All things merry and bright… at least that’s how it all appears at first glance. The holidays have kicked off with all the familiar sparkle and cheer. We finally have news on the Adventureland Treehouse (formerly Tarzan’s domain), and there was a delightful surprise at “it’s a small world” on Friday. Unfortunately, while Disney is trying so hard to make you feel warm and fuzzy, an icy dagger was thrust into the heart of the company by a grinch who would steal Christmas. A hiring freeze has been imposed from on high with layoffs on the way just in time for the holidays.
Come for the park update… stay for the drama, folks…
Adventureland Treehouse Inspired by Swiss Family Robinson
Adventureland Treehouse: Coming Soon! MiceChat readers were first to hear about the exciting plans for Adventureland’s Treehouse. Tarzan is out and a new family is moving in. While the backstory and characters are a unique creation for Disneyland by Imagineering, the setting is inspired by the original Swiss Family Robinson version of the attraction from the 1960s.
At first glance, this looks very much like the early version of the treehouse, complete with a waterwheel and contraption to deliver water to all the rooms of the house.
Each of the family members has their own room and interest.
Mother has a music room that reminds me of Nemo’s from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
We’ve been telling you for months that the attraction would be tied into the Society of Explorers and Adventurers (just like the new version of the Jungle Cruise). And while Disney didn’t reveal that part of the attraction, eagle-eyes will spot a S.E.A. banner hanging off the astronomy room of the treehouse.
And for guests who can’t (or don’t want to) climb all those stairs, the area at the base of the tree has been designed to be interactive and give a glimpse of what’s above. The kitchen, located at the base of the tree, has clever contraptions… while father’s art studio has images of the other rooms of the treehouse.
While the attraction has been under wraps for a little over a year, it won’t reopen to guests until an undisclosed date next year.
“it’s a small world” Holiday Brings Tiny Surprises
It’s a Small World Holiday has returned with some new details for its 25th season of joy!
I was in the very first boat off the dock early on Friday morning with Imagineer Kim Irvine.
Kim is a legendary creative who grew up in Disneyland with her Imagineering parents (her mother was Madame Leota and her father Dick Irvine).
Kim explained the updates the attraction received during its downtime earlier this month— including the addition of two new dolls! This is the first time since 2009 that a new figure has been added to the attraction… a new doll in a wheelchair designed so perfectly in the Mary Blair style that she fits right into the attraction like she’s always been there. It’s an elegant addition that is sure to bring a big smile to those who spot her.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of this holiday overlay, Imagineers inlaid the number 25 in many places throughout the attractions. Can you find them all? I’m sure we missed several, but our team rode the attraction repeatedly to find as many as possible. Disney has confirmed that there are thirteen 25s hidden throughout the attraction, with at least one in every room.
Here is a non-exhaustive list of some of the 25s on Small World Holiday. We don’t want to give everything away, so we won’t tell you where they all are.
Once the attraction’s facade is lit up at night, the first 25 you’ll notice is on the clock tower, lit in white.
Santa’s address is now 25
Keep an eye out for the gift tags…
Abu holds an ornament with the number 25 on it.
There’s a paper lantern with a 25 punched out on it in the Mexico section
(Some) of the hula dancers are back. Three dancers are definitely better than one, lonely hula girl. But we’d like to see all five dancers return soon. There’s also a 25 inscribed on some nearby coconuts.
There are plenty of other “hidden” 25s to find inside small world Holiday this year. If you’re a completionist like many of us are, you’ll likely need to ride more than once. Let us know your favorite finds.
Holiday Humbugs
The holiday season is off to a horrible start for Disney employees worldwide as The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Chapek demands an immediate hiring freeze, aggressive austerity measures, the formation of a “cost structure taskforce,” and layoffs.
What has Bob in such a panic? Disney missed its quarterly revenue projections, led by a massive 1.47 BILLION dollar loss for the company’s streaming services. What’s particularly dramatic about the loss is that Disney didn’t warn investors in advance, so the stock got hammered, trading at near 5-year lows!
Rather than focusing on improved content, increased marketing, and a review of recent policies which have raised prices but diminished the quality of the Disney product (and thus turned many customers against the company), Bob has decided to double down on insanity and slash a corporation that has already been squeezed through the cost-containment ringer. As you read Bob’s leaked memo to executives below, keep in mind that departments have already been merged, duplicate positions eliminated, and many, many creatives laid off and never rehired during the 2020-2021 shutdown:
Disney Leaders,
As we begin fiscal 2023, I want to communicate with you directly about the cost management efforts Christine McCarthy and I referenced on this week’s earnings call. These efforts will help us to both achieve the important goal of reaching profitability for Disney+ in fiscal 2024 and make us a more efficient and nimble company overall. This work is occurring against a backdrop of economic uncertainty that all companies and our industry are contending with.
