Disneyland at Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread #3!- HOLIDAYS BEGIN 11/12/13!!

[torene03]

Hi all! Anyone have any predictions on whether the last day of the holiday season at DL will have normal January opening times (10 am) or continue to follow 8am opening? Tried to look at previous years, but it looked like none of them ended on a Monday before, so not sure which way it will go. Thanks!

 

[ToodlesRN]

I remember many moons ago (about 4yrs ago) there was a photopass group where you would go in on a photo pass package together, I did it once and it was great I paid about $5!. I haven't seen them lately, so are people not doing the photpass groups anymore? I've love to get with a 2-3 people and go in on one.

 

[rms123]

I just read about the LTM special World of Color showing for AP holders. One of the weeks offered is my week....ugh. It looks like they will have a separate time (7:00 vs 8:15). But now that means crowds will be even higher that week. AND more rides will be closed while the earlier showing is going on. I am not pleased about this. On a positive note- maybe this means the general showing at 8:15 will be less crowded??? But now we have to figure out how to queue up with the first show going on.

What is this and when?

 

[beckykarstetter]

https://disneyland.disney.go.com/offers-discounts/world-of-color-winter-dreams-for-passholders/

I just read about the LTM special World of Color showing for AP holders. One of the weeks offered is my week....ugh. It looks like they will have a separate time (7:00 vs 8:15). But now that means crowds will be even higher that week. AND more rides will be closed while the earlier showing is going on. I am not pleased about this. On a positive note- maybe this means the general showing at 8:15 will be less crowded??? But now we have to figure out how to queue up with the first show going on.

I feel the same. This is my first trip to Disney in many years and I'm a huge planner. On top of that, it's my first trip with my child (DS3) or any child for that matter. We reserved WOC reserved seating for one of the nights that they are doing the two shows. Now, I'm not sure how my reading (and re-reading ha!) of the WOC Superthread will help all that much and my strategy is pretty much out the window. But, I will be in Disneyland, and I will go with the flow. I promise.

 

[ksromack]

I remember many moons ago (about 4yrs ago) there was a photopass group where you would go in on a photo pass package together, I did it once and it was great I paid about $5!. I haven't seen them lately, so are people not doing the photpass groups anymore? I've love to get with a 2-3 people and go in on one.

I read about this last year on a WDW thread. I figured it was because they were so much more expensive at WDW.....



I have a question! Does the Starbucks place at DLR take a Starbucks card for payment? The reason I ask is I'd like to load up my card.....but for instance, my Barnes and Noble store has a Starbucks inside it...but the coffee area is actually owned by B&N and while I get a discount with my B&N card, I cannot use my Starbucks card to pay. Does anyone know?

 

[cutedisneygirly]

Yes you can use a Starbucks card to pay. I've heard of people using their gold cards to pay, but you can't get the discounts that the gold cards offer.

 

[egritz]

I remember many moons ago (about 4yrs ago) there was a photopass group where you would go in on a photo pass package together, I did it once and it was great I paid about $5!. I haven't seen them lately, so are people not doing the photpass groups anymore? I've love to get with a 2-3 people and go in on one.

I did this in 2009 through disboards when we went to WDW but I want to say the admins here disallowed it right around the time we planned it & everything ended up having to be coordinated through PM. It is so much more expensive in WDW that it was almost necessary, at least for me (it was just DH and I).

 

[ksromack]

Yes you can use a Starbucks card to pay. I've heard of people using their gold cards to pay, but you can't get the discounts that the gold cards offer.

Excellent! I'll be putting some funds on that card too.....Starbucks is ridiculously expensive but somehow when I use my Starbucks card it seems almost *free*

 

[Sherry E]

ToodlesRN --

egritz is correct -- the PhotoPass share groups were discontinued on the DIS long ago, at least here in our section of the DIS (I don't know what happened on the WDW side of the board). I'm not 100% sure of the specifics but it could be that it was something that Disney frowned upon, as well as people backing out on their payment obligations and the conflict then spilling onto this board.

Honestly, I don't even think anyone should try to tackle it in PMs here on this board. If you have to do a photo share, I would take it off of the DIS entirely. We can't even really allow promotion of Facebook pages that handle shares. It just gets too messy if something goes wrong and someone doesn't pay up. It ends up coming back to the DIS in some way.

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

I remember many moons ago (about 4yrs ago) there was a photopass group where you would go in on a photo pass package together, I did it once and it was great I paid about $5!. I haven't seen them lately, so are people not doing the photpass groups anymore? I've love to get with a 2-3 people and go in on one.

I think it's been answered but fyi here is the Disboard thread ending photopass sharing:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2159539

 

[ToodlesRN]

I think it's been answered but fyi here is the Disboard thread ending photopass sharing:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2159539

Thanks! I had a feeling that's what happened since I longer saw them being offered, but wanted to check just in case they were elsewhere on the boards where I wasn't looking.

