HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread #4

gottalovepluto · Sep 4, 2015

stephanie22 said:
I have a question about costumes, my son really wants to go to on of the parties as a storm trooper, but I know they have strict guidelines regarding masks. Do you know if the storm trooper mask will be allowed?

I don't know but that's a really good question! I was always under the impression "eyes visible" is a security issue so personally I'd try for some sort of back up just in case the answer is no.

Djscarlette · Sep 4, 2015

stephanie22 said:
I have a question about costumes, my son really wants to go to on of the parties as a storm trooper, but I know they have strict guidelines regarding masks. Do you know if the storm trooper mask will be allowed?

Edited to fix spelling

My son will be a stormtrooper too at MHP we have the Disney ST costume which blackouts his eyes. I bought him a ST hat to wear at the party, I found it on amazon for a really good price. I told him he won't be able to wear the helmet at the party, but will be wearing it at home to trick or treat on Halloween night. He's 4 and is excited to wear the hat with his costume.

Nonsuch · Sep 4, 2015

keishashadow said:
...define 'fireworks seating' does this fall under the we give u a cushion to sit upon the ground ala the other dinner I have booked for Fantasmic?
I see this listed in description, assume it may be standing room only?
Guests will then be escorted by our Ghoul Control to a reserved area in Central Plaza for priority viewing of the Halloween Screams fireworks spectacular!

While there is no way to know for certain until the first party, I expect there will be actual seats (benches or folding chairs) located in the north spoke of the hub.
Even when part of a VIP Tour, Disney uses the description "Priority/Preferred/Reserved Viewing" rather than "seating". WOC tends to be standing, but other viewing areas (PTN, F!, Fireworks) usually have chairs.

haileymarie92 · Sep 4, 2015

I think fiancé and I are going to book another MHP just so we can do the new BB!! It's pricey but fiancé just got a bonus at work and it sounds so fun!

violentlyserene · Sep 4, 2015

I just saw,that oct 23 sold out so we went ahead and got ours for the 22nd. So excited!

haileymarie92 · Sep 4, 2015

We did it! We are now going to the Sept 30 and Oct 2 MHPs and doing the BB dinner on Oct 2.

So excited!

Figured it'd be better to do the 3hr dinner on the Friday party since we anticipate it'll be busier than the Wednesday party.

goldmay · Sep 4, 2015

Sith said:
Anybody happen to know the seating capacity of the Blue Bayou?

The reason I ask is that I'm curious how much space will be taken for the Halloween Screams reserved seating. We had planned on getting in front of the castle early enough to get a spot up front. Now it sounds like there will be people in front of us no matter what we do. Unless I drop another $450 for the three of us of course...

There are ~50 tables and most of them seat up to 4 people. But who knows, maybe they won't fill up the whole restaurant for the event, since characters are going to be walking around.

Sherry E · Sep 5, 2015

Kilala said:
I just check the tickets again and the 23rd of October just sold out.

Thank you for letting us know, Kilala! Needless to say, when I checked (and rechecked) the DLR website earlier today, no additional parties were showing as sold out beyond the ones we already know about. So the 10/23 one just popped up. That makes 4 sold out MHPs.

I will update page 1 of the thread with the latest sellout info, and I have to find somewhere to insert a paragraph about this new Blue Bayou event in the MHP FAQ section.

lwanthony said:
We just booked the BB Mystical spirits dinner for the 22nd of Oct. Now let's hope the reviews that will come long before we get there are all great!!!!!

Hopefully we will get some reviews right after September 25th! I'm eager to read about how this goes.

Sith said:
Anybody happen to know the seating capacity of the Blue Bayou?

The reason I ask is that I'm curious how much space will be taken for the Halloween Screams reserved seating. We had planned on getting in front of the castle early enough to get a spot up front. Now it sounds like there will be people in front of us no matter what we do. Unless I drop another $450 for the three of us of course...

Thankfully, goldmay had an answer for you -- it's been a long time since I last ate at BB, and I was trying to picture the layout and the tables!

keishashadow said:
ok, tried calling, gave up & booked it online for 10/5. confirmation indicates this 'out' if reviews are less than stellar or my DH gets wind of what I dropped on this. His favorite Disney restaurant is BB & fav attraction is DL's PoC. When I saw pirates mentioned under entertaiment, it was all needed to see to pull the trigger:

CANCEL

There is a 2 Day cancellation policy. Full price will be charged/forfeited if canceling within 2 Days or no show of the reservation.

