Disneyland at Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread #4

[tksbaskets]

Sherry - great theme this week as always!

Bret - WOW you were quick to post on this week's theme. Love the pictures at night time

 

[Escape2Disney]

Yay!! So excited to have a photo to share! I've missed the previous themes because most of my Christmas @ Disney photos didn't make the transition to the new computer. Thankfully I already have a scrapbook with most of them.

Anyway, here's one of my favorites from the Jingle Jangle Jamboree with the Billies and the Bears!

 

[Sherry E]

Thank you, TK!

Bret -- Great photos!

Carrie -- I am so glad to see you finally posted something! You have earned your first entry into the random draw!

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I actually decided to try to find the Pumpkin Spice ones based on the good review on The Impulsive Buy, but I haven't had any luck, including at Walmart. I hadn't read any reviews of the Caramel Apple ones, but like I said, I really think they got it right. Are you sure about the Caramel Apple ones being Target exclusive? I did buy them there, but I'm positive I've seen them elsewhere.



I agree. I especially like the nighttime shots. And is that a Christmas tree in the window in the fire department? I know that there's an apartment up there that Walt used and that a lamp has been kept lit in that window ever since he died, but I didn't know they put a Christmas tree in there. Nice attention to detail.

siskaren --

There is a Christmas tree in the window!

According to everything I have seen and read, the Caramel Apple Oreos are new and exclusive to Target. In fact, one of the people in my Halloween Superthread (who works at Target) told us about the Caramel Apple Oreos in advance -- before they hit the shelves -- because his store had gotten a heads up that this was the new flavor. (Both last year and in 2012, Target had the Candy Corn Oreos as an exclusive, but those have apparently been replaced with the Caramel Apple Oreos.)

The more I think about it, the more I think that the Pumpkin Spice Oreos may be exclusive to Walmart, as were/are/will be the Gingerbread Oreos. This does me no good at all, as there are no Walmarts anywhere around here. The Gingerbread Oreos are supposedly pure deliciousness through and through, and yet they are at the one store that I can't shop at. Arrrrrrrggggghhhhh! I've never even been to Walmart.

 

[rentayenta]

Great theme. Sadly, I don't know if I have many photos though.

 

[figment_jii]

I enjoyed looking around Big Thunder Ranch Jingle Jangle Jamboree last year. The goats were pretty cute, with their holiday scarves.

Even the cow got a scarf!

The animal area had cute signs in 2012!

I have to admit that I had never stopped to watch Billy Hill and Hillbillies before. The show was cute and I enjoyed seeing the Country Bears.

 

[kylie71]

Love this theme as well! Thanks Sherry!

I will post more later in the week!

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

Sherry, yes deluxe at the GCH! I'm so excited. And yes $30 isn't nothing. It'll at least cover my coffee at Starbucks for the week

I actually bought more of the caramel apple Oreos. My family are big fans. I haven't seen the pumpkin spice ones, but I never go to Walmart, so if it's exclusive to there, I probably won't.

I'm finally at home on a Monday, so I can get my pictures up today! I hope to get that done soon!

 

[Sherry E]

I love that cute cow in figment_jii's photo! So sweet!

figment_jii and Lori, you each have another random draw entry!

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I wanted to point out something amusing. This is another case in which Disney has put out some details that are not accurate or correct. I think it is probably just a typo, and they meant to type one number but instead typed another number.

In this "Disneyland Resort Horticulture and Resort Enhancement Fun Facts" piece from Disneyland News, notice that, towards the end, it says:

"During the holiday season at Disneyland Resort, cast members decorate with nearly 200 trees, 320 wreaths and 8,000 feet of garland.

I have no clue about the garland and the wreaths, but the "200 trees" is absolutely incorrect!!! "Nearly 200 trees" means that there are fewer than 200 trees around the entire Disneyland Resort!!!

For one thing, quite a few years ago I saw a segment on my local news channel that specifically made a point of mentioning that "over 700 Christmas trees" (of all sizes) are placed around Disneyland Resort for the holiday season. That included the trees in both parks, at all 3 hotels and in Downtown Disney. (And, for comparison, there are closer to 1500 trees around WDW during the holidays, which makes sense.)

Granted, that news segment I saw several years ago was pre-DCA makeover, so some trees may have been lost in the shuffle -- but new trees were added in as well! There is simply no way that they cut down the number of trees from "over 700" to "nearly 200"!!! No way.

Heck, those of us who have walked around DLR for a few days have probably seen hundreds of trees just in passing, out in the open, without even trying to count (again, they range in size from huge to tiny, so they are located everywhere). Last year I saw trees that I didn't even know existed.

