Posted by Aubrey on 1/21/23

Hi all! I visited Disneyland Park on Tuesday, January 3rd and (mostly) enjoyed a very rainy day taking a few recordings around the park with the help of StarWarsGalaxysEdge. And by rainy, I mean it did not let up, ever. I am presenting those recordings here for reference, although note that they are all live recordings and there’s but a handful. Every once in a while my voice might pop up briefly as I said hello to cast members, characters, or out of some other necessity (sorry).

This trip took place during the holiday celebrations, so the typical BGM was replaced with Christmas versions where expected.

Phone recordings (256 kbps)

https://mega.nz/folder/tspyiITa#HnSL6DW1XRcL8MX5LWGLGw

TASCAM recordings (WAV)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/utcgfjffnedqirr/AABrHMcYL6rOyP5y5kZ8sp3pa?dl=0

Notes on my park observations:

Downtown Disney

• In the morning, the holiday esplanade loop was audible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C566GZ6-EI4
• In the evening, there was a holiday nighttime loop: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0HBAppsCDBq2HsAdwbW0hx?si=c3ffcfd0a0b74102&nd=1
• I went into the World of Disney in the evening, which apparently was playing the Backlot Premiere Shop Holiday Loop (from when the parks were closed for COVID-19). I don’t have a track listing but the loop includes music from the likes of Lindsey Stirling (violin instrumentals), Ariana Grande singing "Last Christmas", “Light of Christmas” by Owl City and TobyMac.

Main Street, USA

• The general MSUSA loop was the Christmas loop. None of the songs seemed out of the norm whenever I could hear it.
• I stopped for quite a bit in the Disneyana gallery to see if there was a loop, and there was! I recorded the full loop with some cast members chattering in the background from time to time. The loop is essentially an audio tour of Disneyland and consists mostly of selections from the AMHOD 50th box set. I found out with the help of RocketRodsXPR (and his very helpful son) that this loop is apparently the same or very similar to the loop that played for Disneyland’s 50th inside the MSUSA cinema. The loop was audible in all of the three rooms (front, middle, back) but somewhat quieter in the middle. I couldn’t tell if there were clear speakers in the middle room or not. I don’t have a track listing quite yet, but will post one soon.
• I stopped in the Disney Clothiers Ltd. shop and some light strings were audible. pixelated let me know that this loop has been the same as the one used in the Emporium at DLP (see wedroy1923’s track listing here). I grabbed a few minutes of recording, but it was hard to hear and I figured that we had the track listing already from a DLP loop (we did). It’s most audible standing underneath the (few) speakers in the ceiling.
• I had not previously been in the Plaza Point - Holiday & Ornaments Store in the former location of the Kodak store, but it was cute. The loop has been faithfully reconstructed by Magical Soundtracks based on a reference recording, and can be listened to on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0aGtEuqZUw. It’s a lot of I Salonisti and Palm Court Theatre Orchestra, a la Paradise Garden Park, BVS and Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta BGM. There had been some whisperings as to whether the loop changed for the holidays, but I shazamed “Belle of the Ball - Schwanen Salon Orchestra” which is part of the regular loop, so I believe it stayed the same.
• Main Street Cinema seemed to have the same old loop (there’s a live recording and the original CD over in the torrents, in separate torrents). I grabbed a partial recording.
• I didn’t stop to listen, but the Plaza Inn exterior was playing upbeat Disney music in the morning for the Minnie & Friends Breakfast in the Park character breakfast. It sounded very similar to the Magical Express sort of music. This vlogger’s video has the live music loop in the background: https://youtu.be/OF6Ce1Fwt_k?t=638 It does seem to be different from the loop that was posted by DisneyChris in **Re: Disneyland Plaza Inn Character Breakfast Loop.**