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

[Jillchristina]

New Holiday Phineas & Ferb's Dance Party....

They have changed the P&F Dance party to a holiday theme.
The theme song has new lyrics, the car has snowflakes, presents, a Christmas tree on the hood, etc.
There were four (instead of two) Fireside Girls that had new caps and Holiday merit badges.
Two holiday songs were added to the dances. Very Cute....

New Theme Song:
Turning our beds into dual tobagans
Sliding down a Ski Jump Tower
Making a snowman thats riding a rocket
Giving a Yeti a shower........

I can't wait to see this! My 5 year old was just saying this morning, "I hope we get to see Phineas and Ferb when we go to Disneyland."

 

[rentayenta]

Forgive me Sherry but I am posting pics from past themes. I finally had a little time to find and upload.

 

[Sherry E]

Time for the Daily Countdown!!!

...Only 2 Days Until the
Holiday Season Begins at Disneyland Resort!!!!​

Each day this week there will be a new Disneyland Resort holiday mini-theme!!

In the spotlight today are the beautiful, decorative and/or fragrant accents to the season….




HOLIDAY FLOWERS & PLANTS




During any month at Disneyland Resort – but especially during the Autumn and Winter holidays - you will notice that vibrantly colored flowers and plants are used to pack a powerful seasonal punch. Disneyland’s horticulturists and landscape designers work year-round on the proper creative placement and upkeep of these botanical gems, including the topiaries, the parterres, the trees and a few very dramatic flower beds…but there’s no denying that at Christmas time they make the boldest statements.


Today, let’s stop and smell the roses and post our photos of holiday flowers and/or plants!!!!




Early Fall Holiday Flowers:

Late Fall/Winter Holiday Flowers/Plants:

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Stay tuned for the penultimate countdown theme tomorrow morning…and then we finally wrap up our countdowns and themes on Monday, November 14th!!


And please remember - Monday, 11/14/11 is the day for all the photos you have that didn't make it into previous theme weeks, or any 'favorite' photos you have. It's only 2 days away!

 

[3Minnies1Mickey]

New Holiday Phineas & Ferb's Dance Party....

They have changed the P&F Dance party to a holiday theme.
The theme song has new lyrics, the car has snowflakes, presents, a Christmas tree on the hood, etc.
There were four (instead of two) Fireside Girls that had new caps and Holiday merit badges.
Two holiday songs were added to the dances. Very Cute....

New Theme Song:
Turning our beds into dual tobagans
Sliding down a Ski Jump Tower
Making a snowman thats riding a rocket
Giving a Yeti a shower........

This is the theme song to their Christmas special. BTW: Target has a P&F Christmas CD.

 

[rentayenta]

Looks like I wasn't completely off the mark with my topiary photo.

 

[Sherry E]

Looks like I wasn't completely off the mark with my topiary photo.

Jenny -

No, you weren't off the mark! You must have read my mind because, as I was preparing my photos to post with this theme today (way before seeing your post), I came across the daytime topiary photos that I have from IASWH, and I was thinking, "Wow! These alone are enough of a reason to see IASWH at night - people don't get the full impact of them in the daytime!" Really, other than just being cool topiaries, in the daytime they are so blah. But at night, for IASWH, they come alive!

Also - and I apologize for not replying to this days ago but I have had no time other than what it takes to compile the themes - you mentioned watching "Elf." That's one of my favorite holiday movies, as is "Love Actually" - have you ever seen "Love Actually"? Great, great movie!

But I will always have a soft spot for the Rankin-Bass stuff, and the Peanuts holiday specials!

Oooh! And today there is another holiday marathon on the Hallmark channel!

 

[rentayenta]

Love Actually is one of my favorites too! My all-time favorite is the original Miracle on 34th Street.

 

[Goofy_Mom]

We really like the Bass-Rakin movies, too. I think my favorite Christmas movie is White Christmas with Bing Crosby.

I have two favorite CD's that I've uploaded to my Droid playlist: A Crooner Christmas and A Bayou Brass Christmas

I heard Santa Baby sung by a guy while I was at Barns&Noble the other day. couldn't place the voice, but instead of "Baby" it was "Buddy" and the part that goes "think of all the fellas that I didn't kiss" fellas was changed to hotties. Not sure I like the "guy" version. Santa Baby should be sung by Earth Kitt only

 

[kmv1217]

Hey everyone, Im going to Disneyland alone for my birthday the first weekend of december. What do you suggest I do? Ive never been there alone. I dont want to watch the candle light processional, I am going to see world of color instead. so what do you suggest I do?

 

[KCmike]

Sorry if someone already posted this but I read that they installed new snow machines and they added gingerbread scents to be put out while the snow is falling. Sounds like a good idea. Anyone experienced it yet?

