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• Page Number: 1
  

  There is now a preferred parking option at Disneyland. They had the first 20 spots of the 4 or 5 rows closest the escalators blocked off on each floor.
  An overview of the Star Wars construction from the Mickey and Friends Parking Structure.
  A check of the Star Wars themed-land construction.
  

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  Not a lot of visible progress on the backstage building since Saturday.
  Now panning to the right across the site.
  

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  More forms up as the wall stretches closer to Critter Country.
  

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  A closer look toward Critter Country.
  Support steel for the rock work sticking above the concrete.
  

• Page Number: 6
  

  Another wall going up parallel to the marina.
  The entrance tunnel from Fantasyland.
  

• Page Number: 7
  

  A closer look at the new wall going up.
  Rock work is visible over the dirt now. That rock work is along the Big Thunder Trail and entrances to the Star Wars area.
  

• Page Number: 8
  

  Looks like utilities and conduit going under the path the train will take as it exits Critter Country.
  

• Page Number: 9
  

  A closer look at the marina area.
  Several crews working on the show building nearest the structure.
  

• Page Number: 10
  

  Trenches for footers near Disneyland Drive.
  Steel for the rock work waiting to be installed
  

• Page Number: 11
  

  Today they were pouring more of the footers.
  A closer look at the bridge for the train.
  

• Page Number: 12
  

  The mound of dirt is almost gone now.
  A closer look where they are pouring the concrete.
  

• Page Number: 13
  

  Looks like they reopened one of the trenches for the utility work.
  What appears to be a curb taking shape.
  

• Page Number: 14
  

  The preferred parking area on the roof. Only one car in it when I arrived.
  The preferred spots on the 5th floor were maybe 1/2 filled.
  

• Page Number: 15
  

  The dirt between the two retaining walls looks like it is going to be the buffer between Star Wars and Fantasyland.
  Looks like some asphalt has been laid for a portion of the new perimeter road.
  

• Page Number: 16
  

  Clean up work underway at the tram stop construction site.
  The new tram way is still covered.
  Painting over the stripes.
  

• Page Number: 17
  

  Hosing down the area.
  Looking at the tram stop. Will be interesting to see what happens here. I was surprised the asphalt was not all removed to redo the area.
  

• Page Number: 18
  

  Here you can see where the trams will exit the structure. And a portion of the planter that was removed and asphalt put in its place.
  Nothing to note from the tram route.
  No visible progress on the old House of Blues.
  

• Page Number: 19
  

  No banners in Downtown Disney.
  A sign up, guessing to inform guests of the parks at capacity. It just said welcome on Wednesday.
  Only two attractions listed as closed.
  

• Page Number: 20
  

  Peak pricing in effect.
  No real crowds to enter either park this afternoon.
  In Disneyland they had a rope up and several cast members to separate entrance and exit traffic.
  

• Page Number: 21
  

  Early preparations underway for the Candlelight. Some lights on the roof tops. The ceremony is next weekend.
  The Town Square Christmas Tree
  Disneyland Band on Main Street USA
  

• Page Number: 22
  

  Balloons blocking my view of Sleeping Beauty Castle.
  Turning around a look toward Town Square.
  Disneyland waits at 1:20pm
  

• Page Number: 23
  

  Just a few guests on the Big Thunder Trail this afternoon.
  The trees do too good of a job blocking the construction.
  

• Page Number: 24
  

  Some rock work visible over the fence.
  A quick look through the fence.
  

• Page Number: 25
  

  Holiday cotton candy.
  

• Page Number: 26
  

  A couple riggers on board the Columbia this afternoon, but no real visible progress.
  No visible progress on the island.
  The Mark Twain sitting in port.
  

• Page Number: 27
  

  A better view of the workers.
  More steel in place as they get ready to install the rock work along the Rivers of America.
  From this angle the wall looks almost finished.
  

• Page Number: 28
  

  Looking through the fence.
  

• Page Number: 29
  

  The future walkway on the left.
  Work continues on the trestle.
  Winnie the Pooh Christmas decorations
  

• Page Number: 30
  

  Splash Mountain Christmas decorations.
  Santa ready for his next visitor.
  

• Page Number: 31
  

  Holiday popcorn bucket.
  The renovation work in New Orleans Square has wrapped up.
  

• Page Number: 32
  

  A crowd moving through New Orleans Square.
  Ahh.. Jack and Sally making their way through New Orleans Square from their photo location.
  Christmas decorations in New Orleans Square.
  

• Page Number: 33
  

  The crowd on the left is the Pirates queue.
  Christmas decorations at Tropical Imports
  

• Page Number: 34
  

• Page Number: 35
  

  A Moana meet and greet is set up near the Jungle Cruise Exit/Oasis. In the courtyard the Aladdin group usually uses.
  

• Page Number: 36
  

  Moana was not there when I walked by.
  

• Page Number: 37
  

  Paint the Night dinner options.
  