While certain macroeconomic factors are out of our control, meeting these goals requires all of us to continue doing our part to manage the things we can control—most notably, our costs. You all will have critical roles to play in this effort, and as senior leaders, I know you will get it done.
To be clear, I am confident in our ability to reach the targets we have set, and in this management team to get us there.
To help guide us on this journey, I have established a cost structure taskforce of executive officers: our CFO, Christine McCarthy and General Counsel, Horacio Gutierrez. Along with me, this team will make the critical big picture decisions necessary to achieve our objectives.
We are not starting this work from scratch and have already set several next steps—which I wanted you to hear about directly from me.
First, we have undertaken a rigorous review of the company’s content and marketing spending working with our content leaders and their teams. While we will not sacrifice quality or the strength of our unrivaled synergy machine, we must ensure our investments are both efficient and come with tangible benefits to both audiences and the company.
Second, we are limiting headcount additions through a targeted hiring freeze. Hiring for the small subset of the most critical, business-driving positions will continue, but all other roles are on hold. Your segment leaders and HR teams have more specific details on how this will apply to your teams.
Third, we are reviewing our SG&A costs and have determined that there is room for improved efficiency—as well as an opportunity to transform the organization to be more nimble. The taskforce will drive this work in partnership with segment teams to achieve both savings and organizational enhancements. As we work through this evaluation process, we will look at every avenue of operations and labor to find savings, and we do anticipate some staff reductions as part of this review. In the immediate term, business travel should now be limited to essential trips only. In-person work sessions or offsites requiring travel will need advance approval and review from a member of your executive team (i.e., direct report of the segment chairman or corporate executive officer). As much as possible, these meetings should be conducted virtually. Attendance at conferences and other external events will also be restricted and require approvals from a member of your executive team.
Our transformation is designed to ensure we thrive not just today, but well into the future—and you will hear more from our taskforce in the weeks and months ahead.
I am fully aware this will be a difficult process for many of you and your teams. We are going to have to make tough and uncomfortable decisions. But that is just what leadership requires, and I thank you in advance for stepping up during this important time. Our company has weathered many challenges during our 100-year history, and I have no doubt we will achieve our goals and create a more nimble company better suited to the environment of tomorrow.
Thank you again for your leadership.
-Bob
Is the Disney Company on the verge of bankruptcy? FAR FROM IT. Disney had robust revenue of $20.15 billion dollars in the last quarter! The problem is that investors expected more. And they had that expectation because of prior statements and information released by from Disney . The blame here is on a failure to properly position the company in the eyes of investors. Lofty guidance in previous quarters led investors to expect something which didn’t materialize. Essentially, Disney over-promised and under-delivered. They should have been conservative in their projections, warning about decreased travel due to a worldwide recession and high costs associated with the fledgling streaming segment, and needed investments in the company’s cash-cow parks segment. But these investor calls often sound more like an infomercial than an honest account of where the company actually stands.
But here’s the rub… you can only cut an entertainment company’s costs so much before the product is so deeply damaged that revenues fall even further… and that’s the exact position Disney now finds itself in. Bob did what he was put into the CFO position to do… cut costs in the middle of a corporate crisis. But he has done so aggressively and to the point that there are no longer easy cuts to make. The fat has already been excised! Further cuts will be noticeable to customers, and in many cases already are! Do you feel that Disney is offering you less for a much higher price? Then you already know what’s wrong with the company.
CNBC pundit, Jim Cramer, has called for the firing of Disney CEO Bob Chapek, saying: “Disney, they have ESPN. If we were on ESPN, we would say he’s got to be fired. That’s pretty cut and dry.” He went on to call Chapek “delusional.”
We received calls from Disney creatives on Thursday of last week who were told that their last day with the company will be in December or January. Some of them are in departments that were initially told they would have to move to Orlando or lose their jobs. But that project stalled months ago with no forward progress. Yet the jobs are still being cut without enough replacements to get all the work done in many cases.
Disney’s Imagineering and Creative Campuses (where most of Disney’s Consumer Products teams are located) are empty shells where creativity once flowed like the lifeblood of a once vibrant organization. Fear is now the motivating factor in the company with all but the most essential employees anxiously awaiting another round of belt-tightening, consolidation, and terminations which are likely to do nothing but kill creativity and further depress revenues and public sentiment.
