Photos posted today on twitter by @Pixiedust_be
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;D wow ;D
That looks fantastic!!! We are staying at the DLH this year for the first time and I am so excited! Still managing to keep it a secret from the children since June last year!
Could you tell me what time the descent of the stairs is, and is it every day?!
Getting far too excited now,
Thank you for sharing the pics!
These are not my photos, I have yet to see this, its on my list for my next visit. From what I have found out from other posters it is usually around 4 pm. There is usually a board in DLH reception with time and character information.
I am also hoping to experience this on our next trip in March.
I saw somewhere, that it is only Thursday - Sunday... (So we have one chance as we leave friday at noon...)
I am heading to City Hall as soon as we get there on the Monday for info - they should have info on the Descent too I guess...?
Fantastic! It looks like such good fun, thank you for the replies!!!!
When I went last September it was only Thursday to Sunday at 4pm. If you go to the foyer of DLH which anyone can enter from the far right of the park entrance you can enter the foyer and the information of all the character happenings are on a board by the stairs. It's a lovely hotel to just explore even if you aren't staying there. I had a lovely time at the bar by Inventions.
The last day of my trip was Thursday 30th Jan and a little before 4 a cast member came around advising that they wouldn't be doing the little show just a meet and greet in the lobby, they didn't even come down the stairs they came down in the lift :(
That is what happened with me but no one told us they weren't going to come down the stairs so it came to 4 o clock and no music or anything turn around and they are just walking in through the front door.
It was such a shame as it was my last day and only chance to see it and I really wanted to. Hopefully next time! I don't know why they would change it at such short notice though. It's disappointing when it happens.
Well at least they didn`t cancelled the whole thing and had the characters out! :-\
That I agree with as i managed to get a picture with Donald Duck who was too busy when I last saw him in the parks so it was worth it.
The big question is will Descent of the Stairs survive after it was revealed today from November this year 2014 characters in the hotels are to be dropped.
I would hope so! DLH also has character meets like the others do. So for me that isn`t the same. But hats just me...
I'd like it if they just kept characters at DLH and dropped the rest if any need to be dropped
Quote from: pialykke on February 08, 2014, 04:33:25 PM
I am also hoping to experience this on our next trip in March.
I saw somewhere, that it is only Thursday - Sunday... (So we have one chance as we leave friday at noon...)
I am heading to City Hall as soon as we get there on the Monday for info - they should have info on the Descent too I guess...?
What kind of info do you expect?
La Descente is every Thursday til Sunday, it starts at 16:00 and ends at 16:30.
There's not really much more info to give, since they don't give away which characters will be there.
That's a surprise every time.
Quote from: DLRPWonders on February 14, 2014, 05:08:18 PM
Quote from: pialykke on February 08, 2014, 04:33:25 PM
I am also hoping to experience this on our next trip in March.
I saw somewhere, that it is only Thursday - Sunday... (So we have one chance as we leave friday at noon...)
I am heading to City Hall as soon as we get there on the Monday for info - they should have info on the Descent too I guess...?
What kind of info do you expect?
La Descente is every Thursday til Sunday, it starts at 16:00 and ends at 16:30.
There's not really much more info to give, since they don't give away which characters will be there.
That's a surprise every time.
Oh ok, that's the bit I was hoping for... Didn't know they kept it a surprise... ::) Thanx.
It's called Magical Moment, I went on Thursday & there was no descent just characters meeting but it was good watching them all pop out around the room :-)
On the Friday they had decorated the stairs with a few hearts & two girls in red came down so I was hopeful for something a bit different with it being Valentine's but it was Mickey, Minnie, Pluto & Goofy but they all had lovely costumes on so it was still nice even though no special characters were involved xx
When I went to see Descent it was a Thursday so maybe on Thursday they just do a character meet and greet and they don't come down the stairs compared to Friday to Sunday. A shame for those guests that want to see it and Thursday is there only day to see it.
Quote from: dazzle_v2003 on February 17, 2014, 01:39:27 AM
When I went to see Descent it was a Thursday so maybe on Thursday they just do a character meet and greet and they don't come down the stairs compared to Friday to Sunday. A shame for those guests that want to see it and Thursday is there only day to see it.
Yeah, we are one of those families unfortunately... We go Mon-Fri, but have to leave our hotel about 12.30 on the Friday, so our only opportunity to see it is the Thursday... Oh well, even if it is "just" a character meet, we will definitely be going. We've never been in the DH, so want to experience that too...
Just hope they have one or two "rare" characters there instead of just "the usual bunch".... I would hope they still make it a bit special, even if they have scrapped the actual descent...
We were there on Sunday 9th Feb and the characters did indeed decend the stairs.
It was very busy (as expected) and there was a kind of meet n greet at the bottom which was a scrum. We just stood back and took it all in before making a quick exit. Glad we got to see this though ;D
I watched it from the balcony, good view of the staircase & on the day it was just a meet with no descent it was really funny to watch the characters pop out from all over the room & see people's reactions :-)
I was in the foyer on Thursday 20th February with my family and can confirm that the characters DID descend the stairs, the characters were Gideon, Suzy and Perla, Mickey, Pluto, Goofy and Tigger. Considering it was a dismal day weather wise the foyer was not very busy and we'd met all the characters with photo opportunities and autographs done in about 20 minutes!.
Would definitely recommend anyone finds the time to experience this.
We are staying in the Disneyland hotel and there are characters coming down the stairs at four. And they then stick around in the lobby for photo's and signatures. My children loved it and so did I. At the reception they mentioned it especially so i think it is a regular thing. Today the characters were Goofy, chip 'n Dale, donald, pluto and Mickey.
When we went in feb, it was peter pan,wendy, gipetto, pluto, tigger, a penguin from mary poppins, mickey and minnie. I loved it, so did my girls : )
Last Saturday (March 15th) the characters were:
* Gepetto
* Tweedle Dee
* Tweedle Dum
* Mickey Mouse
* Minnie Mouse
* Pluto
* Goofy
* Penguin (Mary Poppins)
All in their classic outfits.
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Last Sunday (March 16th) the characters were:
* Mickey Mouse
* Minnie Mouse
* Tigger
* Gepetto
* Suzy
* Perla
* Goofy
* Max
* Donald
Max, Goofy and Donald were in Cuisine outfit.
The rest of the characters were all in classic outfit.
I love that the character selection can pop up some surprise characters every now and again and it isn't always the usual characters that you can meet in the park or some times characters are in special outfits.