Historically, I’d say it is likely the Christmas decorations will be up. They may not have all of the holiday entertainment or foods before thanksgiving. The decorations are usually up so there’s a full week of holiday decor before thanksgiving week. It’s a beautiful time to go!Thinking of planning a trip this year--November 12-17. In your experience, will the Christmas decorations be up at the parks by then, the second week of November? Thanks.
Last year it officially started on November 11th. You should be good to go!Thinking of planning a trip this year--November 12-17. In your experience, will the Christmas decorations be up at the parks by then, the second week of November? Thanks.
Following up on this thread to ask if decorations might be up right after Halloween. If we make it in November '23 it would be the 1st-6th. I'd hate to be so close to the Christmas decorations and miss it!
Oh, that's too bad. Maybe I'll see if we can rearrange our schedule to go later in the month.I would not bet on it. As someone else said, it's usually around Veteran's Day weekend that they go up (November 11ish), and not any earlier than that.
There will be some Christmas merch in the shops, but that's about it.
i would highly encourage you to try, you don't want to go that close and miss it!Oh, that's too bad. Maybe I'll see if we can rearrange our schedule to go later in the month.
I always loved Christmas in the parks and have been wanting to go back for it for ages. It's so tricky nowadays with school schedules and extra curricular activities. I'll sure try, thoughi would highly encourage you to try, you don't want to go that close and miss it!
I hear ya! it IS hard, we are going nov 17-21, my daughter is off from school the week of the 20-24, so she is only missing one day of school, the 17thI always loved Christmas in the parks and have been wanting to go back for it for ages. It's so tricky nowadays with school schedules and extra curricular activities. I'll sure try, though![]()
You’ll see some decorations as more goes up every day but you won’t get the full experience. Also, the timeframe between Halloween and the office start of the holidays is kind of a dead zone of (Mickey’s mix Magic on weekends, projections no fireworks on weekdays, no parade, shorter hours, etc.).Following up on this thread to ask if decorations might be up right after Halloween. If we make it in November '23 it would be the 1st-6th. I'd hate to be so close to the Christmas decorations and miss it!
Usually, Christmas decor starts to come on right after veterans day weekend. But it will not be fully holiday theme yet. I would say maybe about 1 week after that.Following up on this thread to ask if decorations might be up right after Halloween. If we make it in November '23 it would be the 1st-6th. I'd hate to be so close to the Christmas decorations and miss it!
Actually the last two years Veterans Day marked the start of the holidays so everything was fully up by Veterans Day.Usually, Christmas decor starts to come on right after veterans day weekend. But it will not be fully holiday theme yet. I would say maybe about 1 week after that.
Ugh, yes! That annoys me to no end. They are so oblivious too, all they seem to care about is getting 10,000 pictures of their seasonal food item.One word of warning - try and avoid the first official day of Christmas decor and what not, which is usually the Friday of Veterans Day weekend. To put it as kindly as I can, all the influencer-blogger-people-pretending-to-be -celebrity-journalists crowd the parks to get merch and food and take all the staged pictures which causes ridiculous lines, congestion, and all around a bad experience for all. Go the day after.
But yes, decor should be up.![]()
It was really really bad when the Christmas popcorn buckets released last year - like 3 hr lines for the bucket so if you just wanted popcorn you were SOL and the lines snaked everywhere. Never. Again.Ugh, yes! That annoys me to no end. They are so oblivious too, all they seem to care about is getting 10,000 pictures of their seasonal food item.