Disneyland at Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread #4

[Misskitty3]

We are here now and having a fabulous time!! The weather is perfect, the crowds are not bad at all and there is not going to be any parade taping! There will be taping of performances by Train , Lucy Hale (?), and Trisha Yearwood. Some taping at DL and some at CA....the CM I spoke to didn't know which performers would be at which park.

We met Hiro today at the Big Hero 6 M&g. We missed Baymax by 5 minutes - Hiro was guaranteed to be there but they are not guaranteeing Baymax ....we waited about 90 minutes to get to the front of the line.

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A few more....

 

[petals]

Luvin the merchandise pics MissKitty.

 

[maleficent55]

planningjollyholiday: I LOVE the Haagen-Dazs Peppermint Ice cream they put out each season, I usually stock up and have at least 6 pints in my freezer for the Thanksgiving thru Christmas time span....I llike that it has chunks of chocolate pieces in it!

I DO prefer a peppermint based ice cream though, we have a local ice cream store here that makes a white chocolate based ice cream with peppermint pieces, all local and organic and it's AMAZING. I'm just a sucker for peppermint ice cream in any form!

I myself, am over the moon excite dto read about this 6' gingerbread hot chocloate servin' palace! No matter where or how it goes, gingerbread and hot chocolate....I'm drooling. And I've never been in the GCH so what a treat!

Beau Bridges....hmmmm....can't say Im too excited.

Jyl

 

[krispin41]

I myself, am over the moon excite dto read about this 6' gingerbread hot chocloate servin' palace! No matter where or how it goes, gingerbread and hot chocolate....I'm drooling. And I've never been in the GCH so what a treat!


Jyl

I totally agree!! So excited! Gingerbread is my total favorite as well!

 

[Misskitty3]

Winter Village getting set up...

 

[planningjollyholiday]

planningjollyholiday: I LOVE the Haagen-Dazs Peppermint Ice cream they put out each season, I usually stock up and have at least 6 pints in my freezer for the Thanksgiving thru Christmas time span....I llike that it has chunks of chocolate pieces in it!

I DO prefer a peppermint based ice cream though, we have a local ice cream store here that makes a white chocolate based ice cream with peppermint pieces, all local and organic and it's AMAZING. I'm just a sucker for peppermint ice cream in any form!

I myself, am over the moon excite dto read about this 6' gingerbread hot chocloate servin' palace! No matter where or how it goes, gingerbread and hot chocolate....I'm drooling. And I've never been in the GCH so what a treat!

Beau Bridges....hmmmm....can't say Im too excited.

Jyl

Thanks for the review! I haven't seen any other christmasy ice cream in stores here yet except for eggnog which I am not a fan of. I do LOVE chocolate, so the haggan dazs might be a good choice for me!

 

[5forMickey]

Wow just caught the news that Fantasmic will be a ticketed event at Disneyland starting 12/12 this year. All the front areas for the show are for reserved meal packages only. Knowing that those are all walkway leading up to the show, the logistics of that sounds nightmarish, plus I don't think it is worth paying extra at River Bell or BB or Hungry Bear to get a fastpass for Fantasmic. This has put a small damper on our Christmas trip as our daughter loves to see the show.

HUH.....so how do you get meal packages??????So it's it roped off ground seating like WOC. YIKEES I missed reading about this. We will be there 12/28-1/3 and this is my mother's favorite part of the trip.

 

[JadeDarkstar]

Thanks for those pics the ice rink and the winter village. I'm not sure if we should try to skate or just watch it lol

 

[kylie71]

Thank You, so much, really enjoying the LIVE pics.....
Have a Blast! I LOVE TRAIN, will they have an audience?

--Lori

 

[OHBelle]

MissKitty3 for the live picture updates! I am loving them!

 

[krispin41]

You can just hook an IV up to me with the sea salt caramel hot chocolate. Thanks.

 

[HappiestHaunt]

You can just hook an IV up to me with the sea salt caramel hot chocolate. Thanks.

I second this!!

 

[Sherry E]

MissKitty3 for the live picture updates! I am loving them!

Tracy --

While One Starry Christmas was the Hallmark movie I expected to love and Nine Lives of Christmas was the movie I expected to not love... to my surprise, it is turning out quite the opposite (so far -- I'm not all the way through Nine Lives yet)! Nine Lives of Christmas is, up to this point, adorable -- and quite funny in parts!

And yes -- Thank you, MissKitty3!

 

[mvf-m11c]

Beautiful picture Brett, of the Gingerbread house at the GF!
Where did you stay, when you went to the World?

--Lori

Thank you Lori. It was so neat to be at the GF where it is nicely decorated during the holiday season.

That was taken during my December 2011 trip. I stayed off-site at a resort called Sheraton Vistana Resort Villas which is across from WDW. I was at the GF since my family and I had dinner at the Grand Floridian Cafe.


Great pictures MissKitty3 of the Winter Village at DTD. Looking forward to my upcoming trip next week.

 

[planningjollyholiday]

Ok this time I'm serious some guy posted a picture that said "peppermint ice cream in candy cane cones". I really hope it's true this time!!!!!

 

[DahliaRW]

I'm actually excited about the new fantastic fp. Our first day in the parks is 12/12 and we like to do dinner at bb the first night. So now we plan to just do the F! dinner package there - the very first night it'll be offered!

 

[mlnbabies]

This picture was taken from the second floor of the Grand Floridian. You can see the gingerbread house in the corner of the lobby.

This is at the front of the lobby with the gingerbread house in the back of the lobby.

 

[egritz]

BUMMER! 60% chance of rain next Tuesday (18th). Boo! Now I have to pack (and buy) rain gear when I was hoping not too.

 

[rentayenta]

Your welcome. It is interesting that the DLR doesn't have the Enchantment Lighting on the website or the time guide. I looked at the 2008 time guide and park map that I have kept over the years and haven't seen it on the guide. But on the park map, it does talk about SB Winter Castle Enchantment Lighting but it doesn't show the times of the lighting. Also on the park map, it shows what is being offered like BIHM fireworks, A Christmas Fantasy parade, IASWH, HMH, Santa's Reindeer Round-Up/JJJ.

I will look at the GCH for the giant gingerbread house/hot cocoa counter during my upcoming trip next week. It sounds like this giant gingerbread house/hot coca counter is something similar to the Grand Floridian Hotel at WDW gingerbread house during the holiday season.

This is the gingerbread house/drink counter at the GF Hotel during the holiday season at WDW.

I need to see this in person one day!

 

[planningjollyholiday]

BUMMER! 60% chance of rain next Tuesday (18th). Boo! Now I have to pack (and buy) rain gear when I was hoping not too.

Noooo! Last time I checked it was supposed to be sunny. Fingers crossed that the forecast changes again for the better.