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

[Cheshirecatty]

SherryE--love your green lit Castle shot!

Twinky--my favorite is your reindeer shot( don't understand why my Hubby thinks they're creepy)!

mvf-m11c--I'll agree with a PP, your firework shots are unbelievably breathtaking--I can't imagine having the skill to take photos like that!

 

[dtnrhi]

I'll be posting a separate thread as well as I think this is info general "fans" would like, but learned my lesson last time that it is appreciated if Christmas info is posted here first.

On the DisneyParks Blog Entry from August 30 found here it explains that WOC Winter Dreams is having a Luminaria-type aspect. You can submit your own Christmas Cards, and some will be incorporated into the show. It says it is limited to AP's, but then the next page says nothing about it.

It also gives info on the show saying:

This special holiday version of World of Color will be hosted by Olaf, the loveable snowman from the upcoming feature film from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Frozen.
Follow Olaf through these dreamlike segments:
Snow – a breathtaking ride through winter
Glow – a festive exploration of light
Enchantment – a Disney•Pixar Toy Story version of The Nutcracker
Spirit – a joyous sing-a-long
Merry & Bright – a fantastic finale that features holiday light

It sounds interesting, a nod to the old. Really looking forward to the Toy Story Scene!!

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

Here are some parade pictures from last year

 

[Sherry E]

I'll be posting a separate thread as well as I think this is info general "fans" would like, but learned my lesson last time that it is appreciated if Christmas info is posted here first.

On the DisneyParks Blog Entry from August 30 found here it explains that WOC Winter Dreams is having a Luminaria-type aspect. You can submit your own Christmas Cards, and some will be incorporated into the show. It says it is limited to AP's, but then the next page says nothing about it.

It also gives info on the show saying:



It sounds interesting, a nod to the old. Really looking forward to the Toy Story Scene!!

dtnrhi --

Thanks for coming here first.: Actually, I saw this info on the Blog a couple of days ago and I started to post a link to it in the specific Winter Dreams category on Page 1 last night, but I kept running into "Server is too busy" issues. So I set it aside and just tried to post my photos instead, figuring I would get back to the Winter Dreams thing later. I thought that the 'card design' aspect was very interesting!

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

Here are some from 2006/2007





My favorite part of the parade is by far, the snowmen. They are the cutest, roundest little balls of cuteness and I want to take them home.

 

[Autty40]

All the pictures are great! I can't wait to see them in person! How do you think a 2 year old will react to the parade and fireworks? I know all kids are different, but I just wanted to get some feedback. Thank you!

 

[Mickeybell]

Everyone's pictures are wonderful. mvf-m11c your firework pictures are just amazing! Soooo beautiful! Me and my kids were wooing and ahhing each of your pictures like we were there watching them live! Ha ha!

 

[Axlcat]

Check the November hours for last year (the season began on 11/12 in 2012 too), but to my knowledge and in my experience (and I have been there on the season's opening day as well as on the day after opening day), the November hours are not extended other than for particular holidays or for weekends.

Both the parade and the fireworks will begin on the first official day of the season, and probably even before that (at least the fireworks will).

Thanks, Sherry! I checked the calendar for last year and the parks stayed open until 8:00 during the same weekdays we will be there, but closed at midnight on both Friday and Saturday. That makes me a happy camper.

Disboards.com and especially your thread is proving to be a godsend.

 

[pattyduke34]

Here are a few from 2010 & 2011

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

All the pictures are great! I can't wait to see them in person! How do you think a 2 year old will react to the parade and fireworks? I know all kids are different, but I just wanted to get some feedback. Thank you!

My little one (just shy of 2 on our last trip) loved the parade. I sat on our blanket with the other kids, my mom & our stuff while DH ran around with her a little bit since sitting still that long before the parade was hard and I wanted curb side (front) seats. We didn't see the fireworks from the hub so I can't comment on that. We did watch them from the balcony of our room, which reminds me I DO have pictures of those to share (although probably a let down after all of these amazing ones already shared). I'm hoping maybe we can watch them from Main Street this year.

 

[pudinhd]

Hi, Everyone!! Loving all the pictures!! Here are some parade pictures with fireworks to follow...

BTW, Sherry, ever since I saw this week's pictures theme, I have had the A Christmas Fantasy song running through my head!!!

 

[pudinhd]

These pictures were taken on Christmas day in 2005. I’m not sure which fireworks show this is, but I decided to share them anyway!