Also I watched the prep and landing bit they added to World of Color for Christmas on youtube and it looks horrible. Sad.

Has anyone also heard the next two movies for Pixar? One that I already knew was BRAVE which looks very good as a teaser trailer but the other is PLANES (another CARS knockoff looking movie). Looks like Pixar is putting one good movie out and then one crappy one to keep up with the Disney machine of getting two films out per year. Not good.

 

[areweindisneyyet]

Love Actually is one of my favorites too! My all-time favorite is the original Miracle on 34th Street.

Me too, we are going to hit the video store in the holidays to give the children an education. Two movies I can never go past.

 

[Sherry E]

I wait all year for the kind of weather we are having in SoCal today - gloomy, chilly and drizzly!!! Most people love SoCal because of its great weather and sunshine - and that's all well and good too (in its proper context), but I love the chill when we get to October-November-December!

I realized today that I'm the only person I know who actually opens the window when it gets cold and rainy outside...because I want an excuse to bundle up and bust out the hot cocoa (which I did today, while watching the Christmas movie marathon on Hallmark)!

I am Mr. Snow Miser!!

Love Actually is one of my favorites too! My all-time favorite is the original Miracle on 34th Street.

Jenny -

That's a good one, too ("Miracle..."). I also like some of the variations of "A Christmas Carol" or "Scrooge" - not all of them, but some are better than others. Oh, and of course, I like "It's a Wonderful Life" too. And "Christmas Vacation" (which I think you mentioned several days ago?) is great as well.

"Love Actually" is not only one of my favorite holiday movies, but just one of my favorite movies in general. I find that the yearly schedule for "Love Actually" is very odd out here in SoCal. It used to be that it would only air around Christmas, and usually on one of the movie channels like HBO. Sometimes it would air around Valentine's Day too. Then, over time, it was relegated to channels like TNT or TBS (meaning, with annoying commercials), and it began airing at weird times of year like around Halloween (?), or St. Patrick's Day (?) - and once on Thanksgiving (which, I guess, is acceptable).

Now I never know when "Love Actually" is going to air, and on which channel. Yes, yes, I have the DVD for it, but there's always something extra fun about flipping channels and discovering that one of your favorite movies is on TV - even if you already own it.

We really like the Bass-Rakin movies, too. I think my favorite Christmas movie is White Christmas with Bing Crosby.

I have two favorite CD's that I've uploaded to my Droid playlist: A Crooner Christmas and A Bayou Brass Christmas

I heard Santa Baby sung by a guy while I was at Barns&Noble the other day. couldn't place the voice, but instead of "Baby" it was "Buddy" and the part that goes "think of all the fellas that I didn't kiss" fellas was changed to hotties. Not sure I like the "guy" version. Santa Baby should be sung by Earth Kitt only

Kirsten -

"White Christmas" is great, and Bing Crosby's rendition of that song is iconic. That's one thing I like about Downtown Disney during the holiday season - as you're walking along past all the shops, the music really sets the tone. They switch around so that one minute you might be listening to a Bing Crosby Christmas song, or Johnny Mathis...and the next second they are playing Harry Connick Jr. or Aretha Franklin, and then Sheryl Crow or Bruce Springsteen or U2 or some such thing. They throw in something for everyone in their holiday soundtrack mix! It's an odd combination of singers and their versions of Christmas classics (both the playful, upbeat variety and the more spiritual songs), but it works well!

And you're right - "Santa Baby" should be sung by a female - it's supposed to be playful and flirty in a way that women do better than men! I am not a fan of changing the words in a song to fit the gender of the person who is singing it anyway. I like songs to be sung the way they were meant to be sung - no matter who is doing the singing (male or female)!

Hey everyone, Im going to Disneyland alone for my birthday the first weekend of december. What do you suggest I do? Ive never been there alone. I dont want to watch the candle light processional, I am going to see world of color instead. so what do you suggest I do?

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?

Sorry if someone already posted this but I read that they installed new snow machines and they added gingerbread scents to be put out while the snow is falling. Sounds like a good idea. Anyone experienced it yet?

Also I watched the prep and landing bit they added to World of Color for Christmas on youtube and it looks horrible. Sad.

Has anyone also heard the next two movies for Pixar? One that I already knew was BRAVE which looks very good as a teaser trailer but the other is PLANES (another CARS knockoff looking movie). Looks like Pixar is putting one good movie out and then one crappy one to keep up with the Disney machine of getting two films out per year. Not good.

Mike -

I don't think anyone else has posted the news about the gingerbread scents in conjunction with the snowfall - thank you so much for telling us! I am all for that idea! Bring on the gingerbread aroma!!

I noticed that the snow was very minimal last year - not that it was ever a blizzard to begin with, but there was less snow falling than in previous years (did the economy cause a reduction in snow?). It was to the point where I could barely see it and I was standing right in the middle of it on Main Street. So maybe the Disney/TDA folks felt the need to sort of enhance the experience or punch it up a bit with some gingerbread?

