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

[Sherry E]

AND...in addition to the report of the new giant snowman in IASWH, there have been new reports hot off the press that there is actual Christmas music playing in California Adventure this year - something that did not happen last year! In fact, the music is supposedly playing in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot area!

 

[Sherry E]

Woo hoo! Thank you, pattyduke34!

 

[areweindisneyyet]

AND...in addition to the report of the new giant snowman in IASWH, there have been new reports hot off the press that there is actual Christmas music playing in California Adventure this year - something that did not happen last year! In fact, the music is supposedly playing in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot area!

More Christmas tunes to play around in my head.

 

[kmv1217]

kmv1217 -

I guess it depends on how much you are comfortable doing by yourself and what you enjoy doing. For me, I find that as I get older I am actually preferring to spend more alone time, and being solo at DLR for me means a photo-taking extravaganza!!!

Other folks, however, are not cut out for solo trips. Are you used to doing things solo? Is it something you are comfortable with?

I would say to just go ahead and do what you would normally do if you had friends or family with you - like ride the rides. But also do things that you probably couldn't do much of if you had people with you, like take tons of photos. Are you interested in the Christmas Fantasy Parade?

Ive never done a solo trip before Im 19. I do love taking pictures so that is an idea. I am a major foodie and princess at heart, but the main time Im most worried about it at night.

I planned on the prefered dining for WOC but then dont know what to do after that. mainstreet with be swamped with the processional and I am at a loss. Any night time suggestions? I am fairly comfortable with being on my own if I have a plan. I tend to plan stuff to the T.

I am not much of a parade kind of person but I would be interested in seeing that one. I love christmas music and such.

 

[nicolispicoli]

AND...in addition to the report of the new giant snowman in IASWH, there have been new reports hot off the press that there is actual Christmas music playing in California Adventure this year - something that did not happen last year! In fact, the music is supposedly playing in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot area!

There is indeed christmas music playing in DCA. I swung around the street to judy garland with my little dd just this morning

 

[Arizona Rita]

Hi Sherry
I just wanted to say thank you for maintaining the Superthread! And for adding the theme of the day. You make the countdown so much more fun!
I wish I knew how to post photos because I have scrapbooks full of themed photos!
We are there Thurs-Sun of this week and we had a lot going on this year and really cant wait for this trip.
As for the flipping through the telly and finding a fav mine would be "Blast From The Past". holiday movie would be Bill Murrys "Scrooged" (first movie date with DH 22 years ago!) and Rankin/Bass would be "Santa Clause Is Coming To Town".
Again, thank you so much for maintaining your Superthreads!
Rita

 

[BelleBway]

Just checked the park hours and Christmas Eve is up.

It has DL open from 8am to 12 and California Adventure from 10 to 9pm

Last year California Adventure closed at 8pm and DL at 9pm.

I was wondering if the fact that the park is open late would mean that the characters won't be on Main Street in their pajamas when the park closes... anyone know? I missed that last year... and since sheer random chance gave me to chance to be back in Disneyland this Christmas (woo hoo!), I was hoping to see it this year.

I'm kinda disappointed because late hours means more crowds (Christmas eve last year wasn't bad at all, at least not compared to what I expected) OTOH, it means another chance to see Fantasmic! I'm a bit obsessed with Fantasmic...

 

[areweindisneyyet]

I was wondering if the fact that the park is open late would mean that the characters won't be on Main Street in their pajamas when the park closes... anyone know? I missed that last year... and since sheer random chance gave me to chance to be back in Disneyland this Christmas (woo hoo!), I was hoping to see it this year.

I'm kinda disappointed because late hours means more crowds (Christmas eve last year wasn't bad at all, at least not compared to what I expected) OTOH, it means another chance to see Fantasmic! I'm a bit obsessed with Fantasmic...

I was wondering about this too...

We were hoping to catch it as well. It does sound great.

 

[Sherry E]

Hi Sherry
I just wanted to say thank you for maintaining the Superthread! And for adding the theme of the day. You make the countdown so much more fun!
I wish I knew how to post photos because I have scrapbooks full of themed photos!
We are there Thurs-Sun of this week and we had a lot going on this year and really cant wait for this trip.
As for the flipping through the telly and finding a fav mine would be "Blast From The Past". holiday movie would be Bill Murrys "Scrooged" (first movie date with DH 22 years ago!) and Rankin/Bass would be "Santa Clause Is Coming To Town".
Again, thank you so much for maintaining your Superthreads!
Rita

Thank you for the kind words, Rita! I really appreciate it! I invested a lot of time in both this thread and in the Halloween thread as well, and had planned to start doing themes and countdowns and things for Halloween, but somewhere along the line I think everyone in the Halloween thread forgot I existed (or that I had organized and put together the thread in the first place!), and I got discouraged.

In this Christmas thread, however, everyone still seems to be tuned in and remembers that I'm here! I had a whole lot of photos and wanted to do something fun with them, so I began the themes back at the end of August, but I was only doing them once per week. Starting this past Monday (6 days ago), I launched the daily countdown as we lead up to the official season start date tomorrow.

Truthfully, after tomorrow I don't know what I am going to do with myself on Mondays! I had lots of fun coming up with the themes and sharing photos to set the themes each week...but, alas, the themes must come to an end for the time being. Now that the season is starting we can only hope that lots of folks will begin to post new photos.

