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

[Kauinohea]

This thread is what gets me through the hustle and bustle of the work week! Knowing that each day at work gets me closer to our Disneyland Christmas Vacation makes it all worthwhile!

 

[areweindisneyyet]

A bump

For all of those disboarders thinking about or planning a trip to Disneyland during the Christmas season, this is the thread to read. There are lots of photos to get you in the mood plus great advice on all the special seasonal offerings that Disney provides such as parades, candy canes, Santa, Christmas Tours, opening hours, crowd levels and special holiday treats of the food variety.

As I have said before, you will find all of your answers plus answers to questions that you did not even know you would ask.

Enjoy

 

[smiley_face2]

You know, I've seen a couple of people post on the DIS recently about getting a PIN that extended into November & mid-December after they did the Saved Offers trick or ordered a vacation planning DVD. But not many people. It seems like most folks have gotten PIN offers that only covered weeks in September or October so far, or they got e-mails from Disney Destinations that looked like there should be PIN's in them but which had no PIN codes at all!

I am thinking that DLR was running out of PIN codes (a lot of people were trying the Saved Offers trick) and we will probably have to wait until some of the current PIN's expire/cycle out before DLR starts sending out another wave of them that extend beyond November and into the first 2 weeks of December.

For example, the PIN that I have right now has to be claimed by July 20. It's good for the second half of October, but if I use it I have to book my hotel by July 20. I would imagine that many people who have received PIN's may forget to claim theirs by the "book by" date (especially if many people have the same "book by" date that I do, or close to it) and those PIN's will go to waste. But the good news will be that it will start a new cycle and DLR will probably begin to send out more PIN offers that extend into late Fall.

I have done the saved offer thing a few times now, and all I ever get is offers for WDW!! argh! I'm guessing because I'm in Canada, they assume I'm back east, even though my saved offers are all for Disneyland. It's like everyone forgets there are 4 more provinces on the other side of Ontario. I don't know what I can do to correct it?

 

[Belle Ella]

The rest of these photos were after the Holiday season officially ended, but Critter Country was one of the last areas with straggling decorations. You can see them in the background of these character photos!









Eeyore made a great model that morning!



One of the entrances to Pooh Corner:

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[Belle Ella]

I wish I had spent more time getting photos from the hotels, but alas, all I have are these two from the lobby of the Grand Californian and the Hearthstone Lounge.



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[Belle Ella]

I think Frontierland was my favorite spot to take photos over my different Holiday trips in 2010 - especially when I got my new lens for my Nikon.

The first are pre-Christmas, with my original lens:















And post-Christmas, with my new lens:










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[jernysgirl]

YAY! New Photos!

 

[Belle Ella]

And plenty more to come from me. I've probably posted about half of mine now. Just can't post them all at once.

 

[Vala]

I have done the saved offer thing a few times now, and all I ever get is offers for WDW!! argh! I'm guessing because I'm in Canada, they assume I'm back east, even though my saved offers are all for Disneyland. It's like everyone forgets there are 4 more provinces on the other side of Ontario. I don't know what I can do to correct it?

Make that "they assume all foreigners are only interested on WDW."

I'm in Germany and got the 27th PIN code since I started pricing offers last week. And without exception each and every one has been for WDW, although everything I booked through Disney direct so far was DLR!

 

[PHXscuba]

Vala, maybe I need to start putting my home address as Germany! I need a PIN for WDW this fall!

Ahh summer in Arizona , my favorite time to be looking at pictures of Disneyland at Christmas! Thanks to all for posting!

I was in So Cal last week and waved when I passed Katella on the 55 freeway ... no DLR visit that time.

PHXscuba

 

[Kauinohea]

Has any one added a day at Big Bear Snow Play to their DL trip?
Are there any tour buses that take you there? http://www.bigbearsnowplay.com/

 

[spiderdust]

This one was taken when my oldest daughter was quite young (she's a teenager now!). This was outside the Disneyland hotel.

 

[Minnie Loves Mickey]

What a Great Picture Spot!!!

 

[spiderdust]

It's still 5 1/2 months away, but we're getting so excited about the trip!

Things I'm wondering, but I know can't necessarily be answered yet...

• Will the Disneyland Hotel have their annual Christmas Dinner buffet this year?
• If they do, how much will it be?
• If it's too much for us to manage, where else is a good place to have Christmas dinner for a family with a teen and a toddler?
• How much is the Holiday Tour this year, and is there a different price for children?

 

[areweindisneyyet]

It's still 5 1/2 months away, but we're getting so excited about the trip!

Things I'm wondering, but I know can't necessarily be answered yet...

• Will the Disneyland Hotel have their annual Christmas Dinner buffet this year?
• If they do, how much will it be?
• If it's too much for us to manage, where else is a good place to have Christmas dinner for a family with a teen and a toddler?
• How much is the Holiday Tour this year, and is there a different price for children?

These are questions that I to cannot wait to hear answers to, I shall keep looking

 

[pinktink83]

I was looking at the park hours from last year, and it seems its a very OFF WEEK the week after Thanksgiving when we will be there. DL Park opens at 9am, closes at 8pm. DCA opens at 10am, closes at 8pm.

So does this mean there won't be any WOC shows Mon-Thurs that week???

Also, I noticed they didn't offer EE on Tues of that week either. BUMMER. Now I'm not sure where to order my tickets. I was planning on LMT.com b/c they have the cheapest price including an EE. But maybe I should get the Costco deal from my cousin who lives in Cali instead. They don't come with EE, but if they aren't going to offer it that week anyway, might as well since they are cheaper...???

Was anyone there last year during that time, and can comment??

 

[jernysgirl]

New post on the Disney blog today: It's Christmas in July at the Disneyland Resort!

Ughh.... can't wait!

 

[spiderdust]

New post on the Disney blog today: It's Christmas in July at the Disneyland Resort!

Ughh.... can't wait!

Holy cow! They start prepping for the Christmas season on Feb. 1st?

 

[Sherry E]

Bumping this from Page 3-land!

Lots of people are now starting to plan their holiday trips - and that includes early November trips, pre & post-Thanksgiving trips, Hanukkah trips, Christmas trips and New Year's trips!

In that Parks Blog piece that Kim linked us to above (thank you, Kim!), I noticed that they didn't really have anything to report about the season as far as 'news,' per se, but it's like they threw something in there about the holidays just to maybe get people interested way in advance! If there were going to be a Christmas party this year, they would have announced it by now, I think. I guess it's safe to say there will be no party this year.

We're already interested - now we want news! We want details! We want to know what decorations will be in DCA this year now that the entrance is new and the Golden Gate Bridge is gone!

 

[summer0407]

When do the dates for the CP and CM parties usually come out? I am so close to booking our flight and hotel but I am worried it will fall on some of these days? If we plan to be at the parks a Wed-Fri is it probable I would avoid both of these? I think the CP is always on weekends right? I know nothing guaranteed but am hoping to avoid.