Disneyland at Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread #4

[gmi3804]

What kind of "event" is going on in the GCH lobby on 12/6? We'll be at the Villas from 4-7 December, and are planning on attending the first CP.

 

[Sherry E]

We will be enjoying the lobby and all the action Saturday Dec 6th in the evening, even if we have to sit on the floor to drink our hot cocoa! I can not wait to see it!

DisneylandPlanner --

I've seen plenty of people -- adults and kids -- sitting on the carpeted areas in front of the sofas, while enjoying carolers or playing, hanging out, etc. So you probably won't be alone down there on the floor if that's where you end up!

We resemble those assumptions...My family will be checking in on the 5th before the pharmacy meeting (and hopefully missing the crush of humanity on the 6th) and checking out the festivities in the GCH lobby! We can't wait. The trip would be perfect if not for the meeting.. Maybe I can snag a pin, but our plans take us to a WOC dinner that evening and away from the GCH and DL madness that is the Candlelight Processional.

Mike

Mike --

at the "crush of humanity" on 12/6!

You're doing what I suspected that many of the pharmacy meeting attendees would be doing (especially the ones staying at one of the Disney hotels) -- which is checking in on 12/5 and visiting the parks before the meeting actually begins.

I know that not all of the pharmacy meeting attendees will go into the parks, of course, and many of them will stay off-property, but are you getting an idea from any of your fellow pharmacy folks that others will be doing what you're doing? Or are they all avoiding the 2 parks and sticking to the hotels and DTD only? Obviously the main focus for most of them will be the actual meeting, but I had a feeling that a lot of people would bring their families and visit the parks before it begins if they are already staying at the DLR hotels.

Have you all seen this? BuzzFeed posted it yesterday. It's a video of the tree installation at Disneyland.

http://youtu.be/tHGSGcnhdRM

Thanks, revwog1974--

I get the BuzzFeed newsletters, but don't follow them on YouTube. I will watch the video.

What kind of "event" is going on in the GCH lobby on 12/6? We'll be at the Villas from 4-7 December, and are planning on attending the first CP.

George --

This will give you an idea, but it all revolves around the pins inspired by the gingerbread houses at the DLH and GCH -- HERE. It's only in the morning, but Downtown Disney will be hoppin' during that time too.

I think the GCH lobby will be abuzz with activity over that whole weekend, really, but especially on 12/6.

 

[kylie71]

Jamie-- Where did they put it, in the lobby?
Any Stamos sighting's?

Have a Blast!

--Lori

 

[Sherry E]

Many of our DIS'ers are at DLR right now -- Jamie, Corinna, Orbitron, figment_jii (I think figment_jii is still there), etc.

Will someone please go the GCH lobby, snap a photo of the gingerbread house and post it here? I'm also still eager to see photos of this year's PPH Christmas tree, to see if anything has changed from last year, but the gingerbread house is big news and I need to see it!

We need more live-from-the-scene photos and reports!!!

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A Triple Cranberry Smoothie??!!! This must be new on the scene at Schmoozies in DCA this year:

https://www.facebook.com/Disneyland...3136044758648/778436738895241/?type=1&theater

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[crystal1313]

Gingerbread house at the Grand: (from Tales of a Disneyland cast member, awesome blog btw)

https://www.facebook.com/TalesofDLC...56662549098/10152820782669099/?type=1&theater

 

[Sherry E]

Gingerbread house at the Grand: (from Tales of a Disneyland cast member, awesome blog btw)

https://www.facebook.com/TalesofDLC...56662549098/10152820782669099/?type=1&theater

Thank you so much, Crystal!

Even though many of our DIS'ers are currently at DLR, it took a DIS'er who is not currently there to supply us with a photo of the GCH house!

So the house is being worked on and set up right now, it looks like... I can't tell where in the lobby it is stationed. Can you? Is it even in the lobby? And is it on a table or platform of some sort?

 

[maleficent55]

I saw a picture of the GCH gingerbread house on facebook, I'll see if I can get a pic up on here! It's cute

And it sounds like it *might* be in Story Tellers

 

[crystal1313]

Haha, no problem! I just came back from lunch and checked FB and saw it. Can't tell where it is! Is that the stair railings above it? I really cannot tell though. And it does look to be on a table, but on the far right it looks like you can walk in it-I'm assuming for the CM's to be inside selling things. It's cute!

