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- 11:20am - Parked on the Monsters Inc level of the Pixar Pals Parking structure today.
- Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Chip N Dale decorating a tree near the tram stop.
- Chip N Dale
- 11:38am - Arrived at Disneyland
- The Candlelight Ceremony takes place next weekend. Preparations are underway in Town Square.
- The Main Street Train Station
- The horses have their traditional jingle bells.
- Town Square Christmas Tree
- Main Street USA
- 11:42am - Main Street USA at Disneyland
- Video: Disneyland Horse-Drawn Street Car Jingle Bells
- Tiana's Bayou Adventure status
- 11:47am - Disneyland wait times
- 11:47am - Disneyland wait times
- Popcorn bucket offerings. I did not see any of the houses though, plenty of Mickeys around.
- Moana 2 merchandise in Adventureland
- Moana 2 food offering at Bengal Barbecue
- Picked up a virtual queue spot for World of Color Season of Light. Noticed Tiana's queue filled nearly instantly. Several guests around me were excited to get a group, did hear a few groups groan as they failed.
- The Little Man of Disneyland has decorated for Christmas
- The Mark Twain Riverboat on the Rivers of America this afternoon
- New Orleans Square
- Stopped by the Golden Horseshoe. All quiet on the stage with no entertainment on the schedule.
- A Horse-Drawn Street Car in the hub
- Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland
- Video: Disneyland Band joined by Mickey & Friends for a march to Town Square
- The Disneyland Band performing.
- Mickey and Friends join the Disneyland Band
- The group sets off for Town Square
- The march making its way toward Town Square
- Once in Town Square the Dapper Dans performed You've Got a Friend in Me
- Pixie Hollow is still closed for renovation.
- it's a small world holiday 25 min wait (the app said 15 but by the time I got there it was longer)
- What the 25 min looked like.
- The snow flakes have been removed from the ground leading to the theatre
- The crowd or lack of crowd this afternoon in the theatre
- A couple of performers leading a sing along on the stage
- Video: A clip of the sing-along finale featuring some snow fall.
- Troubadour Tavern has a few decorations
- Walked through Black Spire Outpost. Some Life Day ornaments
- A Life Day bucket
- Passing through Bayou Country
- Strollers line the walkway leading to Bayou Country. They are not allowing them past the Hungry Bear.
- No indications of when the new gift shop will be opening. The exterior looks the same.
- Interesting the small construction wall on the left is still there.
- The new queue for the Haunted Mansion has opened.
- Guests funneling into the new queue.
- The posted wait was 50 minutes. With the new queue it is hard to tell but it it looked longer so I opted not to wait.
- Passing through Magnolia Park
- A look at the new queue from the perimeter
- This is the exit path for the accessibility elevator.
- The elevator door (the one on the right)
- The Disneyland Railroad from the new walkway
- The Adventureland walls are still up if anyone is wondering. There have been no visible signs of progress in months.
- 1:19pm - Main Street USA
- The Dapper Dans in Town Square
- Video: Dapper Dans of Disneyland performing Carol of the Bells
- No indication of when the new store will be opening.
- Stopped by Disney's Grand Californian Hotel to check out the Christmas decorations
- The tree in the lobby of the Grand Californian Hotel.
- There is entertainment in the evening. No indication of which groups just set times posted.
- The 2024 gingerbread house in Disney's Grand Californian Hotel lobby.
- Information about the 2024 gingerbread house
- The counter near by has an assortment of treats to choose from
- The back side of the gingerbread house
- Time to look for some of the 25 hidden Mickeys.
- The piano player played a variety of songs while I was in the lobby from traditional Christmas to Disney to the Imperial March from Star Wars.
- The Grand Californian Hotel driveway decorations
- Walked over to the Pixar Place Hotel
- Some Pixar Christmas trees
- Trees flank the entrance
- Bing Bong was inside greeting guests
- There area a number of Christmas trees decorated for different Pixar films throughout the lobby area. No large tree. This is a Toy Story tree
- Bing Bong
- An Inside Out Tree
- Garland representing several films circles the area
- Monsters Inc Tree
- Luca Tree
- Coco Tree
- Cars Tree
- Bing Bong hanging out in the lobby
- Finding Nemo tree
- Luca Tree
- Wall-E Tree
- Ratatouille Tree
- Finding Nemo Tree
- The Incredibles Tree
- Soul Tree
- On the second floor there is an Inside Out 2 exhibit
- Looking down.
