Originally Posted By Donny With all the special holiday events that are about to start all over Walt Disney Wolrd what are you excited about ?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo For me, the best WDW Christmas offering is the osborne lights of winter. It is so ott and excellent. Also candlelight professional can be great, dependent on the narrator. And the world showcase presentations are great too. Other good options elsewhere are the ice sculptures at gaylord palms?
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I just love being in the parks when they are decorated (and there is some coolness in the air). Living in South Florida it is one of the few things that actually gets me into the spirit of the season.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper Osbourne Lights is really the only thing left that really wows me. RIP, Lights of Winter.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Agreed, the lights of winter were great. I preferred them at DLP, where they have also disappeared. I really miss the Christmas country bears, I wonder if they will ever come back?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<I really miss the Christmas country bears, I wonder if they will ever come back?>> I can say with almost certainty you'll never see them again.
Originally Posted By -em I like candlelight and the storytellers as well as seeing the mk holiday parade but I also am excited to see manheim steamroller at grinchamas at universal and the polar express at seaworld ..,
Originally Posted By hopemax I wanted to be excited, but Disney is making it difficult. I was trying to plan out days for our Christmas trip. My parents are local, so we go there every other year. Except, on our last "turn" my parents came here, so we skipped 2009 and so our last Christmas trip was 2007. At that time, Disney had holiday parades in every park but Epcot. This trip, only Jingle Jungle Parade shows up on the entertainment schedule. No parade at the Studios (I guess this one has been gone since 2008), no Christmas parade at the MK after the parties have finished. And no Holiday Wishes on non-party nights either. So then I was thinking about catching the different Holiday Storytellers at Epcot that we missed last time. But the info this year only lists Italy, France and American Adventure as having them. As much as people imply "visiting too often" is the root cause of Disney unhappiness. Not visiting for 4 years, and discovering the disappearance of 2 parades, fireworks, most of the Holiday Storytellers and the Lights of Winter is not a recipe for Disney happiness either.
Originally Posted By disney pete Never been to any of the parks at christmas but would surely love to one day.
Originally Posted By MinnieSummer Post 10, I may be wrong but I don't remember the holiday parade and fireworks at MK being listed last year but we definitely saw them on the 23rd. I am looking forward to CP and the storytellers, Jingle Jungle Parade, Seaworld and Grinchmas. And the decorations at all the resorts. And hearing Peace on Earth at the end of Illuminations. And seeing snow on Main Street .....
Originally Posted By ttalovebug ^ Pretty sure I have watched Holiday Wishes on the 23rd for a couple of years now. I know I've seen it many times and I've never been to a party event.
Originally Posted By ChiMike Hopemax that is a great view on the situation. You should be able to see Holiday wishes on the peak Christmas week however, unless it is a change for this year. Anyone who idisappointeded by the lackluster effort of WDW in celebrating Christmas should check out a quick trip to the Disneyland Resort. It's pretty much the place that WDW got most of their ideas for the Florida festivities, e.g. Snow on Main Street. Disneyland is full of activities for the Christmas holiday. Nightly holiday firework shows and parades, unbelievable decorations not only at the parks but the hotels and Downtown Disney, themed overlays on Small World as well as Haunted Mansion. No special event, no special admission, just show up and join A LOT of guests there to enjoy the holidays. Tons of street music, entertainers, spread throughout the resort. Don't rely on broken monorails that have limited operating hours... Head out to SoCal and walk from your hotel to holiday shopping, entertainment and cheer.
Originally Posted By hopemax I've had my Mom check the schedules on the Cast Portal, in case, they have info different from the main WDW site. It's not listed on a day without a party. Nor is Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime parade as running during the day. I did verify, through Google search that both of these did run during Christmas week in 2010. <a href="http://www.florida-project.com/images/scanned/times/walt-disney-world-times-information-dec-2010-01.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.florida-project.com...0-01.jpg</a> In 2005 & 2007, these would be listed on the Calender on the website, and a visiting guest could accurately plan their trip. So now, either I take Disney at their published word, and they aren't offered this year, which is a disappointment. And a change for 2011. Or what is published is wrong, which is also a disappointment. We're trying to balance CM blackout dates, with park schedules at Disney, Universal and Legoland, not to mention my Mom's work schedule, so having an accurate schedule of events is important. If I could have looked at a calendar and saw, the Christmas parade, Holiday fireworks are definitely operating on this day we would have made a dining reservation somewhere because we would have known we were going to be at WDW that day. Without it, no reservations were made, and by the time we know for sure, it will be way too late. I guess we'll know for sure when the Times Guides and Tell-A-Casts come out.
Originally Posted By ChiMike Wow Hopemax, that is horrible. I can't believe they are offering NOTHING during Christmas week! Unfortunately, nothing surprises me anymore. If they tried to pull that at Disneyland there would be revolts.
Originally Posted By SeventyOne <Anyone who is disappointeded by the lackluster effort of WDW in celebrating Christmas should check out a quick trip to the Disneyland Resort.> Or, more easily, take a ride up I-4 to Sea World (the new Christmas champ in Orlando) or Universal.