So, Disneyland News either made a mistake and left a typo, or maybe they meant to say "nearly 200 trees" in Disneyland Park, or specifically in California Adventure, or some such thing. Maybe they meant nearly 200 of a particular type of tree. Maybe they are talking about the holiday season trees of 1985 -- who knows?

But there is no way at all that they cut out over 500 trees from the present day holiday season! They are wrong, wrong, wrong!

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[DisneyJamieCA]

I love the JJJ! It almost feels like a hidden treasure to me. It's the best place in the entire park for character interaction, IMO. Here are a few of mine!

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They do cookie decorating (for a fee) back there. Here is one of the finished products

 

[pattyduke34]

I love this area at Christmas Time!!!

 

[Phoenixrising]

Here are some of my pics of the Jingle Jangle Jamboree:

DSC06729 by greytyetti!, on Flickr

Billy Hill and the Hillbillies:
DSC06700 by greytyetti!, on Flickr

One of the Banners at JJJ:
DSC06708 by greytyetti!, on Flickr

And leaving the best for last, this is one of my fav pics of the trip. This CM was on the side of the stage while Billy Hill and the Hillbillies was performing. He was using signs to encourage the crowd to sing along. If you look closely at his expression, he looks like a Grumpy Cat Impersonator. Hope you enjoy!

DSC06712 by greytyetti!, on Flickr

Have a great day everyone!

Trish

 

[tksbaskets]

Our favorite spot in Frontierland!

I'm posting these for the festive table cloth...not to show the delish food.

So now I must add a nice leisurely stroll through Frontierland for picture taking to my agenda in December on my trip with my DH. I'm adding this to 'Toontown'. It seems my family spends a lot of happy time at DCA.

 

[Orbitron]

We spent a lot of time at the Jingle Jangle Jamboree, so there are a lot of pictures to share!

What a pity that this year Billy Hill and the Hillbillies will not be there anymore, the show was great!

We came back so many times that we even became best friends with Mrs. Claus!

 

[petals]

the jingle jangle jamboree looks cool

 

[yupikgal]

Everyone is getting me so excited with all their beautiful pictures! We've never been to that area during the holidays, can't wait!!

I have a question about the Holiday Tour. We are planning on doing it, but want to know if you think that they will offer an afternoon one the day we will be there? They haven't officially announced the dates/times yet for the tour. We want do do it Thursday, the week before Thanksgiving. Hoping for an afternoon tour! We've been making our itinerary, and that's when it seems to fit in our plans!

Keep the beautiful pictures coming, and THANKS to our beloved Sherry for creating and keeping up on it!!

 

[rentayenta]

Loving all the photos. Your pics TS are fun! Making me hungry too.

With more than one Disneyland day this trip, I am going to make my tribe spend some time at the Jingle Jangle Jamboree.

 

[tksbaskets]

Everyone is getting me so excited with all their beautiful pictures! We've never been to that area during the holidays, can't wait!!

I have a question about the Holiday Tour. We are planning on doing it, but want to know if you think that they will offer an afternoon one the day we will be there? They haven't officially announced the dates/times yet for the tour. We want do do it Thursday, the week before Thanksgiving. Hoping for an afternoon tour! We've been making our itinerary, and that's when it seems to fit in our plans!

Keep the beautiful pictures coming, and THANKS to our beloved Sherry for creating and keeping up on it!!

I think it's a good bet that there will be a tour in the afternoon. Both years we went (the last being the last weekend in December 2011) there were tours at noonish and threeish.

They corresponded with the two parades. If there is only one parade I bet there is only one tour.

Does this help? Look at post #5 of this thread where Sherry has linked to holiday tour reviews. The parade viewing alone was worth the price of the ticket for me. Priority boarding for IASWH with adult men in my group was the ONLY was I was going to see that attraction too

 

[Pheran]

Hi folks. November 7th is our final day in the parks. If the ABC parade taping will in fact be that day, is there a good thread somewhere the explains all the implications of this for park guests? Thanks.

 

[Sherry E]

Hi folks. November 7th is our final day in the parks. If the ABC parade taping will in fact be that day, is there a good thread somewhere the explains all the implications of this for park guests? Thanks.

Pheran --

See my reply to Misskitty3 (with the quote in green from Nancy Johnson, DIS Unplugged correspondent) -- HERE. Nancy has been to the parade taping at least a few times, so she gave a pretty good overview of what to expect, based on the specific questions I asked her.

 

[Jenasweetemotion]

These are from 2009-2013
2009:

2010 Trip with the Grandparents

2011

2013

Our Cookies

Going through the photos really made me sad that this year I will not be seeing Billy Hill and the Hillbillies at Disneyland.
Hopefully they will have some sort of entertainment over there to fill that stage.