing holiday favorites...and just soaking in the overall happy, upbeat, festive atmosphere of the season!

 

[TheColtonsMom]

Does anyone notice that the tree under the Critter Country heading has ornaments that are covered in honey - excuse me - hunny?

Well, if you also notice, there are dripping hunny pots on the tree too....except the way they have the ornaments placed, it does not appear that the pots are dripping on the ornaments, as it should appear! It looks odd to me - just one of those small details that catches my eye - as if the hunny-covered ornaments are just covered with hunny from nowhere! I feel like I want to go in and rearrange the ornaments so that the hunny pots are placed above the ornaments covered in hunny, so that it looks as if they were dribbled on!

I did notice...because I remember and agreed with this rant on your TR.. seems a real slip up to the disney attention to detail!

 

[mvf-m11c]

As always Sherry, you show us all great pics during the Holiday season.

I did remember honey pot ornaments on the tree in the store in CC.

It looks like it time for me also to post some pics during the Holiday season.

Santa's Reindeer Round-Up

Toontown

 

[Sherry E]

I did notice...because I remember and agreed with this rant on your TR.. seems a real slip up to the disney attention to detail!

Sherri - Did you? I totally don't remember us having a discussion about the hunny on the tree. That photo is from 2009 and you weren't on my TR at that time, so if we discussed it recently then I totally blanked out!

Anyway, great photos, Bret!


I am having BIG computer problems today - like way beyond the usual ones. All of a sudden, all of my documents disappeared from my PC and my desktop totally changed. Some programs are missing. Some are still there but are acting as if have never used them before and are treating me as if I am 'new.' I don't know if I've been hacked or if something crashed. I've been told that my documents are probably hidden somewhere in this PC, but who nows where they are?

I am going to have to get a technician out here to see what's happening. It's a miracle I even got on to DISboards.

So if I disappear for a while, it probably means that I have no PC. I can access Facebook from my phone, but I can't access the DIS!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Thanx for sharing your pics Bret!!! Loving all these awesome Christmas pics!!!

 

[TheColtonsMom]

Sherri - I guess I succeeded in my mission, then...to make everyone either more anxious to get to DLR for the holiday season or fondly remembering their own holiday trips, or just homesick for DLR in general! That was my evil master plan! Muahahahahaha!!

When you enter the PPH, you will notice the extremely beautiful Christmas tree in the lobby. My photos above don't do it justice - and believe me, I tried without flash, with flash, from the front side, from the back side, up close, from a distance, and every which way but loose! - but there are glowing blue and green-ish lights on the tree that really catch your attention, even from far away. We noticed the tree when we pulled up in the front entrance valet area. It is very eye-catching, and I know that Sherri (TheColtonsMom) has seen it up close and will agree with me, too. Plus, the colors of the ornaments on the tree are very complementary to the blue-green lights. And it is a tall, towering tree (as is the one at the GCH), which I like. I like big trees!

So you must take time to stop and admire the PPH tree.

The character meal at the PPH is Surf's Up with Mickey and Friends. I've not eaten there yet, but I know that Sherri (TheColtonsMom) and Laurie (DizNee Luver) are big fans of it and they both recommend it highly.

Sherri - Did you? I totally don't remember us having a discussion about the hunny on the tree. That photo is from 2009 and you weren't on my TR at that time, so if we discussed it recently then I totally blanked out!


I am having BIG computer problems today - like way beyond the usual ones. All of a sudden, all of my documents disappeared from my PC and my desktop totally changed. Some programs are missing. Some are still there but are acting as if have never used them before and are treating me as if I am 'new.' I don't know if I've been hacked or if something crashed. I've been told that my documents are probably hidden somewhere in this PC, but who nows where they are?

I am going to have to get a technician out here to see what's happening. It's a miracle I even got on to DISboards.

So if I disappear for a while, it probably means that I have no PC. I can access Facebook from my phone, but I can't access the DIS!

Well your evil plan worked...the last few weeks I have been debating changing from Halloween this year to Christmas AGAIN! I don't think the boys would go for it though they are very excited about Halloween.

How did I forget to mention that tree! I loved it so much that on our way home from the airport I hit home depot and bought every blue & green light they had left at their after christmas sale. I have enough to do our tree & outside the house I so loved that tree! There is not a pic in existance that does it justice and I took alot in different ways just like you did.

As I have said before and will likely say again...I LOVE LOVE LOVE Surf's Up, we did it our last day and it was the perfect experience! I think Laurie & I may have actually talked you into trying it finally!

We never discussed the hunny pots together, But remember I read your TR from the very beginning so I did get to see you rant.

I don't know if you remember my laptop going down mid TR but it is still having issues, luckily I have been using my DHs so I didn't disappear entirely..
Have you seen that commercial where the family's house gets robbed and they steal everything but don't take their computer? For some reason it always makes me think of you and your finicky ancient PC.

 

[lapdwife]

After being so miserable last Christmas Day with the crowd and leaving after 2 hours, I wasn't planning on continuing our Christmas Day tradition of waking up at Disneyland..... now I go through some of these pics and think Awwww. Dh works for the company so will be there that day I'm sure. I can't make the ressie until 7 months out anyhow, so I have a month-ish to figure it all out. Decisions!!!