If you listened to Monday's
Inside The Mouse Castle, you know that until this past weekend, it had been a long time since I enjoyed the holiday season at Disneyland. You also know that it was the first Christmastime trip Anthony ever took to the Happiest Place on Earth. Yeah, we're slackers. We know.
Christmas is an especially crowded and hectic time at Disneyland, but it's also a beautiful and unique experience unlike any other yuletide celebration on Earth. Most importantly, it's an experience that needs to be shared. Please enjoy these holiday photos from Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. Click each photo to enlarge the image.
Disneyland
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| Sleeping Beauty Castle. |
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| Sleeping Beauty Castle at night. |
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| Sleeping Beauty Castle getting a magical holiday makeover. |
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| Main Street, USA at night. |
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| The Town Square Christmas tree. |
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| Baymax balloons. |
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| Disneyland Fire Department with Walt's apartment above. |
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| Haunted Mansion Holiday. |
Disney California Adventure
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| Paradise Pier at sunset. |
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| Paradise Pier Christmas tree. |
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| Cars Land. |
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| Flo's V8 Cafe. |
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| The Cozy Cone Motel. |
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| Sarge's Surplus Hut. |
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| Luigi's Flying Tires will go flat in January. |
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| Carthay Circle |
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| Carthay Circle and the Buena Vista Street Christmas tree. |
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| Mickey Mouse on the Red Car Trolley. |
Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa
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The gingerbread house in the Grand Cal's lobby is over 7 feet tall and is made
from 500 pounds of gingerbread. |
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| Christmas tree in the Grand Californian Hotel lobby. |
'Frozen Fun' and 'Freeze the Night'
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| Frozen Fun is everywhere at Disney California Adventure. |
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| Wandering Oaken's Trading Post in Hollywood Land. |
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The entrance to DCA's nighttime entertainment venue, Freeze the Night,
opened for the first time on Saturday night. |
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| Freeze the Night. |
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| Marshmallow gets some screen time during Freeze the Night. |
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| DJ Cool mixes the tunes at Freeze the Night. |
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Ice sculptures created live on stage with a chain saw.
What could possibly go wrong? |
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| Marshmallow and me. |
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From Freeze the Night's icebox: the Blue Snowberry
Margarita (in a martini glass, go figure) is a dud. The
Rum Flurry is delicious. |
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The Summertime Pina Colada also disappointed, but
props to DCA for not skimping on the booze. |
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Meanwhile, back at Disneyland, Arendelle became the latest addition
to the Storybook Land Canal Boats. |
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| Hoo hoo! Big summer blowout! |
it's a small world holiday
Merry Christmas from The Mouse Castle!
