Trip Report Christmas theme in DLP November '13

Hi All,

as told in a short pre-trip report we were in DLP last weekend (November 22nd - November 24th). I hope you all enjoy this trip report with a lot of pictures of our trip.

This time we were with the three of us. Me (Michel, 42), my wife (Ria, 43) and our daugther (Sacha, 16).

We departed (4 in the morning) from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on the 22nd to be in DLP around 9 in the morning. First thing to do was the Mickey Salon. Here you can come in if you are a member of the shareholders club of DLP. Once a day you may come in to enjoy a cup of coffee or tea and 2 snacks. It's open from 9 until 12 every day.

First some pictures from the inside of Salon Mickey! On the inside it looks like one of that old rooms were men smokes cigares like in the 20's of the last century!

A statue of Walt himself!

The smile says enough Feel like comming home

Some pictures on the wall inside Salon Mickey

The time is on our side

One of the snacks was a blueberry muffin!

 

[Laurenciaa]

OH DLP, your pictures are very nice ! Not the usual pictures everybody takes at DLRP! 22 more days and I'm there too ! Wondering if I should make a TR for our fellow American/European forum readers

 

[Laurenciaa]

btw I am impatiently waiting for your PTR about WDW !

 

[coachwnh]

OH DLP, your pictures are very nice ! Not the usual pictures everybody takes at DLRP! 22 more days and I'm there too ! Wondering if I should make a TR for our fellow American/European forum readers

Yes!!! TR please!

 

[Laurenciaa]

Yes!!! TR please!

haha alrighty then !

 

[FlaggNL]

OH DLP, your pictures are very nice ! Not the usual pictures everybody takes at DLRP! 22 more days and I'm there too ! Wondering if I should make a TR for our fellow American/European forum readers

Thanks for the reply and the compliment. Consider us as not the usual everybody LOL! But we take pictures just as we like, for the ppl with TR's about American parks there are a lot of food pictures, which is very nice btw, but in DLP we mostly don't go to the bigger restaurants, so the food pics we could take are very common. Next time we will try to take more food pictures. Wow 22 days and counting...... great! We will be in DLP later this year, but no date yet. First planning our WDW trip for October. Don't have the exact date yet, so for us it is at least 273 and at the most 281 days and couting down

And yeah, absolutely make a TR, I know a lot of ppl here love to see more from DLP. And I am curious about how you do your trip and off course the pictures

 

[FlaggNL]

btw I am impatiently waiting for your PTR about WDW !

I will start one soon, first finish this TR, and we have a lot of pictures left

 

[Laurenciaa]

Thanks for the reply and the compliment. Consider us as not the usual everybody LOL! But we take pictures just as we like...

Haha oh now it looks like I think you guys are not the usual family *facepalm* Sorry for that !! Yeah I think my father will make reservations at the California Grill.. He is a real "Gourmand" ( okay I am too ) and likes good food But probably no pictures from the Park food.. I already know I will take some fries and some chicken nuggets or a burger

 

[FlaggNL]

No offense I just laughed about it We also like good food, but in our opinion the price quality difference is there... and we are in DLP a couple of times a year and well better to pay for merchandise than for food

 

[FlaggNL]

In the next couple of pictures some details of attractions or buildings in DLP.

(Lancelot's Carousel, Fantasyland)

(Mad Hatter's Tea Cups, Fantasyland)

(It's a Small World, Fantasyland)

(Pizzaria Bella Nota, Fantasyland)

(Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast, Discoveryland)

(Orbitron, Discoveryland)

(Café Hyperion, Discoveryland)

(Space Mountain, Discoveryland)

Me in Discoveryland

 

[FlaggNL]

I am almost at the end of the regular chronological pictures. But after that a lot of more pictures taken on different days in the parks.

On our way to Star Tours (Still the old fashioned one, so no 3D version yet) we found Wall-E

Inside Star Trader

Hakuna Matata is always one of our favorite fast food places, this is the menu:

To be honest, the next picture is not us, but probably one of the best pictures I saw to capture the beauty of the castle and the fully lighted christmas tree. Don't know who took the picture, but I wanted to share it with you!

