Originally Posted By DaveJ1701 We are thinking about taking a trip to Disneyland around the first or second week in December because we have always wanted to see the Christmas decorations. We also wanted to wait until IASW is reopened and was told that the opening date will be November 29th. Can anyone tell me what the crowds are like that time of year and what to expect weather wise? We usually go around Spring Break in March.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP The first and second weeks of December are great, one of my favorite times to go. If you check the hours of the park, you'll see that they are shorter than later in the month, an indication that they expect to be less busy. One of my all time favorite event at DL happens the first week in December, Candlelight. Candlelight is an elaborate Christmas concert of mostly religious carols and readings, the Christmas story from the King James Bible, as well as a few other, all short. In the evening Candlelight makes main street really crowded, but you won't really notice it in the rest of the park. Reserved seats for Candelight are expensive and hard to get, but to walk up, stand and listen is no additional cost. Also, especially for the later show, good views are easy to get shortly before the show. I've heard about cast member parties which shut down one of the parks fairly early, like 6pm, but I don't have much information on when they may be. As for weather, it will be a chilly evening, and a brisk day. Average High of 66 and an average low of 49. There is also a small chance of rain. So Cal rain is nothing to be scared of. Our storms are rarely very long, very hard or very cold. And, if it does rain it will just clear the park out for you even more. Have fun, and hopefully I'll be there too!
Originally Posted By DaveJ1701 Thank you Mrs ElderP for your reply. I am from Oregon so a little rain does not scare me and those temperatures are alot warmer than up here. Do they still run the parades at that time of year?
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP of course! The only difference is that you may have one parade a day instead of two.
Originally Posted By gaydsnywitch I really enjoy going to the park in early December. In fact, I already have my hotel reserved for this coming December. I used to live in Portland and when I went to Disneyland in December, I usually wore shorts and a t-shirt in the day and just added a sweatshirt for the nights.
Originally Posted By dzy76 A fellow Oregonian here. We went the second week in Dec. last year and had a great time. The weather was a little cool at times (but not as cold as it was back home). We wore pants and sweatshirts most days and added coats and hats in the evenings. The crowds were decent. We've been mostly in the summer and it was nowhere near those crowds. However, it was more crowded on the weekends, of course. The decorations were spectacular. The castle was amazing, main street and new orleans square was our favorite. The trees were so pretty and when the evenings came and the lights came on - wow. It was so neat watching it snow on main street! Try to do the Holiday Tour, it was so great. We loved the Haunted Mansion Holiday and probably rode it twice a day while we were there. You'll love the parks for the holidays, we did. It was well worth the hassle to get there in the winter.
Originally Posted By DaveJ1701 Thanks for all the info everyone! I have one more question (for now anyways). Does the Electric Light Parade run at this time of year? We will be taking my mother-in-law who hasn't been to DL for 25+ years and I know that she would love to see it. Thanks again.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 The last 4 years, I've gone on the 1st or 2nd week of Dec. The first year we went the elec. parade was running, but the last 3X, it wasn't.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/Guide-Cal-DLR2-200712.asp" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplace.com/G...0712.asp</a> This was last year's Dec. schedule and the EP doesn't show up until 12/21. Villains, maybe you saw it on your LATE Dec. trip, not your EARLY one.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Could be - I know we had priority seating - it might of been my later trip.. but that was Jan (if you say 2nd dec trip DH will start doing the math and might block certain trips ;o)
