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

[mvf-m11c]

Great pics Sherry and Elk Grove Chris, now here are my pics from Mickey's Toontown.

 

[pattyduke34]

Here are a few that I found that I took in 2005..As you can see I left the date on!

This was taken in front of Chip and Dale's house!

 

[dwheatl]

The last picture is of one of the feral kitties of DL. I think it was near the Matterhorn.

 

[dwheatl]

These are from 2009.

The last picture is of some of the feral kitties of DL. I think they were near the Matterhorn.

 

[mariezp]

Here's a few more to add to the mix...

 

[jacs1234]

I only have one pic of toontown on flickr but I will hunt them down, I WILL find them.

Here's the one I have.

 

[tksbaskets]

WOW great pictures of Toon Town. We've never even been in there. I think this December's trip will need to include TT and Bugs Land. You all have enticed me with your great pics!

 

[tinkermell]

Tinkermell.

Found this post from near post 680. Hope it helps.

Also the park schedules from last year are on the table of contents on page 1 which will give you a good idea of hours and activities.

Have fun planning.

The official start date for the holiday season this year is Monday Nov 14.

Thankyou so much everyone! Now I just need to take the time, and get my schedule figured out.

Hi, Melody!! I'm glad you popped in! I know that Bob (GrandBob) and Mia (areweindisneyyet) already answered your question, but I just wanted to make sure you knew that Page 1 (Posts #1, Post #2 and especially Post #3) is where lots of info is. The previous Christmas thread was the one that was disorganized and didn't have any kind of easy place to find information. I remember you were one of the ones who wanted a Table of Contents, for example. This thread is a bit different! Now, Post #3 has all sorts of info in one place!!

But...if you cannot find something, for some reason, please feel free to just jump in and ask us. As you can see, there are lots of folks here willing to answer questions and share information. Many questions come up repeatedly - we know that not everyone has time to get caught up - so there is always someone here to answer!

HI Sherry!

I can't believe you remembered my request. Wow!
You are doing a fabulous job around here!
Thankyou!

BTW- Have you ever considered coming to meet up with the Divas on our annual trip? We'd love to have you come!
************

I'm loving all of the great Christmas pictures.

 

[areweindisneyyet]

We had the WDTC Morning Toontown Madness passes, so after watching the ceremony we divided and explored Toontown. DH whipped out the camera and took these pics. What I love about Toontown are the strong vibrant colours.

 

[radiatorsprings]

I don't know if this has been addressed yet, but does anyone know if Electronica will be held nightly during the holiday season?

 

[areweindisneyyet]

I don't know if this has been addressed yet, but does anyone know if Electronica will be held nightly during the holiday season?

Weekends I am sure I have read but not sure about daily. Anyone?

 

[mvf-m11c]

I don't know if this has been addressed yet, but does anyone know if Electronica will be held nightly during the holiday season?

Electronica should be running on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. It has not been confirmed yet, but I would assume that Electronica should be running on the weekdays during the busy days of the Holiday season. But I know for a fact that it will be running on the weekends.

 

[kirstie101]

Oh toon town looks great! I can't wait!
Which leads me to a question...what happens if it rains? Does the parade get cancelled? What rides generally close down?

 

[mvf-m11c]

Oh toon town looks great! I can't wait!
Which leads me to a question...what happens if it rains? Does the parade get cancelled? What rides generally close down?

If it rains or is really wet, "A Christmas Fantasy" parade will not be running. But they will run a cavalcade parade with the Disney characters. It is called "Mickey's Rainy Day Cavalcade". This is a small parade with characters on board the MS vehicles (Omnibus) and greet the people down the parade route during a rainy or wet day.

 

[Eeee-va]

Which leads me to a question...what happens if it rains? Does the parade get cancelled? What rides generally close down?

First, it probably won't rain. If it does rain, it probably will only be for a day or two, so if your trip is longer than that, you will probably still have rain-free days and can plan accordingly.

We went in mid-December 2009 when it was sunny the first day or two, then rainy-ish Friday (started raining hard in the late evening) and rainy all day Saturday. If it rains hard, the parks really clear out...DCA was an absolute ghost town Saturday night and the wait for TSMM was about as long as it took to walk the queue. Alice in Wonderland and the Teacups will definitely close in the rain...I'm not sure any close unless it's raining hard. I've heard they will run rides like It's a Small World until the rainwater starts filling the boats! I've heard some of the outdoor rides like Big Thunder Mountain are uncomfortable in pelting rain (I never had the courage to try them). And if it's raining and cold, people will actually go into Innoventions. LOL. I think Fantasmic! only ran for the first show on Friday that weekend.

