Photo TR: My Merry Little Christmastime Disneyland

[PirateTinkerbell]

My Merry Little Christmastime Trip Report!

 

How it all got started…

 

Back in early November my Mom happened to notice that Southwest Airlines was running $25 fares 1-way (with taxes and surcharges, a round trip ticket cost $71!), which is AWESOME! I got the crazy idea “Hey, let’s go to Disneyland!” So, because of the fact that the tickets had to be booked within two days, I asked my friend Erin (who had only been to Disneyland once before and wanted to go again…) if she wanted too and the plans were set!

 

After going crazy for about a month, we finally flew out to Disneyland on December 3rd! (we stayed through/left on the 7th, yet somehow we have no pictures of us from the 6th…)

 

I currently have only the pictures of us at Disneyland posted in my Disneyland Christmastime 2009 Set on Flickr, but will continue to add more and more pictures each day! Keep checking back there and here for more as I get them posted!! I also have tons more Disneyland, WDW, and other pictures posted and always keep posting more so check them out!!

 

Thursday, December 3, 2009

 

After flying in EARLY the first stop of the day was the cute Christmas Mickey floral!

 

 

Right after walking through the entrance tunnels, who else did we see but CHIP!!! He had a very small group around him so we stopped to get a picture and to say Merry Christmas! Erin, Mom and I all got kisses from Chip

 

 

Later in the day, after the jackets went on (it was COLD!!) we made a stop at a very short 25 minute Space Mountain!

 

 

I’ll have much better pictures up of the castle later, but I thought this one was pretty seeing as it was taken on my cell phone!

 

 

To end the night, one last picture of Erin and I on Main Street! It’s so pretty with the lights!

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, December 4, 2009

 

This day was red shirt day! All three of us decided to match and we got some cute pictures of us with our matching shirts! It was such a wonderful and pretty slow day in the park!!

 

Erin LOVES churros… Really really loves churros…

 

 

The following three are pictures of us in the hub in the morning

 

 

California Adventure time! p.s. I LOVE my hair in this picture! Erin had straightened my hair that morning and I think it looked awesome It’s kinda nice to have someone who’s like a big sister around to do my hair since I’m usually too lazy to do anything with it lol

 

 

STITCH!!! This was the first time I’d ever seen him in California! He didn’t even have a line, so I got to see him right away. I told him it was nice to see him on this coast since the last time I saw him we were in Animal Kingdom.

 

 

Right after seeing Stitch, we saw Minnie Mouse! She has joined in on red shirt day too

 

 

Then on our way to Tower of Terror, we saw Goofy!!! (who was participating in red SHORTS day)

 

 

Skip to the evening! We had to go see Small World with all the pretty Christmas lights

 

 

My favorite shot of It's A Small World from the trip! It's so beautiful I could stand and stare for hours!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, December 5, 2009

 

Happy Birthday Walt Disney!!

 

This day was SO much fun! At noon the three of us plus some awesome people we met the night before went to sing happy birthday to Walt outside of his apartment. When we got there, Mickey just happened to be hanging out by the fire station/Walt’s apartment. Mom talked to Mickey’s “friend” and asked if he would like to sing with us and she said sure! So the group of us, along with a bunch of other people in the general area, sang happy birthday to Walt Disney with Mickey conducting us! It was so cute and fun to be part of! I have video of Mickey conducting the singing which I will post later (as soon as I get the cord to connect the video camera to the computer)

 

We start out this day with a picture of Erin and I at the Haunted Mansion

 

 

Then move onto Tiana’s Showboat Jubilee!!! I was determined to get in the show, so we waited and ran after the “talent scouts” when they came out and asked if we could be in the show. The lovely girl we asked said “Of course!” and we got to be in the show that started about 15 minutes later. It was SO MUCH FUN to dance along and use the cute props! We really did have a great time in the show and as a bonus we got to have a private meet and greet with Louis, Princess Tiana, and Prince Naveen! I wish we could have gotten a picture with Dr. Facilier too cause he’s AWESOME! We also got the commemorative Mardi Gras beads and medallion that you get for participating in the show. It was such a great experience to be a part of and I defiantly want to do it again if the show is still running when I go back to Disneyland!

 

As a side note: if anyone watched the 4:15pm showing of Tiana’s Showboat Jubilee on 12/5 and has pictures or video, please send me a message! I’d love to have any pictures from that show for my scrapbook, even if they don’t have us in them. Thanks to anyone who could help with getting me these pictures!

 

So, here we go! LOUIS!!!

 

 

And some more Louis! He’s quite cuddly and cute

 

 

Erin, Me, Princess Tiana, Mom, and Prince Naveen! This Tiana is by FAR my favorite! I think she has the best singing voice out of all of the wonderful performers and she’s so pretty!

 

 

This is the awesome girl that let us be in the show! I love those dresses so much!

 

 

Last, but not least, is Erin’s and my picture from Astro Blasters! This is my second highest score ever, second to my 1,000,000+ score I do have to say, that is the WORST look on my face EVER! Funny, though

 

 

Thanks everyone for looking at my pictures! Again, as soon as I get more posted on my flickr I will get them posted here! Comments are welcome and always appreciated

 

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas (or Happy Hanukkah) ! Happy New Year everyone!

