Disneyland at Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread #4

[Sherry E]

Jade Darkstar - You have another entry into the random draw!




Okay, now they have another holiday season-related post up on the Parks Blog about the Disney Cruise Line -- http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...ry-merrytime-cruises-with-disney-cruise-line/.

There has already been at least one holiday season-related Blog about WDW too.

We Disneyland Resort people always end up at the bottom of the heap as far as seasonal news! When do we get a Blog about our own holiday season, and why does Disney always assume that we neither need nor want to know details at the same time everyone else gets them?


Anyway, everyone, remember that you have until Sunday night, August 10th, 11:59 p.m., P.S.T., to post your photos for this week's theme, which is "It's a Small World Holiday and Fantasyland" Theme Week!

In 4 days -- Monday, 8/11/14 -- we're on to a brand new theme!

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[Misskitty3]

Jade Darkstar - You have another entry into the random draw!




Okay, now they have another holiday season-related post up on the Parks Blog about the Disney Cruise Line -- http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...ry-merrytime-cruises-with-disney-cruise-line/.

There has already been at least one holiday season-related Blog about WDW too.

We Disneyland Resort people always end up at the bottom of the heap as far as seasonal news! When do we get a Blog about our own holiday season, and why does Disney always assume that we neither need nor want to know details at the same time everyone else gets them?


Anyway, everyone, remember that you have until Sunday night, August 10th, 11:59 p.m., P.S.T., to post your photos for this week's theme, which is "It's a Small World Holiday and Fantasyland" Theme Week!

In 4 days -- Monday, 8/11/14 -- we're on to a brand new theme!

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Waiting patiently over here for any updates on when the holiday season will begin! I am not going to lie, after seeing all the amazing pictures here, I really hope Disney starts the holiday season on the weekend of November 8th.

 

[figment_jii]

I'll have to look at FL more closely this year!

Anyway, here are a few from It's a Small World Holiday (though most were already posted in the previous Christmas/Holiday SuperThread).

Postcards

New Years

Penguin

Lilo & Stitch

 

[PHXscuba]

My contributions for the week:

From 2010:

I heard this little guy got removed during the last round of safety additions:

From 2013:

Fish stockings and fish left out for Santa!

I tried every possible angle to capture a good picture of this reindeer, but this was the best I could do!

We rode IASWH twice that day so I had a better idea during the second ride what I wanted to take pictures of. Love it!

PHXscuba

 

[Sherry E]

figment_jii and PHXscuba have each earned another entry into the random draw for posting the lovely photos!



figment_jii --

I was wondering where you had disappeared to the last several days! I hadn't seen you around over on the Halloween Superthread and I wondered if you had gone out of town or gotten extremely busy!

I love the New Year's section of IASWH. And I can see the tiny Elvis in the Lilo and Stitch photo!





PHX --

I don't recall seeing the little guy (in your first shot) the last time or two that I rode IASWH. I could have missed him but he probably did get removed.

Oh my goodness -- I LOVE all of the teeny tiny Christmas toys/presents around Gepetto's Wood Carving shop/cottage on the SBL Canal boat ride. They're even sitting on the window sill!! Is that a mini-Nutcracker standing by the door?

That's exactly why I hoped people would post some photos from the SBL boat ride (and I am so glad that several people have posted them!) -- the level of detail, even on the smallest scale, is just astounding at DLR and a lot of folks won't know that there are such fun decorations to see on that ride!

You captured some great photos -- the nighttime IASWH façade photo is nice and clear. The reindeer photo is much better than anything I would have gotten!

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[Phoenixrising]

I was just wondering how the crowds are around Veterans day?? I'm planning a trip to WDW in Jan/17 followed by another solo trip somewhere in Nov/17. I'm toying with the idea of going to DL again for 5 days, and booking a trip around Veterans day as to avoid my DH taking time off work. I know the crowds won't be as bad as during Thanksgiving week. Any info would be appreciated. I always end up going to DL for my solo trips, simply as I feel safe travelling there, more so than anywhere else.

