Halloween at DL

[DisneyStitch626]

Bump!

It was almost at the bottom of the page.

We still need some info over here!! How am I supposed to make a PS for Ariel's Grotto WOC package in a couple days, if they haven't announced what they are doing for the fall yet?

 

[SueTGGR]

Hey, if any of you were headed over this weekend...I found this on the Disney Blog:

Glow Fest, a really popular experience at Disney California Adventure park this summer, will be even more lively July 30 through August 1. While I don’t want to spoil any surprises, we want to reward our loyal Disney Parks Blog readers with a little inside information.

Every night this weekend, Glow Fest is charging up the night with a live DJ, colored shirt nights, and even more fun activities.

Check out these highlights:

Friday, July 29 – YELLOW SHIRT NIGHT

* DJ CeeS spins live Friday night.
* Around 8:30 p.m., meet on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood Picture Backlot to get the low down on a fresh dance move (it’s an “everybody-join-in dance lesson”)
* About 8:45 p.m. DJ CeeS spins a track and everybody shows off the new Friday night dance move.
* Wear a YELLOW shirt to get a shout-out from DJ CeeS. Who said yellow was mellow?

Saturday, July 30 – BLUE SHIRT NIGHT

* DJ Ups spins live Saturday night.
* Around 8:30 p.m., meet meet up at Hollywood Boulevard to learn the Saturday night dance move.
* About 8:45 p.m. show off your new moves to a hot track from DJ Ups.
* Wear a BLUE shirt to earn a shout-out from DJ Ups, and you’ll never have so much fun bein’ blue.

Sunday, August 1 – PINK SHIRT NIGHT

* DJ Chase spins live Sunday night.
* Around 8:30 p.m., don’t miss the Sunday night dance move session on Hollywood Boulevard.
* About 8:45 p.m., DJ Chase spins while everyone grooves with the new move.
* Dare to wear a PINK shirt and get your shout-out from DJ Ups. It’s a hot color for some hot music.

So, who’s up for getting their glow on this weekend? Tell us what color shirt you’ll be wearing when the music starts spinnin’!
If you don't know about the blog find it here:
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/07/high-energy-glow-fest-gets-power-surge-this-weekend/

Keeping my fingers crossed for more info but between this and the "new" parade they posted about, seems like they are working on lots of stuff. I would hate for Halloween to be forgotten about.
Happy Weekend, everyone!
Sue

 

[Sherry E]

Sherry, why do you think I'm heading down to the mouse solo before the family trip in Feb? On our last trip to the mouse in Feb/09 everytime I wanted to take an oddball shot, I'd look after taking it, and the family would be wandering 60 feet ahead of me, and waiting for me to catch up with them. Didn't realize how many gaps I had in pics until after I got home and was looking through them. Now I can take pics till the cows come home and nobody to interrupt me. Of all places I could have flown to for vacation DL is the closest, and a place where I feel safe travelling solo, without having to deal with major jetlag and major time differences.

You're right, Trish. And I've been telling myself for a while that I really need to make a photo-intensive trip to DLR. I started to get on a roll with pictures in 2008 and then my stride was broken last year. If I have no one with me, or if I am alone 75% of the time, I can - as you said - take pics until the cows come home! This might just be the right opportunity to get better acquainted with my camera and start snapping anything that looks even remotely Halloween-ish!!



Anyway, all day of checking the DLR website, the D23 website and the Parks Blog for that darn Halloween press release thingy I have been waiting on for months, and still...nothing! Arrrgggghhhhhhh!!

At first I thought maybe the hold-up in info (compared to last year, when the Halloween info came out) was because everyone was working on articles regarding the 55th anniversary of DLR. Now I wonder - rather, hope - that maybe the darn HalloweenTime info is taking so long to come out because the TDA people are feverishly working out the plans for HalloweenTime and adding in new things to fill out all that DL area. If there are NEW things of any kind that are being added to DLR for HalloweenTime (I'm not talking about the MHP - just the season in general), I will forgive them for taking so long. If we are waiting all this time and there is nothing new at all for the season, I will be annoyed!!

In any case, I remember when this thread had only 2,000 views. Look at it now!! Woo hoo!! It's the team work, everyone!

 

[iKristin]

I'm starting to guess this year isn't going to have a Halloween announcement

77 DAYS UNTIL MY TRIP!!

 

[BELLEDOZER]

It sounds like they are going to delay the remainder of the info until the last possible moments. I would really like to know their reasoning behind this. I could be with the 55th anniversary, and the WOC hype that they got behind on their planning and are trying to play an ongoing game of catch up.
Have a great day everyone!

62 DAYS UNTIL MY TRIP!!!

 

[Sherry E]

I'm starting to guess this year isn't going to have a Halloween announcement

77 DAYS UNTIL MY TRIP!!

We will definitely see more info at some point. They have to start promoting the Halloween season because it starts in basically just over 1-1/2 months! (Can you believe that in about 1-1/2 months we will start seeing NEW HalloweenTime photos on this thread?)

