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

[MattsPrincess]

PhotoPass Holiday Spots:
DCA Tree (on the pier)

Big Thunder Ranch / Reindeer Roundup area

Main ST. Tree

Castle

MISC:

DL Band Holiday Uniforms

 

[MattsPrincess]

Holiday Characters:

Minnie on Main St.

Mickey on Main St.

Goofy in Toon Town

Band Leader Mickey, Main St.

Critter Country Photo Spot

Pluto, Reindeer Roundup

Donald, Bug's Land

 

[MattsPrincess]

A Christmas Fantasy Parade, from Holiday Tour reserved seating:

 

[TheColtonsMom]

Oh, I love the pictures! Thank you to all of you for taking the time and effort to post them. It makes me even more excited to get to DL in December, although the idea of the crowds Dec 15-20 make me a tad nervous.....

Can I ask about this Catalina island thing? Normally we just do DL and a beach, but with my DD getting older and having her birthday on this trip, I'm womdering if that's something she would like...

SherryE is the real authority on Catalina Island around here so if your question gets shuffled around in all the pics ask her again for sure! I know they are having a special right now where you get a free boat ticket on your birthday so you might want to look into that since your DD is having her birthday on your trip!

 

[MattsPrincess]

CFP continued:

 

[tksbaskets]

Here is another picture of the "C" from 2009

I waited for a long time to get that shot without people in it. This is what the rest of the letters looked like. Very popular!

 

[Sherry E]

Wow! I'm so excited to see all the beautiful new photo additions and nice comments since I last logged in! Yay! Thank you, everyone! I will add them into the Table of Contents tomorrow.

Between the ToC, the first post (with the thumbnails and all the stuff that I wrote) and the third post with the info and links, it has been a big understaking and I've had to switch back and forth and work on a little bit of each post at a time, then going back and adding or revising things in some way. But I think it was worth it in the long run because it is more organized.




Anyway, I just wanted to pop in quickly and answer emacat's question about Catalina.

First of all, in case you haven't already looked it up on the Internet, here is the link to the Catalina Express website with info on the free birthday promotion:

http://www.catalinaexpress.com/birthday_promo.php

Basically, it is the equivalent of the Disney promo to get in free on your birthday from 2009, except in this case, it's a free round trip boat ride for the birthday person. They have never offered anything like this for Catalina before, but their business was hurt a little bit in the last few years because of the economy so I guess it makes sense they would try it since Disney had such success with it.

Catalina Island (the main town is Avalon) is a charming place. Avalon is a quaint seaside town. Many of the houses and hotels are stacked on the hillsides, and the look of that is very reminiscent of Italy or Greece. The scenery is beautiful - especially from up in the hills. It's great fun to rent a golf cart and zoom around. You can spend a relaxing day on the water in any number of boats, or take a tour of the island interior and scout for buffalo. There are buffalo that live all through the interior of the island, along with goats and deer and other critters. Seals and dolphins play in the ocean nearby. Flying fish come out in the summer months. If you like seafood and fresh salt water taffy, you can get some great food in Avalon (of course, they have other food too, but people rave about the seafood). There are some great waterside places to eat. It's a wonderful place for a day trip. It's my second favorite place in Southern California, with Disneyland being my first, of course!

I actually influenced one of our DIS'ers - PrincessInOz - to take a Catalina trip last year, which she did, and she said she wants to go back!

If I recall correctly, PHXscuba (who visits this thread from time to time) is also a Catalina fan. It's really a beautiful place.

 

[tksbaskets]

Mattsprincess I love your pictures!! I smiled the entire time I was looking at them. You found the characters in outfits I've never seen. Thank you for taking the time to post them!

 

[jernysgirl]

Mattsprincess I love your pictures!! I smiled the entire time I was looking at them. You found the characters in outfits I've never seen. Thank you for taking the time to post them!

I agree!



So..... has anyone looked at the latest Dinsey blog post from WDW about the Halloween and Christmas parties? Their first Christmas party is Nov 8th. How does the Christmas season in WDW coincide with DLR? I also thought it was interesting they are having the last Halloween party Nov 1st, after Halloween.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Give it a bump since it is on the 2nd page. It looks like WDW has announced the dates for MNSSHP & MVMCP later this year. I am glad that the dates have been annouced for MVMCP and I will get my dates for one of those nights.

To finish off the night, I'll post some of the Holiday treats at DL during the Holiday season.

 

[TheColtonsMom]

Here is another picture of the "C" from 2009


TKSBaskets would you mind if I printed that one for Colton too?