 

[Sherry E]

I was just wondering how the crowds are around Veterans day?? I'm planning a trip to WDW in Jan/17 followed by another solo trip somewhere in Nov/17. I'm toying with the idea of going to DL again for 5 days, and booking a trip around Veterans day as to avoid my DH taking time off work. I know the crowds won't be as bad as during Thanksgiving week. Any info would be appreciated. I always end up going to DL for my solo trips, simply as I feel safe travelling there, more so than anywhere else.

Trish --

When I went to DLR on the Saturday of Veterans Day weekend a few years ago, it was very, very busy. When I was there on Monday, 11/12/12 (the day after Veterans Day), I found there to be pretty healthy crowds -- but not oppressively so -- and then, all of a sudden, lots of people cleared out at a certain point in the night and I walked around DCA for a while without seeing too many people at all.

Any kind of holiday weekend will lure in the visitors, so if you are there over Veterans Day weekend I think you will see quite a few people. Also, if the holiday season starts somewhere near Veterans Day weekend, that will attract some folks too.

We may see a shift in crowd patterns between now and 2017. There could be a Christmas party materializing in the next couple of years, and that could affect the crowds in the earlier part of November. Disney may add in another big holiday event or ride overlay, and that could bring in the crowds. You never know.

Also, after the 60th Anniversary events are over next year, there will probably be some expansions or additional things opening up in DL by 2017 (just how much of a presence will Star Wars and Marvel have at DLR?), so that could affect crowds, either during construction or after completion.

I hate to say this because it sounds ominous and foreboding, but November 2017 is so far away at this point that anything could happen between now and then. The dates you choose, depending on how close to the holiday season start date they are -- and depending on what else may be going on in the parks at that time (another marathon, perhaps?) -- could end up becoming more crowded than expected at this point in time. I think we'll have to see how the next couple of Novembers/years unfold to get a better sense of what could happen in 2017.


I know what you mean -- I feel safe walking around DLR solo too, more so than when I have spent solo time in other places!

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

I was just wondering how the crowds are around Veterans day?? I'm planning a trip to WDW in Jan/17 followed by another solo trip somewhere in Nov/17. I'm toying with the idea of going to DL again for 5 days, and booking a trip around Veterans day as to avoid my DH taking time off work. I know the crowds won't be as bad as during Thanksgiving week. Any info would be appreciated. I always end up going to DL for my solo trips, simply as I feel safe travelling there, more so than anywhere else.

I don't know what our school calendar will look like for future years, but this year Veteran's Day has been made into a 4 week day weekend. If we weren't already going around Thanksgiving, it would be the perfect time for us to go without the kids missing too much school. If it continues to stay a long weekend (longer than the typical 3 day), I would expect it to be crowded.

 

[kylie71]

I really enjoyed this week's theme, Thank You Sherry!

Now onto NEXT weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So many very Beautiful pictures on this thread, Newbies hoping to plan a holiday trip would be so LUCKY to look here!!!

--Lori

 

[Misskitty3]

I don't know what our school calendar will look like for future years, but this year Veteran's Day has been made into a 4 week day weekend. If we weren't already going around Thanksgiving, it would be the perfect time for us to go without the kids missing too much school. If it continues to stay a long weekend (longer than the typical 3 day), I would expect it to be crowded.

We will be there Veterans weekend because of the school holiday. We don't get a 4 day weekend - we only get Tuesday off but that was good enough for us to justify a trip!

 

[rentayenta]

I really enjoyed this week's theme, Thank You Sherry!

Now onto NEXT weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So many very Beautiful pictures on this thread, Newbies hoping to plan a holiday trip would be so LUCKY to look here!!!

--Lori

I agree any new folks are so lucky to have this thread. Heck, us old folks are too.