I think the pirates who will be entertaining are the Bootstrappers! They're great, although they are usually out in the daytime in NOS. I suspect that's who you will see.

You never know -- maybe at some point Disney will decide to throw Jack Sparrow into the mix at Blue Bayou as a surprise!

haileymarie92 said:
We did it! We are now going to the Sept 30 and Oct 2 MHPs and doing the BB dinner on Oct 2. So excited!

Figured it'd be better to do the 3hr dinner on the Friday party since we anticipate it'll be busier than the Wednesday party.

Good point -- so you could essentially skip Halloween Screams on 9/30 and do the other MHP things, and then save HS for 10/2.

goldmay said:
There are ~50 tables and most of them seat up to 4 people. But who knows, maybe they won't fill up the whole restaurant for the event, since characters are going to be walking around.

I'm so glad you knew that! I was trying to visualize Blue Bayou from the last time I ate there, and I could not remember if there were 50 tables, or 75 tables, or 35 tables.

bluedietcoke04 · Sep 5, 2015

Just bought our tickets to the Mystical Spirits of the Blue Bayou Dining Experience for the 29th. Totally excited for this. My husband and I have been to several of these halloween events over the years and with it just being the two of us this seemed like an awesome change. Not surprised by price seeing how small the restaurant is and they only do one seating per night. Should be a lot of fun! Figure we can trick or treat for a good hour and then enjoy the party at the BB.

Haven't seen it mentioned in this thread but on Halloween the Disney Concert Hall in LA is showing Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde while a live organist plays in the background. Booked for that as well. Counting down the days!!!

haileymarie92 · Sep 5, 2015

Sherry E said:
Good point -- so you could essentially skip Halloween Screams on 9/30 and do the other MHP things, and then save HS for 10/2.

That's pretty much the plan! 9/30 will be trick or treating and rides, and then the first chunk of the 10/2 party will be blue bayou and the second half maybe a few rides and the AP treat trail again depending on the gift this year.

Anyone know if you are an AP holder and go to multiple MHPs, can you go to the AP treat trail once for each party? Or do they scan your AP and do a once a year thing?

Kilala · Sep 5, 2015

I hope that Toon Town is open again for the pre-party this year. Hopefully some one there is going on the first night can tell us if there is anything going on before the party starts

Sherry E · Sep 5, 2015

bluedietcoke04 said:
Just bought our tickets to the Mystical Spirits of the Blue Bayou Dining Experience for the 29th. Totally excited for this. My husband and I have been to several of these halloween events over the years and with it just being the two of us this seemed like an awesome change. Not surprised by price seeing how small the restaurant is and they only do one seating per night. Should be a lot of fun! Figure we can trick or treat for a good hour and then enjoy the party at the BB.

Haven't seen it mentioned in this thread but on Halloween the Disney Concert Hall in LA is showing Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde while a live organist plays in the background. Booked for that as well. Counting down the days!!!

Oooh! Thank you for telling us about the event at the Disney Concert Hall. You're right -- it's not mentioned in the thread, because I didn't even think of the Concert Hall for Halloween. I have looked at its events for the holiday season and on New Year's Eve, but never for Halloween. That would be a good thing to add to my post on page 1 about other/alternate Halloween/Fall things to do, especially since it's a Disney location.

Nonsuch · Sep 5, 2015

Sith said:
...We had planned on getting in front of the castle early enough to get a spot up front. Now it sounds like there will be people in front of us no matter what we do...

You should still be able to get a spot up front.
The BB seating (and I assume it will be seated) is likely to be in the usual VIP seating at the north spoke of the hub (the walkway leading up to the partners statue).

mummabear · Sep 5, 2015

jammyjam25 said:
Another user (@Avery's mom) linked this in another thread - Looks like there is a new premium dining experience at BB only available during the Halloween parties that includes a three course meal, entertainment by Dr. Facilier and other guests including the Cadaver Dans, plus priority viewing for Halloween Screams! - https://disneyland.disney.go.com/dining/disneyland/blue-bayou-halloween-dinner-package/

I went through the reservation process for 2 guests and it totaled $300. So $150 per guest it seems. A little steep for me!

