Candle light processional 2005
 

For those of you who dont frequent Mouse Planet,
Dinsey Dine has opened reservations for this year, December 3rd, and 4th

I dont know many details, except that Storytellers, Hook's Pointe and Granvilles are among the dining options.

I'm in!! :)

I wish I could go! They had to go and pick my absolute favorite actor for the reader. Ponine (and anyone else who goes), I expect a full report!

I've never been, and he's the whole reason I'm going!!! I cannot wait... I love the park at Christmas time!!!



Even if someone at work told me he's a raging alchoholic, and asked if I expected him to be sober.

And, pray tell, who is the absolutely favorite actor who is going to be the narrator this year (for those of us who don't read MousePlanet)?

Dick Van Dyke.

Cool!,Dick Van Dyke is this years narrator. :D

Hopefully I'll be there that weekend?!


I'll be there

i have seats for the 8:00pm sunday performance.hope to see you there ;-)

One of these days I'll see this thing on Main St.

We did the Disney Dine deal at StoryTellers 2 years ago and it was well worth it. When I was a teenager I remember sitting 6-8 hours over on the planter benches between City Hall and the Firestation staking out seats.

At StoryTellers, all we had to do was eat $40 worth of food a piece. Amazingly, it was pretty hard $40 worth of food!!

After StoryTellers we went to go wait in line, and we ended up in the front row in front of the first chair violin. Great Deal!!!

Umm, as far as I know, Mr. Van Dyke has been quite open about his alcoholism, and has been sober for many years. Has "someone at work" actually seen him drunk in the last 20 years? If not, to imply otherwise is obnoxious rumormongering.

For the record, I, myself, expect to be sober.

I knew nothing about his personal battles, and frankly, it wasnt important to me. He's an entertainer, and that life is hard enough to deal with, without having to answer to me.
In my corner of the world, he's Dick Van Dyke, and to see him live and in person was all that mattered to me.

I was at work, acting about 14 in my excitment, and someone felt the need to burst my bubble.
it worked for about 10 seconds. Long enough to hear it, then tell my LoT friends, who were kind enough to clear it up, which I was hoping for.

I appreciate your candor, and am glad to hear it. If he can speak, its all good.

And what would an office be without obnoxious rumormongering?

I'm really looking forward to it, Dick Van Dyke couldn't be a better choice for the 50th.

A terrible thing indeed.

It'd be a fabulous thing... but, this is payroll, and I am the only Disney geek, and younger than most by 15, so its par for course.
That's why I hang out with y'all.

I will be there, I will be fed, and I will have a camera.
Having never seen CandleLight this is set to be a glorious day in the park. Life could not get much better than seeing a personal love of my life in person and hear him speak.

OKay... I got a reservation for four, and the other couple got their own!

Does any couple want to join us for dinner
December 3rd
Hook's pointe
@ 5:10
to see the Candlelight at 8

(Otherwise we'll just scale back to a two person reservation)

ooooh, could zapppop and I join you? We've never really hung out, and it might be fun. Plus, well, I'm dying to see Dick van Dyke do Candlelight.

..........................waiting for Ponine to reply...................

Now thats WIERD

I logged on Saturday, for the SOLE reason of responding to you two, so you didnt think I was slow on the ball. And knew I wouldnt be back on line till Monday at least.
I know I did, and I had wittnesses!!!! I sent it, I saw it post.... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

It said:
The seats are yours!
It'll be good to see the two of you again, and I promise that I wont take pictures of my food this time!

Sweet, we will have such a good time.

And, au contraire, I think we should pose all our dishes for a gourmand photo shoot spectacular!!

Yay!

:)

and? did anyone attend? how was it?

c'mon people! spill!

what a wonderful evening. while waiting to check in at Storytellers, i bumped into Zappop, ISM, GD and CP (reverse alphabetical order) and exchanged some pleasant greetings (great to see you guys again!) and introduced them to my dear friend Catherine.

Catherine and i had a terrific dinner (filet mignon, fresh veggies, awesome mashed potatoes and salad and corn chowder - a few cocktails...) while we were over the minimum amount needed, after the CM discount and my gift card it was a wash.

after the dinner, the waiter gave us our seating tickets for the 8:00pm performance. the line at Main Gate was smooth and by the time we got in, the line for the "Silver Seating" was very short. i thought this might mean being seated way in the back and on the side.

to my surprise we were escorted to the only two remaining seats, front row center - stage left, under the narrator platform. as soon as we took our seats, the lights dimmed and the conductor took the stage - as if they had been waiting for us. when dick van dyke took the stage, i was surprised at just how great he looked. and if he and i streched out our arms to each other, we could have touched finger tips. it was really cool being so close to hear his voice as he spoke before it was amplified.

