Disneyland at Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread #5

[mlnbabies]

I added to my trip report with reviews and photos.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=52770872#post52770872

 

[Sherry E]

I added to my trip report with reviews and photos.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=52770872#post52770872

You got some fun photos! And I love the Mater/Christmas tree t-shirt!

I've got a link to your TR in the Trip Reviews section (I added it a few hours ago). I didn't add it to my Photo Links section on page 1 because I'm only adding links to the photos that are posted here, in this thread (not in a separate thread).

In the Trip Reviews section on page 1, though, I'll add links to trip reports in other threads, as well as recaps and reviews that are posted in this thread. It's good to have a mix of different types of reviews/reports, as sometimes people may not have time to read a whole TR but they may want to read a summary/review in one post, whereas other times they may want to read a complete Trip Report.

 

[DisneylandPlanner]

DisneylandPlanner -- Have you seen Farewell, Mr. Kringle? It may not be on Hallmark more than once or twice before 12/31. Try to catch it if you can! (I love Christmas Town! Patrick Muldoon has done Christmas movies for Ion, UP, Hallmark and Lifetime, I think -- maybe ABC Family too!)

I will look it up thanks for the suggestion. Found it dec 27th at 3 am (I love DVR)

 

[Sherry E]

Oh dear, I love O Holy Night too but every time someone mentions it all I hear in my head is Eric Cartman singing it....

Luisa --

I'm glad you found us over here, in the new thread! I had been wondering about some of the folks we seem to have lost along the way, after switching from the previous thread to this one! Tracy/OHBelle disappeared. Janet/mom2rtk has been on the forum, but not here in this thread.

I didn't know "nothing to do with Frozen" actually happens anymore.

pudinhd --

Maybe if we look very closely at those photos in the Cars Land-in-the-rain Parks Blog, we still see little tiny Olafs in the reflections on the pavement! Maybe they have replaced the mini-gingerbread Cozy Cone model in the Cozy Cone office with a mini-Arendelle!

IASW -- if and when the dolls ever get added in -- would be one of the few places where I wouldn't mind a Frozen influence (just as I don't mind the Storybook Land additions).

 

[pudinhd]

pudinhd --

Maybe if we look very closely at those photos in the Cars Land-in-the-rain Parks Blog, we still see little tiny Olafs in the reflections on the pavement! Maybe they have replaced the mini-gingerbread Cozy Cone model in the Cozy Cone office with a mini-Arendelle!

IASW -- if and when the dolls ever get added in -- would be one of the few places where I wouldn't mind a Frozen influence (just as I don't mind the Storybook Land additions).

OMG!!! I thought you were serious at first and was about to go look at the pictures again.

I also don't mind the Frozen addition in Storybook (not sure if I will change my mind until I see it), but I wish they didn't have to take any the classic Disney history to make room for it. Not that I have a better suggestion on where it could have gone.

 

[Sherry E]

I will look it up thanks for the suggestion.

DisneylandPlanner --

When I just looked up Farewell, Mr. Kringle on the Hallmark Channel website and viewed the upcoming days it will be on, I noticed that there are only 2 more dates listed before the end of the year -- and they are December 27th and December 28 (I think the times are 6 a.m. and 4 a.m., respectively). As the Countdown to Christmas marathon of movies winds down (the last day of movies will be 12/31, supposedly), everything starts showing less and less. Farewell, Mr. Kringle is not the greatest Hallmark movie there is -- it's not as good as some others -- but I like it enough to keep it on the DVR because it's not available on DVD.

OMG!!! I thought you were serious at first and was about to go look at the pictures again.

I also don't mind the Frozen addition in Storybook (not sure if I will change my mind until I see it), but I wish they didn't have to take any the classic Disney history to make room for it. Not that I have a better suggestion on where it could have gone.

pudinhd --

I will be interested to see if Arendelle looks like it 'fits' in with the other mini-cottages and things on the SBL Canal Boat ride, or if it sticks out like a sore thumb. It's been so long since anything new was added to that ride that I wonder if the other 'homes' will look too old, dated and weathered next to shiny new Arendelle. Maybe the other little homes are being spruced up a bit before the reopening of the ride. With any luck, maybe the ride will reopen tomorrow instead of on Saturday and people will report back with news.

