Halloween at DL

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I'm confused...what gingerbread men are you guys talking about?

Sherry, where is that donald campfire thing located?

Disneyland Hotel, I think. My brain is old and tired so I may be forgetting, but I think I snapped it when I was strolling the grounds between the PPH and the DLH and found it one day.
 
Amy, they are talking about on HMH inside the dining room scene. They have special gingerbread centerpieces and such on the tables. You can also smell gingerbread. It's my favorite part of HMH.

On a side note, I think we are going to have trouble with my son this time. EVERYTHING seems to be scary to him right now. We've started trying to get all our Halloween decorations out (we go all out here... I mean like you have never seen before lol), and he's warming up to it a bit, but I don't know if he's going to want to go on HMH. :( He's seen NBC and the only thing he thinks is scary is the guy who made Sally, but when he watched a video of HMH he hid his face the whole time, randomly peaking out with a few yelps.

Yes, exactly!! Thanks for answering that. I just got home and am trying to get caught up now!! I would love to have some creepy gingerbread men cookies to take home, along with my mouse ears gingerbread men cookies, but I don't think they actually make the creepy ones in cookie form, for sale. And I would love love love for them to make mini versions of the gingerbread centerpieces for souvenir purposes, but alas, no luck with that either.
 
Last year during my holiday trip the parking lot booth attendants at Disneyland were giving away a little booklet that listed the dates & times that all the holiday movies that've been mentioned (and probably a few more, even :laughing:) would be on television. I hope they have something similar this year, because BFF & I had a great time watching some of them in our hotel room after our days in the Park. One night we brought back gingerbread Mickeys & hot chocolate and watched "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" :thumbsup2
yeah i remember those little booklets,as soon as i got home i put it on my fridge so i knew what xmas movies were coming on hahaha
 

This has probably been asked before but I can't remember. What exactly is the happiest haunts tour?
 
Disneyland Hotel, I think. My brain is old and tired so I may be forgetting, but I think I snapped it when I was strolling the grounds between the PPH and the DLH and found it one day.
Amypond - the scene with my son is on the grounds of the Disneyland Hotel. The best way to describe is to walk out of the main lobby of the Disneyland Hotel out towards the pool & make a left like you are walking toward DTD. Then make a right so the Dreams tower is on your left and the pool on your right. Hopefully, the construction won't effect my directions. As you walk past the Dreams Tower you will see the pathway that takes you to the Wedding Garden, pass it like you are headed towards the Wonder Tower and the waterfalls (hopefully they don't remove these) but instead of walking towards the entry to the Wonder Tower by going right, go left to the other entrance to the Wedding gardens. You should see all those guys hidden on your right. Near the driveway right there. I think I have missed it is because I always went the first path. But we stayed @ PPH in June so we were walking this way a few times. Plus, we did the coolest thing in April. They actually had an Easter Egg hunt in that whole grass area for DLH guests. They spread out easter eggs all down the whole grass area. Anyway, I hope that explains how you can find the bear and the campfire and the Donald! :wizard:
I will see if there are more pictures fit to be posted. Some were so dark it was hard to tell. Others I took (naughty me) with a flash in HHM. :sad2:
Later,
Sue
 
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:eek:Yeh, what exactly is Happy Haunts?? Am I missing out on something here? Should I do this and is it really worth it??
 
If you do a search there are some reviews with pictures from the Happiest Haunts tour. It's a tour of the scarier attractions at DCA & DL including TOT, HMH, SM GG, and I think another or 2 but can't remember for sure. Your tour guide tells you spooky stories throughout, and plays a character of a ghostbuster of some sort. Shananigans ensue. At the end you get a candy or caramel apple (my memory is fuzzy), and at some point you also get a souvineer... a light up key if I remember right. I haven't done the tour and really want to, but I'm waiting until I'm not pregnant and can actually take advantage of the rides. Oh and in previous years you got preferred viewing of the fireworks.
 
