News Holidays 2020 at Walt Disney World

[brb1006]

MK has not been the same during the season to me since they quit using the wreath garlands across main street, those were quintessential Disney to me at one time. And all at the expense for that disjointed festival of fantasy parade. The oversize wreaths on brackets on the sides just dont cut it. And epcots decor has diminished year by year down to nearly nothing, so Im not expecting much of anything there this year either, its mainly just a seasonal overlay of the foodandwine. I bet they cut back on decor even more this year from parks to resorts, will see.

Yeah, the removal of the Wreath Garlands post-Festival Of Fantasy is the only thing that's missing which made MVMCP extra special. Sure there's reefs around Main Street, but the Wreath Garlands made the Christmas Experience more complete. Hopefully once WDW actually gets a new daytime parade that doesn't have floats as tall as Maleficent and the final air balloon float with Mickey and Minnie. Then hopefully those garlands might return in the future.

 

[ARhopps32]

The Osborne lights are alive and well, at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO.

They are beautiful!!!

 

[Clamman73]

I was wondering about New Years? Will they still have the decorations up after the 30th? We are suppose to come 31st through the 3rd and have never been at that time of year. I know hours will Be short but so should crowds as I’m sure they will still have lowered capacity.

I think (and hope) they‘re just including the “holiday decor” into that 11/6-12/30 timeline to make it all sound grand...it’s really the special cavalcade/santa appereance/special treats etc that’s within that time frame.

I‘m supposed to be at MK on nov 6th so i’m looking forward to the vloger/blogger fest...but also there on the 4th so I’m hoping the decorations are up by that day.

 

[MarvelCharacterNerd]

Sad to have no Candlelight this year, but thrilled for Voices of Liberty returning!

Now, if we could just get DL to open one of these years... in any season...

 

[TTA94]

Yeah, the removal of the Wreath Garlands post-Festival Of Fantasy is the only thing that's made MVMCP extra special. Sure there's reefs around Main Street, but the Wreath Garlands made the Christmas Experience more complete. Hopefully once WDW actually gets a new daytime parade that doesn't have floats as tall as Maleficent and the final air balloon float with Mickey and Minnie. Then hopefully those garlands might return in the future.

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Unfortunately I don’t think Festival of Fantasy was the only cause of the garlands demise. Paris still has garland and a Maleficent float.

 

[JustInTime]

Yeah, the removal of the Wreath Garlands post-Festival Of Fantasy is the only thing that's made MVMCP extra special. Sure there's reefs around Main Street, but the Wreath Garlands made the Christmas Experience more complete. Hopefully once WDW actually gets a new daytime parade that doesn't have floats as tall as Maleficent and the final air balloon float with Mickey and Minnie. Then hopefully those garlands might return in the future.

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I’d rather have the garland than the parade during December.

 

[JustInTime]

Unfortunately I don’t think Festival of Fantasy was the only cause of the garlands demise. Paris still has garland and a Maleficent float.

It was the parade but the Mickey balloon from my understanding.

 

[jrhwdw]

I’d rather have the garland than the parade during December.

I knew MK should have kept CADCT Parade for times like these! No Night Parade, FOF can't work with the Garlands....(FOF Jan-Oct, CADCT rest of year)

 

[TTA94]

It was the parade but the Mickey balloon from my understanding.

Thought it was the castle views/obstruction to? Same reason we lost the hub trees sadly.

 

[Tom P.]

“When night falls”. All 1-2 hours of it. Give me at least until 10 pm...

1-2 hours is being generous, unless Disney does not continue the reduced hours into November.

Even during the "shortest" days of the year, the earliest it is dark is 5:30 p.m. and right now Disney is closing up the Magic Kingdom at 6 p.m. each day. Now, I hope that since they are planning something that has to be viewed after dark, they are also planning to stay open later during the holidays. But that's certainly not a guarantee.

 

[TTA94]

I knew MK should have kept CADCT Parade for times like these! No Night Parade, FOF can't work with the Garlands....(FOF Jan-Oct, CADCT rest of year)

I’m sure the next nighttime parade will have tall floats as well.

 

[WDW862]

Dream lights are awful. Glad they're gone.

 

[JustInTime]

Thought it was the castle views/obstruction to? Same reason we lost the hub trees sadly.

If they only covered main street in projections like Disneyland...

 

[MisterPenguin]

You're making the assumption that the parks will be open later. Disney has omitted any mention of park hours from their announcement.

MK will have to be open later in order to show castle projects at night. So, yes, MK at least, will be open later.

 

[BWDVCkidsince96]

Sigh. Nothing catastrophic in this announcement. Still just a downer for some reason. Mostly seems like cost cutting. No reason they can’t have physical distancing around gingerbread houses. we ain’t stoopid

 

[brb1006]

I knew MK should have kept CADCT Parade for times like these! No Night Parade, FOF can't work with the Garlands....(FOF Jan-Oct, CADCT rest of year)

To be fair, CADCT/SADCT was starting to show it's age by 2013.

 

[note2001]

MK will have to be open later in order to show castle projects at night. So, yes, MK at least, will be open later.

Sunset at WDW is about 5:30pm give or take 10 minutes for the bulk of November and December.

 

[Father Robinson]

I'll be the one person fine with no Dreamlights. They look awful during the day

I've been wondering for a while how they'd look with the new pink and dark blue scheme. I seriously doubt they'd be as subtlety blended into the architecture as they were before. I was actually thinking they'd be looking pretty awful during the day starting this year.

 

[Giss Neric]

I’d rather have the garland than the parade during December.

 

[larryz]

If we get a valid vaccine this fall, might we get MOUACT for Christmas Week?????

Mickey's Once Upon A Christmastime Parade

Oh, you mean MOUACP. Why didn't you say so?