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

[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!

It is showing it for the weekend 12/8 & 12/9, then 12/14, 12/15, 12/16 (Monday)...just not my week of 12/9. Hope it gets updated

 

[funatdisney]

The World of Disney has a huge section devoted to DLR Christmas merchandise. Here are the best of the pics I have for this section.

 

[Sherry E]

It is showing it for the weekend 12/8 & 12/9, then 12/14, 12/15, 12/16 (Monday)...just not my week of 12/9. Hope it gets updated

egritz -

12/9 is a Monday and you said the the Castle lighting is on for that date. So you're saying it's not showing from Tuesday, 12/10 - Friday, 12/13?

It's my week too -- and I'm not worried. It will get updated. Obviously the Castle lighting up in icicles is a huge part of the season, and there is no reason why it wouldn't be lit up during that week. As sad as it is to say, 11/7 is still too early for DLR to have complete details up on the calendar. They may begin to put up info 6 weeks in advance, but it's not always set in stone. Even when certain things begin to appear, they sometimes change to a different date. The Winter Village was first listed on 11/11, and then it changed to 11/14.

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By the way, Kathy -- The candy kitchen only has candy-making info on its hotline that covers 11/3 - 11/9. So after 11/9 we will have to wait for the 11/10 - 11/16 info to come out!

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[funatdisney]

Oh I forgot the Mickey Nutcrackers!

 

[kylie71]

egritz -

12/9 is a Monday and you said the the Castle lighting is on for that date. So you're saying it's not showing from Tuesday, 12/10 - Friday, 12/13?

It's my week too -- and I'm not worried. It will get updated. Obviously the Castle lighting up in icicles is a huge part of the season, and there is no reason why it wouldn't be lit up during that week. As sad as it is to say, 11/7 is still too early for DLR to have complete details up on the calendar. They may begin to put up info 6 weeks in advance, but it's not always set in stone. Even when certain things begin to appear, they sometimes change to a different date. The Winter Village was first listed on 11/11, and then it changed to 11/14.

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By the way, Kathy -- The candy kitchen only has candy-making info on its hotline that covers 11/3 - 11/9. So after 11/9 we will have to wait for the 11/10 - 11/16 info to come out!

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THank YOU!!!! I can see my budget Busting!! So happy to see these pics!
Happy shopping!

--Lori

 

[PHXscuba]

Liza, thanks for the merchandise photos. I think I will be doing some holiday shopping when I am there next month!

PHXscuba

 

[ksromack]

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)

i show the Castle Lighting ceremony on fri, sat, and sunday only the first week Dec(which is when we are there)......

Oh I forgot the Mickey Nutcrackers!

Now THAT's what I'm talkin' about!

Well, we are planning on coming back to California/Anaheim in March because my hubby is having to attend a training class that first week. Since he'll be in class during the day I figured I'll go to Disneyland and explore. Well, that tuesday, Mar 4th is MARDI GRAS! How much fun will it be to check out the Square on the actual day of Mardi Gras?!?

 

[Sherry E]

I've been updating page 1 again. I'm still patiently waiting for the darn Grinchmas (at USH) and Knott's Merry Farm main pages to go up, but in the meantime I've added (for those who will be taking day trips away from DLR):

--A link to info about Knott's Berry Farm's Thanksgiving meal options;

--A link to info about where to view and decorate the Rose Parade floats pre-January 1st (the info for viewing them post-parade was not up yet, from what I could see);

--Links to holiday event info at The Grove and Farmers Market in Los Angeles (including a Hanukkah celebration with a giant menorah made of LEGOs);

--A link to info about the Hollywood Christmas parade; and

--Links to info about holiday goings on in Beverly Hills (the Christmas lights are quite lovely).



Lots of snow. Lots of ice -- ice palaces, ice rinks, ice all around!




I'm still not done, as there are always new holiday events popping up -- but only some of them are worthwhile, so it's important to separate the worthwhile from the not-so-worthwhile.


I need to track down some worthwhile holiday events/entertainment in Orange County too -- for folks who want to leave DLR for a bit but not drive all the way up to L.A. Hmmm...what good holiday things happen in O.C.? Does anyone know? Any holiday festivals in Anaheim?

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Kathy --

What's funny is that you will notice that all of the ornate Mardi Gras masks in New Orleans Square for Mardi Gras (many of which were seen in our New Orleans Square/Haunted Mansion Holiday theme week) are the same ones that you will have seen in December! The decorators/Enhancement Team put them up around the end of October/beginning of November and just leave them up through their Mardi Gras festivities! I think they may actually add in some extra beads and remove some overtly Christmas-y things by March, but at least some of the masks remain.

