Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/959512" target="_blank">http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/ga llery/959512</a> A look at the Christmas additions to the park. The DL and DCA Christmas trees Santa Reindeer Round Up The Snow on Main Street Plus some fun stuff... A Disneyland Kitty, a cow and cute goats Plus a look at some of the areas that have some out of the refurb walls Plus more... ENJOY!!!
Originally Posted By benavag Nice pictures! I saw that same cat on Saturday, Nov 5th, we were on Casey Jr and almost ran it over! Hate to have seen that...
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Yeah! Thanks. That took over 40minutes with smugmug slideshow. How did you get back and forth in and out of DL and DCA? Are you going back tonight? The crowds looked crazy I hope it was a silent night peaceful night for Veterans Day and first day of Holiday Magic at DL.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Wonderful photo's but just a suggestion...not quite so many of the same thing. After about the 30th time I saw the Christmas tree I kind of lost interest. But thanks anyway, they were nice shots.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan the xmas tree on main st. looks awesome! i wish i was there to see it myself. when do they normally take down the xmas tree? because ill be going jan, fourth after i come back home from the cp program in Jan.
Originally Posted By idleHands "Kitty!" That orange tabby is such a cutie. Looks as though the DL Feral Brigade is out in force, even with the huge crowds. I've always been envious of their capability to find those special sunny spots, away from the strollers and wall-to-wall guests, to just chill out and relax in peace. sigh.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt I'm very impressed with the DCA Christmas tree. It, and the surrounding area, look especially good after dark. They really did a good job with this. Regarding DL's fireworks... I assume this is the Christmas show since the snow fall effect was shown. This seems to be a new version of the program since I do not recall lasers being shot from the Castle before.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer The fireworks are the special 50th version, Remember.... And the lasers are from the Tomorrowland segment. What they do is right when the Remember fireworks are over, Julie Andrews comes on, and White Christmas starts playing while it snows. At then end of the song, and the snow effect, Julie Andrews comes on again, and states something like, Remember, Holiday Dreams can come true... As for the DCA, it is a nice tree, but after the hype in the AP newsletter, the lighting ceremony seemed really lame... They claimed the tree lighting would be a Magical Disney Moment, and Lisa and I were there at 4:45, and it was nothing special, we both called it weak and lame. And it looks like a traditional tree to us, and nothing like what we expected when they said "non-traditional, contemporary color palette".... But I guess it really did match up with the "ambience and attitude" of DCA... disappointing!
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP My favorite pic was of the penny arcade all lit up and snowy, very nice.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub From your pictures the DCA tree looks like it has SmallWorld Holiday colors. I was expecting SHIMMERING EFFECT. Is Tink on remote? Does she move around the tree? "Pixie Dust"required maybe we all should clap our hands as we stand around the tree and say I believe...
Originally Posted By AaronInCal Tink does not move on top of DCA's tree. She is just there and is lit up with tiny lights attached to her support. The tree does do sort of a "shimmering" effect once in a while, as the lights will fade in patterns. It is a cool tree, just they did over-hype it though..
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Thanks for the fast reply. I wish I was there anyway.Only 17 more days and off we go.I need to figure out my new camera so I can take lots of pictures.
Originally Posted By debtee Thanks once again for the great pix... I just can't wait to see them all at Christmas! The DL 50th tree looks fab, just a question. Are all the gold lights working on the tree? I could not make out if it was the camera angle, or if some of the lights were not working that night? From your pix, I also really like the DCA tree and think the area looks great all light up!
Originally Posted By tapdancemom Thanks for the great pictures Darkbeer. Sure wish I could see all the decorations in person.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer debtee, there were two areas of the DL tree that did not have lights, I presume it was a electrical issue, and was fixed overnight.....
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "It is a cool tree, just they did over-hype it though." They did or the fans? It's a Christmas tree; what did people expect? A round trip to the Moon?
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub A trip to the moon would be nice but this tree was "hyped" in the new Backstage Pass Passholder minimagazine. ..trimmed with 4,000 shimmering lights..surrounded by topiaries adorned with twinkling lights...Tinkerbell and her magical pixie dust will light the tree as a magical Disney moment repeated at various times ...etc(page 3). The picture on this page does look magical. And I expect to love all the decorations when I see them in person!
Originally Posted By MickeyMommy Thank you Darkbeer! My 10 year old son and I had a great time looking at all 628 pictures! We leave for DL in 4 days, so this really got us excited for our trip!