The thing that is throwing me off and leaving me confused is that I assumed Disney would hurry and get the info out since (A) not only did they have a whole detailed press release on D23 about HalloweenTime on July 18 of last year (and HalloweenTime started on 9/25 last year), but also, (B) HalloweenTime is starting early this year - don't they need to get a move on with the info...before HalloweenTime actually begins?

Especially with an early start date to the season I would expect an early press release. Instead, last year the season started one week later and we got an early press release! What kind of sense does that make?

Well, as I said last night, if we find out that they have added some new things to the HalloweenTime roster of events/activities/treats/highlights, then I will forgive them for taking longer to get us that coveted info. But if it's the usual stuff with nothing new at all added in, then it will be mildly annoying.

In any case, I feel it coming....we are heading into August tomorrow and I have a strong feeling that this week is going to be the week for something in the way of news.

Remember, everyone - we have 3 different forms of HalloweenTime info to expect, but they may not all come this week:

1. The long 'press release' thingy that details all of the things to be found at DLR for HalloweenTime (i.e., Zero's Ghostly [or is it Ghastly?] Ghoulash) - and that will probably be released via either D23 or the Disney Parks Blog website (most likely from Heather Hust Rivera).

2. A sort of short bullet point/highlight list of HalloweenTime things - much like the format/length that is on the DLR website right now in the brief HalloweenTime mention (where it says to check back in summer for more details), but with updates that are more specific about this year.

3. The super cool mini-site to the DLR website that is devoted to all things HalloweenTime, complete with graphics, pictures, effects, sounds and all sort of other things to show us what is to come for HalloweenTime. Last year, I think it was, there were all kinds of spooky corridors that you would move down, with doors to different rooms or dungeons, and then there were paintings on a wall that you could click on to get more info about Halloween attractions, food, merchandise, etc.


I remember #3 - the cool Halloween mini-site - coming out after everything else. It's the very last thing (usually). We may not see that until mid-August or later, at this rate.

But #1 and #2 should be coming very soon. And as I said, I have a strong hunch we will see something in this next week - like by next Friday, more than likely.

 

[Sherry E]

Well, this is not "new" information by any stretch of the imagination, but I had vowed to re-post it every several pages (like every 5 - 10 pages) for anyone who is new to this thread. Meanwhile, it has been 58 pages since I last posted it!!!!! This thread is moving at warp speed!!

Let me know if I left anything out inadvertently or if there was an update I neglected to include!! I think I got everything that is pertinent to highlight right at the moment, until we find out the rest of the info.

Anyway, I will re-post for anyone out there who may be lurking or just now joining us who wants the quick details but doesn't have time to scroll back through the pages and read everything, as you try to get your DLR HalloweenTime plans together, and as we all wait for the information outlined in my post #1786 above ^^^ (the one right above this one).

This is what we know for certain about HalloweenTime 2010 so far, as of Saturday, July 31, 2010:

• HalloweenTime at Disneyland Resort will begin on Friday, September 17, 2010.

• Mickey’s Halloween Party - or "MHP," as you will see it called in this thread (formerly called Mickey’s Trick or Treat Party) - will, indeed, be moving over to Disneyland. In more recent years the party has been held in California Adventure.

• Mickey’s Halloween Party will be held every Tuesday and Friday night in October, and on Halloween night, for a total of 10 nights. The dates of the party will be:

Fri., Oct. 1
Tues., Oct. 5
Fri., Oct. 8
Tues., Oct. 12
Fri.; Oct. 15
Tues., Oct. 19
Fri., Oct. 22
Tues., Oct. 26
Fri., Oct. 29
Sun., Oct. 31

• Tickets for Mickey’s Halloween Party have been released to the general public. Disneyland Resort Annual Pass holders, Disney Vacation Club members and Disney Visa Card holders (Credit or Debit) can get a discount on their MHP tickets purchased in advance for October 1, 5, 12, 19 and 26. Call 714-781-4400 to purchase, or if you are an AP holder you can purchase the tickets through the AP section of the DLR website. This is the pricing information, along with the hours of the MHP:

Advanced Purchase Ticket Prices for AP Holders, DVC members and Disney Visa Card holders:
$44 Discount for These Dates:
October 1, 5, 12, 19, 26

$54 Regular Admission Price for These Dates:
October 8, 15, 22

$59 Regular Admission Price for These Dates:
October 29, 31

Day-of-Event Ticket Prices
$54 If Purchased and Used on These Dates:
October 1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22, 26

$59 If Purchased and Used on These Dates:
October 29 and 31

All Dates
Ages Two and Under: No Charge!

Times
Tuesday Nights: 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (party guests are allowed to enter Disneyland at 3 p.m.)

Fridays and Halloween Night: 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. (party guests are allowed to enter Disneyland at 4 p.m.)


• The Halloween Screams fireworks will be totally exclusive to Mickey’s Halloween Party guests, and will not be shown to non-party guests during the rest of the season.

• More treat stations and more treats will be added to the MHP in DL.

