Originally Posted By sugarplum I love the holidays at the resort, but my AP expires right around Thanksgiving weekend. I won't try to brave the Thanksgiving crowds, but would love to see the resort decorated for Christmas before then. Does anyone know when the festivities begin? Thanks!
Originally Posted By Darkbeer First official day of Christmas Season, Friday, November 9th. That will be the start of the it's a small world holiday attraction, nightly fireworks, the Santa Workshop area and most of the decorations will be up, including the tree in Town Square. The Christmas Parade won't start until November 16th, and the wreaths that go over the Middle of Main Street won't go up until around the 13th (due to the Parade of Dreams). Most of the Christmas stuff will go thru January 6th, with "iaswh" closing even later in the month.
Originally Posted By GPMike Are those parade dates realatively certain Darbeer? We are coming from November 12-17, so that would be perfect - our kids would get to see both parades. For the past 5 years we have been coming later in November and the kids have never seen Parade of Dreams.
Originally Posted By Dave To correct Darkbeer, The official dates are now: Nov 16, 2007 - Jan 6, 2008
Originally Posted By kari12177 We were there in Jan and they still had the holiday theme on IASW, and we were there on the 21st.
Originally Posted By skywilliams Are they still set to put the tree up and some of the decorations on November 1st or has that changed this year?
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>>"To correct Darkbeer, The official dates are now: Nov 16, 2007 - Jan 6, 2008 "<<< I think as we all know, Christmas at DLR does not spring up over night and that lots of Christmas is indeed up and ready exactly as Darkbeer said in his post.
Originally Posted By Dave Ok well Believe fireworks, Castle snow, A Christmas Fantasy Parade, Santa's Reindeer Round-up, Santa's Beach Blast, park decor, etc. will all open together on the 16th. Other stuff may be up before that
Originally Posted By AaronInCal I can't wait to see the Castle with the new snow on the turrets and such. It is supposed to have LED lights in it to make it sparkle during the night, then also take part in the Believe..In Holiday Magic fireworks. They were testing it with a crane and all one night a couple months ago.
Originally Posted By Tinks Pixy Dust Hip Hip Hurray !!! I have booked a stay at the DL hotel the on November 18th, just in time to get me in the holiday spirit!!!
Originally Posted By familyguy >>Ok well Believe fireworks, Castle snow, A Christmas Fantasy Parade, Santa's Reindeer Round-up, Santa's Beach Blast, park decor, etc. will all open together on the 16th.<< Are you telling me that it's not going to snow on main street untill November 16th?
Originally Posted By dlkozy ^^^You can always call DLR for that info if someone is unable to answer that for you quick enough.
Originally Posted By slaght4 We planned our trip for Nov 11 through the 14th. PLEASE!! tell me the park will at least have the big tree up and be decorated even if we do lose out on the fireworks, etc.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That's the second full week in November, so you should be fine. Things are in full gear by Thanksgiving, which is less than a week after you are there, so most of the decorations will be up by the time you get there, and just about all of them should be up by the time you leave. I don't know what the fireworks schedule is, but there's always a chance of catching an early test of the show. I was in the park on the 11th last year, and everything was decorated, but the parade had not started running yet. I believe we had the fireworks then, but I'm not positive. I'll have to check out my pictures from it on the other computer. Even if it hasn't offically started to be Christmas time yet, you will definately get the feeling that it has.
