Originally Posted by Traveliter
Due to some changes in Residential Street where they used to have this (the area is being converted into a car stunt show attraction), Disney has moved the Osborne lights into the Streets of America (but at least it's up now; it was dark last Christmas). What was probably five blocks worth of lights has been compressed into one block. It's... um... reminiscent of Liberace. I think if you've never seen it before, you'll be wowed. But if you're used to the original version, this one is... um... a Reader's Digest version.
We hadn't seen any version of Osborne. The last time we were there at christmas was about 10 years ago, and the parks were far far different at that time. The decorations were amazing at all parks. We, quite honestly, were very disappointed at the decorations, or lack thereof. We went home & looked at pictures from that trip and can't believe how much Disney has cut out. All areas of the parks used to have decorations. Now only the "main" streets have them. Also, that "arbor-like thing" at Epcot that changes to the music is awful. We were there last month when they were putting it up and were looking forward to seeing it all lit up. What a disapointment.
I guess they put them all on the streets of America. It was quite overwhelming in incredibly crowded, even right after they were turned on.
Still, it was a nice time to go for the weekend. I had wanted to stop by at mousefest but never had the chance.
Mary