Disney’s Enchanted Christmas runs from November 11, 2023 till January 7, 2024 at Disneyland Paris, and options vacation leisure, decorations, and particular meals. This information gives our greatest ideas for visiting France throughout yuletide season at Walt Disney Studios Park, Disney Village, lodges, and Disneyland Paris. (Updated February 28, 2023.)
Before we get to the remainder of the small print and our report on Disneyland Paris at Christmas, we advocate testing our 2023 Disneyland Paris Vacation Planning Guide (it doesn’t matter what time of yr you’re visiting). Disneyland Paris at Christmas is very like Magic Kingdom or Disneyland in California, however with its personal twists. One massive one is the climate! Christmas at Disneyland Paris has climate you’d truly affiliate with winter, and an actual snowfall in late November or December will not be unusual.
This put up has been up to date with new images and knowledge for Christmas at Disneyland Paris, nevertheless it’s price noting that these images are from our earlier visits to Disneyland Paris at Christmas, and never this yr. (Obviously, as the vacation season continues to be a number of months away). We’re hoping to move again to France for Christmas 2023, and can replace with no images and a report as soon as we do. For now, right here’s what we all know in regards to the vacation season at Walt Disney Studios Park and Parc Disneyland…
At this level, the one factor that Disneyland Paris has formally introduced are the dates of Enchanted Christmas (November 11, 2023 by January 7, 2024). Otherwise, Disney has not revealed every other particulars. Our expectation is that the occasion is essentially the identical, with Mickey’s Dazzling Christmas Parade virtually sure to return together with different leisure and festivities. Perhaps a stage present and a few decorations will differ.
Last yr, not a lot occurred at Walt Disney Studios Park. Hopefully that’s one of many massive issues that modifications for 2023, and Disney brings again Mickey’s Christmas Big Band. This unbelievable stay present featured an enormous band orchestra, fast-paced faucet dance acts, and a drum solo by Mickey Mouse. We’d additionally prefer to see the Goofy’s Incredible Christmas projection present make a return for Christmas 2023 at WDSP.
On a constructive notice, L’Hiver Gourmand will doubtless return to Walt Disney Studios Park. This winter market consists of fashionable chalets that serve gingerbread, crepes, sizzling chocolate, and different scrumptious treats. Four new chalets will probably be added this yr, with three of them put in for the primary time at Disneyland Paris.
Speaking of which, Disneyland Paris is the center of the vacation season.
During the day, visitors will probably be entranced by the majestic glittering Christmas tree that stands 24 meters excessive as quickly as they step foot on Main Street! With Christmas music, garlands and snowflakes flying within the air… a fascinating ambiance will envelop the realm.
Before we go any additional, let’s set the temper. No, I’m not going to dictate that you just flip down the lights, pour a cup of eggnog, and lightweight the fireside. But I’m not going to let you know to not, both.
I do assume it will “enhance” your enjoyment of the remainder of this put up in the event you learn and seen it whereas listening to the best Disney theme park Christmas music recognized to mankind: Chante, c’est Noel.
This music is the unofficial theme music of Christmas at Disneyland Paris. It was as soon as (apparently) performed throughout a Christmas parade at Disneyland Paris. Then it was performed on the shut of the earlier Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
Now, I believe it’s simply performed again in Santa Claus Village at Cottonwood Creek Ranch. Why it’s now not outstanding is past me, as a result of it rocks.
Another spotlight is in Videopolis, the place Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy and Goofy will have fun the magic of Christmas carols a number of occasions a day on stage with the musical present “Let’s Sing Christmas!”
This yr, Minnie can even have a particular shock in retailer for Mickey and Guests, as she’s going to carry out a canopy model of a well-known music entitled “All I want for Christmas is… Mickey”.
There’s one other nighttime spectacular along with the Disney D-Light drone show, which was designed for the Disneyland Paris thirtieth Anniversary celebration.
Lighting up the sky each night time, visitors will benefit from the triumphant return of Disney Dreams of Christmas. This beloved nighttime spectacular, which dazzled a technology of Disneyland Paris visitors, returns extra lovely than ever.
Disney Dreams of Christmas combines fireworks and dancing fountains round Sleeping Beauty Castle set to a seasonal soundtrack. The nighttime spectacular additionally options projections of Christmas scenes immersing visitors into the wintry worlds of Disney.
The present will probably be much more dazzling and elevated for the Disneyland Paris thirtieth Anniversary celebration, with new technical enhancements. Sleeping Beauty Castle’s rooftops will probably be much more glowing due to a brand-new LED expertise that makes it doable to create synchronized results which have by no means been seen earlier than in a Disney theme park.
