We are now in that transition where the Disneyland Resort is rushing to get both parks ready for Christmas Time 2015 as it officially starts on November 13, 2015 and ends on January 6, 2016
Buena Vista Street is getting all decked out for Christmas
While on Mickey's Fun Wheel, looking out past Cadillac Range, towards the Anaheim ARTIC
And there's the Crystal Cathedral
Part of the Disneyland Resort mountain range
Cars Land is starting to get some lights up
With the breezy, the water started to spray outward
Soarin' Over California closed at the last minute for some testing
Cast Members creating paper airplanes and shooting them towards the entrance of the Soarin' building
A bright green paper airplane glides through the air
Heading over to Disneyland
Quite a crowd still going through the gates
With the 60th taking place, maybe I guess there will be very minimal amount of Christmas decorations along Main Street. Usually they have the garland strung across Main Street, or at least the wires.
Over at the Disneyland Emporium, a new animated window display has been revealed
A snow castle?
Why that can only mean ......
It's a Frozen themed window display
Olaf seems to be happy about it
One stage is Elsa and Olaf with the snow castle as the background
The other stage is of Anna, Kristoff, and Sven in Arendelle
Because of the glare from Main Street, it was difficult to get some good shots during this time of day. Since I know these windows will be up for quite some time, I'll get some shots of it another time. But for now, we will move on...
No snow on the rooftop for this Christmas Time
Work taking place at the Tomorrowland Terrace stage
This place used to be busy
Having the Jedi show sort of helped fill the seats.
But without any type of show, it seems quiet around here
Hyper Space Mountain!!!
Well, the sign for right now.
The attraction doesn't open till November 16, 2015
Typical Christmas Time decorations in Frontierland and New Orleans Square
Character host at the Royal Courtyard?
Taped queue
Pumpkin setup
Turns out that Jack Skellington will be doing his meet and greet here
Not sure if this is permanent or temporary
Enchanted Tiki Room lanai was super crowded
Top of the Tomorrowland Terrace stage scaffolding
Ghirardelli Chocolate store has opened up near the AMC theaters
Relatively small store.
That will conclude today's pictorial
One place I completely forgot to check out was Small World Holiday and Toon Town, but that is what next week is for
Thanks for stopping by and checking it out
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Until Next Time...
Love your site and visit it weekly. Photos are outstanding. I especially love the care you take to document everything in the Disney Gallery. Which leads me to ask, I haven't been able to find your posting of the current Exhibit: Drawing Disneyland - The Early Years, which opened on May 22, 2015. Were you able to document that one? If so, what post was it?
ReplyDeleteVery much appreciated, as aways.
You know, I did take the pictures shortly after it opened. And for some reason, I never got around to it. Every Friday when I visit Disneyland, I keep seeing the Drawing Disneyland - The Early Year banner on the Opera House, and it reminds me that I need to finish it. But by the time I get home and get started on the photos from that visit, I forget about the Disney Gallery. I'll get to work on them and hopefully have a post on it this week before Friday.
DeleteAs I pass the Opera House and see the Drawing Disneyland exhibit banner, I often think that because so much time has passed from when the exhibit debuted back in May up to this point in time, that maybe it isn't worth doing it. And that maybe no one will notice... or care whether I post it or not. After all, it's not "new" anymore. But your comment has not only proven me wrong, but also opened my eyes. If you have noticed that I hadn't posted it, then how many others have noticed the same thing, but haven't said anything.
Thank you. :)
Great!
ReplyDeleteI'm a junkie for art/schematics/models of the parks. If there were a sizable permanent museum dedicated to the countless never-built or early concepts, I'd spend more time there than in the parks. Although shrinking, I'm glad the Disney Gallery still hangs on. Hoping the BlueSky Cellar may re-open with similar exhibits.
I was trying to find as much as I could on past Disney Gallery Exhibitions. The most complete list is Wikipedia, but reading it, I thought to myself, "I know I've seen more exhibits than this on Magic Eye!" Here's what they list:
3.1 The Art of Disneyland (1987 - 1997)
3.2 Tomorrowland: Imagining the Future 1955 - 1998 (1997 - 2000)
3.3 A Brush with Disney: The Art of Herbert Ryman (2000 - 2002)
3.4 100 Mickeys (2002)
3.5 Grim, Grinning Ghosts (2002 - 2003)
3.6 A Pirate's Life for Me (2003)
3.7 Frights, Camera, Action! The Haunted Mansion Goes Hollywood (2003 - 2005)
3.8 Disneyland, A Magical Canvas: 50 Artists Celebrate 50 Years (2005 - 2007)
3.9 Inspired by Disneyland (2007)
3.10 Enchanting the Classics (2009-2010)
3.11 Day One Disneyland (2010)
3.12 Magic on the Water – The Art of The Happiest Fleet on Earth (2011)
3.13 The Art of Mary Blair (2011)
3.14 All Aboard… A Grand Circle Tour of the Trains of Disney (2011-2012)
3.15 Crowning Achievements – Creating Castles for Magical Kingdoms (2012-2014)
3.16 Mechanical Kingdoms: Steam-Driven Visions of a Victorian Future (2014- )
But you've done complete coverage on other exhibits that wikipedia doesn't mention such as the "Realms of Fantasy", "Magic on the Water" and "Tiki Tiki Tiki". I'm curious as to how far back your coverage of these exhibits goes and what other ones wikipedia leaves out.
This site is such a great resource for the art and history of the parks.
Cheers and thanks again.
Thanks again for another great update. Seeing the Christmas decorations up really makes me want to visit before the end of the holiday season. The Star Wars and Marvel signs and construction tarps, not so much.
ReplyDeleteIn the quarterly earnings statement released last week, I saw that Disney domestic theme parks had record attendance during the fiscal quarter ending in early October, which the company mostly attributed to Disneyland's 60th anniversary celebration.
They also made a record profit for the quarter, as well as the fiscal year. Between Disney World in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California, operating revenues were $4.4 billion, and the profit was $738 million for three months! It boggles the mind.
The 60th anniversary promotion has been wildly successful, and on fan sites people have reported that the October weekday crowds have been like crowds in the middle of the holidays other years. Disney's marketing and promotions departments have the golden touch. It's too bad they can't pass some of that record profit to the hardworking cast members and employees, and many of the benefits like the holiday parties have been taken away.