Disneyland Christmas Events 2008
Discover the magical fun you can enjoy at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California!
Disneyland's holiday activities begin November 21, 2008! Enjoy Christmas at Disneyland Park during its most magical time of year! Be sure to visit this popular Anaheim theme park by January 4, 2009...because after that date, the Christmas decorations and attractions will be put away again until the 2009 holiday season arrives.On this page, you'll see a list of the Disneyland Christmas attractions, rides and events that you may enjoy when you visit Disneyland for the holidays in 2008.
One major attraction---the stunning "ice" laden version of Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle that you see in the picture to your left---made its debut last year in 2007.
Other attractions were repeated from previous years...because they're "crowd favorites" that people want to view again and again.
For 2008, there will likely be some new surprises to delight Disneyland visitors. Nevertheless, many of the same features that you see pictured here on this page will be returning for the Christmas 2008 season.List of Disneyland Christmas Attractions
Here's a quick summary of Disneyland Christmas activities. You'll discover more detailed information about each one of them as you read further down this page.
1.) HOLIDAY HAUNTED MANSION: Opening on September 26, 2008 will be the Christmas version of the Haunted Mansion...featuring Jack Skellington & friends from "Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas! The Holiday Haunted Mansion is an annual crowd-pleaser that guests may enjoy throughout both the Halloween and Christmas seasons.
2.) SMALL WORLD HOLIDAY: Another favorite annual attraction at Disneyland Park is the It's A Small World, Holiday version. You can see dolls representing every region of the globe decked out in holiday splendor. It's a Small World has been closed for refurbishments during almost ALL of 2008. The Small World ride will finally re-open on or about Saturday, November 29, 2008---just in time for you to enjoy its Christmas splendor!
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4.) DISNEY'S ELECTRICAL PARADE: The Disneyland Resort's Christmas celebration doesn't ONLY take place at the Disneyland Theme Park. There are also don't-miss activities at the Disney California Adventure Park, as well. The popular Disney Electrical Parade appears during the holiday season every year, to the delight of many devotees of this spectacle.
5.) SANTA'S BEACH BLAST AND MORE! Surfer Santa and surf music-style Christmas carols generally make their appearance daily during the holiday season at Disney's California Adventure. To see photos of Santa's Beach Blast, please visit the Santa's Beach Blast page of this website.
Holiday Haunted Mansion ride!
The "Nightmare Before Christmas" holiday version of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion ride is ALWAYS popular. Jack Skellington, Sally, and other characters from Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas take over the Haunted Mansion...and the results are amusing and delightful. More than a few fans of this ride think that the Holiday Haunted Mansion ride is even better than its "regular" version.Though many people visit this ride during October, November and December each year, you may not always find the lines here to be unbearable. That's because the Haunted Mansion moves a crowd through its doors rather quickly...at least "quickly" when compared with some other rides at Disneyland Park! Unless you see the line snaking through the mansion's front garden & heading out of the entrance gate, your waiting time should be tolerable.
You can find out more about the Nightmare Before Christmas version of the Disneyland's Haunted Mansion ride by visiting either the "Disneyland Halloween Events" or the Holiday Haunted Mansion Pictures pages of this website.
"It's A Small World" ride's holiday version!
The Holiday version of Disneyland's "It's A Small World" ride is beloved by many repeat theme park guests. And, how could it NOT be so? During the ride's "regular" version...which runs MOST of the year...the dolls, costumes and international decor featured inside this park-favorite are simply adorable! Add Christmas costumes and decorations...and you've got a "can't be beat" family attraction!Even if you ride "It's A Small World" during the daytime, be sure to stop back by this attraction after dark---this time, to view its exterior. Every evening, thousands of twinkling lights are lit up in the plaza area in front of the ride. It's a dazzling display!
This year, the ride has been closed since last Christmas for refurbishment. Expect especially long lines, since this ride has many fans who want to check it out in it's re-done splendor.
To see pictures of "It's a Small World" during the Christmas season, please visit the Small World Holiday pictures page of this website.
The fun "Santa's Reindeer Roundup" family activity
What's this attraction all about? "Santa's Reindeer Roundup" is a family-oriented activity area where kids can meet Santa and Mrs. Claus, make holiday crafts, and meet 'n greet costumed Disney Characters. Chip 'n Dale and a reindeer-costumed Pluto will rotate visits to Santa's Reindeer Roundup...and other characters have been known to make surprise visits on occasion, as well!
If you'd like to see Santa's Reindeer Roundup pictures, plus discover other details about this fun family Christmas attraction, please visit the Santa's Reindeer Roundup page of this website!
Disneyland Christmas Parade!
For some guests, the parades at Disneyland Park form the "heart" of their visit!
The Christmas parade...this year called "A Christmas Fantasy," never fails to deliver what parade lovers love seeing!
You'll see Mickey and Minnie, Donald and Daisy...and all the rest of your Disney character "favorites," plus some of the lesser-seen costumed characters, as well. Naturally, all the characters and floats will be themed with the winter holiday season first and foremost in mind.
Santa Claus brings up the rear of the parade! Waving to the crowd from high atop his attractive float, Santa's appearance brings a smile to the faces of young and old alike.
Can kids meet Santa at Disneyland Park? Yes, they can! At Disneyland, they should head to the Santa's Reindeer Roundup area of the park, where Santa Claus has his own special meeting & greeting room. Photos will be taken by Disneyland staff, which are available for purchase. Or, you may snap your own pictures "free of charge."
