I was there Jan 4 - 8th this year. Picked those dates because there was a really good deal on the UK version of the website for the Disneyland Hotel - it was a pay for 2/3 get 3/4 nights/days free deal which made the DLH actually affordable. The hotel was full (and fabulous). The parks were busy but by no means crowded - i think the longest i waited for anything was about 15 minutes. the christmas decorations came down on the 6th so i got to see the park in both modes (to my mind, the decorations were kind of perfunctory - nothing like the courtyard of angels in NOS etc); ntl, beautiful.
The thing to think about is weather; it was FREEZING - seriously unbelievably cold; about -8 Celsius the first two days, then it 'warmed up' the next two days and snowed non-stop. The problem was not so much the cold (although that was dreadful because a lot of the kids there were MISERABLE - being dragged around in the cold by parents determined to get their money's worth) as the slippery; the first couple of days there was ice all over, and the last couple of days it was snowing so all the queue areas were wet with melted snow. I spent the whole time creeping around like an old lady, annoyed with myself that i had not brought my snow boots. a lot of rides had to close down in the snow (alice's labyrinth, pirates lair etc), the river froze over (so the sailing ship closed obviously), and the roller coasters spent a lot of time down in the mornings while they tried to de-ice things. also the evening entertainment was cancelled every night i was there = too cold and slippery to risk the parades. However, I did get to see Candlebration on my last night (the 15th anniversary lighting of the castle) which was v beautiful, and the parades did go ahead on the non-snowing afternoons.
I had a GREAT time - the park is gorgeous and its well built for the inclement weather, lots of under-cover walk ways etc, but I was inadequately prepared for the conditions. So, keep that in mind.
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