Disneyland at Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread #4

[Minnie Sue Oz]

From November 2012. It was the very beginning of the season.











Gotta love the tree in Sarge's Surplus Hut!!!









Loving this thread

 

[Orbitron]

 

[crystal1313]

Crystal --

I think you made the right choice! As fun, festive and wonderful as Halloween Time is, it just isn't as 'big' and as extensive as the holiday season is, as you know. Even if some things go missing from the holiday entertainment this year, for some reason (like if the Downtown Disney stuff is moved into DCA), there is still so much more to see and do -- without paying the extra price for a party ticket -- in November and December than there is in September and October. That's the reality. So you will get much more bang for your buck during the holidays, I feel.

But you already know all this, which is probably why you switched from October to the holidays!

Yes, I am SOOOO excited! This will be our 7th year going at Christmas time! Will you be around that weekend Sherry? I'd love to meet you in person

 

[dolphingirl47]

I can almost guarantee that the start of the holiday season will be announced between Monday and Thursday next week. I am heading to Hungary for work and probably won't have any internet access and it would be typical for it to be released when I am not around to see it.

I have a bit of a strange question. Roughly how many unique characters/ characters in different costumes do you think are around for meet and greets during the Holiday Season? I would count Mickey in his Buena Vista Street outfit as a separate costume from the one he wears at Disneyland. There is a reason I am asking this. Give Kids The World Village in Orlando is near and dear to my heart. Last year I asked friends and co-workers to sponsor me to do all the thrill rides at Walt Disney World with all the money going to Give Kids The World Village. I have no wish to repeat the thrill rides, but I wonder if I can get a challenge going to get photos with as many different characters/ characters in different costumes as possible.

Corinna

 

[figment_jii]

I really hope they have these again! I missed out last year.

Roughly how many unique characters/ characters in different costumes do you think are around for meet and greets during the Holiday Season?

I think there are a lot of characters at DLR regardless of the season. I've never stopped to count, but if you went looking everywhere and stopped to meet every character you see, I'm guessing you'd get to 50+. Not all will be in seasonal attire...

 

[dhorner233]

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[DisneyJamieCA]

I know we have been following holiday merchandise in stores in both this & the Halloween threads - just thought I'd update that not only does Costco have all their Halloween stuff out now, they've also started getting some of their Christmas items in. The next few months are going to go by like a blink of the eye!

 

[WestMom2two]

I want to see more merchandise pictures! I love planning on what shirts and gifts I want to buy. When will Disney release some sneek peeks? In the meantime lets get some pictures of past stuff cause I'm dying to see it all!

 

[tksbaskets]

Sherry you know I'll be on the look out for the full of flavor peppermint ice cream!

WE just loved Carsland at Christmas. 2013 was our first glimpse of the finished re-do of DCA.

There were plenty of Photopass photographers in Carsland! Here we are sporting our RSR fastpasses.

My attempt at night pictures:

Yes, if mom begs the adult men folk will stand in line (a short one) for a picture or ten...Love the PP borders!

a few more in the next post...





I still laugh when I see this picture (I have about 10 like it). Every time we walked by the PP Photographer was there ready to add to my pre-purchased CD. I'll only post one day and one night

Don't the fellas look thrilled??

Nice framing of the battery don't you think?

Can't get enough of Carsland! Keep the pictures coming.

 

[dolphingirl47]

I think there are a lot of characters at DLR regardless of the season. I've never stopped to count, but if you went looking everywhere and stopped to meet every character you see, I'm guessing you'd get to 50+. Not all will be in seasonal attire...

Thanks for this. I was not expecting all the characters to be in holiday outfits. Indeed, I am hoping to bump up the count with the beach outfits at the character breakfast at Paradise Pier and the Hawaiian outfits at Aulani.

Corinna

 

[petals]

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I'm not sure if they're for your tree or not but they are awesome... I'm going to need more money and a bigger case for this trip ​

 

[Sherry E]

I want to see more merchandise pictures! I love planning on what shirts and gifts I want to buy. When will Disney release some sneek peeks? In the meantime lets get some pictures of past stuff cause I'm dying to see it all!

WestMom2two --

Check the Disney Store online periodically, as some of the Disney Parks/holiday things they have are from previous holidays or from upcoming holidays in the parks.