I’m not CEO and I can’t tell Disney what to do, but the Disney historian in me remembers the 90s when Disney thought they could budget cut their way out of bad times. They were wrong and succeeded only in further damaging the brand. As a result, the CEO and top leaders were forced out of the company years before the end of their employment contracts. Draconian budget cuts might improve profits for a quarter or two, but in the long run they destroy a brand’s ability to deliver the sort of quality creative product Disney consumers expect and demand.
Bob Iger, Disney’s previous CEO, kept the company growing by spending. He bought important franchises, grew creative departments, and leveraged the parks to build brand loyalty. That mentality is gone. Current leadership comes from the accounting side of the business, not the creative side. I can’t imagine a positive path forward for Disney under the mentality of the memo quoted above. Prices have already been raised sky-high, product offerings have been scaled back and cheapened, and too many of the company’s top talent have quit or been fired… what’s left to cut?!
Bah humbug!
Crowd Storm
Last week we told you that it was the calm before the crowd storm and we boy were we right. The Disneyland Resort was PACKED for the start of the holidays on Friday. When the queues for the Little Mermaid and Mr. Toad overflow you know the parks are swamped.
The Lightning Lane line for Radiator Springs Racers was wrapped around Ramone’s and back to the viewing area for the attraction.
Festival food booths were very busy.
Standby lines for most quick service locations were long and mobile order return times were often many hours until return time.
Small World Holiday had an extended queue well outside of the normal gigantic built-in switchback.
As evening approached, Main Street became a madhouse.
Crowds pack all viewable areas to experience Winter Enchantment and Believe in Holiday Magic fireworks. 
And good luck navigating from one side of the park to the other during the miles-long Christmas Fantasy Parade.
And even after removing all of those elevated viewing areas for Fantasmic, New Orleans Square still became gridlocked at times.
The Lightning Lane line for Haunted Mansion Holiday was extended all the way back to the Splash Mountain Queue entrance. Approximately a 20 to 30-minute wait for those who paid for Genie+.
But, as is almost always the case these days, it’s not all doom and gloom. There were plenty of places where you could navigate easily. And early mornings and evenings after the fireworks are much less crowded than afternoons until fireworks.
Holidays Kick Off
Although it feels like Christmas has already been around for a while now in the parks, the holiday season was officially lit on Friday, November 11, and lasts through January 8, 2023. We’ve been detailing all-things Disneyland holiday across a myriad of articles that we’ve been constantly updating. Here are our favorite holiday happenings around the Disneyland Resort. We’ll link you to our full coverage below.
Disneyland Holidays
There’s nothing quite like seeing Disneyland decorated for winter. Main Street is a nostalgic wonderland with music from a bygone era, a Christmas tree packed with lights and vintage ornaments, and Mickey-shaped garlands suspended above for good measure. Sleeping Beauty Castle is an irresistible bobble at the end of Main Street, blanketed in snow and dripping with lights. New Orleans Square & Cars Land offers whimsical renditions on holiday themes. And incredible holiday entertainment and food festival help make the Disneyland Resort THE ultimate holiday destination.
Walt’s apartment above the Fire Station has a Christmas tree in the window, right next to the iconic lamp reminding us all of the father of Disneyland, Walt Disney himself.
Because the resort had a longer-than-usual transition period between Halloween and Christmas this year, the majority of the decorations have actually been installed for a while. As a result, many guests had already seen the decor by the time the holidays kicked off on Friday, what they were clamoring to see where the newest items in the park: merchandise, festive foods and holiday entertainment.
There are several collectible items that have caused a frenzy in Disney merchandise circles. As expected, these are the new holiday-themed popcorn buckets and sippers.
Mid-afternoon, there was a massive queue wrapping around the Town Square area, for folks who wanted the popcorn bucket.
By evening, there were still plenty of buckets to go around. It looks like Disney was able to get a reasonable delivery for the holidays. This is something we haven’t seen in a very long time… usually, these super popular items sell out on the first day and then trickle in for weeks after.
It’s not just popcorn buckets and sippers that arrived in time for the kickoff to the holidays. In many of the shops across the resort, new holiday merchandise is now available. Our merchandise editor Natalie Kipper found over 50 new pieces of merchandise!
To see the newest additions to the holiday collections, be sure to take a look at the article below:
But outside of Main Street and New Orleans Square, much of Disneyland is undecorated (or with just a few details here and there). If Knott’s can decorate the entire park on a shoestring budget, why can’t Disneyland do more?