- Inside Out tree
- Where the new Earl of Sandwich is being built.
- Passing by Downtown Disney.
- Last stop on the Hotel tour.. the Disneyland Hotel.
- The Fantasy Tower lobby
- No decorations in the planters this year
- Where you can meet Santa
- The Broken Spell Lounge
- Goofy's Kitchen
- Tangaroa Terrace
- Discovery Tower Lobby
- Frontier Tower Lobby
- Frontier Tower Christmas Tree
- Downtown Disney Entrance as I walked toward the Adventure Tower
- The Adventure Tower lobby
- Only one tree in the lobby this year
- Entering Downtown Disney.
- The exterior of Parkside Market is nearing completion.
- Umbrellas on the 2nd floor patio
- Walls down from the two new shops to the right
- The new D-Lander shop has soft opened today. On the left the Avengers Reserve store will be opening soon.
- The Avengers Reserve
- The D-Lander Shop
- Walking by Parkside Market
- LEGO attraction posts at the LEGO Store
- 2:49pm - Making my way to Downtown Disney
- 2:52pm - Disney California Adventure wait times
- No queue for Flo's this afternoon
- The view from my table at Flo's
- Some Christmas decorations up in Avengers Campus. I did not make a show so not sure if they switched to the Christmas show.
- Clara Cluck
- Moana was meeting guests in Hollywood Land
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- Joy performing at Disney Festival of Holidays
- Video: Joy performing at Disney Festival of Holidays
- Picked up a virtual queue spot for Tiana's Bayou Adventure. Was curious how fast the disappeared.. which was nearly instantly.
- Festival of Holidays crafts area
- Kealiʻi O Nālani & Daniel Ho
- Story Time with Deadpool Holiday Special
- Video: Story Time With Deadpool Holiay Special - A Christmas Carol
- Santa Sulley buckets are still available throughout the park
- Mickey's Happy Holidays
- Mr. Incredible and Frozone
- Woody and Bo Beep
- Woody
- Cars Land
- Sarges
- Cozy Cone
- Flo's V-8 Cafe
- Route 66 in Cars Land
- The Cozy Cone
- Fillmores
- 5:15pm - The Secret Agents performing at Disney Festival of Holidays
- Video: The Secret Agents performing at Disney Festival of Holidays - Several clips from the 5:15pm set.
- Le Ballet Dembaya Performing at Disney Festival of Holidays
- Video: Le Ballet Dembaya Performing at Disney Festival of Holidays
- Passed by A Musical Christmas with Mariachi Alegría de Disneyland & Miguel!
- Video: The Wayu Band performing at Disney Festival of Holidays
- The Wayu Band
- 6:30pm - The Secret Agents performing at Disney Festival of Holidays
- Video: The Secret Agents performing at Disney Festival of Holidays (6:30pm set clips)
- Actually received a notification that my Tiana group was called.
- Buena Vista Street Christmas Tree
- 7:10pm - Returning to Disneyland
- Stopped by the Disney Gallery to pick up the Magic Key Moana 2 print
- Magic Key Passholder Moana 2 print
- Main Street USA
- 7:20pm - Virtual Queue status
- 7:20pm - Disneyland Wait times
- 7:20pm - Disneyland Wait times
- Main Street USA
- 7:30 - Winter Time Enchantment at Sleeping Beauty's Winter Castle
- Disney Holiday Dance Party at Tomorrowland Terrace
- it's a small world Holiday
- Main Street USA
- Returning to Disney California Adventure
- 8:30pm - Found a spot for World of Color Season of Light
- Moana 2 Preshow for World of Color
- 9:00pm - Time for World of Color - Season of Light
- I left right after the Goofy decorating segment.
- 9:24pm - Returning to Disneyland
- 9:26pm - Found a spot for Believe in Holiday Magic on Main Street USA
- Believe in Holiday Magic
- Video: Believe in Holiday Magic Finale
- 9:50pm - On a tram back to the parking structure
- Seems Google lost track of me today a number of times. My hotel visits and Galaxy's edge loop are not shown on the map for some reason.