 

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[PKI Jizzman]

Disney can't replace the alligator from Peter Pan! He's cute and cuddly too, right?

 

Oh, great report Disneyland is my favorite park, and Small World looks incredible from outside at night! Wow...

Tick tock, I'M GONNA EAT YOU HOOK!

[PirateTinkerbell]

Oh, great report Disneyland is my favorite park, and Small World looks incredible from outside at night! Wow...

 

 

Thank you, thank you! I just added my favorite picture of Christmastime Small World since you mentioned how incredible it looks Thought you might like to see it! It's amazing to see in person, you do really get that wow... reaction!

[the ghost]

I love Disneyland during Christmas and am kind of sad that when I go back in Jnuary it will all be gone. I am a huge Nightmare fan and somewhat of a Disney purist(and fanboy) so although I love the Nightmare version a little more than the regular version I have to say bye to Jack. Did you see Jack and Sally walking around in New Orleans Square? They are probably the most elaborate masks in Disneyland as Jacks is latex so the mouth moves and Sally's mkeup and stitch work are amazing. Anyway, awesome trip report.

[PirateTinkerbell]

Did you see Jack and Sally walking around in New Orleans Square? They are probably the most elaborate masks in Disneyland as Jacks is latex so the mouth moves and Sally's mkeup and stitch work are amazing. Anyway, awesome trip report.

 

Thank you!

 

We did see Jack and Sally standing on the lawn of the Haunted Mansion! We were there one morning while they were doing press stuff and Jack was there dressed as Sandy Claws with Sally. I don't have any pictures of them because we were walking past, but that costume/outfit was great! The work it must take to make that and put it on must be extensive. It's a great result though. I was so excited to see him (I'd seen pictures before but not him in person) that I shreiked to my friend, "SANDY CLAWS!!!!"

[PirateTinkerbell]

Okay! I got some more pictures posted so here they are! There should be some more to follow whenever I get them posted (which will hopefully be soon!)

 

Thursday, December 3, 2009

 

Here is one of the Christmas trees in our hotel! They were so pretty and there were at least 6 of them in the lobby!

 

 

I was feeling all artsy when I took this picture lol Funny enough, Erin and I took almost the exact same picture of the tree…

 

 

Next stop! Haunted Mansion Holiday!!!! I am literally the BIGGEST nerd when it comes to this ride. I love it so much! I have that happy look on my face like a 3 year old on Christmas morning when I’m going through the queue and ride. Maybe I’m crazy but I LOVE it!!!! Maybe it is a little too weird that I know the whole script to the ride and sing along…

 

I like how I messed with this picture. The sign pops even more when you make the background black and white. I love how the sign is looking at you all creepy

 

 

Probably my favorite shot of the outside of this ride. I love the angle I got everything at and that the scarecrow pumpkin king is in the shot too!

This looks WAY better large, which you can see by clicking here!

 

 

I’ve wanted a nice shot of this chandelier for a looonnnnggg time! I finally had a nice enough camera with me this time to get a good shot!

This one also looks great large which can be seen by clicking here!

 

 

 

Friday, December 4, 2009

 

We decided to start this morning by taking a trip down Main Street USA in the double-decker bus! We sat on the top and in the front which provided for some awesome picture opportunities

 

First off, a Christmastime morning on Main Street!

 

This one is much better larger, which you can see here!

 

 

I love the wreaths on the lamp posts! They’re so cute and perfect!

 

 

I thought this was precious! Just Pluto outside of the Mad Hatter shop. And for once he did not have a mob of people around him. This to me is one of those old magical Disney moments that doesn’t happen too often anymore.

 

 

Now a shot of the not-so-hidden Mickey wreaths above Main Street. The second version of this picture I edited out the wires that hold the wreaths up

 

 

 

Next up the wide version then the cropped version of this year’s Sleeping Beauty’s Winter Castle I really like the partners statue in front of it and the high-up vantage point I took the pictures from!

This one should really be seen large, so CLICK HERE!

 

 

 

The Astro Orbitor in the morning sun.

 

 

Now a couple pictures looking back into the hub and down Main Street on a nice slow morning!

 

Take a look at this one large

 

 

And to conclude for the ones I have posted for Friday we have a nice picture of Walt and Mickey with the castle and the pretty poinsettias in the hub

This one also is much better viewed large, which you can see by clicking here!

 

 

 

Saturday, December 5, 2009

 

Stopped off at Toy Story Mania in the morning and thankfully avoided waiting forever to ride it.

 

 

Went on the WORLD FAMOUS Jungle Cruise since I hadn’t been on in a while.

Look at this one large!

 

 

I love the little elephant

 

 

 

Sunday, December 6, 2009

 

Saw Mary Poppins heading backstage in the morning! Erin absolutely loved her dress! I would dread the task of keeping it clean…

 

 

And to finish off what I have posted now a few shots from the Enchanted Tiki Room! I still wonder what happened to Rosita…

 

 

 

 

That’s all for today! Hope everyone is having a good first week of the New Year! I’ll have more pictures posted as I get them up on my Flickr!

[smells_like_team_disney]

Awesome trip report, and I love your pictures! Glad to hear you had a great time. I've yet to make it to any Disney park during the holidays.