HalloweenTime at DLR Info and Photo Superthread #3

[figment_jii]

Hey all! I have a question for those in the know about Halloween Parties!! We are going to two parties this year and for the first one, our littlest DD will be 2 still, but for the last party, which is also our last day at Disneyland, she will be 3 (we are having her Bday celebration @ Minnie and Friends Bfast the day before and she is soooo excited!!). Now I've read lots of times and heard firsthand from castmembers that nobody ages while at Disneyland....so in accordance with this policy, we should not have to purchase a Halloween party ticket for her for the 2nd party....or should we?? lol What do you think? Thx!

In terms of multi-day tickets, they do say that as long as the guest is under 3 at the start of the trip, then s/he is under 3 for the entire trip. In honesty, I would probably forgo the ticket because she was two at the start of the trip. That's what I've always heard when dealing with little one's birthdays during a trip. On the next trip, she would need a ticket because she was three when it started.

 

[WestMom2two]

I just got back from the .99 store, dollar tree and joanns! I scored some Disney stuff for my Halloween trip goodie bags!

The .99 store had lots of Disney stuff, if you have kids and want some cute, inexpensive things! I got some Mickey pens, some make your own coffee tumblers, and Disney stickers to use on the tumblers.

At dollar tree I scored some Cars and Toy Story hand sanitizers, in one of those plastic holders so you can attach them to a purse, etc...!!! I also got Disney stickers.

At Joanns I found Disney Halloween treat bags and Disney Halloween stickers, both in the $ section!!!

YAY me!!!

Can you tell I am excited about making these goodie bags???

Now I know what I'm doing this week! I have already ordered some Halloween shirts for the kids to wear from the Disney Store and got them some cute Disney light up toys from Target for the night time.. I still need to grab some PJs and slippers for the hotel! We did the treat bags last year and they loved them. Im so excited for our trip! Finally under 50 days!

 

[kmedina]

I just checked my subscriptions and you're right, Sherry. My subscription to your trip report is gone. That is weird. Even when threads have closed in the past, I've still had them listed. I just could not respond to them anymore. I will subscribe to the new one as soon as it is up and running. Eleven more days! You'll be in single digits soon. Starting the happy dance for you.

 

[rowan1813]

Hey all!

I don't know about any of you, but I am seriously ready for cooler weather and some rain! It reached 100 here today with some cloud cover and some of the smoke from the Rim Fire making its way here over the weekend. As much as I love the summer, tank tops, shorts, and sandals, I seriously want put on long PJs, socks, and listen to the rain.

I also can't wait for the Halloween movies to start showing although I am getting by by watching MEtv and their Sunday lineup of The Twilight Zone, Thriller, Night Gallery, etc. I love Rod Serling and The Twilight Zone but I think my favorite has been the episodes of Thriller I have seen. Very creepy!!! Has anyone seen the episode with William Shatner as he and his wife move into a house with a bunch of mirrors?

I have a quick question that I hope someone here will be able to answer. 2 BFFs and I are going to the party on 10/23. DM has a Disney Visa card with which she has graciously said she would buy our party tickets so we could get the discount (as none of us have a current AP ) and we would pay her back. Does she have to be at the party with us to show her Visa card as the purchaser of the tickets? I just want to make sure that when BFFs and I show our tickets to get in, they won't ask to see the card that purchased the tickets and DM doesn't have to be around (she is not going this year). TIA!

 

[AZlady]

Any news yet about the villian dance party? Time/location/limited free tickets??
Thanks!!

 

[Morgan063006]

Hey all!

I don't know about any of you, but I am seriously ready for cooler weather and some rain! It reached 100 here today with some cloud cover and some of the smoke from the Rim Fire making its way here over the weekend. As much as I love the summer, tank tops, shorts, and sandals, I seriously want put on long PJs, socks, and listen to the rain.

I also can't wait for the Halloween movies to start showing although I am getting by by watching MEtv and their Sunday lineup of The Twilight Zone, Thriller, Night Gallery, etc. I love Rod Serling and The Twilight Zone but I think my favorite has been the episodes of Thriller I have seen. Very creepy!!! Has anyone seen the episode with William Shatner as he and his wife move into a house with a bunch of mirrors?

I have a quick question that I hope someone here will be able to answer. 2 BFFs and I are going to the party on 10/23. DM has a Disney Visa card with which she has graciously said she would buy our party tickets so we could get the discount (as none of us have a current AP ) and we would pay her back. Does she have to be at the party with us to show her Visa card as the purchaser of the tickets? I just want to make sure that when BFFs and I show our tickets to get in, they won't ask to see the card that purchased the tickets and DM doesn't have to be around (she is not going this year). TIA!