I have not yet seen the Prep & Landing World of Color pre-show. That's too bad that it's horrible. Isn't there also supposed to be a segment of WoC that is holiday-centric (there are gingerbread men projections and things like that)?

I haven't heard anything about "PLANES," but whether it's a Pixar movie or an all-Disney movie, the title is just about as exciting as, oh, say... "Cars." Surely someone could have come up with a better title for a movie about planes?

Me too, we are going to hit the video store in the holidays to give the children an education. Two movies I can never go past.

Mia -

"You're a "Love Actually" fan as well?

 

[rentayenta]

Me too, we are going to hit the video store in the holidays to give the children an education. Two movies I can never go past.

Mine can't wrap their heads around actually enjoying a movie in black and white.

Sorry if someone already posted this but I read that they installed new snow machines and they added gingerbread scents to be put out while the snow is falling. Sounds like a good idea. Anyone experienced it yet?

Olfactory crack? Fabulous!

Jenny -



Now I never know when "Love Actually" is going to air, and on which channel. Yes, yes, I have the DVD for it, but there's always something extra fun about flipping channels and discovering that one of your favorite movies is on TV - even if you already own it.

Totally. Michael does not understand this about me. At all. It's like winning a teensy tiny lottery every time I accidentally find The Wizard of Oz or When Harry Met Sally even though we own them. Same with The Sound of Music.


And now I just put in Love Actually.

 

[areweindisneyyet]

I wait all year for the kind of weather we are having in SoCal today - gloomy, chilly and drizzly!!! Most people love SoCal because of its great weather and sunshine - and that's all well and good too (in its proper context), but I love the chill when we get to October-November-December!

I realized today that I'm the only person I know who actually opens the window when it gets cold and rainy outside...because I want an excuse to bundle up and bust out the hot cocoa (which I did today, while watching the Christmas movie marathon on Hallmark)!

I am Mr. Snow Miser!!




Jenny -

That's a good one, too ("Miracle..."). I also like some of the variations of "A Christmas Carol" or "Scrooge" - not all of them, but some are better than others. Oh, and of course, I like "It's a Wonderful Life" too. And "Christmas Vacation" (which I think you mentioned several days ago?) is great as well.

"Love Actually" is not only one of my favorite holiday movies, but just one of my favorite movies in general. I find that the yearly schedule for "Love Actually" is very odd out here in SoCal. It used to be that it would only air around Christmas, and usually on one of the movie channels like HBO. Sometimes it would air around Valentine's Day too. Then, over time, it was relegated to channels like TNT or TBS (meaning, with annoying commercials), and it began airing at weird times of year like around Halloween (?), or St. Patrick's Day (?) - and once on Thanksgiving (which, I guess, is acceptable).

Now I never know when "Love Actually" is going to air, and on which channel. Yes, yes, I have the DVD for it, but there's always something extra fun about flipping channels and discovering that one of your favorite movies is on TV - even if you already own it.

Hi Sherry, you are having my perfect kind of day, cold and gloomy, the true reason I am coming to the northern hemisphere in winter. Even here at home I prefer to go to the beach in winter, the colours are just amazing.

Yes I am a massive Love Actually fan. I love Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson and Colin Firth and Emma Thompson... in fact the whole cast is extraordinary.

I love flicking and finding it on TV, it always brings a smile to my face. The girls only have eight school days left for the year then we have our long summer holidays. When they finish school we have 16 days til we leave so we are going to have some fun girl time and I shall get them into some of the classics.


We just don't get Christmas movie marathons except really close to Christmas so I am so looking forward to having a build up to Christmas American style. I actually watched It's A Wonderful Life for the first time last year, I found it will flicking a couple of nights before Christmas. It is on the list, with Miracle on 34th Street and Love Actually. I also think it is time to introduce them to non Christmas favourites such as Ferris Bueller and Dirty Dancing. Have been checking out the Holiday Store hours in Hawaii as I will do most of my Christmas shopping there. It is going to be lots of fun. -



Mia -

"You're a "Love Actually" fan as well?

Mine can't wrap their heads around actually enjoying a movie in black and white.


Totally. Michael does not understand this about me. At all. It's like winning a teensy tiny lottery every time I accidentally find The Wizard of Oz or When Harry Met Sally even though we own them. Same with The Sound of Music.

Hi Sherry, you are having my perfect kind of day, cold and gloomy, the true reason I am coming to the northern hemisphere in winter. Even here at home I prefer to go to the beach in winter, the colours are just amazing.

Yes I am a massive Love Actually fan. I love Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson and Colin Firth and Emma Thompson... in fact the whole cast is extraordinary.

