Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for discussion of the November 26th article on the Disneyland 2002 Tree Lighting at <a href="News-ID506690.asp" target="_blank">http://LaughingPlace.com/News-ID506690.asp</a>.
Originally Posted By cstephens Great article! Seems like it was a fantastic event. How happy were you, Rebekah? /cs
Originally Posted By MouseBear Salutations Doobie and Rebekah, Thanks for sharing a magical ceremony. It must be wonderful to see the lights chase each other until the entire Park is ablaze with Christmas Spirit. It sounds like Disney did this right! MouseBear
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins Beautiful pictures. I especially liked the band that played in the background. They were awesome. I love seeing the tree light up with fireworks. Thank-you Doobie.
Originally Posted By Kala I loved the pictures, I wish I could have been there! Now I'm realllly psyched for our trip in Dec.! Thanks for the coverage Doobie and Rebekah.
Originally Posted By chupacabra Mike Scioscia lighting up Disneyland for the holiday season, it couldn't have happened to a better guy. Wish I could have been there. /:: Mitoto
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Thank you so much for such a great job on the pix and info. I felt like I was right there. I also checked out the Holiday 2002 info/articles and want to say Excellent Job there too Thank You
Originally Posted By Disneyland Resort Nice job. A very well covered ceremony Doobie and Rebekah (as usual). Your coverage is always the best! Minnie and Mike sure got along especially well. Was Mickey giving him a suspicious eye or was the Head Mouse more concerned with keeping up his fun-loving iconic image for the press? Also... was Cynthia not present? Possibly too busy, out of town or (hopefully not) under the weather? Just wondering. -- <a href="http://disneyland.ath.cx/" target="_blank">http://disneyland.ath.cx/</a> To ALL who believe in the Magic of Disneyland .. Welcome!
Originally Posted By smiley_face2 Great coverage Doobie and Rebbekah! Of course much more exciting for me was getting to meet you guys before the ceremony!!
Originally Posted By covnut >>It sounds like Disney did this right!<< Well, except for the hour and 20 minute or so delay. =) Oh, I was standing right by Doobie and Rebekah, but was a tad to far for a "hi". Great coverage. Covnut <a href="http://www.disneyforever.com" target="_blank">http://www.disneyforever.com</a>
Originally Posted By smiley_face2 We had tried to get into small world for our fastpass just before the whole thing started, we couldn't of course because they had it shut down because they were going to have the fireworks after the ceremony, needless to say we gave up waiting for the fireworks, and fighting the crowds, and went over to California Adventure for the evening. Walked back into the park just coincidentally as the fireworks were beginning. oh...it was high winds causing the delay.
Originally Posted By Faaip de Oiad I really don't get what is so great about some lights on a tree. There are many lights on my neighborhood, do we have a house lighting ceremony? No...Although it is nice, but I just don't get it! Does it have some sort of meaning? Something special?
Originally Posted By BobDisney It's funny you guys were saying beautifully done and stuff like that about the ceremony. So many things went wrong. A mickey couldnt pull the box off Mikes present. When Mike went to put the Halo over the tree the cord got caught so Matt had to come over and untangle it. And the 1hr. 20 min delay. But besides that it was great. But because of the problems, they decided to play Believe in the High winds, when they usually wouldnt have, so it worked out.
Originally Posted By iluvdisneyland And in spite of all that, it still looked beautiful from the video.
Originally Posted By cstephens BobDisney wrote: > It's funny you guys were saying beautifully done and stuff like that about the ceremony. So many things went wrong. It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful and nice. /cs
Originally Posted By Doobie DL Resort: Cynthia was not there. I don't know why. smiley_face2: It was a pleasure to meet you as well. Thanks for saying hi. BobDisney: I echo cstephens comments. There was the delay and the problem with the box and the halo, but it was still a great event. I think of it as one of the little things Disneyland offers. Nothing major, but a nice way to kick off the holiday. I hope it continues for many years to come. Doobie.
Originally Posted By covnut >>It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful and nice.<< Well an hour and 20 minute delay is a bit much. Oh, and man did my pictures turn out bad. I think everyone of mine is blurry. Hehe. Someday I will buy a new camera tho. Covnut
Originally Posted By iluvdisneyland Next year, I'll be at the tree lightning ceremony. It looked so nice!