• MHP guests will have access to “nearly all” the attractions Disneyland park has to offer—from the classic attractions in Fantasyland to the Halloween-themed attractions like Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy and Haunted Mansion Holiday. We also assume that most of the DL restaurants will remain open during the MHP.

• MHP guests can start the party early and enter Disneyland at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and 4:00 p.m. on Fridays. The official event starts at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and 7:00 p.m. on Fridays & Halloween. However, regular, non-MHP guests who attend DL earlier in the day on MHP days can stay until 6 p.m. on Tuesdays and until 7:00 p.m. on Fridays and Halloween, so there will be a bit of an overlap time. We assume that a wrist band system will be put into effect to identify the MHP guests and the non-guests.

• We should find out the full scoop on HalloweenTime and its agenda of activities and attractions in the next week or so (I’m guessing by August 6th or August 9th).


Hope that helps!

 

[VictoriaAndMatt]

I think the reason there still hasn't been any official info posted yet is because they still honestly have no idea what they are doing. I think like Sherry has already said they didn't think about the affects WOC would have on the Halloween party, and made the decision to have it at DL without really thinking about how they were going to pull that off. Then, announcing exclusivity of HS for MHP, and dealing with the huge public backlash of that. I think they don't really know which way is up still. They should totally just hire us to plan out the Halloween Time festivities. We'd have it all planned out in no time.

 

[SueTGGR]

• We should find out the full scoop on HalloweenTime and its agenda of activities and attractions in the next week or so (I’m guessing by August 6th or August 9th).
Hope that helps!

Maybe for MY Birthday...Aug 6th!!!

 

[reynmagsmom]

Maybe for MY Birthday...Aug 6th!!!

Hey Sue we share a birthday it's mine too, we had originally planned an end of Aug trip but we had to postpone it to 10/2 to 10/09 so this will be our first trip to DL during Halloween time and I think I am more excited than I was for Aug.

 

[BELLEDOZER]

I might see you down there reynmagsmom, as I'm going to be visiting the mouse from Oct 2nd to 10th, and staying at HOJO's. Make sure to wear your LGMMH's to make you visible to the other DISer's that are going to be down there at the same time. So let's get some Holloweentime Information Boogie going, and see if it works this time!

 

[srauchbauer]

hip hip hurray our Halloween party tickets came in the mail yesterday.

 

[iKristin]

YAAAAAAY 76 DAYS!!! I'm so excited I wish it would go faster

 

[reynmagsmom]

I might see you down there reynmagsmom, as I'm going to be visiting the mouse from Oct 2nd to 10th, and staying at HOJO's. Make sure to wear your LGMMH's to make you visible to the other DISer's that are going to be down there at the same time. So let's get some Holloweentime Information Boogie going, and see if it works this time!

Always have my LGMH proudly showing!!! We may also be at HoJos but havent made up my mind yet!!!

 

[mom4princesses]

We will be at the HOHJ 10/9-10/15. If the ET rate opens for the 8th we will drive up Fri so Sat will be a full day in the park. The girls and I are ging to make our LGMs next week, I hope.

 

[Sherry E]

We will be at the HOHJ 10/9-10/15. If the ET rate opens for the 8th we will drive up Fri so Sat will be a full day in the park. The girls and I are ging to make our LGMs next week, I hope.

Isn't it your birthday today (or is it tomorrow)?

 

[SueTGGR]

Woo Hoo, MIL is joining us! That means that DH & I can go on Space Mtn (the Halloween version)and other rides with each other. DS doesn't like them at all. We typically have to pay for Pinocchio's Workshop to do that.

 

[Sherry E]

Woo Hoo, MIL is joining us! That means that DH & I can go on Space Mtn (the Halloween version)and other rides with each other. DS doesn't like them at all. We typically have to pay for Pinocchio's Workshop to do that.

Oh that's cool! So you're getting your own personal Pinocchio's Workshop coming along with you! It always works much better if there is an even number of people rather than an odd number on DLR trips, and if people have ride partners for things they want to go on, while someone looks after the little one!!

 

[mom4princesses]

My birthday is tomorrow. Well where I live its tomorrow the 2nd. Keeping my fingers, toes, legs and anything else I can cross that we will get some Halloween info. Come on Disney we are still waiting patiently..........

 

[fhtpdw20]

Sooo.... While we wait for Halloween details, tell me a little about merchandising please. I have seen the pics and definitely want a mickey pumpkin mug. Do they have any other special items that are sold only during the Halloween Party? WDW has T-shirts and pins that are exclusive. Any music collectors out there? I have most of WDW show/park music. Looking forward to adding Disneyland music. I have been listening to the WDW Halloween cd that has the Boo to You parade and Villian's Mix and Mingle to get into the spirit. My other passion is scrapbooking. Do they have a special scrapbook and kit pages just for Halloween or do I need to go the Joann's, Micheals and Hobby Lobby route? At WDW when you can have items shipped to your home you don't pay sales tax. Can I do this at DL? If it gets to be too much, I will have to note sku numbers and order after I get home.