Earlier within the day, there’s a respectable quantity of different Christmas leisure. Mickey’s Dazzling Christmas Parade is the opposite “big” factor accomplished for Christmas in Disneyland Paris, and it’s a latest addition.
Disneyland Paris groups secretly developed this new parade and debuted it final Christmas. Mickey’s Dazzling Christmas Parade consists of 5 gigantic floats, that includes Mickey & Friends, Disney Princesses, Santa Claus & Tinker Bell, and extra characters.
Each of those floats in Mickey’s Dazzling Christmas Parade represents an idyllic Christmas scene with conventional decorations and parade performers will probably be wearing luminous costumes specifically designed for the event. (Since it’s comparatively new, count on to see Mickey’s Dazzling Christmas Parade in 2023, too.)
There are a number of showings of Mickey’s Dazzling Christmas Parade per day. Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy will open the procession of magical, colourful floats. After them, you’ll see Winnie the Pooh and Friends, Chip & Dale, the Three Little Pigs, and lots of different characters. Of course, Santa will finish Disney’s Christmas Parade on a excessive notice from his sleigh!
Mickey’s Dazzling Christmas Parade will ship two distinctive experiences! Its colourful and illuminated floats will have fun the magic of winter, each through the day and at night time. The distinctive theme of every float will immerse Disneyland Paris within the magic and surprise of Christmas.
These floats will probably be synchronized with Christmas music and can function Mickey and his associates, together with princesses and Santa Claus. The performers’ shiny costumes, which have been specifically designed for the event, will make it doable to create glowing results on Main Street.
The icing on the cake: characters will mild up the Christmas tree in Town Square to create much more magical moments through the nightly efficiency of Mickey’s Dazzling Christmas Parade!
Presumably, this implies there received’t be a standalone lighting ceremony for the Christmas tree on Main Street at Disneyland Paris.
Speaking of characters, there are a selection that meet of their vacation finery, together with Thumper, Miss Bunny, Stitch, Duffy, and choose Princesses in Town Square and areas all through the park. While we like character meet & greets, the traces for these are typically lengthy, so we normally skip them.
You can take pleasure in a wintery wonderland in a vacation lodge that’s residence to Santa Claus and Mickey Mouse. This is the right alternative for visitors of all ages to drop off their Christmas letter to Santa and seize the second.
‘Tis the season to eat, drink, and be merry!
Specialty meals and beverage objects to take pleasure in will probably be accessible all through the Walt Disney Studios Park, Disneyland Paris, Disney Village, and the lodges.
While taking in each second of the vacation season’s choices, it’s additionally the right alternative to do a little bit of vacation procuring.
Browse the festively embellished boutiques and cease by La Boutique du Château and Merlin l’Enchanteur, each of that are devoted to the season.
Phantom Manor doesn’t obtain a Nightmare Before Christmas overlay like the opposite Haunted Mansion points of interest, and Disneyland Paris now not does it’s a small world vacation or celebration.
In different phrases, there are not any Christmas attraction overlays at Disneyland Paris.
Disneyland Paris’ lands are decked out for Christmas. In normal, these decorations are extra subdued than their US counterparts, with a notable exception: the eating places. Holy cow! Seemingly each single restaurant had uniquely embellished Christmas timber, and its justifiable share of on-theme decorations.
Much like the opposite Disney theme parks, Main Street is probably the most embellished of any land in Disneyland Paris. Beyond the Christmas tree and Sleeping Beauty Castle icicle lights, there are strands of garland strung from one aspect of the road to the opposite, and lots of store home windows function lovely Christmas shows.
The remainder of Disneyland Paris Resort will get within the Christmas temper, however to not the identical extent. Walt Disney Studios Park has been doing an increasing number of for Christmas, nevertheless it nonetheless doesn’t evaluate with the vacations on Main Street, USA.
The lodges additionally put up Christmas decorations, with Disneyland Hotel being the spotlight. Sequoia Lodge can also be fairly good, and that lodge “feels” extra like a Christmas-y place. The remainder of the lodges and the Disney Village had Christmas decorations up, however nothing actually noteworthy.
Overall, a Disneyland Paris Christmas is certainly one thing price experiencing. It’s not as extravagant as what you’ll discover in Disneyland or Walt Disney World, however the unbelievable customary substance of the park compensates for that. There are a handful nice seasonal reveals and the decorations are fantastic, however it will be good for the parade to ‘grow’ at a quicker fee.
Regardless, we actually take pleasure in Disneyland Paris at Christmas, and I’d say it’s the right time for an American to go to Disneyland Paris for the primary time (so long as you don’t thoughts the chilly climate). Nothing is lacking from the park because of the Christmas season (like Haunted Mansion is “missing” from Disneyland), and there are a variety of Christmas enhancements which might be icing on the cake!
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