Welcome to the Weekend Update for December 6, 2008!
Disney, Disney and more Disney. You asked for it and you got it! (This week anyway.) How about some holiday pictures from Tokyo Disneyland, Walt Disney World and the Disneyland Resort. View this week's Update to very end and I promise you that you'll be smelling peppermint and singing Jingle Bells!
I also want to extend a warm welcome to our two newest Weekend Update staff members. BigPigletFan is going to augment our Florida coverage and Abominable Snowman will be adding photos from the Southern California area. This is a labor of love for our entire staff and I can't thank them enough for their hours of hard work that make the Weekend Update possible each week.
First up we have photos from Tokyo Disneyland Resort. Special thanks to TDLFAN who powered through some technical difficulties to get these photos to us. Next week we should have photos from Tokyo DisneySea and Hong Kong Disneyland if the computer gremlins allow.
Tokyo Disneyland Resort
Tokyo, Japan
Arriving at TDL
New flowers make up the "25" at the entrance.
Lovely Christmas Tree displays the big "25"th year.
Monsters Inc ride is pretty much finished on the outside.
TDL's Its a Small World Holidays
IASW Holidays!
Mail on the way to Santa!
Buon Natale in Italia.
TDL Marching Band performs holiday songs.
A Mele Kilikimaka Holiday greeting with Stitch and Angel!
"Mickey's Jolly Snow time" performs at the huge castle forecourt stage.
Holiday decor at the Hub.
Night time at World Bazaar.
"It's a Small World Holiday" lights up at night.
Tokyo Disneyland Hotel's courtyard becomes a winter wonderland of lights.
We say 'Goodnight' from Tokyo Disneyland!
Walt Disney World
Orlando, Florida
Denise nbodyhome Preskitt has photos of Christmas decorations in a surprising place:
Photos from around the Fort Wilderness campsites:
The Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas:
Treehouses at Saratoga Springs:
And on the Sassagoula River, real fall colors!
More of Denise's photos are always available on her website mousesteps.com.
I'm pleased to announce that MiceChat crew member and occasional Weekend Update contributor BigPigletFan has accepted my invitation to share her photos of Walt Disney World with us on a regular basis. This week we have photos of the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights.
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Presented by SYLVANIA, stroll down New York Street at Disney's Hollywood Studios™ as the streetlights fade and snowflakes begin to fall. Suddenly you're dazzled by millions of lights, dancing in synchronized splendor to a symphony for the senses with twirling carousels, heavenly angels — even Santa and his reindeer — amidst electrifying holiday music! This enchanting spectacle is a Walt Disney World® tradition that makes holiday dreams come true!
Streets of America decorations.
The view from 8th Street.
The manger scene.
Disneyland Resort
Anaheim, California
We have another MiceChat crew member who has agreed to help the Weekend Update with photos from the west coast on a regular basis. Here are some photos from Abominable Snowman taken on a beautiful California day at Disney's California Adventure. Welcome to the Weekend Update, AS!
I had the privilege to meet MiceChatter Marc ralfrick Ricketts at a MiceChat Hub Meet recently and he generously agreed to share some of his Disneyland photos with our Weekend Update readers. We don't see photos of the live entertainers at Disneyland very often. I happen to think that this live entertainment is one of the treasures of Disneyland. Marc has done a great job of capturing the energy and excitement of these unsung heroes.
Billy Hill and the Hillbillies
Royal Street Bachelors
I tapped my toes and snapped my fingers to these guys just last Sunday.
Trash Can Trio
The Bootstrappers
We'll have some more of these great photos from Marc next week.
Finally, we have some breathtaking Disneyland photography from PhotoMatt. One look at this collection of images and I don't think anyone could question our fanatical devotion to this special place!
And that brings us to the end of another week. Our photographers have just enough time to reload their cameras before we see you all again next weekend. Thank you to all of our wonderful readers, and as always, a huge thank you to our amazing team of global photographers, spies, and gossips:
Jack Hollywood 1939 Wixom
TDLFAN
Denise nbodyhome Preskitt
SummerInFl
PhotoMatt
Fishbulb
sir clinksalot
MickeyMaxx
BigPigletFan
Abominable Snowman
A very special thank you to our wonderful guest photographer Marc ralfrick Ricketts for sharing his vision with us.
Your Editor - Rixter
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Beautiful. I think with these pictures, I'm finally getting into the holiday spirit! Thank you.Posted 12-05-2008 at 09:33 PM by miapoepia
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Awesome update. I had no idea TDL did Small World Holiday. I should have known that by now though, it is TDL after all
Posted 12-06-2008 at 12:34 AM by k_peek_2000 -
Beautiful pictures. TDL's decorations look amazing, and I just adore the pictures of an empty Main Street, USA decked out for Christmas.Posted 12-06-2008 at 07:32 AM by Lady Stardust -
I love seeing all the decorations at the different parks. Great update as usual.Posted 12-06-2008 at 07:45 AM by pratt55 - Sensational PicsPosted 12-06-2008 at 08:12 AM by DCAfanatic
- Well done everyone. PhotoMatt all I have to say is: Wow!
My son asked me how they added the gingerbread smell in IASW and HMH and I told him it was Glade Pugins ;-)Posted 12-06-2008 at 10:25 AM by toemblem -
Wow, so many amazing pictures! Great job everyone.Posted 12-06-2008 at 11:54 AM by DonDuck -
Amazing pictures as always!!!Posted 12-06-2008 at 12:03 PM by sir clinksalot -
awesome awesome awesome!!!
I love all the pictures!Posted 12-06-2008 at 12:47 PM by Kritter -
I admit it; I looked in to see what of mine was used. But I really like a lot of the others especially TDL, which we don't see much of. I kept hoping that HMH would stop in the ballroom so I could get a good pic of the gingerbread skeleton. Reminds me of a similar looking float of "SkElvis" during a Grateful Dead Mardi Gras parade.Posted 12-06-2008 at 01:45 PM by ralfrick -
That little gingerbread man is a riot!Posted 12-06-2008 at 02:59 PM by AliKzam -
Thank you very much, ralfrick, for the photos of The Bootstrappers. Rumor has it they will be disbanded shortly and I for one will miss them very much. Check them out in NOS between now and the end of the year. They are a real treat!Posted 12-06-2008 at 07:32 PM by gawama -
Outstanding shots everyone!
I can't WAIT to visit TDR some day. It looks absolutely amazing....Posted 12-07-2008 at 12:36 AM by Mac Daddy -
The last picture of the Partners statue and Sleeping Beauty Castle is phenomenal!!!Posted 12-07-2008 at 02:10 AM by disneymademoiselle -
Great job everyone! Welcome BigPigletFan and Abominable Snowman!Posted 12-07-2008 at 10:13 AM by SummerInFL -
Photomatt, wow. Those are amazing shots.Posted 12-07-2008 at 05:09 PM by dsnylndmom -
I was just amazed by this weekend's update. The photos were just fantastic!Posted 12-07-2008 at 05:30 PM by Dustysage -
Great photos all around, with special props to the last one - beautiful, something about it just resonates with me.Posted 12-07-2008 at 08:40 PM by BC_DisneyGeek -
Great update everyone!Posted 12-07-2008 at 10:01 PM by WheresMickey - Wow, great photos! I love the empty Main Street at nighttime pictures.Posted 12-08-2008 at 12:24 AM by mrtommorrow