 

[DisKH]

So I'm at the airport waiting to be on my way to LAX and I have a question!
What is everyones favorite Holiday treat/food item available at Disneyland?
What would you recommend I get there?

I'm definitely trying the pumpkin beignets and the yule log!

 

[thewelts]

If you like cocktails, be sure to visit the Carthay Lounge for their signature drinks. The Carthay Manhattan was really amazing (be sure to observe as the make the sphere ice cube!). I saw people drinking the Brandy Alexander -- It looks fantastic! I would certainly try one of those next trip.

Have a fabulous trip!

 

[figment_jii]

Another installment of photos from my trip...this time...Jingle Cruise! I really like the overlay and how much more extensive it was this year. You can't miss the holiday decor this time. There might be a few too many fruitcake jokes, but it was fun. I did notice that some skippers used more or less jokes, but it was great that they had new jokes!

The Entrance:

Inside the downstairs queue area they had decor scattered about; the upstairs queue are still had a little decor, but it didn't feel like there was much (i.e., I didn't feel like I missed much if I didn't get up there).

I saw five different boats: Gingerbread Gal, Evergreen Una, Irrawaddy Snow Woman, Sugar Plum Lady, and Navidad Adventuress.

The boat departs the dock and you can already see some of the missing holiday decor.

No Santa Hat on the Tiger this year...

"They're poisonous...and the snakes are venomous also" - and so begins the fruitcake jokes.

Lots of happy elephants.

The hippos were not happy about the fruitcake...

More happy elephants...

Oh no...the lawn ornaments...poor Comet!

"That's not where the star goes" or "I told them the star goes on top" depending on your skipper.

Um...err...

It's time for baking with the "white-bottomed" gorilla...the gingerbread sent was strong in the area.

Re-gifting Christmas sweaters...or...angry about fruitcake - depending on your skipper.

Um...I don't want to get in the water...

Trader Sam and the baby elephant...I can't remember the jokes here, but I don't think they were the usual ones.

I will be interested to see if Arendelle looks like it 'fits' in with the other mini-cottages and things on the SBL Canal Boat ride, or if it sticks out like a sore thumb. It's been so long since anything new was added to that ride that I wonder if the other 'homes' will look too old, dated and weathered next to shiny new Arendelle. Maybe the other little homes are being spruced up a bit before the reopening of the ride. With any luck, maybe the ride will reopen tomorrow instead of on Saturday and people will report back with news.

I have hopes that they'll make it look good and do a little cleaning of the other houses/villages at the same time. That being said, when you said "shiny" I had to laugh because Agrabah is always seems so shiny compared to everything else (it's the gold roofs).

 

[tksbaskets]

So I'm at the airport waiting to be on my way to LAX and I have a question!
What is everyones favorite Holiday treat/food item available at Disneyland?
What would you recommend I get there?

I'm definitely trying the pumpkin beignets and the yule log!

A Mickey Gingerbread Cookie!!!

 

[KCmike]

Now that's a cookie ^^^.
There is something about a Disney cookie, right? We ended up bringing a six pack of them back home from WDW. They are long gone.

 

[figment_jii]

The Disney Parks Blog has put up a few pictures of Arendelle in Storybook Canal. It looks cute and, at least, the photos make it look like it fits in okay.
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...torybook-land-canal-boats-at-disneyland-park/

 

[pudinhd]

pudinhd --
I will be interested to see if Arendelle looks like it 'fits' in with the other mini-cottages and things on the SBL Canal Boat ride, or if it sticks out like a sore thumb. It's been so long since anything new was added to that ride that I wonder if the other 'homes' will look too old, dated and weathered next to shiny new Arendelle. Maybe the other little homes are being spruced up a bit before the reopening of the ride. With any luck, maybe the ride will reopen tomorrow instead of on Saturday and people will report back with news.