One of those random holiday details we just love is the found-object Christmas tree in Adventureland. Constructed from random objects— pipes, palm leaves, bamboo, etc.— the Jungle Cruise Skippers have decorated it with candles, piranha skeletons, lanterns, and coconut Santas. It’s really creative… and one of the only aspects of the holidays in Adventureland since the Jingle Cruise was cut from the holiday budget years ago.
Critter Country has some minor holiday elements found throughout the land, like garland on the buildings and wreaths on the light posts. We did notice that the Christmas tree from Br’er Rabbit addressed to Br’er Fox and Br’er Bear is missing for the second year in a row. This would have been the last opportunity for Disney to display the tree since the attraction begins its transition to Tiana’s Bayou Adventure next year.
On Friday, there was a massive line to see Santa in Critter Country.
A Christmas Fantasy Parade
One integral aspect of the holidays at Disneyland is A Christmas Fantasy Parade. The parade has gained a cult following since its debut in 1995. But at 27 years old, this parade is in desperate need of a refresh.
Mickey and his pals energetically waved to guests.
The baking squad is really cute. I appreciate the baker’s mustache.
One of the segments that feels overly long is the princess section. There’s not a whole lot exciting that happens here and the float is fairly nondescript.
The finale section with the reindeer and Santa are always entertaining, and quite possibly the highlight of the whole parade.
For today’s audiences, the parade feels both too long and the music too repetitive. There are some segments which feel like they drag on for an eternity, with long empty sections between units, and the main theme is far too short for such an extensive parade. That said, A Christmas Fantasy remains a classic part of what makes a Disneyland Christmas feel complete. It’s just time for one of Disneyland’s creative directors (who are incredibly capable) to be allowed to make some thoughtful enhancements.
Disney’s Holiday Dance Party
The character dance party at Tomorrowland Terrance continues with a holiday version. This dance party includes an emcee and a rotating cast of characters. You can join in the high-energy dancing nightly from 7pm to 11pm. Here’s a look at the characters we saw this weekend:
Wintertime Enchantment
We wish that we had some photos and video of Believe in Holiday Magic… But much to our chagrin, the fireworks were canceled at the last minute due to “winds at higher elevations.” Instead, Disneyland presented another showing of Wintertime Enchantment, the castle lighting ceremony and snow moment.
DCA Holidays
While Disneyland certainly gets more attention in comparison to Disney California Adventure, it’s the latter park that really offers the bulk of the holiday activities! DCA offers at least as much holiday decor as Disneyland (if not more), special attraction overlays, and an entire festival devoted to the holidays around the world. Here’s a look at what the holiday season holds at DCA!
Buena Vista Street is all decked out for the holidays. Plenty of garland and red ribbons can be found all throughout the area.
And the giant Christmas tree all lit up is a great way to say goodnight.
In other parts of the park, there are some seasonal activities to be found. For instance, there’s a meet-and-greet photo backdrop for characters from UP near Grizzly River Run.
Redwood Creek Challenge Trail has a light holiday overlay that converts it to Santa’s Holiday Visit, where guests can meet with Santa and play on Rudolph’s Reindeer Run.
Of course, there is no place in California Adventure that screams “Christmas is here!” more than Cars Land. Just like during the Halloween Season, there is no detail spared.
The holiday movie posters are missing near Mater’s. That was a similar situation for Halloween where the posters didn’t arrive until after the season already officially started.
The land looks spectacular at night.
The area where the ofrenda was set up in Ramone’s for Halloween has been blocked off. We’re not sure if that is a temporary fix or a semi-permanent change.
If the whole park were decorated with this level of dedication, it would be really incredible.
Festival of Holidays
The main draw to DCA for the last few months of the year is undoubtedly the Festival of Holidays. This festival takes a multicultural approach to celebrating the wintertime holidays and includes Christmas, Hannukah, Diwali, Kwanza, and more. These holidays are celebrated through a combination of food and entertainment.
There are 10 food booths (including the Black Panther celebration one that’s unofficially part of the festival) in total across DCA. Each booth offers a mix of sweet and savory items plus a variety of drinks (both alcoholic and not). The most cost-effective way to eat through the festival is to purchase a Sip & Savor pass ($59 for 8 tabs; $54 with Magic Key discount). These can be purchased at any festival cart and nearly any shop in DCA.
