Disneyland at Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread #5

[crystal1313]

Sherry!!!!!! I was just at the parks on Saturday, super last minute trip.....and they had the gingerbread man with the chocolate mickey ears at Trolley Treats! I was SO happy!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sherry E]

Crystal --

That's good to hear! Did you see any early signs of Valentine's Day goodies?

 

[crystal1313]

Not that I noticed Sherry! But I will be back on the 13th (for DS6 bday) and expect to see tons of stuff!

 

[Sherry E]

Not that I noticed Sherry! But I will be back on the 13th (for DS6 bday) and expect to see tons of stuff!

If today's Parks Blog about the Valentine's Day food is any indication (as well as previous years' blogs about Valentine's goodies), you should see quite a few fun things: heart and teddy bear-shaped bread, red velvet funnel cake, possibly red velvet pancakes, a Valentine's Day Sundae and probably numerous other treats.

 

[ktlm]

ktlm and cari12 --

Being a huge fan of the Disneyland Resort holiday season, I would be lying if I said I wasn't somewhat suspicious of what exactly they plan to do with this year's holiday season (especially since the last 3 holiday seasons have been really great at DLR). I always assumed that the events of the 60th anniversary would impact the holidays in some way, but I wasn't quite sure how it would be managed. I don't know that I expected that 3 major holiday events/shows would be completely removed.

My guess (hope?) is that Disneyland Forever, Paint the Night and World of Color - Celebrate are going to be so amazing that no one will really miss the Christmas parade, holiday fireworks and Winter Dreams.

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Sherry E, Thanks for a great post! Our problem is that we will be spending a few days in DL during the summer and will already have caught the 60th celebration parade, Paint the Night and World of Color, so for us, the Christmas trip was solely about the Christmas parade, shows and decorations. Since they are taking a good chunk of that away, it just doesn't make sense for us to spend the money on and take the Christmas trip I was planning this year. Cari12, if that is your only trip this year, I think the Diamond Celebration new entertainment will definitely be something to see, and should be enough with the Christmas decorations in place in the parks to still make for a great trip. I'm assuming that the Nightmare before Christmas and Small World overlay will still be in place, and if it weren't for the fact we were already seeing the 60th anniversary entertainment earlier, I would still be seriously thinking about keeping our Christmas trip.

 

[Sherry E]

I'm test-posting here. I was just trying to post in a different thread and nothing happened.

 

[dolphingirl47]

I'm test-posting here. I was just trying to post in a different thread and nothing happened.

I have noticed that it takes a few attempts fore posts to go through.

Corinna

 

[ktlm]

I see. My old one was lost as well. Just like you, I am not digging the new layout as well. Even though there are some nice new additions to the thread but there are things that the old thread has are not on the new one.

I was able to to have my links on my signature below. But my trip report thread lost all the links to each different posts. So it will be a pain to go through the thread and look for each one. I like the old one way better than the new one.

I'm having a little trouble adjusting too, but I figure it is just going to take some getting used to and playing with. There are some really good things and some confusing things. For example, it took me a little bit to figure out how to quote a post. Also, I'm having to post replies twice before they actually post. I will hit it and it looks like it posted, but then when I come back later it is not posted. The good thing is unlike how you used to time out, even if I come back hours later and it hasn't posted, everything I wrote is still sitting there in a gray box with a "post reply" button. I really like that it doesn't lose what I have typed-I had that happen on the old system. I think I'm already starting to get used to the new color schemes. I haven't tried posting pictures directly yet, but I like that it can be done. I did post a you tube link of a view today, and I was really surprised to see the whole video box in my post- not sure I like that, but I guess it makes it easier for someone to try to use it. I finally found where my list of posts was, but the one thing I really don't like that I can't click on someone's name and see their other posts like I used to. Sometimes, I am trying to remember if I know their name from another thread or if I had responded to them before and viewing their other posts really comes in handy. I also used it a lot for finding really good information that I knew a certain person had posted in the past at some point. That is the one thing that is missing (or at least that I can not find)

All in all, I think I am going to like this new layout better than FP+ at WDW... and I was going to put a winky face there, but I can't find it anymore!

 

[kylie71]

I was unable to log in, until last night! I had the link saved to Favorites, and it no longer works. I had to finally manually type it in.
its different to be sure,
I'm sorry its making more work for you Sherry! Thank You again, for all of your hard work on this super thread.

--Lori

 

[Sherry E]

Corinna, Lori and ktlm -

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one having trouble posting. I am now in Firefox and I managed to get a post to go through, finally, but when I was trying to post something in the February thread from Explorer, it would not go through.

ktlm -- I know exactly what you mean about looking at other people's posts for reference. I do the same thing. Three tools I have always used to help me find old threads and old posts (where I knew a particular bit of info was posted) are:

1) The Subscribed threads (now called the Watched threads or whatever)

2) The Search This Thread feature (which I found to be much more effective than the general Search feature on the forum/board, and it worked wonders in finding bits of info hidden deep in the pages of my Halloween and Christmas/Holiday Superthreads)

3) Looking at threads that I know another person posted in so I can find some info. It may not even be that person's info that I want. If I, for example, know that Corinna/dolphingirl47 posted in another specific thread and I can't recall the exact name of the thread, and I know that a totally different person posted a specific bit of info in that same thread and I can't remember who it was, I might go to Corinna's list of threads that she's posted in just to get to the other person's specific bit of info, if that makes any sense. It was useful in helping me track down info.

Now... I don't think we have a Search This Thread feature, and I can't find any way to look at other people's lists of posts.