to my right, a woman appeared on a shorter platform who would sign the narration and lyrics to the hearing impaired. her neckline and cleavage was a bit too much for such a digified show imho. the soloists were magificent and the spanish guitar and male soloist are such a treat to hear. the orchestra was just grand as usual, despite the winds occasionaly turning the music pages a few bars to soon. and the spine tingling fanfare trumpets are aways - simply amazing. sure miss seeing them lead the Fantasy On Parade and Very Merry Christmas Parade. at least we can still see them in candlelight.

the weather was not as cold as has been in past years, but there were occasional gusts of wind - that sometimes, as the wind swished past live microphones, created sounds of distant thunder. i did feel a bit concerned for the fanfare trumpeters atop the train station... there were some strong gusts while they were standing. but they sounded great! i saw several fellow cast members and friends in the audience and choir and even a couple family members on the opposite side of the audience.

as expected, fireworks were cancelled due to wind conditions, but it was especially fun to sip some hot belgian white cocoa as the snow fell on main street during white christmas.

i did an amzing shopping spree, grabbing everything that i wanted, and using my hundreds of dollars in gift cards i had accumulated from work incentives. what a fabulous birthday weekend this has been... and to top it off, the private cast party in the park tonight (monday) will be all i need to get "it" out of my system... as i expect capacity attendance pretty much the rest of the month. i will be in the park quite a bit this month, but not as a guest.

candelight is such an awesome tradition and i am so pleased that it is back in Town Square were it belongs. during silent night, i imagined for a moment how walt and lilly and the girls would watch it from their cozy rooftop patio between the apartment and city hall. it is almost too bad that it is limited to only two nights a year. but, as i left town square at 30 minutes after midnite, the crew was hard at work removing the stage and set... so in the morning, arriving guests will once again find a sparkling clean park... as if the event the night before was only a dream.

though the seats were a gift from work, they are worth every penny -- compared the the gruelling wait and standing i did last year.

sure put me in the christmas mood!

truly a magical evening.

wow...sounds fantastic. I could use something like that to get me into the Christmas mood I think. Thanks

wanna put on some Christmas music, sip some egg nog and unwrap me? i wag my tail like a new puppy. surely that would work for you, no?

We were there on Saturday night and this was the first time I had seen Candelight on Main Street.

WOW!

Memories of Christmases past flooded into my head as I got goosebumps from the trumpeter fanfare. I silently sang along with all of the carols and hymns and was brought to tears by Silent Night. It was a thrill to hear and see Dick Van Dyke read the story in his wonderfully familiar and comforting voice.

When I was a child, my church performed a "Drive thru Nativity" every year which I was always involved with. The crowning achievement was to perform the role of one of the "Angels" high atop one of the buildings near the end of the path. I wonder if they still perform this pagent? I might want to take another trip down nostalgia lane.


I'm very glad we were able to make it to the park that evening. It was also great to spend some quality time in the park with some good friends and a new friend. I'm so glad we were able to geel him out. :evil:

the Spirit of Christmas future?

here, have some more egg nog, it will help.

I will go right along with ML's description of the evening, it was wonderful.
Being an old choir monger myself I knew almost all the songs...

I didnt realize I still knew my part to the Hallajuia chorus!
Silent night was lovely, but... why not german????

Dick van Dyke was glorius, and I have the WHOLE thing on shaky video!!!! :)


(Now, if only I could erase the non-participatory young man in the choir from my tape)

:blush: Uh.....hmm…how do I say this…..while the wagging tail appeals to me on one level, and the Christmas music and eggnog may put me in the mood for…..well, something...I think I'll let you save the wrap for SacTown, as I would hate to break up a long standing relationship such as yours no matter how much you want to earn your new appliances.


My thanks, but I think I will have to save the wrap (unwrap?) to use on someone else with more…..shall we say…feminine type curves (and other accessories).

LOL, that's exactly what Sac said -

before eggnog therapy:evil:

Pssst, for those who don't speak N.A. Typo, that last line was supposed to read "geek him out."


I hope zappp will post some of his photos and links to some video clips. Dick Van Dyke was awesome, had one minor line flub, but clearly never had the stroke, heart attack, or bout of emergency alcoholic onset that Marie Osmond, seated two rows behind us, was clearly waiting in the wings for.

Dick got a huge collective goosebump out of the audience when he told us that this was his second stint as Candlelight narrator - - having last done the honors in 1965, at the height of Mary Poppins fame.


And heheh, as Ponine alluded to ... there was one guy among the hundreds of choir members who did not sing a word. Ironcially, I think he became the most noticed of them all by virtue of his stubborn non-participation.

It was a moving ceremony, and I hope they never again make the misguided move to hold this event in the Fantasyland Theater.

Town Square = Candlelight Ceremony.