 

[egritz]

I think it's been answered but fyi here is the Disboard thread ending photopass sharing:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2159539

yup! I remember that post around the same time on the WDW side of the board. Bummer, though undferstandable for liability, etc. What is truly a bummer is that we were able to "share" a fireworks cruise in WDW which was AMAZING and something we never could have afforded without splitting with other DISers (though there is nothing like that at DL).

 

[funatdisney]

This page needs some Holiday pictures!

I made these on Snapfish a couple of years age:

 

[czmom]

Thanks! I had a feeling that's what happened since I longer saw them being offered, but wanted to check just in case they were elsewhere on the boards where I wasn't looking.

They have several PhotoPass share groups on Facebook. I joined one last year for my WDW trip.

 

[Sherry E]

Liza --

Didn't you say that you took more holiday merchandise pictures (in addition to just the ears picture) recently but that you'd wait to post them? You might as well do it now, if you can! I'm sure everyone would love to see what's on the shelves at DLR so far!

They have several PhotoPass share groups on Facebook. I joined one last year for my WDW trip.

...And, as I mentioned in my response to ToodlesRN above, we're not really supposed to allow promotion of those Facebook groups either (as I have been told in the past).

 

[czmom]

Liza --

Didn't you say that you took more holiday merchandise pictures (in addition to just the ears picture) recently but that you'd wait to post them? You might as well do it now, if you can! I'm sure everyone would love to see what's on the shelves at DLR so far!





...And, as I mentioned in my response to ToodlesRN above, we're not really supposed to allow promotion of those Facebook groups either (as I have been told in the past).

SO sorry Sherry!! Obviously I did not read every post regarding this....just caught the last one. I apologize.

 

[funatdisney]

Liza --

Didn't you say that you took more holiday merchandise pictures (in addition to just the ears picture) recently but that you'd wait to post them? You might as well do it now, if you can! I'm sure everyone would love to see what's on the shelves at DLR so far!

Yes I do! I am working on them now. Dealing with Photobucket.

 

[ksromack]

Sherry, do we have any info on candy canes yet? I'm guessing we will in a week or so if we haven't already!

 

[egritz]

I'm looking at the Disneyland Park Hours/Schedule of Entertainment for December and I'm not showing the Castle Lighting "Ceremony" listed. I saw it listed in the historical for 2012 & 2011 so I was expecting it on the daily schedule.

(Just looked through more dates and I'm seeing it for the weekends & the 3rd week of the month has it, but not the 2nd week)

 

[Sherry E]

Wheee! Yesterday it was "Farewell, Mr. Kringle" on Hallmark. Tonight it is "Trading Christmas" -- another gem. (Think "The Holiday" with Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet). All of my favorites are popping up in rapid succession!

Jamie --

Do you have the Lifetime Movie Network (or just regular Lifetime)? Today LMN is showing Christmas movies all day -- in fact, I could swear that one of the movies in today's schedule ran on Hallmark last year, but is now on Lifetime. Tomorrow, the regular Lifetime is showing Christmas movies in the afternoon and evening.

Also keep watch in your TV listings for "The 12 Men of Christmas." That is not a Hallmark movie, but it is going to be airing on some channel or another (probably Lifetime) in the next week or two.

SO sorry Sherry!! Obviously I did not read every post regarding this....just caught the last one. I apologize.

czmom --

No worries! I figured you hadn't scrolled up enough to see my comment and I wanted to be sure to stop you before you said something like, "And here is where to find the PhotoPass share on Facebook..."

Sherry, do we have any info on candy canes yet? I'm guessing we will in a week or so if we haven't already!

Kathy --

This is another area where Disneyland Resort often drags its heels. It used to be that as soon as their summer season officially ended (in August), they would put up the Halloween Time treats info on the candy kitchen phone number. As soon as Halloween Time officially ended they would put up the holiday season treats info on that same phone number. And then it just became inconsistent. Sometimes the information would come out late and sometimes early.

If you glance at Carolwoodpr's candy cane-related thread from last year, or at the Disney Food Blog's 2012 candy cane Dates blog from last year (both of which are listed under the Candy Cane category in the Food/Dining/Treats post on Page 1), you can at least get a sense of which types of dates/days of the week we will be looking at for the 2013 candy canes.

Also, I will check the candy kitchen phone number again.

I'm looking at the Disneyland Park Hours/Schedule of Entertainment for December and I'm not showing the Castle Lighting "Ceremony" listed. I saw it listed in the historical for 2012 & 2011 so I was expecting it on the daily schedule.

egritz -

It will show up soon enough on the DLR calendar. Last I heard, according to AZLady, the only date that showed the Wintertime lighting for 2013 so far was December 1st, and clearly we know the Castle will light up every night.

Disneyland is just slow to update the calendar. It's only 11/7, which is way too early for them to get comprehensive info on the calendar yet!