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What do you get when Christmas magic meets Disney magic? Christmas at the Magic Kingdom® ! Covered from top to bottom in holiday lights, Cinderella Castle has a bit of a winter wonderland feel. Mickey's Once Upon A Christmastime Parade is a special parade for the holiday season featuring Mickey and all of his friends, and Holiday Wishes is a seasonal version of Magic Kingdom®'s nightly fireworks.
Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party is a special additional ticket option for Christmastime. The park stays open until midnight just for party guests, who are also treated to complimentary hot chocolate and cookies, a visit from Santa, and a magical snowfall on Main Street!
For me, on a night with a slight chill in the air, and all of the sights, sounds and smells of Holidays Around the World, Epcot® , especially the World Showcase , really feels like Christmas. cheap hotel deals at luxor in las vegas The lively voices of Joyful! A Gospel Celebration of the Season fill the air, and captivating cheap hotel deals at luxor in las vegas Storytellers from each of the World Showcase countries share their holiday tales and traditions. In one quick trip around the world you can visit the world's largest gingerbread house, take a picture with Santa and Mrs. Claus, and learn things like what Nalyuks are and how to properly pronounce cheap hotel deals at luxor in las vegas Kujichagulia.
The undisputed highlight of the holiday season at Epcot is the Candlelight Processional . A massed choir of hundreds of singers accompanied by a full orchestra joins a celebrity narrator (2012 narrators include Gary Sinise, Neil Patrick Harris, and Whoopi Goldberg) in telling the Christmas story three times nightly from the day after Thanksgiving through December 30th. The choir is composed of choruses from churches and high schools around the country, so it also makes a very special, unique performance opportunity for choral groups.
Hollywood Studios® has been home to the Osborne cheap hotel deals at luxor in las vegas Family Spectacle of Lights since 1995. I've visited these lights almost every year since, and it's amazing how it changes and grows! The enormous lights cheap hotel deals at luxor in las vegas display began at the home of the Osborne family of Arkansas before Disney brought it to Hollywood cheap hotel deals at luxor in las vegas Studios® where it can be enjoyed by millions without stopping traffic! The lights are choreographed to classic cheap hotel deals at luxor in las vegas Christmas tunes and, since 2006, periodically "dance" along with the music. This year, the Osborne Spectacle of Dancing Lights is also the place to see Santa Goofy!
At Islands of Adventure® , it's not Merry Christmas, it's Merry Grinchmas™! Seuss Landing , one of Islands of Adventure's six islands, is home to one of the most non-traditional Christmas celebrations in the Orlando area , or possibly anywhere! At Grinchmas™, a celebration based on Dr. Seuss's classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Whos of Whoville mingle with park guests and share their Christmas cheer, and a live musical production cheap hotel deals at luxor in las vegas of How the Grinch Stole Christmas is presented multiple times daily. The show is bright, colorful and features a score arranged by Mannheim Steamroller's Chip Davis. 2012 marks the thirteenth year of Grinchmas™ , and watching the furry green guy fall under the spell of Christmas in Who-ville never gets old!
Perhaps you've dreamed of visiting cheap hotel deals at luxor in las vegas New York City for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade® but are a little overwhelmed by the prospect of massive crowds, blocked streets, and long waits? Universal's cheap hotel deals at luxor in las vegas Macy's Holiday Parade™ features actual floats and balloons from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade®. Many other balloons may be seen on display throughout the park. It's really cheap hotel deals at luxor in las vegas fun to get up-close and personal with a Parade balloon. They are truly enormous…I don't think I even came up to the top of Grover's foot!
The Macy's Holiday Parade™ is also a fantastic performance opportunity for high school bands. Just as in the real Macy's Parade, marching bands from around the country have the opportunity to march right along with the giant inflatable elves and toy soldiers.
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The hallmark of SeaWorld®'s Christmas Celebration, and their longest-running tradition, cheap hotel deals at luxor in las vegas is the Polar Express ride to the North Pole, where Santa himself is waiting (among the beluga whales and polar bears) to pose for pictures and hear Christmas wishes.
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