***just noticed the replica stained glass doors! Wow! Impressive!!***

 

[kylie71]

Sadly, I am not a member of Facebook! I will have to wait until I get there, on Weds....... Thanks!

--Lori

 

[Jenasweetemotion]

Saw the gingerbread house on instagram. Unfortunately it isn't my photo to share but it does look amazing here is the site that has the photo it is the first one pictured. Gingerbread

 

[maleficent55]

http://s1092.photobucket.com/user/e...52820782669099_7496202894313823648_n.jpg.html

credit to Tales From A Disneyland Cast Member

 

[Sherry E]

The GCH house is so cute! It's even got a little faux fireplace/hearth in the center (which I just saw in the link that Jenasweetemotion provided above -- thank you!)!

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Sadly, I am not a member of Facebook! I will have to wait until I get there, on Weds....... Thanks!

--Lori

Gingerbread house at the Grand: (from Tales of a Disneyland cast member, awesome blog btw)

https://www.facebook.com/TalesofDLC...56662549098/10152820782669099/?type=1&theater

http://s1092.photobucket.com/user/e...52820782669099_7496202894313823648_n.jpg.html

credit to Tales From A Disneyland Cast Member

Lori -- You don't have to be a Facebook member. The link that Crystal provided above^^ (which leads to the same photo that maleficent55 linked above^^) is public and viewable! I accessed it when I wasn't even signed in to Facebook. You can view it!

And you can also see it in a different photo in the link that Jenasweetemotion posted:

Saw the gingerbread house on instagram. Unfortunately it isn't my photo to share but it does look amazing here is the site that has the photo it is the first one pictured. Gingerbread

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[jammyjam25]

Sherry when I saw the DPB this morning I knew you'd be so excited about it! The house looks really cute from the photos that people have linked here so far.

My group has our character breakfast at Storytellers the morning of November 30th so hopefully that gingerbread smell throughout the lobby will still be nice and strong! *fingers crossed*

 

[kylie71]

Thank You! Its super cute, but its on a table??

--LORI

 

[Sherry E]

Sherry when I saw the DPB this morning I knew you'd be so excited about it! The house looks really cute from the photos that people have linked here so far.

My group has our character breakfast at Storytellers the morning of November 30th so hopefully that gingerbread smell throughout the lobby will still be nice and strong! *fingers crossed*

jammyjam25 --

Yes, I was very excited -- and, also, feeling vindicated! When I saw the mention of the gingerbread house in the press release a couple of weeks ago, I wondered if it was a mistake. And when we started hearing reports of the tree going up in the lobby of the GCH, without a house nearby, I began to wonder if I had been seeing things when I read the blurb about the GCH gingerbread house in the release.

Sometimes, if Disney puts something incorrect in print and I report on it, when it doesn't come to fruition people will think that I am the one who made the mistake. This happened in 2013 with Mickey's Halloween party. An incorrect MHP date was printed in an official Disney publication, and I reported on the date. When that date turned out to be wrong, I got the impression that a couple of folks thought that I had reported incorrect information, or that I had misread it, or that somehow I screwed up. It was not my mistake -- I simply reported on the date that had been printed. Someone else was at fault for printing the wrong date in a Disney publication!

So, I was afraid I would have another 'MHP date fiasco' on my hands this year, and that people would somehow blame me and think that I got the info wrong when I reported on the GCH gingerbread house!

I am so glad to see that the house is now at the GCH, being set up!


I am hoping that the smaller gingerbread house at Storytellers Café -- and there has been one every year -- is back again this year, and that the pastry budget at DLR wasn't all directed to the giant house in the lobby. I like the one at Storytellers, and even the smaller one at White Water Snacks. Not to mention the fact that Storytellers Café usually doesn't even have a Christmas tree, and it needs some sort of holiday decoration.

The aroma in the lobby should hopefully be amazing! It's got to be better than the fake, piped-in smell near the fake gingerbread Castle in the Fantasy Tower of the DLH!

Thank You! Its super cute, but its on a table??

--LORI

Lori --

It's on a table. It's still a 6 ft. tall house, selling snacks and goodies (as reported by the Parks Blog), but it's on a table.

Still, though, I love the mini-hearth! What a nice touch!

 

[OHBelle]

The Gingerbread House is so cute! I can't wait to see it for myself.

 

[Sherry E]

The Gingerbread House is so cute! I can't wait to see it for myself.

Tracy --

You will be seeing it very soon, on your grand return to DLR! You will have a lot to see and do on this trip, I suspect!

