Disneyland christmas decorations ..parades ..

[4 mickey]

Hi
Would love to see the christmas decorations at disneyland but in order to plan my trip ( not use to DL )
I have a few questions
I have read that most decorations are up around 12-13 of november is this right ??
What are things we shall not miss ??
Parades ?? Shows ??
Are parades or show also during the week or just week ends ??
Feel free to give me any feedbacks from your nov trips .. Advice I will really appreciate it
Thanks

 

[figment_jii]

For the last few years, the official holiday start to the holiday season has been around Veteran's Day. Assuming that holds true for this year, I would guess the official start would be around November 13 or so. That being said, things really start in the first few weeks of November, but not all at once. In 2014, the Christmas parade and fireworks started on November 7. They were presented nightly from the start date through the end of the holiday season. F! and Mad T Party were not presented nightly until mid-December (and during Thanksgiving week). I highly recommend checking out the Christmas/Holiday SuperThread for more information.

At this point, we know that Believe...In Holiday Magic fireworks will not be presented in 2015. The new show for the 60th will be presented instead. The fate of the Christmas parade is not yet known. There is a new nighttime parade debuting for the 60th (Paint the Night), so the rumors/guesses at this point are that the Christmas parade may be the daytime parade and then Paint the Night will run in the evenings/nights. Likewise, the fate of WoC Winter Dreams is also not known because there is a new WoC for the 60th.

Mid-November, before Thanksgiving, has been a good time go in the past. The holiday decor was up and holiday entertainment had started, but the crowds were mostly light-to-moderate on the weekdays. The weekends were still busy (especially the Avengers Half Marathon weekend, but those crowds dissipated pretty quickly during the weekdays), but it isn't capacity level crowds.