Today was a great day to be at CT. The crowds were manageable. It was easy to get to all the shows and restaurants. The only place packed was the 6:30 showing of Deck The Halls. Even the Ice Palace was a reasonable wait (less than 15 minutes).
Christmas Town
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Santas Workshop is open after Christmas.
I remember people saying they take their kids to say thanks to Santa.
Oh my goodness. I LOVE that idea! What a great and *rare* concept: kids expressing gratitude!
So... Don't hate me if this has already been answered! Maybe you could just direct me to it. 48 pages is a lot to go through. And "Ain't nobody got time for that" this time of year!
Our friends called us up and asked if it was ok for them to come see us on vacation. We said we'd love for them to come. They said, "Ok, we got a hotel, and tickets to Christmas Town this saturday!!! Yay!!"
Ugh.
So... We're going on saturday. A "black out" day.
For those of you that go often: could you give us all a "touring plan"? We know we can't do everything on such a busy day. But if you were trying to do as much as possible on one of the busiest days, how would you do it? Obviously, we'll be there for park opening ("Rope drop" for all my fellow Disney fans). But then what? Should we run to the penguins? Or Verbolten? Should we do more outside stuff while it's light? Or get the shows out of the way?
By the way, there are no kids in our party of 4, and we are not seeing Deck The Halls. I'm prejudiced against dancing reindeer.
Thanks so much!!!
So... Don't hate me if this has already been answered! Maybe you could just direct me to it. 48 pages is a lot to go through. And "Ain't nobody got time for that" this time of year!
Our friends called us up and asked if it was ok for them to come see us on vacation. We said we'd love for them to come. They said, "Ok, we got a hotel, and tickets to Christmas Town this saturday!!! Yay!!"
Ugh.
So... We're going on saturday. A "black out" day.
For those of you that go often: could you give us all a "touring plan"? We know we can't do everything on such a busy day. But if you were trying to do as much as possible on one of the busiest days, how would you do it? Obviously, we'll be there for park opening ("Rope drop" for all my fellow Disney fans). But then what? Should we run to the penguins? Or Verbolten? Should we do more outside stuff while it's light? Or get the shows out of the way?
By the way, there are no kids in our party of 4, and we are not seeing Deck The Halls. I'm prejudiced against dancing reindeer.
Thanks so much!!!
I think a critical question is which shows you do want to see. I tend to try to do things like penguins and shopping, when it is still light outside. If you can wait until the very end of the night, the lines for the Skyride get much shorter as well. We were able to stay on one night, but that could have been because of the rain earlier in the day, as well.
First two hours and last two hours of the day are the best time to do everything. Hit penguins/Santa first thing. If you get the chance, you should do a few runs on Verbolten during the day as well. That way you can just walk around and see lights/shows at the peak of the event. Definitely ride everything at the end of the event as everyone's leaving the park. Lines should be relatively short (or at least shorter than they would be at the peak), even if the park hits capacity crowds that day.
Went to the park today and it was absurdly empty. The park also weirdly had about 1/4th of the lights off in areas around the park. Even the giant tree in front of the Festhaus was only half lit.
Meanwhile every Walmart/Target was stuffed to the gills with last minute shoppers. Rather depressing to hear the park was a ghost town today.
MCMM: You claimed the lights were out in areas of the park? Maybe that has to do with poor weather conditions. For example, the breakers for the front of my home (which is used for Christmas lights) trip under heavy rain causing the lights to go out. Perhaps there may be similar reasoning behind BG's lack of lighting? I highly doubt the park pulled the plug (pun intended) on some of the lights simply because "no one showed up."
.....Then again it saves money....
Anyway, sounds like a rather crappy day to be at the park.
Hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas Eve regardless.
MCMM: You claimed the lights were out in areas of the park? Maybe that has to do with poor weather conditions. For example, the breakers for the front of my home (which is used for Christmas lights) trip under heavy rain causing the lights to go out. Perhaps there may be similar reasoning behind BG's lack of lighting? I highly doubt the park pulled the plug (pun intended) on some of the lights simply because "no one showed up."
.....Then again it saves money....
Anyway, sounds like a rather crappy day to be at the park.
Hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas Eve regardless.
I'm sure it isn't great for the park but I love dead days, we had lots of fun. I actually thought it might of been an electrical issue since the areas that were off seemed fairly odd. For instance, the lights on the bridge between New France and Alpengeist. or half of the path lights in the Wild Reserve (one side on, one side off).
This kind of thing has happened before. The rain weighs down on light cables, which sometimes results in some becoming half unplugged. The theatrical technicians usually try to fix it if possible. Sometimes they have just given up due to the event almost being over or whatever excuse they can find with the more tedious and time consuming lights.
^Perhaps. However I would only say that if they had more time to put this together. True, many lights that are mostly out of view stay up all year.I think the park and the Oak Island contractors do an amazing job of transforming the park. The fact that they even bother to decorate the ravines is astounding to me. They use harnesses to get into the steep areas.
Each tree is meticulously positioned starting during the Howl-O-Scream season. It's really funny to see the busy, "non-magical" side of everything. In fact, I think that is the most "magical" part of it.
What about the gorgeous lighting that goes into Miracles? The bright lights that shine in the trees are simply duck-taped to a deck behind the theater. Yet, it looks like the most professional show lighting of the event.
I will be going to Seaworld and BGT after Christmas Day. I plan to give a good trip report for each event. Best of luck to Williamsburg on the last week.
To all a Merry Christmas!
Each tree is meticulously positioned starting during the Howl-O-Scream season. It's really funny to see the busy, "non-magical" side of everything. In fact, I think that is the most "magical" part of it.
What about the gorgeous lighting that goes into Miracles? The bright lights that shine in the trees are simply duck-taped to a deck behind the theater. Yet, it looks like the most professional show lighting of the event.
I will be going to Seaworld and BGT after Christmas Day. I plan to give a good trip report for each event. Best of luck to Williamsburg on the last week.
To all a Merry Christmas!