 

[Lucrezia]

I just love everyone's photos! I think this is my favorite theme week so far. The parade looks adorable! I watched part of it on YouTube with my nieces and give it a big Chubby snowman?? Brilliant. I was finally able to get my fiancé Trent to book our trip, thanks in large part to this thread and all its enticing Christmassy-ness... I'm incredibly thrilled now, especially after weeks and weeks of stalking this thread and being terrified it may not happen for us. But we're going now! Airline, hotel, all booked. We'll be staying in a suite at the GCH from 12/9-12/12 with my nieces, Ana and Lucia. Should be amazing! Also, I have to give it to you, Sherry, if it weren't for this thread I'm pretty sure my DF wouldn't have come around... so a very, very big

 

[Cheshirecatty]

That's fantastic Lucrezia!

How exciting for you that everything has finally fallen into place for your trip--I love it when that happens!

You will have an amazing time, I'm sure!

 

[PHXscuba]

BTW, Sherry, ever since I saw this week's pictures theme, I have had the A Christmas Fantasy song running through my head!!!

I had this song stuck in my head for WEEKS after seeing the parade a few years ago. I will gladly have it stuck again if I get to see Christmas Fantasy again!!

Off to host a BBQ ... I will put up my parade pictures in a couple days when I have more time !

PHXscuba

 

[Pinup Mommy]

I completely missed last weeks theme, and have none to share this week, but I am loving everyone's pictures.

 

[golfdad]

These pictures are great! My wife and I are taking our 4 year old son for the first time to DL on November 16.

Does anyone have any idea when Disney is going to release dates for the Holiday Party at DL? I can't believe these dates haven't been announced yet except for the first date of November 12. That's only 10 weeks away!

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

These pictures are great! My wife and I are taking our 4 year old son for the first time to DL on November 16.

Does anyone have any idea when Disney is going to release dates for the Holiday Party at DL? I can't believe these dates haven't been announced yet except for the first date of November 12. That's only 10 weeks away!

I don't believe there will be a holiday party at DL. There hasn't been in the past, although there was rumor of one coming. Sherry thought we'd hear by the end of Aug if there was going to be one this year, so my guess is they are putting it off another year, at least.

 

[Sherry E]

Okay, I didn't quote anyone here because I seem to be having a lot of trouble getting the thread to load. It's the same thing that happened to me yesterday when I was trying to add something to the Winter Dreams info on page 1, and the same thing that happened when I was typing up a long reply in the Halloween Superthread the other day, only to have it vanish. I keep getting a crazy "server is too busy" message. I don't know if that message is popping up for anyone else, but I know that I don't like it!

I read all posts and comments -- even if I don't quote and reply to each one at the moment, I just wanted to make sure everyone knew that I was not deliberately ignoring anyone.

I logged Bret, Jamie, pattyduke34 and pudinhd into the random draw. And when I say that this will be a random draw for the $25 gift card, it will be old school! I am literally writing everyone's names down on paper, folding them up and tossing them into a box. Then I am shaking up the box to mix all the names up. When it comes time to draw the winner in November, I will reach my hand into the box and pull out a name. Old school style! No newfangled, computerized randomization here!

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Lucrezia --

You're welcome!

I am so, so glad to read that you now have a Christmas time trip on the horizon. Honestly, I was beginning to wonder if the trip was off the table because I hadn't seen you really post here in a few weeks (I saw you mainly in the Halloween Superthread). I didn't want to ask because I was afraid you'd say the holiday trip wasn't going to happen. So I am delighted that it is going to happen, and even more delighted that I -- or this thread -- helped in some small way! I also noticed that your dates are different than what you were originally planning on, but I think the dates you are going will be better in terms of slightly lower crowds than Christmas week crowds.

I love the chubby cheeked snowmen in the parade! I also love the gingerbread men with the flat bottoms (as though they have been resting on a cookie sheet).

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pudinhd --

I cannot get the song out of my head, and I have not watched the parade since 2011. That song is forever etched in my brain!

 

[siskaren]

These pictures are great! My wife and I are taking our 4 year old son for the first time to DL on November 16.

Does anyone have any idea when Disney is going to release dates for the Holiday Party at DL? I can't believe these dates haven't been announced yet except for the first date of November 12. That's only 10 weeks away!

There isn't a holiday party at DL.