We'll get to merchandise pictures in the Theme Week Countdown, very soon! Never fear. I have covered all the bases.

I don't want to interrupt the Theme Weeks that I have carefully taken time to put together and organize -- and for which people are entering to win gift cards -- to randomly post merchandise photos, because what will happen is that someone will tune in to the end of the thread and see the most recent photos posted instead of going back to my intro post. Then they will think that we are in the middle of a different Theme Week than what we are actually doing, and it will throw things off.

But, as previously mentioned, there will be merchandise photos popping up in the Countdown very soon (although...a lot of the stuff may be different or may not be available this year).

 

[KCmike]

Merry Christmas from Ramones.

House of Body Art by KC MikeD, on Flickr

 

[dec2009mama]

here are mine for the week theme

 

[Misskitty3]

I can almost guarantee that the start of the holiday season will be announced between Monday and Thursday next week. I am heading to Hungary for work and probably won't have any internet access and it would be typical for it to be released when I am not around to see it.

I have a bit of a strange question. Roughly how many unique characters/ characters in different costumes do you think are around for meet and greets during the Holiday Season? I would count Mickey in his Buena Vista Street outfit as a separate costume from the one he wears at Disneyland. There is a reason I am asking this. Give Kids The World Village in Orlando is near and dear to my heart. Last year I asked friends and co-workers to sponsor me to do all the thrill rides at Walt Disney World with all the money going to Give Kids The World Village. I have no wish to repeat the thrill rides, but I wonder if I can get a challenge going to get photos with as many different characters/ characters in different costumes as possible.

Corinna

If your theory is true, any chance you could head to Hungry a few days early? I would really like to know the plan for Christmas time today!

I love your fundraising idea! What a neat idea and AWESOME cause!

 

[dhorner233]

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[Sherry E]

Jazz Kitchen must have just put this up on their website in the last couple of days, because it was not there when I asked them a question about the gingerbread workshop on their Facebook page 2 days ago!

The dates are up for the Holiday Gingerbread House Building Workshop at Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen in Downtown Disney!!

The dates are:

Saturday, December 13

Sunday, December 14

Saturday, December 20

Sunday, December 21



12 pm - 2 pm on all 4 days



Tickets will be available on November 10th, 2014.

$48 per Gingerbread Kit (plus tax & online service feeds)
Price of Kit Includes 2 seats
Additional Seats May be Purchased for $12 per seat
Advance Payment by Credit Card Required
Refunds: only with a 72 hour notice of the date selected



More info on the website -- HERE.

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[figment_jii]

The dates are up for the Holiday Gingerbread House Building Workshop at Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen in Downtown Disney!!

Wow, they announced the Holiday Gingerbread House workshop dates really early this year!

I went last year and it was a lot of fun. When they asked how many people had never been before, there were only a few of us. Most folks had been in the past (as evidenced by the grocery bags of supplies they bring with them). The seats sold out pretty quickly last year, so if folks are interested, I would recommend signing up on the first day tickets go on sale.

 

[Sherry E]

Wow, they announced the Holiday Gingerbread House workshop dates really early this year!

I went last year and it was a lot of fun. When they asked how many people had never been before, there were only a few of us. Most folks had been in the past (as evidenced by the grocery bags of supplies they bring with them). The seats sold out pretty quickly last year, so if folks are interested, I would recommend signing up on the first day tickets go on sale.

figment_jii --

It is early for the Holiday Workshop dates, isn't it? I thought it seemed to be quite early.

To be honest, my first thought was "Are these dates from 2013?" I was thinking they still had the 2013 dates up (because that's what I saw the last time I checked), but after looking at a calendar I realized that the dates are for 2014.

Maybe Jazz Kitchen got wind of the fact that there are some anxious and excited folks over in a nearby Superthread guilty:) who are not getting any kind of info from Disney...so they decided to give us some dates (though not Disney dates) to chew on!

You read my mind -- I was going to find your post in the Dining thread with the photos from the Workshop, to link them above, but you saved me the trouble! Thank you!

 

[JadeDarkstar]

man I wish they would announce this stuff. I want to cancel my Monday maybe but only if I know that the Christmas stuff will be up over the weekend. come on Disney you are killing me.