She will not need to be there. You get paper tickets in the mail without any names on them. I ordered 8 for our group for the 9/27 party at $51/per instead of $59 advanced or $67 day off. They do charge a one time $5 processing charge that I wasn't aware of but we still saved quite a bit using the Disney Visa discount.

 

[briggscreek]

We were hoping to take a Halloween trip this year, but we are short on funds and can't go. I was really bummed out, but then my husband made me this over the weekend. I love Haunted Mansion Holiday, and this somehow made me feel better about having to stay home. I am planning a trip for next year now.

 

[Cheshirecatty]

briggscreek......That is adorable, and I want one too!

What a great husband to cheer you up in such a clever and creative way!

It's absolutely delightful!!!

 

[PHXscuba]

We were hoping to take a Halloween trip this year, but we are short on funds and can't go. I was really bummed out, but then my husband made me this over the weekend. I love Haunted Mansion Holiday, and this somehow made me feel better about having to stay home. I am planning a trip for next year now.

That is so cool! I need one of those for my front porch!! Details, please: what are the little monsters, what are the eyes made out of?

Hoep you get your Disney trip next year

PHXscuba

 

[briggscreek]

That is so cool! I need one of those for my front porch!! Details, please: what are the little monsters, what are the eyes made out of?

Hoep you get your Disney trip next year

PHXscuba

Thanks! The main monster is made of three Christmas wreaths, he took two of them apart to make the arms. The teeth were cut from a plastic kitty litter container and attached with wire, and the eyes are styrofoam eggs painted yellow with a felt center. The little guys are some kind of flower from the craft store, and their eyes are some of those little craft berries dipped in yellow paint. I just need to find some black and white striped ribbon for a better bow.

 

[Kilala]

We were hoping to take a Halloween trip this year, but we are short on funds and can't go. I was really bummed out, but then my husband made me this over the weekend. I love Haunted Mansion Holiday, and this somehow made me feel better about having to stay home. I am planning a trip for next year now.

You guys did a wonderful job at making that!!!

 

[pudinhd]

Just received this information on an email from AllEars.net... Very interesting information, but I still hope we learn more from Disney!!

-- Disneyland Park will be open from 8 p.m. until the 13th Hour (1 a.m.) on September 13 -- Friday the 13th, as it also will "Unleash the Villains." Town Square will be transformed for the party, where guests may see villains like Captain Hook, the Queen of Hearts, Judge Frollo and Lady Tremaine. Cobwebs and vines, Halloween-themed projections, lighting effects and fog set the tone for the evening. Witches and warlocks will get the dance party started, spinning a mix of upbeat Halloween tunes and Disney-friendly Top 40 hits. Later in the evening, the celebration spills over to New Orleans Square Train Station with Disney villains and the Unleash the Villains Dance Party, which will feature a lit-up dance floor and raised platforms, spooky decor and lighting effects. A mischievous station master DJ conducts this party -- announcing the arrival of a different ghoulish Disney villain at the 13th minute after every hour. Villains will be on the prowl after dusk for photo ops and character greetings, plus a few special surprises.

http://land.allears.net/blogs/dnews/2013/09/friday_the_13th_mischief_is_bi.html

 

[Sherry E]

pudinhd --

Thank you for posting that! AllEars must have gotten that from one of the official Disney sources, but it's the most detailed info we have read so far so I'll take it! It sounds fun!



briggscreek --

Your husband is awesome to make that for you! It is so cool! I'm eager to see what the new little surprises in HMH are when it opens next week.



rowan1813 --

Can you believe that, for some weird reason, I have never seen "Thriller"? Or if I have, I have forgotten all about it. As a child I watched "Outer Limits," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Twilight Zone" and later, "Night Gallery" (the latter two I loved). I have no recollection of ever watching "Thriller," though William Shatner was great in his 2 episodes of "Twilight Zone," so I'm sure I'd love the house full of mirrors as well.

I also used to love love love the cheesy old scary movies that ABC ran when I was a kid -- "Trilogy of Terror" (the original one, with Karen Black), "Let's Scare Jessica to Death," "The Initiation of Sarah" and "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (the original one, with Kim Darby), as well as the original "Stepford Wives." "Westworld" and "Futureworld" were good too.



Kim -- My TR thread would not show up in your subscriptions because it is gone forever. Not closed. It has been deleted, so it vanished from your subscriptions. I reached the page limit. I also managed to acquire the most views (well over 360,000) out of any TR thread in the Disneyland TR forum. But, alas, it was time to bid it farewell.