I guess we don't have to wait any longer to find out...

The Disney Parks Blog has put up a few pictures of Arendelle in Storybook Canal. It looks cute and, at least, the photos make it look like it fits in okay.
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...torybook-land-canal-boats-at-disneyland-park/

I just saw this and I think it looks good. I won't have a complete decision until I am actually on the ride, but I don't think they did a bad job.

 

[Sherry E]

MiceChat is predicting that Olaf's Snow Fest will only operate in a limited capacity until January (when it officially opens), and that it won't actually open for the sneak peek until Tuesday, 12/23. MiceChat apparently also thinks that the stage show at the sing-along location (a.k.a. MuppetVision) won't open for the sneak peek until 12/23 either. Their article is -- HERE.

 

[marlana323]

I found you all!

We are back from our first holiday trip. We had an absolutely amazing time. I can't wait to go again. I can't thank everyone on here enough for all their insight.

We were able to do everything we had planned and then some.

 

[OHBelle]

Sorry I have been M.I.A. since my trip. I promise I will write a mini review of my first holiday trip and my first trip since 1980! Too many holiday things to take care of and a medical issue that had me stressed, but turned out perfectly fine.

Sherry-

I am still behind on my Hallmark movies, but I did see Mr. Miracle and was NOT impressed! Rob Morrow did not pull off his role at all, in my opinion. Wrong casting. I will be watching the rest of the movies and ranking them before this holiday season is over.

 

[Sherry E]

New:

"‘Frozen Fun’ Sneak Peek Opens, Anna and Elsa Begin Greeting Guests at Disney California Adventure Park Tomorrow" -- Disney Parks Blog; posted on December 19th, 2014 by Erin Glover, Social Media Director, Disneyland Resort


"Disneyland Resort Guests Ring in the New Year, Showing their Disney Side with Live Music and Fireworks" -- Disneyland News press release; posted on December 19, 2014

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[crystal1313]

Wow...I'm shocked they aren't having a meet n greet for Elsa and Anna at BOTH parks! I mean, they re-themed that entire area in Fantasyland for them and seemed to have finally got the meet n greet running fairly smoothly and now they yank that and move them to DCA? It seems like it will be super chaotic again? The Fab 5 appear in both parks and so does Santa, why can't Elsa & Anna?

 

[Sherry E]

Wow...I'm shocked they aren't having a meet n greet for Elsa and Anna at BOTH parks! I mean, they re-themed that entire area in Fantasyland for them and seemed to have finally got the meet n greet running fairly smoothly and now they yank that and move them to DCA? It seems like it will be super chaotic again? The Fab 5 appear in both parks and so does Santa, why can't Elsa & Anna?

Crystal --

I don't even think that Anna and Elsa make sense greeting guests in Hollywood Land. They make sense in Fantasyland, even though that set-up was crazy at times. I feel like they were just thrown into DCA to go along with the sing-along, Snow Fest and Freeze the Night. But since the Royal Theatre in Fantasyland is going to have a new Frozen-themed show in January, and Arendelle is now part of the SBL Canal Boat ride, Anna and Elsa make more sense in Fantasyland than in Hollywood Land!

 

[figment_jii]

I think it has to do with wanting to group the majority of the Frozen themed activities into one location. Although, as I said, I wonder what will happen to poor Olaf on the roof. Will he still be there tomorrow? Will he be awake? (I never realized that Olaf snores when he's asleep.)

Maybe the DCA location has a larger capacity (does it have multiple rooms? Could they have multiple pairs of A&Es meeting?) so they wanted to put them over there. Maybe it has better crowd areas (the current M&G area has a mostly outdoor queue). Still, I think it's just because the Frozen-stuff is concentrated at DCA, so they moved them over there. They do fit in better in DL's FL (or even Fantasy Faire)...maybe Rapunzel and Flynn will get their M&G back (with Olaf! That would be hilarious!).