Holidays at Disneyland Press Release

[dizfan]

A few new items were announced today:

- The thousands of lights that adorn Sleeping Beauty's Winter Castle will now be accompanied by thousands and thousands more that will take up the hub, all of Main Street and the Town Square Christmas Tree. Setting the stage for the snowfall finale of Believe...In holiday Magic fireworks.

Last year as the snow fell, the Castle gradually lit from it's spires down to the icycles hanging from it. I assume all of main street will now do this.

- it's a small world holiday will reopen one week earlier than scheduled on November 21. A Christmas Fantasy parade will debut that same day.

And a few other non-holiday mentions:

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: On Friday, Oct. 24, “High School Musical 3: Right Here! Right Now!” premieres at Disney’s California Adventure. The new street show celebrates the infectious energy of the upcoming theatrical motion picture “High School Musical 3: Senior Year.” Featuring a cast of 14 dynamic singers and dancers, the show takes place on a traveling “rock concert” stage with stacks of speakers and rows of lights. Interactive sequences featuring hot new songs from the movie will draw guests into the streets of Disney’s California Adventure for an exciting live concert experience.


• PIXIE HOLLOW: The magical realm of Pixie Hollow appears in Disneyland on Tuesday, October 28. Entering along a pathway with an enchanted pool, between the entrances of Fantasyland and Tomorrowland, guests are gradually immersed into the community of fairies. Guests will get the strange feeling that they are shrinking to fairy size as they encounter statues of Tinker Bell and her friends, and spot other evidence of the pixies’ presence. When guests arrive at Tinker Bell’s home, they will meet some of the pixies in person.


• BLUE SKY CELLAR: For those who want to stay in-the-know about the expansion of Disney’s California Adventure park, a preview center opens Monday, Oct. 20 at the Golden Vine Winery in Disney’s California Adventure. The Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar – named for the Imagineers’ ‘blue sky’ creative process – displays never-before-seen models and art outlining the concepts and design for the park’s coming attractions, along with a video presentation. The showcase will be updated regularly so that fans can stay abreast of developments.


• SLEEPING BEAUTY CASTLE WALKTHROUGH: Sleeping Beauty Castle, a beloved Disneyland landmark since the park’s debut in 1955, will open a “reawakened” version of its classic Castle walkthrough in time for the December holiday season. The new scenes inside the corridors tell the Sleeping Beauty story with modern special effects technology that recreates the look of the original Sleeping Beauty Castle walkthrough of the 1950s through the 1970s.

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I'm very excited to see Main Street all lit up with those white lights that they use on the castle! I kept hearing rumors of it, but never thought it to be serious.

Full press release @ disneylandnews.com

[Nala]

I like the Christmas items you mentioned at Disneyland. We may be going to Disneyland for Christmas.