Disneyland Prepares For the Holiday Season
According to the OC Register’s Around Disney blog:
The massive bottom half of Disneyland’s Christmas tree slowly made its way along Main Street USA – followed by the top half.
Both were carried by cranes early Tuesday morning, as the theme park finished decking itself out with annual holiday decorations.
The 13-ton, 60-foot-tall artificial tree is in its second year at the theme park; two years ago, in part to go more green, Disney quit using live trees.
More than 60,000 lights are on the new one, along with 2,000 ornaments.
“The lighting and the electrical weigh over 5,000 pounds – a real tree wouldn’t be able to accommodate that kind of weight,” said David Caranci, Manager of Resort Enhancement at the park.
Early Tuesday morning also found more than 40 workers on lifts or ladders decorating the rest of Main Street. Elsewhere, crews added a snow-and-icicle look to the castle. More than 100,000 lights were attached to the “it’s a small world” façade, and ornaments and lights sprung up in New Orleans Square, too.
As night turned to dawn, technicians were tinkering to get the tree’s programmable lighting system working. They said everything would be ready by Friday, when Disney’s holiday season officially kicks off.
