The holiday tour is definitely a little extra special treat to make your trip even more magical. I envy you getting to make a solo trip. I think that would be so much fun!I will be there from November 24-28, 2010.
Staying at the Disneyland Hotel.
Hope to be able to do the Holiday Time Tour while I am there.
Haven't made any other definite plans.
Traveling solo.
Whoo-hoo! So much to celebrate! Be sure to pick up all your first time buttons at city hall and mention it when you make any dining ressies. I hope you have a wonderful first trip to Disneyland!We're going for our first ever trip to DL Nov 18-27. Staying at the Residence Inn Maingate!It is a combo celebration of our 10th anniversary and DD's 5th birthday!
Guess that's what we had been doing too. Isn't it great to finally get dates pinned down so you can get to making the real plans! I can vouch for the gingerbread. It is truly yummy! Good luck booking the tour!After MUCH hemming and hawing over dates we are for sure going Nov13-20!I can't wait! It's our first time to DLR and will just be DH and self. We are staying at a Comfort Suites bc DLH was just too much of a budget buster. I'm looking forward to seeing all the wonderful things I have seen on the DL Christmas thread. Not to mention eating some of those delicious sounding Mickey gingerbread cookies
. Oh, and I am also hoping to do the Holiday Tour-sounds wonderful. See everyone there!
It is a loveable thread, isn't it?!!! Glad you joined us. Great to get to spend some quality time with your son at the happiest place on earth!
That is always such a tricky question. Generally the weather is perfectly glorious! 70s-80s during the day with it cooling off enough for a jacket in the evenings. However, every now and again there is a heat wave or a cold spell and then all guesses go out the window! I've found that it works best for me to just plan on t-shirt weather just in case it gets hotter. If it ends up cooler you can always toss on a jacket or use it as a good excuse to buy a sweatshirt or two for a souvineers.
Plus packing lighterweight clothes helps on the excess weight of my luggage! In all our 9 years of traveling to DL in the fall we have only ever had one year when it got really cold. Of course, there is also a slight chance of an occasional rainy day. Every time we have ever seen it rain, it was only a very brief shower. Great for staying in the park while the crowds clear out!
Well, this just goes to show how obvious it is that this is the first time I have ever been in charge of updating a thread. I have been updating the list on the first page but it never occurred to me to post an update as we go along. Thanks for pointing it out, Aussie Princess, and keeping me on my toes! Here's the updated list. There are now 26 of us ready to make our way to Disneyland in November. We're gonna have a blast!
When do you think they will put up the dates for the holiday decorations? I forgot when I saw it last year on the Disneyland.com website. I'm hoping to at least catch the decorations and maybe the taping of the parade or performances for the Christmas Day parade...
I still feel like a novice when it comes to booking airfare maybe you or someone else around here can take a guess at some questions I have. Usually by now I would have already purchased our tickets but I am holding out trying to get a better deal than what is out there now on American. Have you booked one way before and then gone back to get return flights later often? I have just never thought of doing that but I suppose if the deal is sweet enough it would be worth doing it that way. With $39, I suppose there is no way you could go wrong! I just checked today and it seems that American gives a better deal if you book round trip so I guess in that case you would be waiting until the return fares went on sale too, right? Is this common practice? I am nervous about them selling out and me not being able to get the dates and times I want. Is that a legitimate concern or will they just add more flights if it sells out? Is there a usual pattern to airfare sales? For example, do they usually have sales 6 months out, 2 months out, etc from date of travel?Southwest sale for dates through Nov 17th.
I picked up our tickets one way to get to SNA $39 plus taxes.Now hopefully we'll find a good fare for the way home.
Yes it is! I imagine everyone has their lodging taken care of. I wonder how many have their airline reservations already made??? Car rentals lined up? Tickets yet? What's everyone been doing to get ready for their trip.... besides daydreaming... although that's good too!
If I recall correctly the Christmas decorations start going up immediately as the Halloween decorations go down at the beginning of November. It's almost like an over night transformation! Of course, it takes several days or even weeks to get the park all decked out properly so they are going up bit by bit until the official big weekend. Last year the official Christmas season kickoff began on Friday, November 13. Usually it begins the 3rd weekend in November so it actually started a week early in 2009. Who knows what they will do this year! If they go for early it would begin on Friday the 12th or if they stick to the third weekend it would start on the 19th.When do you think they will put up the dates for the holiday decorations? I forgot when I saw it last year on the Disneyland.com website. I'm hoping to at least catch the decorations and maybe the taping of the parade or performances for the Christmas Day parade...
I'm REALLY hoping the holiday festivities start Friday the 12th instead of Friday the 19th. If they start the 19th, it'll be at the end of our trip and we won't get to enjoy it as much. Hopefully by September we will know for sure!
So it would seem! Right now airfare from here to CA is over $400 each! In 2008 our airfare to CA was $321 but I already had it booked in April. It was only $219 to fly to Florida last year! Boy, wouldn't I love to find either of those fares right now!
We've flown once using them. I didn't like the fact that we did not get assigned seats. We were scattered all over the plane and not a single person offered to switch seats. At least I did get to sit with my DD but I wouldn't want to risk it again. DH is a private pilot so he is such a snob and really only likes to fly on American. It would have to be a real hum dinger of a deal for him to switch. Me, I don't care just so long as I get there!
Oh, there are other choices all right. I could stretch a 3 hour trip to 13 hours and save about $50 per ticket but somehow that doesn't really appeal to me all that much. A friend also suggested signing up for fare watches with Kayak/Yapta so I have done that. She also said if I were traveling around Thanksgiving I should probably go ahead and book because rates would probably only keep going up.
So now I am even more worried but haven't quite brought myself to hit any buttons just yet. You never know! I may crack at any minute! You are in the same boat as I looking at the deals that were had last year. I realize things do change from year to year so at some point fares may never go down. However, I see all these great deals floating around out there all over the place and I would just like a shot at one too! Is that too much to hope for? Maybe we will both get lucky and a sale will come out soon.
Thanks for posting your offer here. I can't wait to get mine so we can see the latest changes and do some more daydreaming!hi november travelers!! i have maps for DLR and DCA, nice wrinkle free, kid slobber free maps! lol just pm me your address and i will send a set! lol
I'm not sure what prompted Disney to start the holiday season early last year but here's hoping the same reasons factor in this year as well. I'd love to see them start all the holiday offerings on the 12th too.
It's July! Which means we are all that much closer to our trips!
I agree getting good deals on flights around the Thanksgiving holiday is tough.
It should prove to be an amazing time no matter what, though. It still feels so far away!
