Christmas at DLP
Hey there, Hi there, Ho there Disneydolphin,
you definitely chose a perfect time for a visit to DLP as the christmas season is really magical at DLP.
What can you expect??
- a giant christmas tree on Town Square which is illuminated every night in a magical ceremony with Mickey, Santa Claus on his giant sleigh and a child from the audience (including a small firework over the castle)
- The Lights of Winter. Huge light decorations covering the whole Main Street
- nice christmas decorations in the Main Street Shops.
- Carollers in the Main Street (not confirmed for this year)
- A Christmas Parade with the soundtrack from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker suite and Santa Claus on a sleigh pulled by real, live reindeer
- Le Noel de Mickey - a christmas show in Fantasyland
- Mickey's Winter Wonderland, a great show with Mickey and friends including some ice skating
- a new christmas fireworks display every night (maybe about five minutes)
- a redecorated It's A Small World presenting festivities from around the world
- Belle's Christmas Village in Fantasyland (all new this year)
- christmas trees in all the hotels
- a chorus singing christmas traditionals in Studio 1 at the Studios
plus a lot of atmopshere...
Maybe you want to take a look at our website at
http://www.dlp.info/ShowsAndParades/Xmas/Xmas.htm where we have a report from the last years and photos (sorry if you encounter problems with the link or the pages, we are undergoing some server changes right now).
And yes, both parks will be open on christmas day and all other days... you can find teh opening hours also on our site at
http://www.dlp.info/HintsInfos/Opening.htm
Regarding the Christmas Ball: this is an hard ticket event taking place the first time ever this year. You can and should book your ticket in advance at the resort (just call the reservation hotline or your travel agent and ask them to add the tickets to your reservation) they are 25 € per person and get you into the park from 9.00 pm till 01.00 or 02.00 am (not sure when the park closes). There will be special decorations and entertainment and the opportunity to do the rides in Fantasyland and Discoveryland (not sure about the other lands but I assume that Frontierland is open too, just as Indy backwards in Adventureland may be - but this is still all not official as they are still working on the concept). The ball takes place on the 22nd of December.
If you are in the park on the 24th dont forget to make a dinner reservation together with your hotel reservation as all the restaurants are bussy serving guests from the hotels with reservations. Keep in mind that the park closes quiet early that night, so you may want to get a late dinner or even the dinner show in the Newport Bay Club for which you can buy tickets through the reservation hotline too.
Hope this helped,
Yours sincerely
Dirk