mspangler
12-26-2001, 12:16 PM
Just got back on the 24th from a 4 day trip. We don't make it down there too often, since it's a 450 mile drive....anyway, here's some thoughts/observations...
*Decorations- they looked really nice (boy, they put up a lot of lights, don't they?)....finally saw the "snow" for the first time--it actually looked real, amazing how they thought of bubbles...
*The fireworks and Christmas fantasy parade were great...
*The new paving they have started in Fantasyland looks great (saw a picture in Al's update but got to see it for myself...neat.)
*The BLAST! show in DCA was, well, a blast!:D Much better than the Steps in Time that it replaced.
*LuminAria, despite all of the negative things I've read here, was great. I liked the light up tree at the end....neat.
*The Mansion Holiday....wow. It's amazing to see the amount of work they did.
*Small World Holiday was nice....although I've seen it before, still nice though
*Stayed for 2 of the 5 nights at the Grand Calif. Hotel...1st time we've been there. It was a nice hotel, big "lobby", but the rooms seemed small and more "closed in". I thought the hallways were much too long. Other 3 nights we were at the Disneyland Hotel (which is still my favorite)...
Here's some pictures
http://home.earthlink.net/~dspang430/dca1.jpg
Me and my little sister at DCA
http://home.earthlink.net/~dspang430/dtd1.JPG
Mom and my 2 sisters at Downtown Disney
*Decorations- they looked really nice (boy, they put up a lot of lights, don't they?)....finally saw the "snow" for the first time--it actually looked real, amazing how they thought of bubbles...
*The fireworks and Christmas fantasy parade were great...
*The new paving they have started in Fantasyland looks great (saw a picture in Al's update but got to see it for myself...neat.)
*The BLAST! show in DCA was, well, a blast!:D Much better than the Steps in Time that it replaced.
*LuminAria, despite all of the negative things I've read here, was great. I liked the light up tree at the end....neat.
*The Mansion Holiday....wow. It's amazing to see the amount of work they did.
*Small World Holiday was nice....although I've seen it before, still nice though
*Stayed for 2 of the 5 nights at the Grand Calif. Hotel...1st time we've been there. It was a nice hotel, big "lobby", but the rooms seemed small and more "closed in". I thought the hallways were much too long. Other 3 nights we were at the Disneyland Hotel (which is still my favorite)...
Here's some pictures
http://home.earthlink.net/~dspang430/dca1.jpg
Me and my little sister at DCA
http://home.earthlink.net/~dspang430/dtd1.JPG
Mom and my 2 sisters at Downtown Disney