Halloween at DL

[amamax2]

Hm. Do you think it would be overbaord to try and get photos of all 300+ pumpkins on display on Main Street

Oh my gosh - I was just reading the Christmas thread and about the 100 trees and wondering if it would be too much to try to photograph all of them! Now I see this - LOVE the idea of trying to do this...hmmm.....maybe we can start a check list of all the ones we find. From the press release, it sounds like all 300 are on Main St (or am I reading that wrong?). Do you think that is right, or is it 300 scattered throughout the park, counting, for instance, the ones over the ticket booths? (see, I'm serious ).

Don't lose hope on candy corn plants. It think it would fit in Toontown from the pics I have seen. Does Mickey and Minnies houses have a garden space in front or to side yards? Maybe some will show up there.

While not a complete CCA, I *believe* at WDW last year there was some great Halloween decor in Toontown, so not beyond the realm of possibility.



What I'm wondering is, do you all think they will keep Halloween over at DL, or is this just for this year because of WOC and all the construction? If it is just a temporary fix, they may not put a lot into it this year...'course if they decide to permanently move it, then by not putting a lot into this year, next year they can roll out the "bigger and better" banner (with corresponding price increase ).

 

[SueTGGR]

But Toontown closes early. ;>(
I am still keeping hope up for DCA. Even if the Farm area is being remodeled there is still all the decorations around Sunshine Plaza, right? I can't imagine they won't do anything. Plus, won't they have the Tron stuff in place of the GlowFest instead by then? Maybe they are waiting to see what that will encompass. So many changes going on, maybe they are still trying to figure out the logistics of it all.

 

[JH87]

what a great thought - Candy Corn would be really cute there.

That would be super cute, but I just don't think toon town has enough extra spce. maybe a few touches here and there but its already so busy in terms of decor that it might be too much for that little town to handle lol.
do they even decorate toon town at all? i mean it would be soooo cute to have like pupkins on minnie and mickeys porches, and at christmas have lights on their houses....
i have never been during holidays so i have no clue! but i havent seen pics either.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

And Mickey's house will be closed for at least some of the Halloween season. Unfortunately it's closed all the time I am there.

 

[CaseyK]

We are missing the Halloween Party so that means the fireworks (we will be there to see Remember Dreams Come True). We'll see everything else right? Do the characters dress up even if it's not a Party day? Will Big Thunder Ranch BBQ be what they said (laughing place post) during all of Halloween time?

 

[mvf-m11c]

And Mickey's house will be closed for at least some of the Halloween season. Unfortunately it's closed all the time I am there.

My DC is bummed that Mickey's house is closed during our visit, but she is also not happy that TSMM will be closed until October 10th. There is still a lot to do at the DLR, it is also exciting to see RDCT on the weekends.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

I am pretty bummed about TSMM too! I am hoping it opens up a couple days earlier, but I won't get my hopes too high.

Star Tours is also a bit of a bummer, but not much we can do about it!

I am also looking forward to the Remember Fireworks! Although I am a little stressed about trying to see them and Fantasmic! on the same night. I really want to see both, and I only have one night, so I am a little stressed about getting good spots!

 

[Sherry E]

Oh my gosh - I was just reading the Christmas thread and about the 100 trees and wondering if it would be too much to try to photograph all of them! Now I see this - LOVE the idea of trying to do this...hmmm.....maybe we can start a check list of all the ones we find. From the press release, it sounds like all 300 are on Main St (or am I reading that wrong?). Do you think that is right, or is it 300 scattered throughout the park, counting, for instance, the ones over the ticket booths? (see, I'm serious ).


While not a complete CCA, I *believe* at WDW last year there was some great Halloween decor in Toontown, so not beyond the realm of possibility.

What I'm wondering is, do you all think they will keep Halloween over at DL, or is this just for this year because of WOC and all the construction? If it is just a temporary fix, they may not put a lot into it this year...'course if they decide to permanently move it, then by not putting a lot into this year, next year they can roll out the "bigger and better" banner (with corresponding price increase ).

Not 100 trees for Christmas, amamax2 - there are 700 trees!!!! And that was my goal last year - to find all of them - before I realized I would only be able to make a day trip. You need a lot of time to do it and you have to look in unexpected places (like window displays and down dark, hidden hallways)!!

