ILoveRides Posted December 23, 2016 Posted December 23, 2016 Every year during the holiday season The Disneyland Resort decks the halls and goes all-out with a festive holiday celebration. This year, returning classics such as “Haunted Mansion Holiday” and “It’s a Small World Holiday” are joined by new experiences such as “Princess Elena’s Musical Grand Arrival” and “World of Color - Season of Light.” We visited the resort to take part in the festivities and see what’s in store this holiday season. Check out our full report below! We’re at Disneyland! Yay! Monorails are awesome! Since we’re here for the holiday celebration, we headed straight to It’s a Small World Holiday Lets take a ride! Fa la la la la, la la la la. It’s pretty much unchanged this year - which is totally okay because it’s great! There are yummy scents. And lots of holiday goodness inspired by different parts of the world. Moving on, Sleeping Beauty Castle is covered in snow and lights. The nice thing about winter in So Cal is that you can still enjoy Dole Whip Floats! Over to the best holiday overlay of all time - Haunted Mansion Holiday! Jack has been busy decking the halls. There are awesome Nightmare Before Christmas details all around and throughout the Mansion. Every year they make a new massive gingerbread house for the ballroom scene. Here’s this year’s! Pretty rad! Even the Hatbox Ghost is getting into the holiday spirit. This Sally character is brand new this year. We thought it looked great and fit in perfectly. IMO all Haunted Mansions worldwide should get this overlay. It’s just so perfect! Next we headed back to It’s a Small World Holiday for the 20th anniversary lighting ceremony. The Southern California Children’s Chorus came on stage and sang the holiday music from the attraction. As they finished, the lights on Small World came to life, officially welcoming the holiday season! So pretty! Oooh, ahh. On our way over to Disney California Adventure we passed the giant Christmas tree on Main Street. We snapped a few photos of it! The tree is so large that the nutcracker “ornaments” are just real, full-size nutcrackers. Over to DCA! The giant grizzly bear is staying warm in his light up Christmas sweater. There’s a new mini show, Princess Elena’s Musical Grand Arrival. The show introduces Disneyland’s newest princess, Elena of Avalor, with singing, dancing, and some small special effects on the float. Disney Princess fans will definitely enjoy the show! Afterwards we headed to ¡Viva Navidad! for some Latin inspired food and music. They had all sorts of food and desserts for us to sample! The live band was awesome! Check out those skills! After dinner it was time to check out the all-new World of Color - Season of Light. Imagineer Steve Davison introduced the show to the eager crowd. The show has lots of Christmas hits such as “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Let it Snow,” and “Feliz Navidad.” There’s lots of Christmas imagery. And clips from an array of Disney movies, both classic and new. Among the clips are Bambi... Cinderella... Beauty and the Beast... Lady and the Tramp... The Lion King... Finding Nemo... Pinocchio... The Good Dinosaur... Lilo and Stitch... Inside Out... And of course, Frozen! There’s also an emotional “Peace on Earth” segment where foam hearts float above the audience as “Peace on Earth” is projected in various languages. The show has everything we’ve come to expect from World of Color. Lots of colorful fountains... Cool effects... and tons of fire! New holiday editions have become a tradition for World of Color, and we thought this was the best holiday version yet! What a great way to end the night! The Holiday celebration at The Disneyland Resort is always a must-see Winter tradition for us. There’s just so much great stuff - special food, new shows, and some of the best attraction overlays ever created. We didn’t even have time to do everything during our half-day at the parks, but we hope this report gives you a taste of all the awesome things there are to experience. To see it all, you’ll have to go for yourself! Holidays at the Disneyland Resort runs through January 08, 2017 so you still have time to check it out! Don’t miss it! Thanks to Disney for putting on such a great event, and thanks to you for checking out our report!
Nrthwnd Posted December 24, 2016 Posted December 24, 2016 Great Holiday Report! I haven't visited the Disney Resort at Christmas time in years and years. But I did get to enjoy the NBC "Holiday Mansion" back in Sept. just as the Halloween stuff was starting to happen. That was cool to finally see. Thanks for sharing your trip there. Jolly jolly!
laqueefa Posted December 27, 2016 Posted December 27, 2016 Everything looks awesome! Thanks for the pics.
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