 

[tksbaskets]

Here is another picture of the "C" from 2009


TKSBaskets would you mind if I printed that one for Colton too?

I'd be honored if you did If you'd like a higher resolution copy just PM me your email and I'll send you out the 'real' file.

TK

 

[TheColtonsMom]

I'd be honored if you did If you'd like a higher resolution copy just PM me your email and I'll send you out the 'real' file.

TK

Thank You a PM is on it's way. Colton wants it big so he can use it as "C" for Colton on his bedroom door.

 

[Sherry E]

I've got all the latest photo additions provided by Sherri, Bret, MattsPrincess and tksbaskets added into the Table of Contents.

A special thanks to MattsPrincess because not only did she give us a bonanza of wonderful, colorful photos to enjoy (which cover a wide range of seasonal highlights!), but she had them all broken down into helpful categories in her posts, consistent with the Table of Contents!

Also, MattsPrincess' photos are not only clear and festive, but she and her husband are too cute! I especially love the PhotoPass picture by the DCA tree at night - your photographer obviously knew what he/she was doing because it was well-lit and the tree's ornaments are so clear. They practically glow right off of the page. When I have attempted to get nighttime shots by the DCA tree, the PhotoPass photographer was not great so everything was fuzzy.

I was also enjoying the pictures of the goodies supplied by Bret and MattsPrincess! Yum!


So now that I have become eager to get DLR for the holiday season again after looking at all of these great pictures....the season is still 6-1/2 months away! Drat!



And Sherri - Thank you for the kind words earlier! I don't know if I'm the heart of the holiday threads, but this thread wouldn't be what it is without all the fabulous contributions (both in information and photos) from everyone here (and who has been here all along, from the days of the previous thread). Group hug, everyone!

Liza, Thank you for your kind words, too. It has been a Herculean task to get the first three posts done with all of the Pc trouble I have had. But I carried on anyway!

Bret - You're right - I hadn't updated the ToC in a while. I would do a little work on the ToC, then I would stop and go to Post #1 or Post #3 and work on those a little bit. I seem to have a harder time doing one post at a time and completing it. I like to jump around between them, adding a little info to one post here, a little info to another post there, until they are all done!


jernysgirl - It is very interesting that WDW has a Halloween party on November 1st and DLR does not. And WDW seems to get their Christmas season underway earlier than DLR does. November 8th is a Christmas party night at WDW? DLR won't even start its holiday season until 11/11, most likely, if not later. And if they ever have a party it would probably not begin until December (judging by how they start the Halloween parties in October and not in September).

I think it's inevitable that there will be a Christmas party at DLR at some point, but I just wonder how they will pull it off since they would have to remove some of the regular, longstanding seasonal offerings in DL (parade and/or fireworks) and make them part of the party....unless they decided to have the party in DCA after all the work is complete and make it a new experience for everyone without removing anything from the regular entertainment rotation in DL.

 

[MattsPrincess]

Glad to help! And also glad you guys liked them! I smile everytime I look at them, too! It was such a wonderful, magical trip for us. Everytime I look at the pics it takes me right back to how I felt being there and seeing it all in person.

Seeing all the Christmas stuff was just overwhelmingly beautiful, and I wish I could have gotten more pictures of everything. If we get another chance to visit that time of year, I'd take it in a heartbeat.

 

[mvf-m11c]

TY for all the hard work that you do Sherry with the ToC, no on the whole thread. You do a great job and all the other DISers that contribute to the thread.

Can't wait till we get to the Holiday season at the DLR.

We have talked about this for a long time and it is almost inevitable that DL will one day do a MVMCP at DL one day. I have np if the party is at DCA and leave the Holiday season at DL the way it is.

 

[Vala]

Yay! I got vouchers for Toontown Morning Madness and Preferred Seating for Aladdin!

I was keeping an eye on Ebay if any vouchers showed up, and yesterday morning there they were.... just the amount of tickets I needed, buy it now, and at a fair price.

I so can't wait to see my friends' faces when "Tinker Bell" drops those off for them.

 

[TheColtonsMom]

Pulling this up from page 2 a bumpity bump with a photo...And SherryE you are the heart...not to belittle the work all us arms & legs etc do but you keep us pumped about the holidays...thus you are indeed the heart

 

[mvf-m11c]

Time to give this a bump since it is already at the end of the 2nd page.

Here is a little classic DCA PP Christmas tree where the lighthouse is today at DCA.

 

[simbalion74]

Here is a couple of pictures that i took last December.


DSC07399 by simbalion74, on Flickr


DSC07406 by simbalion74, on Flickr


DSC07625 by simbalion74, on Flickr