It gets slippery in the rain.... If I had it to do again, I would buy some sort of rain boots if it looked like it would rain a couple days because the only thing I didn't like was walking around with wet shoes.

Eating can be a challenge because a lot of seating is outdoors...we had a lot of difficulty eating at Hungry Bear because everyone had to sit downstairs to avoid the rain, and people were holding tables for their party when their party took literally 15-20 minutes to arrive. (When we finally sat down, we had finished our meal by the time the person who wouldn't let us sit at her table's family came down.) Eating was really the only thing I didn't like about the rain. If you got something you could eat while standing under a rooftop (corn dog/etc.), then I think you'd be fine.

It is possible they will close the parks a few hours early if it rains--they did that at DL in 2010, I believe, but not during our trip in 2009. Crowds will be reduced, though, so you should still get a lot done.

I had read here that they will run the parade unless it is very rainy, so we didn't make a special effort to see the parade before the rain set in. That was a mistake...I'm not sure the parade ran at all on Friday, even though it certainly wasn't raining hard during the first parade time. We didn't even see the cavalcade--I'm not absolutely certain it went through, but it could have.

But, even though it rained a lot during our trip, we managed to see my priority (Tiana's Showboat Jubilee which ran that winter only) 3 times (it ran a lot more often than the parade). So we COULD have seen the parade if we'd known it would not run in the rain.

 

[kirstie101]

Thanks for the rain info everyone! The only reason I'm at all concerned is because of the baby. I know my 4 year old could be a trooper if it was raining but obviously with a 9 month old it will be a different story. We'll be there friday-sunday so based on what everyone said I think no matter what the weather brings, we'll get at least some quality park time in!

 

[nicolispicoli]

Hi All!

I have a holiday tour question. I was told by a CM that the first day of the holiday tour is the first offical day of holidaytime, so Nov. 14th. That is the only day that we will be able to go on it as it's our last day in the park. I plan on calling on October 14th to book, but was wondering what time they open for bookings. Does anyone happen to know? I don't want to wait and have it be sold out because it's the first day they're having it and we don't have another chance. I don't know yet if they'll be having the tours once or twice that day, but I assume once since the schedule for that only shows the parade once and the park is only open until 8pm.

If anyone has a clue, please enlighten me

Thanks as always for the help!!

 

[areweindisneyyet]

Hi All!

I have a holiday tour question. I was told by a CM that the first day of the holiday tour is the first offical day of holidaytime, so Nov. 14th. That is the only day that we will be able to go on it as it's our last day in the park. I plan on calling on October 14th to book, but was wondering what time they open for bookings. Does anyone happen to know? I don't want to wait and have it be sold out because it's the first day they're having it and we don't have another chance. I don't know yet if they'll be having the tours once or twice that day, but I assume once since the schedule for that only shows the parade once and the park is only open until 8pm.

If anyone has a clue, please enlighten me

Thanks as always for the help!!

Hi NicoliSpicoli

I have copied this link from the TOC on the first page of this Superthread

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2311049

The first post has lots of information on the tour including the number to call. On the first page of the 3rd thread it states that the lines open at 8am.

Hope this helps.

We are going to book a tour for our trip, so I really hope you get to go and spread some news for us.

Mia

 

[DisneyMomof2inSLC]

Just wanted to update everyone and tell you I just found out today that the park will be open until 9 on December 5 & 6. I found this out by calling to book priority seating for my December 5-10 trip!!

 

[Sherry E]

Just wanted to update everyone and tell you I just found out today that the park will be open until 9 on December 5 & 6. I found this out by calling to book priority seating for my December 5-10 trip!!

Thank you!


Did the CM you talked to specifically say that the CM parties would be held on other nights, or did he/she just say that Disneyland is open until 9 p.m.? Last year I don't think they knew anything about the parties until early November.

When I had to call the Special Activities office recently about my hotel reservation for the holidays, the CM's in that office still had no idea when the CM parties would be.

I wonder if they just found out the CM party dates in the last few days, OR if the people you talked to today are just operating under the assumption that Disneyland will be open until 9 p.m. on those nights, until they hear otherwise. It's possible they just don't know the party dates yet so the calendar is not showing anything different than the 9 p.m. closure.

In any case, even when DL does close early, DCA stays open! So it will all be good, any way it works out!