Friday, November 2, 2012

Getting Ready for the Christmas Season

What a hazy morning.  I decided to hold off for about an hour with the hopes that the haze would go away.  Around 9am, I decided to head to the Disneyland Resort


Getting to the Disneyland Resort around 9:30 am and there are still plenty of Guests waiting to get in. I thought it was weird that there would still be lines.  But then I checked at Disney California Adventure didn't even open till 9 am.  Good thing I slept in! :)


No Christmas decorations yet on Buena Vista Street










We know what's going here, don't we.  It's the Christmas Tree.  I can't wait to see it.





Very silent over at the World of Color / Grizzly River Run area


Walking to Paradise Pier




The Little Mermaid has its subtle Christmas decoration on the building facade




The Christmas decorations at the Paradise Pier restaurant dinning area have returned








Kitty!






Looking at the Little Mermaid building from across the bay






Paradise Pier's Christmas Tree


A look at the Paradise Pier Gazebo with it's hanging gardland














Donald in his winter themed sailor outfit




"Smile like you won the Piston Cup"






Radiator Springs Curios with Christmas lights hanging across







Speaking of Christmas lights...

The tree next to Sarge's Surplus Hut has lights wrapped around it


I was thinking the lights would be green and white.  But it looks like it's gonna be red, white, and blue. Makes sense since Sarge is a U.S. Military Jeep


Luigi's Flying Tires




"a bug's land" with its yearly Christmas lights hanging across the clovers




And can't forget about the ornaments


Flik is in his Santa outfit








Mater's Junkyard Jamboree







It's very quite in Hollywood Land






Back on Buena Vista Street, some of the Christmas merchandise






Can't they ever get the correct Castle right? It shows Cinderella's Castle and not Sleeping Beauty Castle


More Christmas merchandise










Vintage style Christmas cards






About to head out of Disney California Adventure


The line to get out










Heading to Disneyland


Two day after Halloween and the pumpkins are still up
























More of the facade work can be seen over at the Princess Fantasy Faire construction










A stage was set up in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle for a Christmas day taping. So of course you couldn't walk across the drawbridge








They were recording the little abominable snowman turning the popcorn crank








Over in Toon Town, Christmas decorations can be seen in the city and in the neighborhood






































Cover your eyes! a little bit of magic may be spoiled





















Work continues along Casey Jr's two bridges






So I see these signs...


And they seem to promise good times to be had


We can eat and see a nice show


The sign stating we are almost there


I didn't see any kind of carnival or carved pumpkins.  All I saw was a cabin








Fast Passes can now be obtained for Haunted Mansion Holiday


It seems weird to offer it a month and a half after it opened.  I only rode it a couple of times, but I thought the line moved faster.  If it's good enough not to have it for the normal Mansion, then it should be good enough to not have it for Holiday version
























Ornaments with honey on them


There must be magic in these wood, as honey also drip sideways on the ornaments






Over in New Orleans Square, the Court of Angels has returned






Disneyland's blog stated that the Pirates League was to last up until Oct 31.  And they kept their word.  I am sure the only reason it was reverted back was because the Pirates League wasn't a hit like they thought it would be.  During the time of the Pirates League, in total I probably saw like a handful of Guests getting their makeover






Ghost Galaxy still being offered for the remainder of the week


Only 15 min!


Loves it!

Whew
That will conclude with today's pictorial
Thanks for stopping by and checking it out

Until Next Time..

1 comment:

  1. Great update as always!

    I love the Fastpass at the Mansion. There were ABSURD numbers of people using GACs to cut the line, and my assumption/hope is that with Fastpass being offered, those non-wheelchair GACs won't be able to cut the line any more.

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