Happy Holiday from the Most Magical place on earth! Oops, it’s a spoiler…
I hope everybody had a spooky Halloween! We had a Halloween News Tonight at the office. Can you guess my costume? It is not easy to guess…
Halloween is now over, and we are fully into Holiday Mode. This is the busiest time of the year for us (reporters) because Disney and Universal will soon put up all the holiday decorations around both resorts.
I had a plan today, which was:
- Park at the Transportation and Ticket Center
- Go to Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
- Ride the Monorail to Magic Kingdom
- Ride Jingle Cruise and do a park loop
- Walk to Disney’s Contemporary Resort
- Take a bus to Disney’s Hollywood Studios and do a loop
- Take a bus to Disney’s Animal Kingdom to check on the Christmas tree
- Bus back to Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort so I can walk to TTC
Sounds a lot right? haha Do you think this will go as we planned? We will see… Let the Chaos Begin!
Magic Kingdom
As soon as I pulled into the TTC, I noticed they had holiday decorations. I told my team, “I have a feeling Magic Kingdom got the tree…”
I parked in my princess parking, where I could easily find my car. I walked to the security checkpoint and I saw more decorations at the ticket booths.
So I decided to count on my iPhone 15 Pro Max and zoomed in on Magic Kingdom… Yup! I do see the tree. The plan I had this morning was already falling apart. It’s fine! Now I’ll take the ferry to Magic Kingdom.
TA-DA-🎄✨ The tree is here!
The holiday season at Magic Kindom has officially started! Also, the in-park music has switched to more festive tunes. Do you prefer to hear holiday music in the park? I like the regular Main Street music; I get depressed from this music loop.
I then took all the necessary photos and made my way to Adventureland for the Jingle Cruise opening. I made it to the first boat! I love Jingle Cruise holiday jokes. The skippers are great! Once you are skipper, you are always skipper!
This year’s Jingle Cruise coverage is brought to you by Nana and Billy! After Jingle Cruise, I started my quick Holiday Decoration Hunt loop around the park.
Here are just a few that I found from my loop, from Frontierland to Tomorrowland! Which land has your favorite holiday decorations?
I wrote about Auntie Gravity’s Galactic Goodies’s Candy Corn Soft Serve Sundae in Nana’s Disney Princess Diary before, because it was the best treat from all the Halloween offerings this year. Now, Halloween is over… BUT they still have it! So for one last time, I bought it.
Nana was fulfilled. We will miss you!
I finished my Magic Kingdom loop and took a boat to the Grand Floridian to check on the gingerbread house. (Yes, I took Contemporary off my list because my friends told me there is no update on their gingerbread display… Good to have some friends, right?)
At Grand Floridian, I FOUND A FIGGY TREE!! They were still putting them in when we had a reporter taking pictures yesterday. So we did not get him.
My job is done here so taking a bus to Hollywood Studios!
Hello from Hollywood Studios!
I got beeped at security, so I took out all of my items from my backpack… and I still beeped from the scanner! Well, thank you for making sure we are safe!
They had this cute crewneck at Keystone Clothiers!
NO TREE AT HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS! Gertie said, “NOT YET GIRL!”
No decoration at Grand Avenue either; the buildings still have their windows are open and some of their curtains are spooky.
The Mandalorian was roaming around the market on Batuu today.
No holiday decorations at Toy Story Land just yet.
In Animation Courtyard, my “Dance Moms” ad is GONE! Now, the “Wizards Beyond Waverly Place” ad is in…
Ariel’s backdrop is still looking terrible. I also spotted no new updates on Sunset Boulevard.
When I was done at Hollywood Studios, It was already 1:30 p.m. I never heard anything about Animal Kingdom’s Christmas tree, so I triple-checked the Instagram location tag and there was nothing.
I decided to take a bus back to the Polynesian so I could walk to the TTC to get my car. When I arrived at the resort, I saw a character caravan! Nana loves characters!
Characters were not out yet, so I went inside to check for holiday decorations and there were none.
The characters eventually came out of the caravan and it was Daisy, Chip, and Dale. I got to see them last Monday, so I left. I was hoping for seasonal costumed characters. You know, back in the day, each resort had characters come out on Halloween, the Fourth of July, and New Year’s Eve. Those were the best Disney days.
I got to see Tick-Tock the Crocodile at Beach Club in 2019!
If I could ask Santa Goofy, I would ask him to bring back more entertainment in the parks. Oh, wait, I might not be on the NICE Disney Adult list, so this won’t happen.
After the Polynesian visit, I walked to my car and then went back home.
BUT I AM NOT A REGULAR DISNEY ADULT! So I went back to Magic Kingdom to get a night shot of the tree and Main Street, U.S.A.
Then, I went to watch “Fantasmic!” at Hollywood Studios! I LOVE “FANTASMIC!” This show is my absolute favorite. I used to love “Fantasmic!” at Disneyland, but since the Maleficent dragon was “injured” and downgraded, I appreciate our “Fantasmic!” more.
On November 2, I walked 12 miles in total! What a day! (On Wednesday, I slept all day.)
I totally forgot that I registered for the Walt Disney World Marathon in 2025, and I have not trained yet. I am not quite sure I can finish it at this point, but I hope these park walks will help.
Anyway, our crazy search for holiday decorations will continue… Thank you for reading Nana’s Disney Princess Diary! See you real soon!
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