 

[jammyjam25]

jammyjam25 --

Yes, I was very excited -- and, also, feeling vindicated! When I saw the mention of the gingerbread house in the press release a couple of weeks ago, I wondered if it was a mistake. And when we started hearing reports of the tree going up in the lobby of the GCH, without a house nearby, I began to wonder if I had been seeing things when I read the blurb about the GCH gingerbread house in the release.

Sometimes, if Disney puts something incorrect in print and I report on it, when it doesn't come to fruition people will think that I am the one who made the mistake. This happened in 2013 with Mickey's Halloween party. An incorrect MHP date was printed in an official Disney publication, and I reported on the date. When that date turned out to be wrong, I got the impression that a couple of folks thought that I had reported incorrect information, or that I had misread it, or that somehow I screwed up. It was not my mistake -- I simply reported on the date that had been printed. Someone else was at fault for printing the wrong date in a Disney publication!

So, I was afraid I would have another 'MHP date fiasco' on my hands this year, and that people would somehow blame me and think that I got the info wrong when I reported on the GCH gingerbread house!

I am so glad to see that the house is now at the GCH, being set up!


I am hoping that the smaller gingerbread house at Storytellers Café -- and there has been one every year -- is back again this year, and that the pastry budget at DLR wasn't all directed to the giant house in the lobby. I like the one at Storytellers, and even the smaller one at White Water Snacks. Not to mention the fact that Storytellers Café usually doesn't even have a Christmas tree, and it needs some sort of holiday decoration.

Oh my gosh, what a mess that sounds like! People do definitely have a "shoot the messenger" mentality sometimes don't they?

I hope the house at Storytellers is still there as well! This is my first time ever going to the GCH for anything so I want it all!

 

[Sherry E]

Oh my gosh, what a mess that sounds like! People do definitely have a "shoot the messenger" mentality sometimes don't they?

I hope the house at Storytellers is still there as well! This is my first time ever going to the GCH for anything so I want it all!

jammyjam25 --

Very true! All we can do is report what Disney puts out there, either directly to the public (like via the Parks Blog or on the DLR website), in print (such as in the Annual Pass Backstage Pass newsletter, which is where the incorrect MHP date was printed in 2013), or on their own, less public, less well-known sites (like the Events site, the Auditions site, etc.).

If any of that information turns out to be incorrect, or it changes, it's certainly no one's fault but Disney's. Most of the time they print the correct, accurate dates and I think the MHP goof was a fluke last year -- but it was a mistake that had some people planning their trips around the incorrect date, and I think it was frustrating for them to learn that the date was wrong and they had to rearrange their plans! So it came across as though I had somehow relayed incorrect info, or had been mistaken.

Storytellers is such a cozy, earthy sort of restaurant -- and it is just begging for some nice Christmas décor. There has not been a Christmas tree in the restaurant since at least 2009. I don't think there was a tree there in 2007 or 2008 either. The gingerbread house in the restaurant has been a nice holiday touch for the last few years, even though it is considerably shorter than the one in the GCH lobby. I hope it's there when you get to the GCH and eat at Storytellers! I hope Disney didn't skimp on the gingerbread houses this year.

In 2012, during the first holiday season of Cars Land and Buena Vista Street, there were gingerbread creations galore -- every restaurant in each land had a gingerbread masterpiece of some sort (though the one in the Cozy Cone office is fake gingerbread). When the 2013 holiday season rolled around, I quickly noticed that all of the gingerbread from Cars Land and Buena Vista Street was gone, except for the fake (but adorable!!!) display at the Cozy Cone. There doesn't seem to be an unlimited gingerbread budget at DLR, and so the pieces come and go!

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...Because the world apparently cannot get enough Frozen stuff...

(Is there a 'yawn' emoticon around here somewhere?)


"The Beautifully Disney ‘Frozen’ Collection Debuts at Disney Parks" -- Disney Parks Blog; posted on November 21st, 2014 by Michelle Harker, Manager, Merchandise Marketing & Communications, Disneyland Resort

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[Jenasweetemotion]

...because the world apparently cannot get enough frozen stuff...

(is there a 'yawn' emoticon around here somewhere?)


"the beautifully disney ‘frozen’ collection debuts at disney parks" -- disney parks blog; posted on november 21st, 2014 by michelle harker, manager, merchandise marketing & communications, disneyland resort

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Is the yawn big enough haha..