However, I DO plan on doing countdown theme weeks here again next year - at around the same time (late August-ish). (And I am doing them in the Halloween thread whether they recognize that I'm there or not!) I assume that many of the fine people on this thread now have lots of ideas of things to see and photograph while on their DLR holiday trips (that they may not have known about before), and this will mean that many more people can contribute many more photos for the 2012 theme weeks!! We've had some wonderful contributions from some amazing DIS'ers throughout this whole thread (even before Theme Week!), and people really came through for the themes.

I am a sucker for all things Rankin-Bass, and of course I love "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." I love "Year Without a Santa Claus." I love "Rudolph" and "Frosty" and even things like "Little Drummer Boy"!! I love "Rudolph's Shiny New Year"!!! And...I love their Easter specials as well!!

 

[Sherry E]

New theme coming up in a minute...

 

[Sherry E]

Time for the Daily Countdown!!!

...Only 1 Day Until the
Holiday Season Begins at Disneyland Resort!!!!​

Each day this week there has been a new Disneyland Resort holiday mini-theme!!

In the spotlight today are the fun, goofy, silly, wacky and lovely….




HOLIDAY PHOTOPASS PICTURES!!!!






Whether you’ve stood by the giant Christmas tree on Main Street, held Tinkerbell in your hand, smiled in front of the glowing nighttime Winter Castle, gasped in shock at Stitch popping up out of the ground, or sat on Santa’s lap, chances are you may have posed for a PhotoPass holiday photo or two in the past.

Please feel free to post those holiday PhotoPass pictures!!!!

​

Stay tuned for the FINAL theme tomorrow morning…and then we will wrap up our holiday season countdowns until next year!!

 

[Dizneydaz]

Here's a few

My favorite "Santa"

So bummed I can't be there for the premiere of Christmas Fantasy Parade. My DD has a tournament game in softball at 7 so there's no way we can make the 5:30 parade. And she has one on Tuesday as well. The bummer is that my nephew is in it again this year and we always try to make the premiere of his appearances. At least my DSis will be there. Guess we'll just have to go on Friday (with all the other people) and see it then.

 

[rentayenta]

Love the Photopass pics. I don't have any to cintribute but will for sure after the trip.

 

[pattyduke34]

I have a few! Here they are...

 

[hellotoyou]

WONDERFUL PHOTOS ... thank you both ... it certainly makes our waiting time more exciting!!

 

[Sherry E]

It’s time for the FINAL Countdown Theme Week of 2011!!!

The Holiday Season Begins TODAY
at Disneyland Resort!!!!​

Since late August, I have created themes to help us count down to the DLR holidays' official start date and build excitement for it, as well as showcase areas or details (in photos) that might otherwise be overlooked. I have covered a wide range of highlights of the Disneyland Resort holiday season, writing up intros, struggling with a PC that crashed, fighting with Photobucket and sharing my photos to set the stage for each theme. I was dedicated to it!

Thankfully, this is an idea that caught on with the thread followers and many of them been kind enough to share their wonderful photos as well! The number of both views and posts in this thread has increased tremendously. Plus, we’ve been joined by many new people along the way.

Hopefully I have given everyone some ideas of the extra special little things to look out for (and take photos of!) as you are strolling around Disneyland Resort during the magical holiday season.

Thank you to everyone who has participated and/or followed along for the last 11 weeks (covering 17 themes prior to today). I hope you’ll stick with us as we begin to see photos and learn information about the new 2011 holiday season…and there WILL be theme weeks in 2012, so keep those photos handy!!!

In the spotlight today are the photos you didn’t get to post in previous theme weeks, OR, even if you have already posted them, your absolute favorite photos of the bunch, whether they are family Disneyland photos, vintage photos, scenic/landscape photos, PhotoPass – whatever they are…if it’s your favorite and it’s your own personal photo (not belonging to someone else), share it with us! It is, quite simply, a….




HOLIDAY BONANZA!!!









Please feel free to share any Disneyland Resort holiday PhotoPass pictures you have!!!!






Favorite Main Street photos:

Favorite Toontown photo:

Favorite Grand Californian Hotel photos:

Favorite Paradise Pier Hotel photos:

Favorite Disneyland Hotel photos:

Favorite Reindeer Round-Up Photo:

My favorite PhotoPass pictures:

Vintage Photos:

(From 1972 – as you can see, I was introduced to the idea of Disney + Christmas = magic very early on in my life,
and these two subjects have been my favorite things ever since!!)

(From 1990):

(1992):

(1993/1994):

(2000 – Look at the crazy coloring on IASWH!):

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Again, thank you…and let the holidays BEGIN!! I'll see you back here next year for Theme Week 2012!!

 

[DisneyMomof2inSLC]

Sherry,
Just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful thread that has provided me with tons of info and awesome pictures to keep me excited for my upcoming trip!!

 

[rentayenta]

Sherry, for making the countdown to the holiday such a pleasure. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's reports and photos. This has been by far one of the best threads I've participated in throughout my 15,000+ posts.

 

[mommy2mrb]

thank you for putting this all together!

can't wait to start seeing photos of this year! we are 1 month and 2 days out until our Magical Mickey Christmas Trip!!!

 

[Goofy_Mom]

It's offical!!!! I spoke with one of Santa's consultants. The kids and I are definitley getting AP's for Christmas this year(our 1st ones)!!! Before it was a "maybe" and then a "most likely", now it's a sure thing!!!