When do they close IASW for the Christmas overlay? My sister is considering going to DL around Halloween time, but would rather not miss IASW.
Also.....when does all the Halloween decor in DL and DCA come down? Is it right after 10/31? If she went the first week of November, would it still be up? OR do they start removing it immediately after Halloween?
Thanks....
Okay, this is kind of a strange year in terms of 'events' and things sort of backing up on each other at DLR, so it is a bit of a mystery so far as to what will happen and
when.
Ordinarily, the official 'Halloweentime' season would probably begin on the last Friday of September and continue all the way to October 31st. Then the Halloween decorations come down pretty much right away as DLR prepares/transforms for the holiday season, an elaborate undertaking, because all the Christmas decorations and holiday festivities will have to be up and running on
November 20th, including IASW Holiday. So IASW would have to shut down for its overlay pretty early in November. However, this year - and there has been
no confirmation of this by any Disney personnel, only speculation - I wonder if they, indeed, WILL do the IASW Holiday overlay in 2009, because they have added the new Disney character dolls and I would think they want to focus a spotlight on those for a while before covering them up with holiday regalia for 1-1/2 months. So that is one mystery - will there or won't there be an IASW Holiday this year?
Another mystery is the fate of the Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay for 2009. Because of the 40th anniversary events for the original Haunted Mansion taking place, there is a question of whether or not they will do the HMH overlay this year or sort of just focus on the original HM all year long, and if they DO install the HMH overlay, when exactly will it be installed because there are events pertaining to the 40th happening in September. Again, there has been no official word on this from any Disney Cast Members, but it is a good speculation.
The other mystery is the new Celebration Round-Up BBQ place which just opened. It would have to only be open in its current state for about 5 months before it is transformed into Woody's Halloween Round-Up, and then segue immediately into Santa's Reindeer Round-Up, unless they figured out a way to keep Celebration going while the Halloween and Christmas overlays take place. So I am not sure if there will be holiday versions of the Round-Up if they want to focus on the Celebration year and the BBQ.
The reason the Halloween decorations come down instantaneously after October 31 is because the holiday decorations are so extensive (700 Christmas trees of all sizes are scattered around all of DLR, including DTD and the hotels, all the shops, restaurants and even some display windows, not to mention all the lights, the Winter Castle, the garland everywhere, etc.). You will see touches of Christmas decorations start to pop up around the parks in the first week of November, and then as the weeks progress to November 20, everything gets more layered and detailed and intricate and shiny!!