One of the highlights of the November trip was the Christmas Dreams show. There is a lot of discussion on several websites about the closing show. Not many people seems to like the Christmas version of Disney Dreams (What is absolutely the best closing the day show for all Disney Parks in the world, in my opinion ) I have to say I like Christmas Dreams, but also prefer the 'normal' Disney Dreams. I guess it's mostly because the Frozen charactar is the leading character in the show and by the time we watched the show, Frozen was not in cinemas in Europe yet. So it felt a little bit unknown.

The official picture from a Disney email:

I let you decide for yourself. First the 'normal' Disney Dreams and second the Christmas version. Enjoy!

The original Dreams show:



The changed Dreams show with new additions and the Disney Ears addition:



The Christmas Dreams show:



In the next couple of days I will post the finale series of pictures Enjoy the TR and feel free to comment

 

[FlaggNL]

Hello again for the rest of the TR there are 'lost' pictures I found later and not in chronological order Hope you still enjoy!

Outside Alice's Curious Labyrinth Ria took some pictures of me... looking very tiny

Some more pictures of the Christmas Cavalcade!

Even when it's later on the day and darkness falls in there is still a long line for Lancelot's Carousel.

 

[FlaggNL]

More 'lost' pictures.

Two beautiful paitings in the art shop in Disney Village.

The Dumbo sign at day and night.

Finally some food pictures from DLP, although they are not that DLP...since Earls is the same as in WDW I guess

Off course Merlin's sword is also in DLP and just like the early days Sacha still can't get it out

What's a day without Starbucks

 

[FlaggNL]

Nothing is better than the Magic hours in DLP, entering the park at 0800 with our annual passes.... an almost empty DLP!

5 minutes wait time for Peter Pan..... almost unbelievable

As you can see we are just 15 minutes in DLP that morning

 

[FlaggNL]

And there it is the final pictures from our DLP november '13 trip.......

Found some more shave pictures!

Sacha is having fun in Mad Hatter's Tea Cup

The Christmas tree inside DLP Hotel.

Tink on the front door of DLP Hotel.

Two more pictures from the new tree on Town Square.

And well..... when arriving in Paris for DLP my thought was, let's take a picture to open the TR when I am at home.... and I forgot... so I end this TR with the we are at home picture!!

Hope you all enjoyed this TR about DLP. In the future there will be much more TRs from DLP, cause it was absolutely not our final trip to DLP. Also there wil be a PTR soon! October '14 will be devistating magical! WDW for the first time for Ria and Sacha and my second, only 24 yrs ago

Take care you all, and have a magical time.. wherever you are.... home, work, WDW, Disney Cruise, Hong Kong, Shanghai, California or even the moon

 

[Lyear]

Just had a chance to read through your report. First one I had read from DLP. Loved it. The DLP castle is beautiful, I love the hillside they landscaped into it. And the photos from the inside were amazing. One day I'd love to get over there to experience it.

It was odd, at first, seeing everyone walking around a Disney Park in winter coats, but I guess DLP does get colder than the two U.S. Parks.

I hope October comes quickly for you.

 

[mousefreak]

I am almost at the end of the regular chronological pictures. But after that a lot of more pictures taken on different days in the parks.

On our way to Star Tours (Still the old fashioned one, so no 3D version yet) we found Wall-E

View attachment 43378


View attachment 43379


View attachment 43380

Inside Star Trader

View attachment 43381

Hakuna Matata is always one of our favorite fast food places, this is the menu:

View attachment 43382


View attachment 43383

To be honest, the next picture is not us, but probably one of the best pictures I saw to capture the beauty of the castle and the fully lighted christmas tree. Don't know who took the picture, but I wanted to share it with you!

View attachment 43384

One of the highlights of the November trip was the Christmas Dreams show. There is a lot of discussion on several websites about the closing show. Not many people seems to like the Christmas version of Disney Dreams (What is absolutely the best closing the day show for all Disney Parks in the world, in my opinion ) I have to say I like Christmas Dreams, but also prefer the 'normal' Disney Dreams. I guess it's mostly because the Frozen charactar is the leading character in the show and by the time we watched the show, Frozen was not in cinemas in Europe yet. So it felt a little bit unknown.