I agree with what everyone has said here - while some candy corn touches in ToonTown may be possible, they don't have enough space to do a full Candy Corn Acres. Also, if DLR was totally relocating the bulk of the candy corn decorations to TT, they would have mentioned it in the press release yesterday because they ordinarily never do anything in TT for Halloween. They would want people to know to go look there.

Removing Candy Corn Acres from DCA this year means no Heimlich popping up every so often, and it means one less PhotoPass photo op (they are already lacking PhotoPass photo ops too). But most importantly, DCA needs Halloween/holiday touches. It has lost the Halloween Party too. I thought it was so clever when they had the candy corn CALIFORNIA letters in front of DCA, but then suddenly they were gone last year. Putting all of the Halloween stuff in DL might be fun - if they could find a place for CCA in DL, that would be cool - but leaving DCA out of it altogether seems off-kilter to me. It seems lopsided. It feels like it's not really "HalloweenTime," as in a whole season all over the Resort. To me, it will feel like it's one park with Halloween decorations. I think they need to do something in both parks to have a better balance. They should do something at the hotels for the whole seaosn too, but at least both parks.

Hopefully next year they will bring back CCA, and that this year it's only gone because of the construction work they are doing. I surely hope it's not because of World of Color domination. Yes, yes, I get it - World of Color is a great show and all of that. But I don't need it to take over the entire park and become the main focus!

 

[DisDancerina]

If you want to get your kids super-hyped up for Disneyland Halloweentime, rent/try to find the Disney Sing Along Songs Halloween video.
I'm 15 and I have to admit that every time I watch it I still get giddy!

 

[tdashgirl]

If you want to get your kids super-hyped up for Disneyland Halloweentime, rent/try to find the Disney Sing Along Songs Halloween video.
I'm 15 and I have to admit that every time I watch it I still get giddy!

We have that video! I think I got it on Amazon. Super cute.

 

[AmyPond]

Not 100 trees for Christmas, amamax2 - there are 700 trees!!!! And that was my goal last year - to find all of them - before I realized I would only be able to make a day trip. You need a lot of time to do it and you have to look in unexpected places (like window displays and down dark, hidden hallways)!!

I agree with what everyone has said here - while some candy corn touches in ToonTown may be possible, they don't have enough space to do a full Candy Corn Acres. Also, if DLR was totally relocating the bulk of the candy corn decorations to TT, they would have mentioned it in the press release yesterday because they ordinarily never do anything in TT for Halloween. They would want people to know to go look there.

Removing Candy Corn Acres from DCA this year means no Heimlich popping up every so often, and it means one less PhotoPass photo op (they are already lacking PhotoPass photo ops too). But most importantly, DCA needs Halloween/holiday touches. It has lost the Halloween Party too. I thought it was so clever when they had the candy corn CALIFORNIA letters in front of DCA, but then suddenly they were gone last year. Putting all of the Halloween stuff in DL might be fun - if they could find a place for CCA in DL, that would be cool - but leaving DCA out of it altogether seems off-kilter to me. It seems lopsided. It feels like it's not really "HalloweenTime," as in a whole season all over the Resort. To me, it will feel like it's one park with Halloween decorations. I think they need to do something in both parks to have a better balance. They should do something at the hotels for the whole seaosn too, but at least both parks.

Hopefully next year they will bring back CCA, and that this year it's only gone because of the construction work they are doing. I surely hope it's not because of World of Color domination. Yes, yes, I get it - World of Color is a great show and all of that. But I don't need it to take over the entire park and become the main focus!

Well, I hope y'all enjoy CCA next year.

Maybe I'll get to enjoy it in 5 years.

Can you tell I'm a bit bitter that the last time I was a DLR for HalloweenTime was in 2006 where there wasn't that much? And then now this year it's all scaled back too? Because yeah, I'm bitter. And it's too late to reschedule our trip for our usual January time. I was willing to deal with hot weather and crowds so I could see the Halloween stuff and now I feel like I made the wrong choice since it's so scaled down.

 

[tdashgirl]

sending some and to you! We don't know what it will be like for Halloween time yet since DLR hasn't started it and so much has changed since last year ... we're all just guessing here! I'm going to think super positive for your trip

 

[Sherry E]

Well, I hope y'all enjoy CCA next year.