• Page Number: 38
  

  The Toy Soldiers were in A Christmas Fantasy Parade today. They were just about to wrap up their march when I arrived in Town Square.
  Exiting Disneyland and heading for DCA.
  Buena Vista Street decorations and windows.
  

• Page Number: 39
  

  Santa has moved into Redwood Creek
  And his elves have decorated the area.
  

• Page Number: 40
  

  A map showing the holiday activities.
  Plenty of signs to help you find the queue for Santa
  

• Page Number: 41
  

  A guest book right before meeting the big guy.
  Santa is in the small theater, so getting a clear picture of him without waiting in line was a challenge.
  A slightly better angle. Now if I would only pay attention to focus..
  

• Page Number: 42
  

  The trails were not crowded.
  A photo op along the trail.
  

• Page Number: 43
  

  Santas area from the other side.
  

• Page Number: 44
  

  Thought this was a nice detail. carrots and a landing strip on the roof for the reindeer.
  Random presents around the area. You can use the colors and letters to decode a message in the activity sheet.
  

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  No reindeer but spotted this deer that looks to have wandered over from the Rivers of America.
  The landing strip from the air.
  

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  Jingle Bridge
  

• Page Number: 48
  

  Decorations on the Fly With the Reindeer.
  

• Page Number: 49
  

  The reindeer all face forward though.. from this side they do not look that good.
  

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• Page Number: 51
  

  The Camp Notices board features pictures of the elves.
  

• Page Number: 52
  

  Walking through the Festival of Holidays, the marketplaces were not busy this afternoon. This was around 2:30.
  

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  Guests looking at the menus and talking but not many ordering.
  More cast members than guests at many of the booths.
  

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  One of several merchandise carts.
  

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  A line at this marketplace.
  Guests at the arts and crafts area.
  

• Page Number: 57
  

  The walkway had a good number of guests.
  found the Stilt Circus performers near a Bugs Land.
  

• Page Number: 58
  

  Scaffolding still being installed at the Tower of Terror.
  Wendell out greeting guests.
  

• Page Number: 59
  

  Liverlips coming out to join him. It is great seeing the bears out. Too bad they do not perform anymore in Anaheim. I had to go to Tokyo to see their Christmas show! (Which by the way is great to see the Country Bears sing Christmas songs in Japanese!!)
  Passing through Carthay Circle
  Hollywood Blvd.
  

• Page Number: 60
  

  Decorations up in the Hollywood Studios area and the construction walls are gone.
  A sign letting you know characters are out
  The Doctor Strange preview is gone, so the Sunset theater is dark.
  

• Page Number: 61
  

  Looks like Beauty and the Beast is up next.
  Where the stage used to be and before that a fountain. Now just a bare patch of concrete.
  

• Page Number: 62
  

  Found the character the sign was pointing to. Sully was out.
  Holiday weekend and only three shows a day scheduled for Frozen.
  Another look at the current state of the Tower of Terror
  

• Page Number: 63
  

  Cars Land. The fountain was off again at the Cozy Cone.
  

• Page Number: 64
  

  Mostly Kosher is one of seven groups performing as part of Festival of Holidays on Friday.
  They were at the Sonoma Terrace
  

• Page Number: 65
  

  The Wharf has the same decorations as last year.
  A quick look into Ornament Valley as the sun was getting lower in the sky.
  

• Page Number: 66
  

  RAISE performing at the Pacific Wharf Stage during Festival of Holidays.
  

• Page Number: 67
  

  A video clip of RAISE.
  

• Page Number: 68
  

  A Christmas buoy in the retaining pool.
  Blue13 Dance Company performing in Paradise Park.
  

• Page Number: 69
  

  I left the performance early to go find a spot for Princess Elena.
  I guess I did not leave early enough. Ran into a wall of guests waiting for her arrival. That is what I get for showing up just before show time.
  I had to work myself around to find a good line of sight.. I really miss the Tokyo rules of nothing above your head.
  

• Page Number: 70
  

  Princess Elena arriving.
  

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  She performs on her float as well as part of one number on the ground.
  

• Page Number: 73
  

  A couple video clips of Princess Elenas Musical Grand Arrival.
  Near the finale kids are invited up to be part of the show.
  

• Page Number: 74
  

  The three caballeros were out for photos, but I did not have time to stop and see them or wait for a clear picture (had my dinner and was looking for a table).
  Receipts in the area feature Festival of Holidays on them.
  After eating found a spot for Viva Navidad!
  

• Page Number: 75
  

  The show is the same as last year.. which is great!
  

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• Page Number: 78
  

  One change is the updated Mickey and Minnie characters this year.
  Donald waving goodbye.
  

• Page Number: 79
  

  Minnie Mouse
  Today the Corn Dog Castle queue was set up out front vs wrapping down the side.
  Marketplaces were still quiet and it was 4:30pm now.
  

• Page Number: 80
  

  Blue13 Dance Company out again as I walked by.
  

