Christmas at Disneyland Resort
Help Save Christmas at Disneyland
Christmas
at Disneyland Resort is a truly magical time. Yes it is early to
start talking about it but I feel I must. Let me start by telling you what is
great about Christmas at Disneyland and then I’ll tell you my concern.
There
is the Christmas Parade by day or night, Fireworks at night, Snow falling
throughout the park after the Fireworks and special Castle Lighting, Haunted Mansion
Holiday, Small World Holiday and all the decorations around the park truly are
special. The Candlelight Processional is amazing as are all new things at Disney
California Adventure. The DCA decorations really came up to full Disney
standard. Disneyland has a way of bringing the holidays alive.
Daily
the rumors build that Disneyland is planning on doing the Pay-to-Play Christmas
like the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. You might think, “Wow! A chance to
have holiday time at Disneyland with smaller crowds!” or “Nice! Now I will not have
to worry about getting a good view of the Parade or Fireworks!”
If
they do this you will have to pay to see the Christmas Fireworks, Christmas
Parade and Christmas Snow. Only those that pay to play will be able to see the
park lit up at night. Let me tell you why this will not work well. Disneyland
Resort is NOT Walt Disney World! Here are the differences between the two
resort properties.
DLR WDW
Size: 0.8 Mile 47 Square Miles
Number of parks: 2 4
Number of water
parks: 0 2
Indoor Amusement
Parks: 0 1
Bowling: 0 1
Golf Courses: 0 2
(full and mini)
Hotels/Resorts: 3 Over
20
Entertainment at
hotels: Minimal/Nothing large Most have a special thing
Shopping
Districts: 1/DTD 2
DTD & the Boardwalk
Now you may ask why this makes a difference,
here we go. When a park, such as the
Magic Kingdom is closed for a special event at Walt Disney World there are 3 other
parks to go to. There are also the hotels/resorts, Downtown Disney, Boardwalk
and Golf to entertain guests on property.
When Disneyland or Disney California
Adventure closes for a special event things become dicey. Disneyland closes and
people head over to California Adventure for the evening. Once World of Color
starts most if not all of Paradise Pier and the surrounding area closes for the
night. When Paradise Pier closes for WoC the following rides CLOSE, Screamr’,
Mickey’s Fun Wheel, Silly Symphony Swings, Golden Zephyr and maybe Jellyfish
Jump and Toy Story Mania. That leaves Cars Land for the big ticket ride with Radiator
Springs Racers open. If you are too late to get a ticket for viewing of WoC you
can either hopefully catch it from the backside where you cannot see the video
on the water clearly or you can go to Alice’s Mad T Party. I will be honest my
husband and I can’t do the T Party because it is a loud dance party with
flashing lights.
So what are your options if
Disneyland is closed and you don’t have tickets or don’t want to see WoC? You
can hang out in Downtown Disney but that can be done in a short time. You can
go back to your hotel but there is little to no entertainment there. During
Christmas they may have Christmas Carolers out for short periods of time in the
Lobby of the Grand Californian. They also have a live piano player from time to
time in the lobby of the Grand. The hotel restaurants have Character Breakfasts
so you that takes that out unless you just want to eat diner. Your only other
choice is to leave the resort and go see a movie or find something else to do
off property.
If you don’t like this idea of a pay-to-play
at Disneyland what can you do to let Disney know? Number one is drop them an
email. Here is the link to where you can write them:
If someone knows how to set up a
petition let me know! I would love to be a part! I’d sign and pass the
information on!
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