Everyone has their favorite Christmas traditions. For some it’s a dramatic reading of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, while for others it is the 24 hour marathon of A Christmas Story. Many of us enjoy reading the famous poem 12 Days of Christmas, even going so far as to figuring out how much all those items would cost (imagine if they were bought at a theme park!) This year we are starting a new tradition on the blog with a look at the 12 Days of a Theme Park Christmas. Get close to your loved ones, slip on an ugly sweater, drink a big sip of egg nog, and let’s begin with…
TWELVE CLOSED ATTRACTIONS
This is a busy time for the Disney Dump as many attractions have been added to the pile. A great time to invest in construction walls though!
From D23 Expo to the recent opening of Disney Parks blog meets to the opening of the Skipper Canteen and everywhere in-between, Disney fans have been ripping off other Disney fans at an exploding rate.
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SEVEN STAR WARS MOVIES
Will Star Wars: The Force Awakens overtake Avatar as the biggest movie of all time? Right now it is projected to (although to be fair, my beloved San Diego Chargers were projected to go 16-0 back in September).
New security measures are now in place including metal detectors and wand style detectors at Walt Disney World, Universal, and SeaWorld. (photo by Matt Cleary)
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FOUR OUNCE BEER POURS
While the prices (and crowds) at EPCOT’s popular Food and Wine Festival are only going up, the sizes of beer pours are only going down. (photo by Matt Cleary)
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THREE POOP SNACKS
The Match The Species snacks at Animal Kingdom were a big surprise, and after going viral, lasted for less than two weeks inside the park. (photo by Brian Carey)
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TWO MOVIES BOMBING
For the first time ever, Disney went over $5 Billion in one year, and more impressively did so with Tomorrowland flopping, and The Good Dinosaur becoming Pixar’s first ever “failure” (box office wise).
Special thanks to crack staff photographer Brandon Glover, master photo manipulator Matt Cleary, the salty skipper Scott Sanders, #blocked and reported for spam Michael Sheehy, Disneyland fanboy Brian Carey, and Fred Weasley’s widowMegan Stump for their invaluable assistance with this article. Be sure to also check out Brandon on The Park Blogger podcast with co-hosts Aengus Mackenzie and Brian Carey.
4 thoughts on “The 12 Days of a Theme Park Christmas”
Merry Christmas, Derek!
In the dictionary next to “prolific” is your photo.
Seriously, I hope they’re paying you OT. (You’ll just waste it at the outlets. Sheesh.)
This is my favorite month–all the holiday joy AND about 30 blog posts from you.
Merry Christmas to all the kind folks at touringplans.com!
Thank you one and all.
Have to say I’m not shocked “The Good Dinosaur” is flopping (by Pixar standards, anyway). I found myself dozing in the theater while watching it, and that doesn’t happen to me in most Disney films! The best redeeming quality of the film: Sam Elliot in a Disney pic. Had he been cast throughout, Pixar may have had a complete movie.
Merry Christmas, Derek!
In the dictionary next to “prolific” is your photo.
Seriously, I hope they’re paying you OT. (You’ll just waste it at the outlets. Sheesh.)
This is my favorite month–all the holiday joy AND about 30 blog posts from you.
Merry Christmas to all the kind folks at touringplans.com!
Thank you one and all.
Have to say I’m not shocked “The Good Dinosaur” is flopping (by Pixar standards, anyway). I found myself dozing in the theater while watching it, and that doesn’t happen to me in most Disney films! The best redeeming quality of the film: Sam Elliot in a Disney pic. Had he been cast throughout, Pixar may have had a complete movie.
Both hilarious and sad at the same time