OMG I only half read this as excitement overtook, I was one click from dropping $750 without even noticing :rotfl2:

. Thank god I did or my family would have had a spare ticket....since DH would have killed me!
Does this mean Dr Facilier won't be available for meet and greets?

Sherry E · Sep 5, 2015

mummabear said:
OMG I only half read this as excitement overtook, I was one click from dropping $750 without even noticing . Thank god I did or my family would have had a spare ticket....since DH would have killed me!
Does this mean Dr Facilier won't be available for meet and greets?

No one knows just yet. The Parks Blog has not done an official blog about this event yet -- instead they focused on the Jungle Cruise breakfast today. Apparently they are not doing a blog about it until next week, a couple of days after Labor Day.

My guess is that Dr. Facilier may end up being limited at MHP outside of this specific event. To me it seems that having an 'exclusive' character at the Blue Bayou would be one of the selling points. If I were going to plunk down $150 in addition to the money I already plunked down for MHP, I would want to mingle with a character that was not going to be out and about at the regular MHP. He may still be at MHP but just not as often.

I guess we have to see what the Parks Blog says when they finally do a piece on it next week! Hopefully they will have their information correct, as the Disneyland press releases can't even get it straight whether or not there will be a Monsters U dance party in Tomorrowland or a Superhero dance party!

Sith · Sep 5, 2015

Well, I just made reservations for Mystical Spirits of the Blue Bayou for 10/31. It sounds like way too much fun I couldn't resist! It is a bit pricey, BUT...

I already had regular dinner reservations at Blue Bayou on the night before, anyway. Dinner for 3 at BB by itself can be nearly $200 after tax & gratuity. So, cancelling this reservation eases the pain of the Mystical Spirits price tag a little.

Sherry E · Sep 5, 2015

Sith said:
Well, I just made reservations for Mystical Spirits of the Blue Bayou for 10/31. It sounds like way too much fun I couldn't resist! It is a bit pricey, BUT...

I already had regular dinner reservations at Blue Bayou on the night before, anyway. Dinner for 3 at BB by itself can be nearly $200 after tax & gratuity. So, cancelling this reservation eases the pain of the Mystical Spirits price tag a little.

It should be especially fun on Halloween night too.

theluckyrabbit · Sep 5, 2015

haileymarie92 said:
...Anyone know if you are an AP holder and go to multiple MHPs, can you go to the AP treat trail once for each party? Or do they scan your AP and do a once a year thing?

Last year we went to 2 parties and went through the AP trail each time with no problems. They do scan your pass, but only to make sure you only go through once per party.

hkkatie · Sep 5, 2015

Quick question about the halloween party, and I apologize in advance if it has been answered. I don't have time to read 233 pages right now!

Does it get really crowded? Or do they limit the number of tickets in order to keep it from getting crowded? (Right now I'm looking at Sept 28). Like would you say that it's hour-long waits in line? or more like 15-30 minutes?

mummabear · Sep 5, 2015

Sherry E said:
No one knows just yet. The Parks Blog has not done an official blog about this event yet -- instead they focused on the Jungle Cruise breakfast today. Apparently they are not doing a blog about it until next week, a couple of days after Labor Day.

My guess is that Dr. Facilier may end up being limited at MHP outside of this specific event. To me it seems that having an 'exclusive' character at the Blue Bayou would be one of the selling points. If I were going to plunk down $150 in addition to the money I already plunked down for MHP, I would want to mingle with a character that was not going to be out and about at the regular MHP. He may still be at MHP but just not as often.

I guess we have to see what the Parks Blog says when they finally do a piece on it next week! Hopefully they will have their information correct, as the Disneyland press releases can't even get it straight whether or not there will be a Monsters U dance party in Tomorrowland or a Superhero dance party!

I'm dying to know who the friends from the other side are. Sadly I just cant justify this, I cant see the kids being interested at all in the food (hot damn I want the bourbon glazed chicken breast)

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