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For our Halloween-related TV enthusiasts (and I know that Goofy Mom loves the Halloween TV shows, as I do), this year on Travel Channel we will see the debut of two new shows (I just got this from the Television Without Pity site):

1. Halloween Night Frights – One-Hour Special
Premieres Sunday, September 29 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT

It’s a heart-stopping spin through North America’s scariest Halloween-themed coaster parks. America’s beloved amusement parks by day transform into fright zones after dark, delivering the highest-octane Halloween thrills for adrenaline junkies. Whether it’s high-speed launches and stomach-lurching cobra rolls, or haunted graveyards and zombie assaults, each attraction featured in this one-hour special promises you the ride of your life! Produced by High Noon Entertainment with Travel Channel’s Sean McKnight as Executive Producer.


2. Halloween Craziest – One-Hour Special
Premieres Sunday, October 13 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT

This one-hour special features the most terrifying, extreme and absolute best of what Halloween has to offer. From America’s scariest, no-holds-barred haunted house in San Diego and a hair-raising coffin race in Colorado, to the ultimate custom body painting studio in Las Vegas and British Columbia’s pumpkin drop celebration, each destination is more frightening and fun than the last! Produced by High Noon Entertainment with Travel Channel’s Sean McKnight as Executive Producer.

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I will be all over those shows! I love them! My DVR is already full of Halloween and Christmas shows just like those! "Halloween Craziest" is the 'sequel' to the previous "Halloween Crazy" and "Halloween Crazier." (I will expect to see "Christmas Craziest" this holiday season too, as the "Crazy" and "Crazier" versions have aired in previous years!)

"Halloween Night Frights" might be airing in place of other Halloween shows that usually air, or in addition to it.

Bravo used to run the best mini-series every year for Halloween, titled "The 100 Scariest Movie Moments." It was 5 parts, one hour each, and they counted down to number 1. There were well-known movies and obscure movies in that countdown. Bravo stopped running it and instead ran "Even Scarier Movie Moments," which was not as good and was only one hour or 90 minutes. If you can ever find the original 5-part series with the countdown from 100 to #1, I highly recommend it!

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[pudinhd]

pudinhd --

Thank you for posting that! AllEars must have gotten that from one of the official Disney sources, but it's the most detailed info we have read so far so I'll take it! It sounds fun!

You are welcome! It does sound fun, if a little crazy!! I love character meets, but I am not sure if that's how this will work or not... Hoping for more info on Friday from the LTM site!

 

[Kilala]

Here are some pics from past MHP I went too. I hope this gets everyone the mood.

 

[kmedina]

It is sad that it was deleted forever. There was some great information that probably could have been good to read for years to come. That may be the saddest purge ever. At least I have your next one to look forward to. Someone was asking about her post count going down. I guess deleted threads could cause that. Mystery solved.

 

[WestMom2two]

I'm starting to wounder why I booked our Halloween trip towards the end of the month (Oct 20th and on) because the excitement and anticipation is going to kill me! I mean we are still 47 something days out and I can't sleep at night because I get myself in a Disney planning frenzy! Not to mention that we are trying to surprise our kids this time and that alone is driving me mad. I just need someone to be excited with me. Here's hopping I can calm down and not wish away my days until then.

 

[dtnrhi]

We are still on the fence about visiting just for a Halloween Party. We don't want it to be busy. After some thinking, I would imagine the party on September 27 (the first one) will be pretty busy, being the first one, and a Friday.

Are ride lines significantly shorter during the party? That is why I personally want to go. My little sister wants to trick or treat. Are the lines for this crazy?

Basically, I don't want to drive for five hours to get there... and wait in line after line. I thought that since the parties were an upcharge, it wouldn't be as busy. If the ride lines are still long, I don't see the advantage or reason to go. I get all the exclusives, but it would be a minimum of $500 for an evening in Disneyland and a hotel and meals.

Generally, I'd use that to extend our trip in November a day, but due to my college schedule, I can't. Another part to this is that my brother will not be going with us on this (November) trip due to sports. He'll be staying behind with family. I thought it would be nice to give him a day in Disneyland to "make up" for not going in Novemeber.

Basically, it comes down to how long the ride lines are... lol

Can somebody shed some light on this?

 

[Sherry E]

It is sad that it was deleted forever. There was some great information that probably could have been good to read for years to come. That may be the saddest purge ever. At least I have your next one to look forward to. Someone was asking about her post count going down. I guess deleted threads could cause that. Mystery solved.

Kim --

Yes -- if threads are deleted, then post counts will go down.

