Join us as we travel to Walt Disney World Resort for our November & December 2008 Christmas trip. On this trip we stay at Disney’s Pop Century Resort, and enjoy the Christmas festivities, including the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights, Icicle Dream Lights on Cinderella Castle, and the Candlelight Processional, among other things! Trip
The next morning was Sunday, and I was ready to rock and roll early. I knew Disneyland opened at 8 am, so I decided to get up around 6:45 so I could be to the turnstiles by 7:30. Sarah had no interest in getting up this early, so I headed out on my own. I
There was good reason why it only took us 5 minutes to get ready. Because when we arrived in our room, we only had 10 minutes until we said we’d meet the Works (and Katie, Work-to-be). We exited the room with 5 minutes to get from our hotel door to New Orleans Square. Few thought
Disneyland Resort’s World of Color (in Disney California Adventure Park) nighttime water spectacular combines water, vibrant colors, fire and light into a jaw-dropping delight for the senses. More than 1,000 jets of water form incredible shapes in time to the music as Disney characters come to life on a shimmering veil of mist. Disney California
The next morning was an 8 am park opening, and Sarah and Henry weren’t down for rope drop. I wasn’t going to miss it, though, so I got up bright and early. I was also a bit nervous about our Club 33 reservations having gotten “lost” or something, so the sooner I could verify them,
The next morning, we called Henry and told him of our intention of doing an Ultimate Touring Plan (or at least a half day of one). We really didn’t want to adhere to the breakneck pace of one of the plans the entire day, so we figured doing it until we had a late-lunch would
Disney California Adventure just sounds odd after hearing it as Disney’s California Adventure for so long, and given that it’s inconsistent with the other properties (Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Disney’s Polynesian Resort, etc.) in Florida. When the name first changed, I recall reading a multi-page thread on WDWMagic concerning the grammar of the new name. Most
On this trip, we started out at Disneyland before heading to Walt Disney World shortly thereafter to complete our first “Coast-to-Coast Disney Trip.” Disneyland highlights include dining at the exclusive Club 33 and Napa Rose in addition to plenty of other fun. We had some nighttime blue skies (as you can see in the photo
Spending the day working is never a good thing to do while on vacation. Unfortunately, the Disneyland “leg” of our Coast to Coast vacation began with a day at the office. It really was unavoidable, given our goal of taking as many trips as possible this year, and apparently, sine vacation days are finite. News
You may have noticed a precipitous drop-off in posts here at the Disney Tourist Blog. This is not because we’ve lost interest in the site, quite the contrary, in fact. High up in the Disney Tourist Blog offices, we’re toiling away on the latest projects–okay, not really. It’s actually because we’ve been in the midst
The next day was the day of Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. We had told Nick the night before that we’d decide that morning whether we were going to Animal Kingdom that morning since the weather was predicted to be bad. Well, the weather was bad, so rather than waste a day of our tickets