Or, if you're heading to Disney's California Adventure Park, Santa Claus meets 'n greets guests of all ages at Santa's Beach Blast, a lively California-style holiday celebration. From time to time, Santa even joins in on the action, dancing with guests in the crowd!
FOR MORE PARADE PICTURES and information, please visit the Disney Christmas Parade page of this website.
Disneyland Castle's Snow and icicles!
Last year, a brand new entertainment attraction debuted!
Beginning Christmas 2007, the Disneyland Castle began to be dressed in snow and icicles throughout the holiday season!
By day, the icicles are visible...but not very prominent. How differently they look after nighttime falls!
However, to build the visitor's suspense, the castle's Christmas lighting is not turned on all in one single moment! Instead, the Sleeping Beauty Castle is lighted in stages. In the picture of the Christmas Disneyland Castle to your right, only part of the special lighting effects have been turned on. As the evening progresses, the castle receives its full lighting effects---and how splendidly it gleams! (You can see a picture of the Disneyland Castle at Christmas--with ALL of its lights aglow & icicles glimmering--in the photo at the top of this page.
Before each lighting of the castle, a special ceremony takes place. This new entertainment attraction is a bit hard to describe. Imagine it to be similar to a 3-act play...only with each of the three acts spaced out a bit. And, unlike a play, you won't see actors...you'll hear a sound track and see special effects.
--"Act 1" of the performance is called "When You Wish." It involves the onlookers hearing a child's wishing for snow...and then seeing flurries dart about the sky. Sleeping Beauty's Castle gets into the act as well: artful lighting makes the rooftops look as if they've been dusted by freshly fallen flakes.
--"Act 3" is entitled "When You Believe." This segment of the show follows Disneyland's Christmas fireworks display, "Believe...in Holiday Magic." The stunning seasonal fireworks show is a nighttime extravaganza works the crowd in a state of awe---which is capped by the playing of "White Christmas" and the "When You Believe" segment. Snow falls once again...and this time no lighting effects are held back. The entire Disneyland Castle seems as if it will burst with the energy of its brilliance! It dazzles and twinkles in the night air. Surely, this is the time when this beloved castle appears more beautiful than it ever has in its entire history.
What if you're not anywhere near the Disneyland Castle during one of the "snow moments?" Head to either the "It's a Small World" ride in Fantasyland OR to the riverfront in New Orleans Square. Snow falls in these locations, as well, during the Snow Moments.
Disneyland Christmas Fireworks
Most nights during the Christmas holiday season, you'll be able to view a special fireworks display called "Believe...in Holiday Magic!"
As Disneyland fireworks displays always are, the fireworks show will be "choreographed" to fit a musical soundtrack...a score filled with holiday tunes and Disney movie favorites. And at the end of the show? You can experience snowfall! (But only in certain locations throughout the theme park.)
If you'd like to see pictures and learn more about the Disneyland Park locations where you can experience BOTH the fireworks show AND the snow flurries afterwards, please visit the Disney Fireworks & Snow page of this website.
The magical decor at Disneyland Park
Crowds would flock to see Disneyland Park at Christmas time even if there were NO special events at all---simply to view the theme park's stunning holiday decor!Every year Disneyland's park planners try to "outdo themselves" over the year before...and, "impossible" as that job may be, they always manage to succeed! It certainly does seem like each passing Christmas season at Disneyland Park just gets better and better!
ALL areas of Disneyland Park sport holiday decor during November and December, but 3 of Disneyland Park's themed areas stand out in particular. These three area are Main Street USA, New Orleans Square, and Mickey's Toontown.
Main Street USA's "job" is to overwhelm visitors with holiday cheer and spirit as they first enter Disneyland Park...and Main Street certainly DOES succeed at doing that! You'll certainly NEVER forget what season it is on Main Street---you can't! Every lamp post is festively adorned. Christmas boughs...lights...ornaments...they're EVERYWHERE.
Main Street's many stores are stuffed to the seams with all types of heart-warming Christmas merchandise...from the cute, to the nostalgic, to the simply elegant. You could spend your whole day simply browsing through the creative wares for sale in the shops on Main Street (and all the other stores throughout Disneyland Park, as well!)
If you wanted to, you could find a suitable holiday gift for EVERYONE on your list...without ever leaving Disneyland Park! The variety is mind-boggling...and the prices are no more expensive in the shops of Main Street than if you headed towards your local shopping mall!
New Orleans Square is the place to head to view Disneyland Park's most elegant Christmas decorations. And, for those who must attend the park before the heart of the Christmas season sets in, New Orleans Square is usually the first of the "lands" to receive it's glitzy holiday "look."
For the best in whimsical Christmas decor, head to Mickey's Toontown. There, you'll see the results of what surely must have been a contest---a contest by the Imagineers to create the zaniest and most humorous decor in the park!
Pictures of Christmas at Disneyland!
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In the www.Slide.com Widget to your above, you're looking at nighttime pictures of Disneyland's Christmas Decorations. These are some of the photos I took during the 2007 holiday season at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California.
All of these photos feature the beautiful evening Christmas lights at Disneyland theme park. They represent 3 different themed "lands" of the park...New Orleans Square, Main Street, and Toon Town (where you'll see Minnie and Mickey Mouse's Christmas lights on their homes!)
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