• Page Number: 81
  

  A video clip of the Blue13 Dance Company
  Sunset this evening.
  

• Page Number: 82
  

  A fair number of guests moving around this evening.
  Passed by Cars Land as the lights were coming on for the evening.
  

• Page Number: 83
  

  Shaker was out this time as I walked by the Country Bear photo spot.
  Made it to Buena Vista Street for the Tree Lighting.
  

• Page Number: 84
  

  Do not blink or you miss the lighting this year. It clocked in well under a minute and was disappointing compared to the production number of the past few years.
  A video of the Buena Vista Street Holiday Tree Lighting (which happens at 4:55pm nightly).
  

• Page Number: 85
  

  DCA waits as of 5:00pm
  Wendell heading to the photo location.
  

• Page Number: 86
  

  Stopped by for a second Viva Navidad! this time under the lights with a better view.
  

• Page Number: 87
  

  Video clip from the finale of Viva Navidad!
  Around 5:30pm
  

• Page Number: 88
  

  Blue13 Dance Company out again.. seems they were every time I walked by.
  Hanukkah merchandise on a cart.
  And a craft area.
  

• Page Number: 89
  

  Buena Vista Street Christmas Tree
  Main Street USA Christmas Tree
  Main Street USA
  

• Page Number: 90
  

  A closer look at the tree.
  

• Page Number: 91
  

  Paint the Night approaching Town Square.
  

• Page Number: 92
  

  Mike on the back of the float.
  Mack rolling toward Town Square.
  

• Page Number: 93
  

  A video clip of the Toy Story section of Paint the Night.
  

• Page Number: 94
  

  Donald Duck in Paint the Night
  Minnie Mouse in Paint the Night
  

• Page Number: 95
  

  Mickey Mouse in Paint the Night
  The green lights held by Cast Members marked my path up Main Street. It seemed a majority of guests along the parade route were exiting after the parade.
  

• Page Number: 96
  

  Wait times at 7:11pm
  Looking back toward Town Square.
  The Partners Statue and Sleeping Beauty Castle
  

• Page Number: 97
  

  Sleeping Beauty Castle
  Tomorrowland
  

• Page Number: 98
  

  Ready for the Winter Castle Transformation.
  After the transformation the snow is lit.
  

• Page Number: 99
  

  Sleeping Beauty Winter Castle Transformation happens twice nightly. At 7:30 and 8:30. Here is a video of the 7:30pm transformation.
  Small World Holiday lit up for the holidays.
  

• Page Number: 100
  

  On most quarter hours after the clock sequence a short projection show occurs. Here is a video of this years (seems the same as last year).
  

• Page Number: 101
  

  Walked through Toontown.
  

• Page Number: 102
  

  The Christmas lights around the center were not lit this evening.
  Mickeys House
  Back to Small World with the plan to see the projection show from this angle (but it did not run)
  

• Page Number: 103
  

  Walked through Tomorrowland.
  

• Page Number: 104
  

  The Astro Blasters sign was not on this evening.
  Back to Main Street for the second transformation. The lights were still on.
  

• Page Number: 105
  

  Main Street USA
  The lights were turned off a few minutes before show time.
  Show time for the 8:30pm transformation and snow.
  

• Page Number: 106
  

• Page Number: 107
  

  A video of the second transformation of Sleeping Beautys Winter Castle.
  Next up a visit to the Enchanted Tiki Room
  

• Page Number: 108
  

  Strolled through New Orleans Square.
  

• Page Number: 109
  

  Disneyland Wait times at 9:05pm.
  Found a spot for Believe in Holiday Magic just as they played the 15 min announcement and warning that it may be cancelled due to winds.
  

• Page Number: 110
  

  Luckily it went off as planned.
  This year projections on the castle were used throughout the show.
  And the spotlights from behind the castle. Nothing along Main Street though.
  

• Page Number: 111
  

  The projects did not photograph well from all the way down the street.
  

• Page Number: 112
  

  During the snow fall the Christmas lights did not come back on.
  

• Page Number: 113
  

  Just the tree was on and white.
  Made my way over to DCA just before closing.
  

• Page Number: 114
  

  Opted for a space in the Stand By area vs using my Yellow FastPass for World of Color.
  Show time.
  

• Page Number: 115
  

  Images were projected on the Screamin Loop, nothing on the Fun Wheel tonight.
  

• Page Number: 116
  

  Traditional Christmas songs and Disney film clips.. how can you go wrong.
  

• Page Number: 117
  

  A video clip from this sequence.
  

• Page Number: 118
  

• Page Number: 119
  

  The Goofy Lighting segment was great.
  

• Page Number: 120
  

• Page Number: 121
  

  Feliz Navidad segment.
  3D bubble printing again for the finale.
  

• Page Number: 122
  

• Page Number: 123
  

  Video of the finale number for World of Color Season of Light.
  

• Page Number: 124
  

  Disneyland Drive was backed up as I was leaving, just after 11pm.