Well...Since it's now a guarantee we won't be getting a press release we'll just have to wait for the first pictures and reviews!! Can't believe it's coming up so quickly!!
 
I hate allergies period, never mind the fall ones! I'm at 34 days to go and am getting really excited about visiting the mouse in all it's Halloween splendor. Can't wait to see some pics from people that are going before I do. Am trying not to bug the kids too much about getting to go before they do, but sometimes I can't help myself. Have a great day everyone!
 
:eek:Yeh, what exactly is Happy Haunts?? Am I missing out on something here? Should I do this and is it really worth it??
If it is similiar to the one they do @ Christmastime, the best part for us was getting onto those rides without waiting in line AT ALL! Plus if they do preferred seating, that is always nice. I would search the boards to be sure. :wizard:
If we had more $$ to spend on this trip we would do the Happy Haunts tour. We have done the Christmas one 2 times. It is so fun, sitting with hot chocolate, a mickey cookie & waiting across from IASW for the parade to come after learning all kinds of Christmas facts and getting on the rides without a wait. If only we could do that every day! :cloud9:
So far this: http://land.allears.net/blogs/lauragilbreath/2007/10/ready_disneys_happiest_haunts.html
is what I found in a Google search was this from 2007...I wanna Go!:scared1:


This is a great review for the trick or treat party from 2009 on disunplugged & has some great pictures to get you more excited!
http://www.disunplugged.com/2009/10/29/happy-haunts-definitely-come-to-disneylands-halloween-time/
 
I was so dead set on doing a tour this year. A part of me wanted to do the Happiest Haunts Tour, but seeing as I wont be riding TOT or SMGG I figure it probably wouldn't be worth it.
 
I've gone last year and skipped those rides too. The other rides we got to go were Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and I've heard sometimes Snow White is on the cards too. Not sure if our our tour did it. We had to leave after Big Thunder while heading for SMGG because my ECV was going mad and started losing power way too fast. I was told by others on the tour that we met later that the tour ended at HMH.

Honestly speaking I was torn about it. Actually more leaning towards kind of disappointed now after several months have passed. It sounded fun, but the tour meant way too much running around through the parks. With the headsets we had during walking I would at least have expected some Halloween music or something, but nothing.

The tour also included "preferred seating" for the fireworks. Apparently this is near the statue on some days. If you get that it's great. However, our group was tucked away at the Plaza (I think it was Plaza Gardens, but I can't remember) with a very limited view. The tour participants we met later - we had viewed the fireworks from the terrace at PP hotel - actually told us that we probably saw more than them.
 
Thought to share this info re the Halloween Site for Disneyland that is not yet in effect but will be soon :banana:



Halloween is back at Disneyland!
At least it will be, starting September 26. Disney has a new site that is dedicated to this now annual event. The site goes into details about the event. This year, the following attractions
will be decked out for Halloween:

* Haunted Mansion Holiday
* Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
* Woody’s Halloween Roundup

It also includes details on what charters will be in costume, what special food and beverages will be available, and special Halloween merchandise. They also have download-able pumpkin carving
templates and coloring pages. To top it all off, there are three games to play."

Seeing as how this is what I have been waiting for so I know what to expect next year, I hope you all enjoy it too! :lovestruc
 
Thought to share this info re the Halloween Site for Disneyland that is not yet in effect but will be soon :banana:



Halloween is back at Disneyland!
At least it will be, starting September 26. Disney has a new site that is dedicated to this now annual event. The site goes into details about the event. This year, the following attractions
will be decked out for Halloween:

* Haunted Mansion Holiday
* Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
* Woody’s Halloween Roundup

It also includes details on what charters will be in costume, what special food and beverages will be available, and special Halloween merchandise. They also have download-able pumpkin carving
templates and coloring pages. To top it all off, there are three games to play."

Seeing as how this is what I have been waiting for so I know what to expect next year, I hope you all enjoy it too! :lovestruc

Where'd you see this info?

They decorate the ToT for halloween? I didn't know that.
 
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