In recent memory, the Festival of Holidays was always a strong contender for the best festival at DCA. This year, we have mixed feelings about it. Nathan (our editor and resident foodie) and other MiceChat team members tried out all of the heavy hitters we suspected would be popular this year… and nothing was a standout.
Here are a few of the items Nathan and crew tried and their opinions:
We always used to advocate getting a Sip & Savor pass because there was always something good to eat. In Nathan’s honest opinion, he suggests buying a few items à la carte instead of locking yourself into a Sip & Savor pass. While the Festival of Holidays is centered around food, most of the food isn’t worth the high cost for the tiny portions this year.
This year’s festival food is mostly a mixed bag. If you’re looking for seasonal eats, we suggest looking outside of the festival. There’s a whole array of holiday food around the resort that aren’t part of the festival, and Nathan’s recommendation is to perhaps buy a festival dessert or two, but enjoy the holiday foods from the various resturants and bakeries instead. For a complete look at the food for the Festival of Holidays (and the rest of the Disneyland Resort) and Nathan’s thoughts about the food he’s tried thus far (someone has to take one for the team), take a look at the article below.
Season’s Eatings! The Complete Disneyland & Festival of Holidays Food Guide 2022
Aside from the food for the holiday, there’s also a diverse array of entertainment. This includes Mickey’s Happy Holidays Cavalcade which goes down the parade route and through Hollywood Blvd. As the name suggests, the cavalcade features Mickey and Friends along with several Pixar characters and the Holiday Toy Drummers. One of the best viewing areas for this show is right across from Award Wieners.
Most of the entertainment for Festival of Holidays happens on the main stage at Paradise Gardens Park (the World of Color viewing area), where you can see Blue 13 Dance Crew, Phat Cat Swingers, Tina and the Sounds of Celebration. In the evening, you can see the World of Color show: Season of Light.
Over at the Paradise Gardens Bandstand, you can enjoy a meal while watching performances from Adelaide Pilar, Dylan Carbone and the All Vibes Band, and The Wayu Band, pictured below.
Just outside of the Paradise Gardens, on the parade route, you can see the ¡Viva Navidad! Street Party. This is one of the most beautiful and stirring aspects of the Festival of Holidays.
For a look at the spectacle, MiceChat author Andy Castro shared this with us:
Black Panther Holiday
Happening concurrently with the holiday season is Disneyland’s celebration of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s theatrical release. Now through January 8, 2023, guests can learn more about the legacy of Black Panther through new character interactions, a food booth, and a special garden.
For those avoiding spoilers to Black Panther 2, you should probably try to stay out of Avengers Campus until you’ve seen the movie. One of the major character interactions is apparently a huge spoiler if you’re not up to date with the current MCU movie.
For the full details about Black Panther: Wakanda Forever celebration at DCA, read the article below.
A Black Panther Celebration for the Holidays at Disney California Adventure
While we’re still on the topic of Avengers Campus, we’ve heard reports of a returning character to the land! Last year around this time was when the Disney+ series Hawkeye was released, and to commemorate that show with a park tie-in there was a special stunt show for the holiday season. So if you missed out on seeing Hawkeye fight off the Tracksuit Mafia, you may get another chance this year!
Christmas Special Taping
In previous years, segments of the Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade special on ABC have been recorded during park hours and guests have been able to view the mini-concerts. This year, that’s all being done after hours. But you can see some of the lights and staging set up during park hours. There are actually multiple shows which are taping in the parks right now, including the Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve special. The parade will be taped during park hours sometime this week or next, but it will be mostly the same as the regular version.
Broken Windows
We’ve been tracking the broken animated windows on Main Street for months now. Peter Pan and Princess and the Frog are almost always turned off and dark, and sometimes Cinderella as well. This weekend the Frozen window was also out of order.
I’m hoping that these windows will be replaced for the Disney100 celebration in January.
Hotels of Disneyland
The lobby of the Grand Californian had not yet been decorated when we visited on Saturday. However, the holiday snack stand has been set up (it sells the Mickey gingerbread cookies as well as other baked treats and hot chocolate). The giant gingerbread house is currently under construction.
Meanwhile, Disneyland hotel construction continues. The building is now completely framed and lower levels are being enclosed.
Pixar Place Hotel is also an active construction site. And while Disneyland Hotel guests have to deal with noise from construction, Pixar Place Hotel guests also have to deal with a complete lack of services. Registration is currently located in a sad-looking hotel ballroom. All the resturants and lounges are closed, leaving guests only with vending machines to grab a snack or coffee.
for $400-$500 per night, this is the sort of luxury you can expect…
The outside of the building is very slowly being painted a light grey and black. Perhaps they are getting cold feet on this depressing color scheme.
