Originally Posted By bellas_mama I'm looking ahead to our Christmas trip to DL b/c instead of just me & my DD coming down (we stay with family), hubby will join us - first time since he was a kid. We're trying to work it near Thanksgiving or after New Years. Do you remember how soon the Christmas decor went up? And does it come down right after New Years or does it stay there for another week? Thanks!
Originally Posted By wendebird If my memory serves me correctly, the decorations start going up early November & are complete before Thanksgiving. I think they start coming down around January 4th.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Based on what I know (subject to change). Christmas season will start on Friday, November 10th, 2006 with the return of it's a small world holiday and the Christmas fireworks (Yes, Christmas, not Remember), plus the Christmas Tree and decorations, and the return of Santa's Reindeer Round-Up. The Christmas Parade should start around the 17th of November. The last day of the Christmas events will more than likely be the 1st of January, though might be a day or two later.... PEAK Christmas season starts Friday, December 15th, and goes thru January 7th.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Start making your hotel reservations.Park Place is already out of their Queen Queen Suites with couch for New Years weekend. I had to book 2 double rooms.And DL Hotels are really expensive.I know this sounds stupid considering the holidays are barely over.
Originally Posted By tinkerbell77 I also booked for the x-mas season. We are going Dec 6 - 14. Im glad that we got a room. We are staying at the GCH. I wanted the week before, but it was all sold out. SO I would try and get a room as soon as possible. I cant wait for our first x-mas trip. The kids are gonna love it!!
Originally Posted By AmyK-PrincessMom We were there January 1 -3 and all of the holiday decorations were still up. Christmas parade was still going, Santa's Reindeer Round Up still open & Santa's Beach Blast still going. I think it was all ending on the 4th or 5th of January. No idea if it will be the same for this coming holiday season though. Christmas time is a great time for a trip... except fot the rain!
Originally Posted By kellid60 Hi: I am trying to plan a December trip for my fam too. We are having no luck at all with our dates (Dec 4-8) at the DLH online reservation system, it just keeps offering Paradise Pier. And expedia.ca also shows nothing for those dates at the DLH. BUT, the system does show rooms before and after our chosen week. Our first priority is to go when the crowds are low. So, we tried to stay away from Thanksgiving, etc. Anyway, why would that week be showing TOTALLY unavailable? Same for GCH, not that the GCH is on my budget. I figured November 27-Dec. 1 might still be awfully busy from Thanksgiving vacationers? Or no? And then Dec. 11-15 would start to get too busy? Or no? Thanks all. Kelli PS. Hi Darkbeer. I think you helped me with some ?? a few vacays ago. My daughter is T1.
Originally Posted By wendebird ^^ Have you tried calling vs online reservations? Also, Christmas break starts December 16th & the closer you go to break, the busier it's going to be.
Originally Posted By tinkerbell77 I also tried for those dates, and I got nothing. I had to move my reservation dates to get the hotel that I wanted, GCH. I saw that there are alot of conventions in town that week. So we will now be going the 6 - 14. Getting out of there before all the crazy crowds! Good luck
Originally Posted By kellid60 Hi Tinkerbell: I was wondering how the entire hotel (DLH) can show up unavailable? Where is the info on conventions....that probably means the parks would be busy that week anyway? Thanks. Kelli
Originally Posted By tinkerbell77 I think that I went to another link in a thread on these boards, but it is something like anaheim conventions. And then you just punch in your dates. And yeah I asked the CM I was booking with and she was even suprised that the hotels were booked. But I wanted to be sure and get a room so I changed my dates. And I think that the parks will be ok during the day, because most conventions are during business hours. But at night is another story. You might try calling in the next couple of weeks and see if anyone canceled. Or rethink your dates. But good luck.
Originally Posted By tinkerbell77 Ok Kelli, just go to the other thread that I asked the question and youll find the link there. Looks like there are about 17,000 pharmacists there the 3 to the 7 and then a few more after that. So maybe thats why the rooms are all sold out!
Originally Posted By wendebird I'm also thinking the weekend of the 2 & 3rd is the Candlelight Processional. (Can anyone confirm that?) That draws lots of crowds too, maybe they're all staying for a few extra days? I noticed starting on Wednesday, rooms are available at the Disney hotels.
Originally Posted By kellid60 Hi Wendebird and all: I don't know what the Candlelight Processional is? Sounds cool tho. Except for the crowd part But - you are right! After I read your post this am, I checked online at DL tickets & reserves, and now they are letting me book for the 4-8th. Unfortunatley, it is HUGELY expensive. It describes "Standard View Concierge" and I wonder if I called, would I be able to get something cheaper. Expedia.ca doesn't show rooms available for those dates yet. Since the DL reserves now does, are rooms likely to come to expedia too or not necessarily? Thanks. Kelli