Maybe I'll get to enjoy it in 5 years.

Can you tell I'm a bit bitter that the last time I was a DLR for HalloweenTime was in 2006 where there wasn't that much? And then now this year it's all scaled back too? Because yeah, I'm bitter.

Well, on the bright side, at least in 5 years all the 'work' in DCA will be completely finished and the World of Color hype will have totally died down so it won't seem like it has consumed all of DCA (as it does now). That will open the doors for bigger celebrations of the seasons. By then, because it will be a newer, shinier DCA in general, DLR almost certainly will be doing bigger and better things for HalloweenTime in DCA.

But we have one last shot at finding out the fate of CCA - when the Halloween mini-site goes up. That should tell us once and for all (just in case the powers that be at DLR are currently on the fence about what to do with the giant candy corn).

I still think they would have room and could make room to put up the giant candy corn photo op (the one with the bite taken out by Heimlich) in DCA, if nothing else. And they could still hang the candy corn off of the Golden Gate Bridge and in some of the palm trees. That way there would be some remote touches of Halloween in DCA. It's just the candy corn 'plants' that make up Candy Corn Acres that would have to be displaced. And if those are displaced, then DLR might figure that there is no point in putting up the candy corn photo op either.

We will have to see. Now I absolutely cannot wait for 9/17 to roll around so we can get the first reports from people on the scene as to whether there are any candy corn sightings in DCA at all! I have to know!!

 

[DisDancerina]

Mickey's Halloween Party is at DL this year, right?

 

[srauchbauer]

I am still hoping that DCA will do something it's not going to cost them anymore$$ they already have the stuff. They know exactly where it should go and Disney is really trying to make DCA a "real park" so I hope they treat it as a "real park"

 

[amamax2]

Not 100 trees for Christmas, amamax2 - there are 700 trees!!!! And that was my goal last year - to find all of them - before I realized I would only be able to make a day trip. You need a lot of time to do it and you have to look in unexpected places (like window displays and down dark, hidden hallways)!!

700! How did I mis-read that? Oh my - I think I can ditch the family a few hours each of our three days, but probably not enough to get all 700, especially with all the other new things I've found to see and do from the Christmas thread.

Hopefully next year they will bring back CCA, and that this year it's only gone because of the construction work they are doing. I surely hope it's not because of World of Color domination. Yes, yes, I get it - World of Color is a great show and all of that. But I don't need it to take over the entire park and become the main focus!

I am SOOOO over WOC already!!! My family has always LOVED DCA, and last time we went, we really disliked all the new theming, and now, from all reports, to basically turn the whole park into the WOC park, phooey!

(I'm bitter, too, Amy Pond, just for different reasons, lol!)

 

[AmyPond]

I think WOC seems pretty awesome. We watched the live feed of it online opening night and I liked it. However, it is kind of annoying that it seems to have taken over DCA right now. I'm not even sure if we're going to see it or not. We may not want to take the time since our time in the parks may be fairly limited.

 

[funatdisney]

Well, on the bright side, at least in 5 years all the 'work' in DCA will be completely finished and the World of Color hype will have totally died down so it won't seem like it has consumed all of DCA (as it does now). That will open the doors for bigger celebrations of the seasons. By then, because it will be a newer, shinier DCA in general, DLR almost certainly will be doing bigger and better things for HalloweenTime in DCA.

I quite agree. We have to be patient. I, for one, like that MHP has moved to DL. DCA is under too much construction and it was quite awkward last year. When the WOC dies down and the construction is finished, I am excited to see what they will do with DCA then. I don't think they will ignore decking it out for Halloween and Christmas. By the time they get done, the marketing team will need to come up with something to advertise the new DCA.

As for MHP at DL, I am looking forward to see if there is anything new offered. Maybe more decorations or more dressed up characters. I am going to have fun checking out if there are any differences. In fact, I might go for a day trip in September (my trip is in late Oct.) Take DH and head on over for an afternoon, and have grandma pick up the kids after school. Noe that sounds like a plan....

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Well there's still no Halloween stuff, but the rest of the entertainment schedule seems to be showing up for October now!

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Nevermind, Disneyland's stuff is showing up, but not World of Color yet.