Refurbishments
There are a handful of refurbishments currently underway. This section is a lot smaller than we’re used to seeing, especially since there’s little scheduled for upcoming refurbishments. There’s a lot that needs a little TLC (or a lot) at Disneyland these days, so we’re sure to see many refurbs added to the schedule once the holidays wrap up.
Currently Under Refurbishment:
- Tarzan’s Treehouse Transformation: (September 1st, 2021-2023)
- Mickey’s Toontown (March 9th, 2022-January 27th, 2023)
- Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!: (November 1st-18th)
- Indiana Jones Adventure: (November 14th-16th)
This attraction is in dire need of a total overhaul. We don’t expect to see major fixes during this short, 3-day refurb. That said, we’ll be riding it next week to see if any show conditions have improved. For our thoughts about the current status of the attraction, check out our Indiana Jones writeup in a recent Disneyland Blues section.
Where’s the Beef Christmas?
At long last, there are some decorations in Downtown Disney for the holidays. However, they’re extremely lackluster and incredibly sparse. After seeing the silletas for so long, we were looking forward to a holiday change of pace, but little can be found compared to previous years. Only one tree, no large garden displays, it’s all sort of pathetic… but hopefully the holiday displays are just delayed and not completely canceled as Halloween was in Disney’s shopping district.
As far as holiday decorations go, there’s a construction wall with holiday decals on it…
a large freestanding Christmas tree display with a snowman…
a photo op near Tortilla Jo’s for the latest Disney+ special The Santa Clauses.
So far, a few of the gardens have been replanted with winter-themed arrangements, but there are no decorations put up yet. It’s odd that the silletas came down the week of Halloween, and the resort had nearly two weeks to complete the transition to the holidays, but there are still remaining summer/fall decorations in Downtown Disney.
All of this is a major cutback from previous years— including from 2020 when the parks were still closed! Here’s a little of what Downtown Disney looked like last year:
If Disney isn’t planning on bringing some holiday cheer into Downtown Disney, they’re essentially keeping the holidays locked behind the paywall of its theme parks. Guests do notice cutbacks such as this, especially when every mall in the country does a better job than this of decorating. The thing that makes Disney special, and why people are willing to pay more for Disney offerings, is that Disney goes over the top to create things that other businesses just can’t do or don’t have the imagination to accomplish. But that’s not the case in Downtown Disney so far this year. Here’s hoping that there will be a holiday surprise in the near future.
Veterans Day
This past Friday, November 11, wasn’t just the official start to the holiday season at Disneyland, it was also Veterans Day. As you can imagine, the park was packed with people wanting to see Disneyland’s Christmas and also celebrate the holiday. To commemorate the occasion, Disneyland featured a special version of the flag retreat ceremony, where veterans were asked to stand on the steps to the Disneyland Train Station with the music broadcast throughout Main Street. To top it off, the ceremony concluded with low-level fireworks shot off from atop the Main Street buildings.
Inside the Opera House, there was also a collection of veteran-themed artwork.
Around the Parks
To finish off today’s Disneyland Update, we’ve got some beauty shots to share from our visit to the resort. We hope that you enjoy these!
We got to spend some time with Disneyland Ambassador Mark Everett King. He’s a really great guy and is passionate about this position.
Disneyana has a cute stock of Christmas ornaments and other art.
We’re big fans of Mickey’s new holiday outfit.
And we can never get tired of seeing Sleeping Beauty Castle dripping in lights.
We saw a few new holiday items at the Starbucks on Main Street. Anything catch your eye?
Small world is looking bright and cheery for the holidays. Even while looking for the hidden 25s, we could help ourselves from taking some pretty pictures.
Golden Hour at Disneyland is the most beautiful time of the day, especially with clouds around the resort.
Holiday Walkthrough
We know this was a lot of info to take in. So for those that are still a little confused about what they just read— or if you want to see the parks in a real-time setting, you can join me on this week’s tour of the parks. I’ll walk you through the Festival of Holidays and end on Main Street in Disneyland. You won’t want to miss this one.
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Let’s Hear from You
Today was another gargantuan Disneyland Update. It’s shaping up to be a wild holiday season for quite a few reasons. What do you think about Bob Chapek’s latest announcements about cutbacks and a hiring freeze? Are you excited to see the holidays in the parks? Do you have a trip to Disneyland planned this holiday season? What do you think about Disney skipping Halloween and so far Christmas in Downtown Disney? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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