The official picture from a Disney email:
View attachment 43385

I let you decide for yourself. First the 'normal' Disney Dreams and second the Christmas version. Enjoy!

The original Dreams show:



The changed Dreams show with new additions and the Disney Ears addition:



The Christmas Dreams show:



In the next couple of days I will post the finale series of pictures Enjoy the TR and feel free to comment

Great trip report!!!!

 

[coachwnh]

I am almost at the end of the regular chronological pictures. But after that a lot of more pictures taken on different days in the parks.

On our way to Star Tours (Still the old fashioned one, so no 3D version yet) we found Wall-E

View attachment 43378


View attachment 43379


View attachment 43380

Inside Star Trader

View attachment 43381

Hakuna Matata is always one of our favorite fast food places, this is the menu:

View attachment 43382


View attachment 43383

To be honest, the next picture is not us, but probably one of the best pictures I saw to capture the beauty of the castle and the fully lighted christmas tree. Don't know who took the picture, but I wanted to share it with you!

View attachment 43384

One of the highlights of the November trip was the Christmas Dreams show. There is a lot of discussion on several websites about the closing show. Not many people seems to like the Christmas version of Disney Dreams (What is absolutely the best closing the day show for all Disney Parks in the world, in my opinion ) I have to say I like Christmas Dreams, but also prefer the 'normal' Disney Dreams. I guess it's mostly because the Frozen charactar is the leading character in the show and by the time we watched the show, Frozen was not in cinemas in Europe yet. So it felt a little bit unknown.

The official picture from a Disney email:
View attachment 43385

I let you decide for yourself. First the 'normal' Disney Dreams and second the Christmas version. Enjoy!

The original Dreams show:



The changed Dreams show with new additions and the Disney Ears addition:



The Christmas Dreams show:



In the next couple of days I will post the finale series of pictures Enjoy the TR and feel free to comment

Ill be spending time this weekend watching!

 

[coachwnh]

More 'lost' pictures.

Two beautiful paitings in the art shop in Disney Village.

View attachment 43473


View attachment 43467

The Dumbo sign at day and night.

View attachment 43468


View attachment 43469

Finally some food pictures from DLP, although they are not that DLP...since Earls is the same as in WDW I guess

View attachment 43470


View attachment 43471


View attachment 43472

Off course Merlin's sword is also in DLP and just like the early days Sacha still can't get it out

View attachment 43474

What's a day without Starbucks

View attachment 43475


View attachment 43476

Loved the close up of Mickey and Minnie during the Christmas Parade!

 

[coachwnh]

And there it is the final pictures from our DLP november '13 trip.......

Found some more shave pictures!

View attachment 43487


View attachment 43488


View attachment 43489

Sacha is having fun in Mad Hatter's Tea Cup

View attachment 43490


View attachment 43491

The Christmas tree inside DLP Hotel.

View attachment 43492

Tink on the front door of DLP Hotel.

View attachment 43493

Two more pictures from the new tree on Town Square.

View attachment 43494


View attachment 43495

And well..... when arriving in Paris for DLP my thought was, let's take a picture to open the TR when I am at home.... and I forgot... so I end this TR with the we are at home picture!!

View attachment 43496

Hope you all enjoyed this TR about DLP. In the future there will be much more TRs from DLP, cause it was absolutely not our final trip to DLP. Also there wil be a PTR soon! October '14 will be devistating magical! WDW for the first time for Ria and Sacha and my second, only 24 yrs ago

Take care you all, and have a magical time.. wherever you are.... home, work, WDW, Disney Cruise, Hong Kong, Shanghai, California or even the moon

Thanks for the great report!

 

[Gabe1]

OMG, in the busy holiday season I missed this trip report. I have to stop and dig out another round of snow but my motivation is your TR will be my reward when I'm done a digg'n later today. : )