 

[Phoenixrising]

Sherry, so long as the crowds are not as bad the week leading up to Thanksgiving I should be fine. If I can survive that week, I can survive anything when it comes to DL. I could do either Halloween or Christmas, but I'm prepared to deal with the heavier crowds since I like the Christmas overlay so much better. I'll make a decision about dates when once DH has his vacation dates locked down for the year. Realistically by then I could leave any time in Nov, as the kids will be grades 8 & 9. DH wouldn't have to take any time off work, as the kids could find their way home from school via local buses, which they would be doing anyway. It's a matter of deciding when to go, then locking down air and hotel in 2017. I was initially looking at Las Vegas for a solo trip, but the more I read about it, the more I realized that I felt alot safer going to DL solo. That and both vacation would have cost the same amount. So guessed one I picked??Regardless I'm going to keep haunting this thread until then.

 

[Sherry E]

I will reply to the most recent posts tomorrow. I'm sleepy.

Today I got sidetracked with typing up a huge list of all of the Fall/Halloween Time meals, snacks and beverages I could think of or track down for my Halloween Time Superthread (don't worry, Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread peeps -- I'll be doing the same thing for this thread too, but it will probably take me longer than it took me to type up the Halloween/Fall food list because there seems to be more ground to cover when it comes to the holiday season than there is for Halloween Time).

I did want to pop in and remind everyone that you still have tomorrow, Sat., August 9th, and Sun., August 10th, to post your It's a Small World Holiday-Fantasyland photos for the current Theme Week. There are still a few people who have not yet posted, and they have until 11:59 p.m., P.S.T. on Sunday night to do so!

On Monday, August 11th, we are on to Theme Week #4!

 

[Orbitron]

As of today we can start doing the Double Digit Dance, only 99 more days to go! Sorry, back to topic!

 

[Luisa]

Gee there's been some beautiful pictures from everyone. I can't wait to take my mum for her first visit next year, she just loves Christmas.
IASW

Looking back at the castle from Fantasyland

Minimal decorations in Fantasyland

 

[dhorner233]

Wow! I have really enjoyed everyone's pictures this week, especially the ones from Storybook Canal!

Here are my inside IASW:

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[petals]

Luvin all the pictures. Small World looks amazing. I can't wait to try spot all the different characters in this version.

Has anyone else hit double figures on their countdown this week? We hit it today (irish time) getting all excited now

 

[Sherry E]

As I mentioned last night, I am going to be typing up one of these detailed lists for Holiday Season Foods and Drinks too (to add to the Food & Drink post on page 1 of this thread). But in case you are interested in seeing what kinds of goodies are available for the Halloween Time season (because there will be a lot of "holiday season equivalents" to many of the Halloween/Fall items, if not some of the same items, in the shops and at restaurants!), have a look -- HERE.

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[rentayenta]

As I mentioned last night, I am going to be typing up one of these detailed lists for Holiday Season Foods and Drinks too (to add to the Food & Drink post on page 1 of this thread). But in case you are interested in seeing what kinds of goodies are available for the Halloween Time season (because there will be a lot of "holiday season equivalents" to many of the Halloween/Fall items, if not some of the same items, in the shops and at restaurants!), have a look -- HERE.

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You're seriously amazing!

 

[Sherry E]

Reminder --

You have just over 12 hours left to get in your photos of "It's a Small World Holiday and Fantasyland" by tonight, 8/10, at 11:59 p.m., P.S.T.

Tomorrow morning (Mon., 8/11/14) begins a new theme week -- that will be the 4th Theme Week in this year's Countdown, for anyone not keeping track! We're making progress, but we have a long way to go -- 19 more themes, in fact, all the way up to Monday, November 3rd!!

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Also, if you happen to be lurking out there and have questions about the Holidays at Disneyland Resort -- either based on what you've seen in the Theme Week Countdown so far, or because it's your first time taking a holiday trip to DLR, or whatever the situation -- please feel free to join in and ask. This is a discussion and information thread as well as a venue for the Theme Week Countdown, and we have a lot of participants/DIS'ers here with a wealth of combined Disneyland holiday trip experience in November and December, so hopefully someone can always answer questions if they should arise.

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Luisa has another entry into the random draw for sharing her stunning photos (I especially love that first IASWH shot!)!


Denise -- I have been loving all of your photos in these Theme Weeks -- I can't wait to see what you share with us in all of the upcoming weeks!

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You're seriously amazing!

Thank you so much, Jenny!

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