Christmas Archive
At 60 feet tall, Disneyland’s Christmas tree towers over Main Street! Since 2008, Disney has used an artificial tree that is custom built for Disneyland in an effort to make its decorations more eco-friendly. This green Christmas movement has reduced Disneyland’s energy consumption on the Christmas tree by 50 percent. Disneyland’s Main Street, USA Christmas
We recently spent a few days at Disneyland Resort Paris, and were absolutely blown away by the resort–mostly due to its Disneyland park, which is currently celebrating both Christmas and its 20th anniversary. While Disneyland Paris still suffers from many of its problems that have been documented over the last several years, we were surprised
When you near “it’s a small world” holiday at night, all lit-up in these vibrant lights, you can’t help but stop in your tracks, spellbound and in awe. The lights on the attraction’s facade are not on the same level as the Osborne Lights as Walt Disney World, but they are similarly captivating. This is
I suspect that when half of you groaned when you read that title, and the other half of you smiled. There seems to be a pretty even split on the “issue” of Christmas before Thanksgiving: half are in the spirit right after Halloween, and half don’t want to hear or see anything Christmas until the
Prior to visiting Disneyland last November, we had never experienced Haunted Mansion Holiday. After hearing a lot about it online, we were both excited to see it because it was something different, even though neither of us are Tim Burton fans. This, combined with experiencing holiday “overlays” in the vein of Mickey’s Jingle Jungle Parade
Disney California Adventure 2.0 has been the big Disney news story of 2012, and for good reason. Recently, rumors have been confirmed that Cars Land and Buena Vista Street will be receiving lavish Christmas overlays. Temporary light poles are being installed on the right side of the street in Cars Land for, presumably, a Main
We attended D23’s Magic & Merriment in December 2010 at Walt Disney World. The three day event was held in early December, and overall, was a fun time. In 2012, Magic & Merriment will be two separate 2-day events. This review is of the 2010 Magic & Merriment. UPDATE: We attended again in 2011 and
Merry Christmas from our castle to your castle. We hope everyone got all of the toys (or trips!) they wanted from Santa this year! Hope you all have very special days today! See the companion shot to this of Cinderella Castle by clicking here.
…And only two creatures were stirring, and ones name was Mickey Mouse. For the companion shot to this, check out this Disneyland photo. Time to lounge on the couch after a long day of family events, Pure Michigan, eating, and the Lions clinching their first playoff berth since 1999. All in all, a great day!
This trip report includes photos and commentary from our first trip to Disneyland at Christmas. Join us on our Christmas Expedition, as we dine at Club 33, photograph Disney time-lapse videos, eat our way through Disneyland’s holiday snacks, experience Haunted Mansion Holiday and “it’s a small world” holiday for the first times(!), rain blows upon
World of Color was awesome when we saw it in May, but with this impressive new opening Prep & Landing tag, Disney has taken things to the next level. Here’s hoping there’s a full Christmas World of Color show in 2012! If you haven’t seen my new “A Christmas Day at Disneyland” time lapse video,