 

[pudinhd]

Sherry - There is something at The Queen Mary you might want to include...

http://www.queenmary.com/chill/

 

[Sherry E]

Sherry - There is something at The Queen Mary you might want to include...

http://www.queenmary.com/chill/

Ooooh! That's a great one to add in! Thank you, pudinhd! I had my mind stuck on their Dark Harbor Halloween stuff, and I never moved past that to the holiday stuff. I think I totally and completely forgot about this event, or assumed it was no longer happening!

 

[pudinhd]

Ooooh! That's a great one to add in! Thank you, pudinhd! I had my mind stuck on their Dark Harbor Halloween stuff, and I never moved past that to the holiday stuff. I think I totally and completely forgot about this event, or assumed it was no longer happening!

Glad I could help... It does look like fun!

 

[TinkLoverSam]

We are booked for the first Fantasmic! Dessert viewing for December 7th. Now I know I'm less than a month out! I can't wait!

 

[kmedina]

We are booked for the first Fantasmic! Dessert viewing for December 7th. Now I know I'm less than a month out! I can't wait!

I almost booked that exact night, but I had second thoughts. Hope it goes well for you.

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[KCmike]

Sorry I've been so busy at work lately...

Kind of reminds me of the new movie Frozen











7 More Days to Disneyland!!!!

 

[farmfresh]

FYI: Vacation planning emailed me to let me know they have all the amenity information and it will be on the website starting this Weekend (disneyfloralandgifts.com ).

 

[nordey]

Booked our Fantasmic Dessert/Reserved Seating package for our trip today! So excited - only a month to go!!!

 

[lucysmom]

I am so excited. My husband is finally home from the hospital tonight and I got some of the peppermint ice cream to celebrate--the good kind. Thank you, everyone, for the good wishes. I feel like we can get back to the business of the holidays now.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

I am so excited. My husband is finally home from the hospital tonight and I got some of the peppermint ice cream to celebrate--the good kind. Thank you, everyone, for the good wishes. I feel like we can get back to the business of the holidays now.

So happy to hear your good news!

 

[funatdisney]

Disney parks Blog posted a series of Jingle Cruise photos this morning. And states, "New holiday decor includes lights, Skipper-made signs, letters to Santa and other holiday decorations."

The Jingle Cruise debuts at the Magic Kingdom today. Funny thing: they state DLR's opening as Sunday, November 11. Huh? Is it Sunday, November 10 or Monday, November 11?


To read the blog entry: Imagineers Share the First Photos of Jingle Cruise at Magic Kingdom Park

To see the photo gallery: Imagineers Share the First Photos of Jingle Cruise at Magic Kingdom Park; photo gallery

 

[Sherry E]

lucysmom --

That is wonderful, amazing news! I hope you have a great trip and holiday season. And yay for getting the good peppermint ice cream and not the Impostor ice cream!

Disney parks Blog posted a series of Jingle Cruise photos this morning. And states, "New holiday decor includes lights, Skipper-made signs, letters to Santa and other holiday decorations."

The Jingle Cruise debuts at the Magic Kingdom today. Funny thing: they state DLR's opening as Sunday, November 11. Huh? Is it Sunday, November 10 or Monday, November 11?


To read the blog entry: Imagineers Share the First Photos of Jingle Cruise at Magic Kingdom Park

To see the photo gallery: Imagineers Share the First Photos of Jingle Cruise at Magic Kingdom Park; photo gallery

Thanks, Liza!

Once again, I will go back to page 1 and update it (I have a feeling that will be a daily occurrence for a while!), even though today's Blog is about MK and not DL.

The goofed date doesn't shock me at this point. To be honest, Disney has been very sloppy about letting mistakes go up on their websites, in media or in their brochures for the last year or so. Usually, these are typographical or blatant spelling mistakes (using "decadant" instead of the correct "decadent," for example), but some of us here may recall the botched up start date of Mickey's Halloween Party which was posted in the Annual Pass Backstage Pass newsletter earlier this year. BP showed the start date as Monday, 9/30 -- when it actually started on Friday, 9/27.

When we first learned of Winter Dreams, Disneyland News did a press release about it -- stating that the holiday season at DLR was beginning on 11/15 (not just that Winter Dreams was beginning then, but the whole season), even though the trusty Backstage Pass and the Parks Blog listed the start date as 11/12.

Now, of course, Disneyland News has mysteriously removed that original Winter Dreams/holiday season press release, posted a newer one and changed it to say that the holiday season is beginning on 11/12!

Oh, and let's not forget that last year the Holidays section of the DLR website featured poetic prose about the new ice rink and its tie-in to Secret of the Wings...featuring TINKLE BELL. Yes, TINKLE BELL...which I think may even be worse than the "STROM TROPPERS" meet & greet spot that was posted in the 2012 MHP map/brochure.

Let's just say that I don't think Disney is entirely on the ball in terms of checking some of their details before going to press!