I was very sad to have to delete it (I'll explain it to you in a PM when I have time, later!). I put 5 years into that thread, as well as a lot of writing, sharing my history and struggling with Photobucket to post all of those photos from 1972 to 2013. I do have the last 2 big TRs from that thread (the one from December 2011 and the one from December 2012) saved on a flash drive somewhere, so if worse comes to worse and I ever want to re-post them in a new thread (just so people can get some kind of background) I can at least pull those two up. But everything before them or in between them is gone.

I will definitely let you know when I begin a new TR and I am grateful/happy that you will be joining me there and following along!

I'm starting to wounder why I booked our Halloween trip towards the end of the month (Oct 20th and on) because the excitement and anticipation is going to kill me! I mean we are still 47 something days out and I can't sleep at night because I get myself in a Disney planning frenzy! Not to mention that we are trying to surprise our kids this time and that alone is driving me mad. I just need someone to be excited with me. Here's hopping I can calm down and not wish away my days until then.

WestMom2two --

Well, you know you can come here and have someone to be excited with! Many someones, in fact!

I will say that one good thing about taking your Halloween trip near the end of October is that it will feel much more Halloween-ish then. The decorations at DLR won't change -- except that the carved pumpkins at the Carnival/Ranch/Round-Up change all throughout the season -- but just the overall feeling in the air will be more Halloween-ish and it won't feel so odd seeing pumpkins everywhere, like it does in September!

I just realized that I planned all or most of my Halloween fun for September (and by the way, it's supposed to be 100 degrees or above here in my area today and for the next couple of days, so Summer is not going away quietly), and October is pretty lacking in plans for me, even though the Halloween feeling is so much stronger in October! So I have to do something to remedy that and plan some Halloween festivity for October too!

We are still on the fence about visiting just for a Halloween Party. We don't want it to be busy. After some thinking, I would imagine the party on September 27 (the first one) will be pretty busy, being the first one, and a Friday.

Are ride lines significantly shorter during the party? That is why I personally want to go. My little sister wants to trick or treat. Are the lines for this crazy?

Basically, I don't want to drive for five hours to get there... and wait in line after line. I thought that since the parties were an upcharge, it wouldn't be as busy. If the ride lines are still long, I don't see the advantage or reason to go. I get all the exclusives, but it would be a minimum of $500 for an evening in Disneyland and a hotel and meals.

Generally, I'd use that to extend our trip in November a day, but due to my college schedule, I can't. Another part to this is that my brother will not be going with us on this (November) trip due to sports. He'll be staying behind with family. I thought it would be nice to give him a day in Disneyland to "make up" for not going in Novemeber.

Basically, it comes down to how long the ride lines are... lol

Can somebody shed some light on this?

dtnrhi --

You're right that the 9/27 party will be quite busy, because it's a Friday and because it's the first night of the party. There are still fewer people in Disneyland during the party than on a regular super-busy day, though.

I have seen some occasions in which the lines are very short or non-existent for certain rides, and very long for other rides at the party. For example, Haunted Mansion Holiday and Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy will still have quite a bit of a wait.

Some folks think that Disney oversells the tickets to the party. It doesn't feel exclusive enough to me and I think they should sell fewer tickets.

I don't know how much light that sheds on anything, but hopefully it helps somewhat.

 

[Doulanobles]

Aloha fellow fanatics . I am literally bursting with excitement at my trip coming up!!!! We will be there october 8-13 ( Hawai'i fall break) with that Tuesday-Friday in the parks and the Friday night Halloween party. We've visited twice before, once the week before thanksgiving and once the second week of January. Our first Halloween season! Chheeeeehooooo!

Anyway, I realize it'll be more crowded than our previous visits, but am trying to get a sense of how much more. I've heard touring plans has some data but some say its very unreliable??? We are celebrating my DD sweet 16 and its mostly a girls trip but my hubby is able to join us for one day, Friday 10/11. He has a one park, one day ticket and a ticket for the party that night. That was the best, cheapest plan we coukd think of! The plan was to camp out at DcA until 4, then head to DL. I'm just wondering if it'll be possible to ride much during that 4-7pm time span???

And as for the party, any advice (and apologies if it's been asked before ), on the order of things to hit at the party? I know the fireworks are at a fixed time and I imagine the parade is as well, but what about the other stuff? How many trick or treat lines are there? Should we do more than 1? What are the things we absolutely shouldn't miss??? My daugherr and the friend will probably be exploring on their own (teenagers ) but I want to have some sort of plan or order to things so we make the best use of our time, wait as little as possible , eat well and enjoy our last night in the park.

Mahalo nui for giving me a safe place to let out my not so hidden Disney dork side!