The thing that I am most upset about, though -- and it is something that I pray will be fixed -- is that a lot of the text in my threads has now become garbled and messed up. If you look at page 1 of this thread (skim down the first 15 posts) or my latest Halloween Time at DLR Superthread, you will see that some links and sentences have weird codes where there should be apostrophes or other punctuation. It has happened throughout the text. I don't think I could even find all of the instances in which it has occurred -- and, of course, it means that it probably happened in all of the text for my Theme Week Countdown intros as well -- anything that I originally typed in Word and copied/pasted here has now been subjected to the weird code issue. I have spent countless hours/weeks/months on this thread and all of its predecessors for the last 5 years, as well as on the assorted Halloween Time Superthreads, and I now feel like crying because my work has been messed up.

I am not going to try to go through and fix all of the wonky codes yet. WebmasterAlex suggested to leave them alone as they apparently know how to fix the issue, but it's going to take a while. I don't know how long to wait, but I have no choice. There is no way I could backtrack through all of my typed text in assorted threads and correct it, even if they couldn't fix the code issue. I don't have the time or the patience.

 

[dolphingirl47]

Sherry, I am sorry that some of your hard work has been messed up. I really hope that they can fix it.

Corinna

 

[Sherry E]

Sherry, I am sorry that some of your hard work has been messed up. I really hope that they can fix it.

Corinna

Thank you, Corinna.

Sadly, the problem is worse than I thought, for not only are there bizarre codes where there should be punctuation, but in many cases the direct links I included to specific posts will now lead people to the wrong posts. For example, in the Photos section on page 1, I included a link to every single introductory post in every single Theme Week Countdown, from 2011-2014. Since we moved to the new board the post numbers have changed, and the link to what should be the intro to New Orleans Square Theme Week now leads to another post entirely. That sort of 'linking to the wrong post' issue is probably pervasive throughout page 1. I also included links to people's posts with photos and trip recaps/reviews, so those links will now lead elsewhere. I just don't have it in me to go through and change everything -- we don't have a Search This Thread feature at the moment, so I can't even find things easily within long threads. I may have to put the Superthread to rest once and for all. I can't go through and redo all of my work.

 

[figment_jii]

Hi Sherry - sorry to hear that things aren't go well with the board migration. If there is anything that I (or anyone) can do to help you (like find the links for specific things on the new board), please just let us know!

 

[Disney127]

I just don't have it in me to go through and change everything -- we don't have a Search This Thread feature at the moment, so I can't even find things easily within long threads. I may have to put the Superthread to rest once and for all. I can't go through and redo all of my work.

I am so sorry to hear about this, Sherry. You have put in so much work into these Superthreads and we are so grateful for all the information you have gathered. I hope that things work out. Thanks again for all your hard work!

 

[OHBelle]

Oh my. I finally have a minute to check the threads and everything has changed.
I am so sorry that all your hard work has been messed up Sherry . This thread was my main planning tool for my holiday visit.
This is going to take some major getting used to on my part. My first reaction is to hate it, but things change and I will try and get familiar with it.

 

[Sherry E]

Yep. It's different, all right. I have to decide what to do. Some issues may be fixed -- like the wonky codes in place of punctuation -- but in other places where the punctuation disappeared completely, I don't think that any 'fix' is going to reinstate apostrophes, hyphens and bits of formatting where it originally was. Then, some of the links to specific posts will take the reader to the top of the post, which is good. Other links I clicked took me to somewhere in the general vicinity of a post, but not to the post itself (because all of the post numbers changed). So that would all have to be adjusted -- and not just in this thread, but in my Halloween Superthread as well. I don't want to fiddle with anything just yet, as I want to wait and see what's going to be fixed before trying to edit or revise anything.

So, we'll see what happens.

Thank you, everyone, for the support, kind wishes and thoughts. These threads have been my labors of love for years and I hate that there are portions of them that are now askew. For a detail-oriented person such as I, that is a major thorn in the side! Lol.

I feel like drowning my sorrows in peppermint ice cream and gingerbread cookies with chocolate-dipped mouse ears but, alas, I have none! I did see a couple of cartons of Peppermint Wonderland in the freezer at Ralphs a week or two ago, but there was frost all over one carton, and it was frozen solid. (The other carton appeared to have a tear or hole at the bottom.) I knew the ice cream probably wouldn't taste good after being subjected to all of that freezer burn, so I passed on it (even though I had a coupon for free ice cream from Dreyer's). I'd rather have it when it tastes good.

Tracy -- You have some catching up to do -- all of the fun 60th anniversary news that came out, for one thing!

 

[NewbieMouse]

I love the super thread and appreciate all the hard work you have put into it over the years, Sherry.

 

[JadeDarkstar]

I am sorry the threads messed up for you Sherry. I my self am not really happy with all the changes. It just seems so weird. I like one of the new features that's the first unread button at the top but I have lost all the things I knew. It seems so hard to find what I was reading before. I can't find anything. I need the search button to find things but then that's not even working. I don't know why they changed the colors. I don't like yellow but I was used to it and could read things easier.

I am sorry that you are having so many issues I haven't even looked at other super threads I wonder if they are having problems too?

 

[ktlm]

Sherry, I love the superthreads and am sorry they got messed up in the conversion. You can tell by reading them how much work went into them. I would say even your superthread with issues is better than no superthread at all! They have helped so many people. I know that it must drive you crazy to see the issues with them, but for the most part they can still be read and are still absolutely fantastic. Maybe you can just put a disclaimer at the top that there was a website conversion that caused some formatting issues and that some of the links no longer work property etc.? I would hate, hate, hate to see you "put them to rest once and for all". They are far too valuable for that!

 

[dolphingirl47]

I am sorry about all the mess the migration created on the super threads. I can imagine how you must feel. I really love the threads and would hate to see them go.

Corinna