Christmas Town 2019
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I'm interested to see how that looks next weekend or if they are trying to get it done before evening today. Maybe it was opened as a true preview, when it shouldn't have been shown at all. I was expecting to see something along the lines of the tree display at the national mall, but with countries and not states.
No, dude, you're wrong. We 've been going since 2009. I just don't look for all the wrong things. I go in with an open mind. Too many people focus on the negatives, that they can't see the positives.
I'm hearing from multiple sources that traditions tree maze is nowhere near "final".
What’s the new path music like? I always loved the music in Oktoberfest, Wild Reserve, and Polar Pathway. Hopefully the new Polar Pathway music still has the same grandeur as the old music.
I wouldn’t complain if they changed the North Pole music though. The jazz music they adopted for a few years ago always felt out of place to me there.
I wouldn’t complain if they changed the North Pole music though. The jazz music they adopted for a few years ago always felt out of place to me there.
Sorry for the double post, but this comment really bugs me. Considering how expensive CT has gotten, I should at least be able to expect the same amount of quality for what I’m paying. I’m not going to ignore obvious issues with the event when I paid less to experience a better event previously.
Polar Pathway was great. Oktoberfest was just classic songs sung in German, which was good. Honestly didn't notice a difference in Wild Reserve.
I didn’t notice a difference in any of the above mentioned village soundtracks. Oktoberfest still had the traditional German Christmas music and the Wildlife Reserve still had Greensleeves.
Polar Pathway was still playing Yanni, as always. I didn’t stay there long enough to hear the full playlist, so they could have added a new song or two, but not that I could tell.
Polar Pathway was still playing Yanni, as always. I didn’t stay there long enough to hear the full playlist, so they could have added a new song or two, but not that I could tell.
My kids LOVED the Traditions Tree Maze but I could totally see how people would be confused and frustrated, especially if they didn't have children. I can also see how that area will be a total zoo on Saturdays as at least one of the tents was too full for us to go in Friday night and it wasn't busy at all.
Dancers for Deck The Halls were really good, but both my 8 yr old and I missed Frosty coming to life at the end of the song. Hopefully that was just because it was Preview Night.
I appreciated the use of the food stand next to Beste Brezeln und Bier to have Jumbo Pretzels, plain pretzel bites and cinnamon pretzel bites. That shop can get super crowded during CT so adding essentially another register or two is great.
I'd like the music to be a bit louder on the train to help with singing.
All in all, a great Preview Night for CT and we can't wait to go back!
Dancers for Deck The Halls were really good, but both my 8 yr old and I missed Frosty coming to life at the end of the song. Hopefully that was just because it was Preview Night.
I appreciated the use of the food stand next to Beste Brezeln und Bier to have Jumbo Pretzels, plain pretzel bites and cinnamon pretzel bites. That shop can get super crowded during CT so adding essentially another register or two is great.
I'd like the music to be a bit louder on the train to help with singing.
All in all, a great Preview Night for CT and we can't wait to go back!
My son and I were there yesterday (Sunday). On the way out of the park, our tram operator asked if any of us walked through the new tree maze, then commented that "it will look much different in a week or two, and make sure to come back and see it when it is complete." It's a neat idea, and I can see how it will be a lot of fun for families, with the crafts and heated areas for sitting down and doing the projects. I really enjoyed CT yesterday, even with the parts incomplete. Really though, the highlight was getting to see Pantheon?
This right here is a problem, you should get the same experience no matter which night you attend the event. If this is how BGW wants to operate then they should offer pricing that ramps up to full price in a "week or two". For those of us that go or can go many times each season its not a big deal but for a family that attends once a season to come and the newest advertised thing isnt even close to being finished is a problem. Im sure many people come and do not even know until they have already paid and entered the event that things like this arenot even ready yet for the season. BGW should strive to give the best experience every night and repeat that experience night after night.
While I do agree with you in part I also think you are overreacting somewhat. First while this is new feature it's a very small part of the overall event. I personally saw more people upset about the lack of T'was opening weekend then the maze. Yes the maze should have been better but I just really don't see it as that big of a deal.
Also many parks have these kinds of issues with seasonal stuff like this remember the back half of the Eiffel Tower tree missing durring the beginning Winter Fest last year? The tight sedchule of two weeks from Hallowscream means even one day of bad weather and you lost a significant percentage of your prep time.
There is no excuse for the basically only new addition to CT2019 not being ready on opening night. Its located in a backstage area and they started construction before HOS even ended. I would give them a pass if there were only a couple minor peices missing but it looks like they just threw it together that day. Again I would also give them a pass if there were other new additions this season they were working hard on getting up, but the fact is there werent. They happily take peoples money then say well we just didnt have enough time....well take some of that money and hire some temp workers to help. You can mention the Effiel Tower but in fact you couldnt tell the backside was missing, it looked amazing.
For once (?) @WDWRLD isn't overreacting. If something is not 100% ready for prime time it shouldn't be open. It's like going to a movie and scenes are replaced with a screen- "we haven't finished filming this part so come back next week and it'll be edited in".
Sure, it may be a "small part" but how many small parts are still missing overall? Quite a few as I've read....just as we seen for many years.
We went last night and had a great time. There were new food and drink kiosks, and I loved the lights as much as ever.
I, personally, really enjoy the drive through light display on the train, and I am pretty sure they added a few things. I also think there was some new music in New France.
While I wouldn't be surprised to see additions to the tree maze, I thought the craft booths were cute and fun. More importantly, I was thrilled to see other cultures and religions represented at CT.
I wish they were able to have everything completed by the opening day, but as we know both KD and BGW were still setting things up after the first weekend last year. I actually have a concept I hope to post soon to address this issue.
Edit: this is simply untrue:
Several people, including me, noticed that the Eiffel Tower was incomplete almost immediately. It was front and center in the park.
I, personally, really enjoy the drive through light display on the train, and I am pretty sure they added a few things. I also think there was some new music in New France.
While I wouldn't be surprised to see additions to the tree maze, I thought the craft booths were cute and fun. More importantly, I was thrilled to see other cultures and religions represented at CT.
I wish they were able to have everything completed by the opening day, but as we know both KD and BGW were still setting things up after the first weekend last year. I actually have a concept I hope to post soon to address this issue.
Edit: this is simply untrue:
Several people, including me, noticed that the Eiffel Tower was incomplete almost immediately. It was front and center in the park.
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The only things I thought were new was the Christmas tree shapes with the orb lights near the old Drachen Fire station. There were a few new fresh cut trees over near the relocated pasture as well but again I think there were less lighted trees in other portions.
As far as the Tree Trail, we stood at one booth for a few minutes and watched and there was no cutural presentation which was dissapointing. It was basically team members putting pieces of paper out and kids fighting over gtting them. Hopfully in the coming weeks this transforms into something for adults as well. Now what I think that would be amazing is stations where both adults and kids could choose between the 3 booths to make one ornament then go through the trail and place it on one of the trees. The ornamnets would need to be weatherproof materials but it would be nice seeing the trees more and more decorated each week. I would even consider this something where they could charge a very small fee, $1-$3 per ornamnet and all procedes go to a charity.