Disneyland at Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread #4

[lucysmom]

Happy, happy birthday to you, Sherry!

 

[rentayenta]

This is Joshua with Minnie a decade ago:



I have lots more but Photobucket is far from cooperative so I'll post more later.

 

[PixiDustDears]

This is just what I needed! I keep thinking about our Halloween trip but I need to start planning for Thanksgiving as well. This pictures are bound to help! Here are mine:

My favorite photo pass



Favorite Santa



And Mrs. Clause



Favorite Character

 

[rentayenta]

Photobucket seems to be behaving better.



The kids and Minnie, 2004





Same trip. To this day, Chloe loves Pooh.





Hard to tell its the holidays but note the holiday ball decoration. At Storytellers.

 

[Sherry E]

I'd glad to see that the wonderful photo submissions continue to roll in! I know that there are quite a few people who have not yet posted (TK, Jamie, Janet, Mike, crystal1313, etc., etc.), but I'm grateful to everyone who has posted in the Countdown so far! The pictures have been fantastic, and I love seeing all of the fun, happy smiles and playful characters! I will comment more about the photos later today.

Yesterday's birthday adventure involved a boat ride to Catalina with many grizzled, cursing, weather-worn fishermen; a very choppy, windy, wet boat ride home; a nasty sunburn despite constant sunscreen applications (I hate summer!); free plums from an Island resident (I wasn't expecting to be handed free plums at random!); a very nice, free Casino tour; free ice cream; free coffee; a free CD; and a free trail map.

I also saw what was either a bunch of sharks in the middle of a feeding frenzy (like in the movie Open Water) or a pod of dolphins in a feeding frenzy (I couldn't see anything other than a bunch of fins concentrated in one circular spot)! I saw various sea lions romping about in the ocean. I climbed hills and ramps. And, some young guy drove by and offered me a ride as I walked to my favorite scenic spot -- not in that "Hey, baby, want a ride?" type of way, but more in the "Oh, look at the old, sick woman walking along the side of the road; she looks like she is dying from the heat; maybe I should offer the elderly lady a ride" type of way. (I declined -- I wanted to walk!)

Today I continue my birthday food crawl as I make a mad dash to Sprinkles Cupcakes and get my belated free cupcake, AND use $13 of free money at CVS!!!

 

[mom2rtk]

OMG How did I miss the photo with the 3 Cabelleros last year? I saw them in the Feliz Navidad parade, but didn't see a character meet & greet!

And Sherry, mine are coming. I've just been really busy this week. It's on my "to do" list! In the mean time, I'm loving seeing what everyone else is posting.

 

[kylie71]

Sounds like a fun day Sherry! The ride back from Catalina is always rough and wild isn't it! Was the guy who offered you are a ride cute? I know somebody who grew up in Garden Grove, and worked the summers on Catalina building rock walls.... yes, he is older now.

Let us know what kind of cup cake you get at Sprinkles... wish we had one of those in the Reno area.....

--Lori

 

[figment_jii]

OMG How did I miss the photo with the 3 Cabelleros last year? I saw them in the Feliz Navidad parade, but didn't see a character meet & greet!

They were over in the Viva Navidad area of Paradise Garden. I don't think they were all of the time. There was a rotating mixture of characters in Latin-inspired holiday attire. Hopefully they'll do it again this year and then you can go see them!

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

Happy Belated Birthday, Sherry! I'm sorry I missed it, but we just got back from a long weekend in Vegas to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary!

I love all these pictures and it makes me ready for the holidays NOW! I'm definitely going to have to make a point of spending some actual time back in Viva Navidad instead of just walking through it like last year.

Here are mine - hopefully I've resized correctly. Hoping to see if I can do this all without repeating pictures I shared last time, but we'll have to see how it goes in later weeks.

2006:


2007




2010



2013







(making an exception to my rule because his face just says it all!)

 

[Orbitron]

OMG How did I miss the photo with the 3 Cabelleros last year? I saw them in the Feliz Navidad parade, but didn't see a character meet & greet!

The character meet & greet was inside the Paradise Garden area. Mickey Mouse along with Minnie Mouse, Goofy and the Three Caballeros together were taking turns.

 

[mom2rtk]

The character meet & greet was inside the Paradise Garden area. Mickey Mouse along with Minnie Mouse, Goofy and the Three Caballeros together were taking turns.

I totally missed that. Maybe they'll be out this year. Were they in the times guide? Or was it before or after the parade?

 

[Orbitron]

I totally missed that. Maybe they'll be out this year. Were they in the times guide? Or was it before or after the parade?

If I remember right, they weren't in the times guide. The characters were there before and after the shows. I hope they will return this year again!

 

[dhorner233]

 

[pattyduke34]

We got Goofy on our turn!!! There was no line at all, just walked right up!

 

[KCmike]

I also saw what was either a bunch of sharks in the middle of a feeding frenzy (like in the movie Open Water) or a pod of dolphins in a feeding frenzy (I couldn't see anything other than a bunch of fins concentrated in one circular spot)! I saw various sea lions romping about in the ocean. I climbed hills and ramps. And, some young guy drove by and offered me a ride as I walked to my favorite scenic spot -- not in that "Hey, baby, want a ride?" type of way, but more in the "Oh, look at the old, sick woman walking along the side of the road; she looks like she is dying from the heat; maybe I should offer the elderly lady a ride" type of way. (I declined -- I wanted to walk!)

Today I continue my birthday food crawl as I make a mad dash to Sprinkles Cupcakes and get my belated free cupcake, AND use $13 of free money at CVS!!!

This entry totally made me laugh out loud and very hard. I had to tell my wife about this entry. Hope you had a good time Sherry despite some of the crazy stuff that came along with you for the ride. Nice job "old lady" on continuing that walk!

 

[Elk Grove Chris]

Funny stuff, we will be in Catalina in September, with a cart, will look out for you just in case you are back.

 

[dhorner233]

 

[Misskitty3]

Here are mine ....from 2006!

 

[Speechphi]

My photo pass photos & Christmas characters from 2011 (sorry they're so big!). My kids were 6, 5, & 3 at the time.

 

[Jenasweetemotion]

Wanted to share some of my many photos from last year. (Sorry they are so big.)





My Moms favorite picture.