Disneyland at Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread #5

[Steven G]

I asked her about the lack of rides, and I'm sure this is at least partly her speculation, but she said that she believes it was done because the rides were taking too much time and they wanted to add additional talks in DCA as well flesh out the talks in DL.

 

[Jaina]

The park hours for our trip are finally posted (Mon-Thurs after Thanksgiving). Well, the first 3 days anyway. The park doesn't open until 10 every day. (Thursday isn't up yet, but I'm assuming it's the same) I was really hoping for 9! I thought it was still a somewhat busy part of the year? And the only evening entertainment showing so far is Fireworks (which I should just be happy about, I guess, since they often don't happen on weekdays). Hoping for some kind of nighttime parade. Would desperately love to see PtN, but not getting my hopes up. We'll probably only be able to stay late one night, since we have a bunch of little kids that normally go to bed at 6-7 pm CA time, but I will keep them up once for fireworks, and would love something else to be going on that night, too!
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Why is Mickey and the Magical Map not being shown that Monday when it seems to be listed for every other Monday that month? :-( We were really hoping to see that one!

 

[kylie71]

I asked her about the lack of rides, and I'm sure this is at least partly her speculation, but she said that she believes it was done because the rides were taking too much time and they wanted to add additional talks in DCA as well flesh out the talks in DL.

I will not be doing this tour, after all. Very disappointed!!!!!

--Lori

 

[mom2rtk]

So they took the rides out due to guest demand.

 

[cruisehopeful]

So, 2 people were told there would be 3 rides and 2 people were told there will be no rides. Sounds like a coin toss.

 

[Angrose]

The park hours for our trip are finally posted (Mon-Thurs after Thanksgiving). Well, the first 3 days anyway. The park doesn't open until 10 every day. (Thursday isn't up yet, but I'm assuming it's the same) I was really hoping for 9! I thought it was still a somewhat busy part of the year? And the only evening entertainment showing so far is Fireworks (which I should just be happy about, I guess, since they often don't happen on weekdays). Hoping for some kind of nighttime parade. Would desperately love to see PtN, but not getting my hopes up. We'll probably only be able to stay late one night, since we have a bunch of little kids that normally go to bed at 6-7 pm CA time, but I will keep them up once for fireworks, and would love something else to be going on that night, too!
AND
Why is Mickey and the Magical Map not being shown that Monday when it seems to be listed for every other Monday that month? :-( We were really hoping to see that one!

That's strange about the park hours. When we went Fri-Mon after Thanksgiving in 2014 the parks opened at 9am on the Monday. I remember because DH was happy that we didn't need to be there before 8am! I can tell you though, those later openings are BUSY! Be prepared to get to there early to account for the crowds. At least the fireworks will be a bit earlier at 8:40pm in stead of 9:30pm. I'm hoping they do that when we were there in December so the kids can see them.

Re: Magical Map...it looks like a lot of the entertainment isn't loaded yet, so there's still a chance it will pop up on the schedule.

 

[mom2rtk]

That's strange about the park hours. When we went Fri-Mon after Thanksgiving in 2014 the parks opened at 9am on the Monday. I remember because DH was happy that we didn't need to be there before 8am! I can tell you though, those later openings are BUSY! Be prepared to get to there early to account for the crowds. At least the fireworks will be a bit earlier at 8:40pm in stead of 9:30pm. I'm hoping they do that when we were there in December so the kids can see them.

Re: Magical Map...it looks like a lot of the entertainment isn't loaded yet, so there's still a chance it will pop up on the schedule.

Yeah, they still don't have early November filled in for entertainment offerings.

 

[MacMama0930]

So, 2 people were told there would be 3 rides and 2 people were told there will be no rides. Sounds like a coin toss.

I was going to say, when I booked mine, she said IASW, Haunted Mansion and Jingle Cruise were part of the tour. I'll be calling again as I was looking forward to that aspect!!

 

[ttig34]

So, 2 people were told there would be 3 rides and 2 people were told there will be no rides. Sounds like a coin toss.

They do not mention the rides on the Disneyland site where they advertise the tour this year and I think they did in the past. Am sure there are going to be some disappointed people if they are not included, especially if some cast member are saying they are-as that was a big perk. Hopefully there will be a definitive answer soon.

 

[kylie71]

We cannot trust the CM's...... apparently!

 

[Jaina]

Thanks for the replies! I will be stalking the site (and this thread) to see what unfolds. I'm such a planner (at least the first few hours of each day) that this is driving me crazy. And with 5 little kids and 4 days, I've got to have a general idea of how we want things to go! We've never been during the Christmas season at all, and this is only our kids' second trip, so it's going to be great either way.

 

[jonahsmommy]

I can't seem to find the entertainment or fireworks schedule for Friday, November 18th. Can anyone help? It's our only day at the parks.

 

[mom2rtk]

I can't seem to find the entertainment or fireworks schedule for Friday, November 18th. Can anyone help? It's our only day at the parks.

FW times haven't been posted yet.

https://disneyland.disney.go.com/calendars/day/2016-11-18/

 

[MacMama0930]

I can't seem to find the entertainment or fireworks schedule for Friday, November 18th. Can anyone help? It's our only day at the parks.

You're likely going to have two holiday parades, possibly PtN and the Holiday fireworks. Times aren't posted though. It looks like that's also Mickey's Birthday.

 

[mom2rtk]

You're likely going to have two holiday parades, possibly PtN and the Holiday fireworks. Times aren't posted though. It looks like that's also Mickey's Birthday.

Shhh! Don't jinx it!

 

[MacMama0930]

Shhh! Don't jinx it!

I know sorry! Haha, expect nothing - then you'll be pleasantly surprised!

 

[JessL]

They do not mention the rides on the Disneyland site where they advertise the tour this year and I think they did in the past. Am sure there are going to be some disappointed people if they are not included, especially if some cast member are saying they are-as that was a big perk. Hopefully there will be a definitive answer soon.

Maybe they're "included" in that they're talked about, but not "included" in that way that you get to actually ride them? Misleading, but possible.

 

[JessL]

What happens on Mickey's birthday? We're going be there on that date!

 

[mom2rtk]

What happens on Mickey's birthday? We're going be there on that date!

I don't think there's much. But there is a short birthday cavalcade scheduled at 1 PM (Christmas parade is scheduled at 1:30).

 

[hsmamato2]

Ok I am basing all my guessing on times etc based on what's on the calendar around busy Thanksgiving week etc at this point, I am assuming that the farily busy times operate on a similiar time frame (maybe?)..... since I am doing WOC party on a Saturday, and want to do a character breakfast on Sunday, I booked a time about an hour after rope drop, to hopefully avoid crowds at security(?) -also hoping hoping there's going to be a PTN parade on Thursday or Friday while I'm there.... totally unfamiliar with the place