Disneyland Christmas Decorations in November?

[vakamalua]

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.

 

[Narcoossee11]

In WDW, for sure.
A California resident will tell you.

 

[Mathmagicland]

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.

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!

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

The last few years the holidays have started on Veteran's Day weekend so if that holds this year you should have the full holiday experience with holiday decor, food, entertainment and merchandise.

 

[evilmommie]

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!

 

[Pluto468]

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!

 

[Lisa24jks]

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!

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.

 

[Pluto468]

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.

Oh, that's too bad. Maybe I'll see if we can rearrange our schedule to go later in the month.

 

[maleficent55]

Oh, that's too bad. Maybe I'll see if we can rearrange our schedule to go later in the month.

i would highly encourage you to try, you don't want to go that close and miss it!

 

[Pluto468]

i would highly encourage you to try, you don't want to go that close and miss it!

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, though

 

[Geemo]

We've been over Halloween and when we went into the parks on Nov 1st Halloween was GONE and the tree was up along with some decorations.
We noticed every day there were more and more decorations through out the parks.

 

[maleficent55]

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, though

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 17th

 

[chezcurrie]

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.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

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!

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.).

 

[tink89]

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.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

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.

Actually the last two years Veterans Day marked the start of the holidays so everything was fully up by Veterans Day.

 

[StarlitNight05]

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.

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.

 

[chezcurrie]

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.

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.