I love flicking and finding it on TV, it always brings a smile to my face. The girls only have eight school days left for the year then we have our long summer holidays. When they finish school we have 16 days til we leave so we are going to have some fun girl time and I shall get them into some of the classics.


We just don't get Christmas movie marathons except really close to Christmas so I am so looking forward to having a build up to Christmas American style. I actually watched It's A Wonderful Life for the first time last year, I found it will flicking a couple of nights before Christmas. It is on the list, with Miracle on 34th Street and Love Actually. I also think it is time to introduce them to non Christmas favourites such as Ferris Bueller and Dirty Dancing. Have been checking out the Holiday Store hours in Hawaii as I will do most of my Christmas shopping there. It is going to be lots of fun. -

Hi Jenny

My girls laugh when I tell them Big Bird was white when I was little. I used to love visiting my grandparents because he was yellow there. My husband does the roll eye thing when my favourites come along again: Love When Harry Met Sally (might have something to do with my love affair with Harry Connick Jnr) or The Sound of Music. I also love an Affair to Remember...

He knew what he was getting into....

Mia

 

[areweindisneyyet]

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.

 

[areweindisneyyet]

I love the gardens at Disneyland at Christmas time. I love cyclamen and they are everywhere. Here a some photos from our 2007 trip.

Outside the Main Street Railway Station

Can you tell I have a Dumbo fan in the house?

 

[areweindisneyyet]

Jenny -

No, you weren't off the mark! You must have read my mind because, as I was preparing my photos to post with this theme today (way before seeing your post), I came across the daytime topiary photos that I have from IASWH, and I was thinking, "Wow! These alone are enough of a reason to see IASWH at night - people don't get the full impact of them in the daytime!" Really, other than just being cool topiaries, in the daytime they are so blah. But at night, for IASWH, they come alive!

Also - and I apologize for not replying to this days ago but I have had no time other than what it takes to compile the themes - you mentioned watching "Elf." That's one of my favorite holiday movies, as is "Love Actually" - have you ever seen "Love Actually"? Great, great movie!

But I will always have a soft spot for the Rankin-Bass stuff, and the Peanuts holiday specials!

Oooh! And today there is another holiday marathon on the Hallmark channel!

When I read this Sherry I thought about these photos. They are not up close but you can see the shapes of the topiary at night in front of It's A Small World. Your are right. They take on a whole new light at night time. Just amazing.

 

[Sherry E]

Mia -

Thanks for posting your lovely photos! I am so glad to see that at least one other person has some photos to go with today's theme! I love colorful flower and plant photos - but it seems like not too many people have them or like to take such photos!





Anyway....I just learned that there is a new giant snowman towards the end of IASWH! See here:

http://twitter.com/?photo_id=1#!/DLtoday/status/135122890243837952/photo/1


Isn't it interesting that Disneyland seems to be adding a bunch of little touches here and there (the new snowman in IASWH, the little overhead light strands in New Orleans Square, the Prep & Landing bit for World of Color, the gingerbread aroma piped in with the snow on Main Street, the new decorations around DCA, etc.) this year - BUT they have taken out perfectly good trees in Toontown and replaced them with those horrible plastic things (and no one seems to like them, from all the comments I have read)?

It's like they are adding in things in some areas - maybe even more than we have heard about so far, but will learn in the coming weeks - but Toontown paid the price and took a big hit to its decor by losing its great trees. Very interesting, indeed!

 

[areweindisneyyet]

Mia -

Thanks for posting your lovely photos! I am so glad to see that at least one other person has some photos to go with today's theme! I love colorful flower and plant photos - but it seems like not too many people have them or like to take such photos!





Anyway....I just learned that there is a new giant snowman towards the end of IASWH! See here:

http://twitter.com/?photo_id=1#!/DLtoday/status/135122890243837952/photo/1


Isn't it interesting that Disneyland seems to be adding a bunch of little touches here and there (the new snowman in IASWH, the little overhead light strands in New Orleans Square, the Prep & Landing bit for World of Color, the gingerbread aroma piped in with the snow on Main Street, the new decorations around DCA, etc.) this year - BUT they have taken out perfectly good trees in Toontown and replaced them with those horrible plastic things (and no one seems to like them, from all the comments I have read)?

It's like they are adding in things in some areas - maybe even more than we have heard about so far, but will learn in the coming weeks - but Toontown paid the price and took a big hit to its decor by losing its great trees. Very interesting, indeed!

I have to agree on the Toontown thing, I was looking through our Toontown photos and I just can't see it being the same. The smell of gingerbread with the snow is just perfect for me... I am looking forward to my first winter Christmas.

I love the gardens, it is way to hot for cyclamen and poinsettia here at Christmas time. I love seeing them planted in mass like this.

Mia

 

[pattyduke34]

I found a couple...here they are...