Halloween at DL

[Sherry E]

Don't forget the Garment District. We shopping there about 3 times a year for clothes for my DDs (12 and 15) I grew up in the San Fernando Valley and I love LA! Although, living and raising my kids in a beach community is not bad either. I live only an about and half from Disneyland, which makes life a lot easier.

Very true - the Garment District is another cool area of SoCal. OH! And how could I forget the Observatory? Griffith Park and the the Observatory are a great part of L.A. as well. And the zoo, too! It's not as good as the San Diego zoo, but there you go - the San Diego zoo is another great highlight of SoCal (just not L.A.)!!

I'm moving to Hollywood in the Spring and can't wait to be back so close to DL!!! A little nervous to be moving with no idea on living but I'm gonna apply for a bunch of jobs. I'd rather live somewhere I love and be poor than live somewhere I don't like and be working for a company that I hate.

Good luck with the move, Kristin!! You'll be my neighbor (sort of)! I hope you're able to find work (at a place you love!) as soon as you get out here. We'll have to meet up!! You don't like Oregon? I haven't been to Oregon since I was a kid but I loved it. I thought it was lovely. Not sure if I could give up all the great things about SoCal to move there, but I definitely want to go back at some point.

Nice food photos Sherry

Best of luck with the move, Kristin. How exciting.

LA peeps (present & former) - I spent yesterday (yes, 1 day!) in Studio City. I went to the Big Brother taping with a girlfriend - we had a blast! Episode airs tonight Studio City is sooooo nice! I like that area, along with all the others you guys have mentioned in here

Thank you, Tdash!! Oh, and when I am not randomly snapping photos of treats for no apparent reason I watch Big Brother! That must have been fun. See, I didn't realize they were taping an eviction episode the day before it aired on TV. Aren't those eviction shows usually live?

Did this get mentioned before? I found it on the link in an annual passholder e-mail.
Dress up and let the professional Disney's PhotoPass photographers capture you in your Halloween best. Delight in the special photo offer of $10 prints for all guys and ghouls during this event.

Keep the landmarks coming...I too am a displaced So Cal person. I had the luxury of spending my youth at POP (Santa Monica Pier to some of you) and the just down the beach playing volleyball as a teen. I loved the cliffs and the whole beach environment. Sigh

Later!

I wonder what that is, exactly (the PhotoPass thing)? I mean, the PhotoPass people are usually out and about during HalloweenTime and for the Halloween party anyway. I never buy individual PhotoPass pictures - I only buy the CD's. Is the $10 thing for a print a good deal?

*applause* Sherry. Well done with all the resisting. I totally hear you about vacation though. That is the time to splurge if any. Esp. when you are doing a lot of walking. Treats, treats and more treats.

And a cupcake sampler??? Yummmmmmmmmm! I think I will have to check that out!

They had other cupcakes at that place in Farmers Market too. There was just too much to absorb. I think the people over on my TR are sick of all the pastry and candy porn I have posted in the last week and a half!! I had to - I had to just keep snapping away so I wouldn't eat it!!

I agree - when I'm at DLR, I feel less guilty if I have treats. All that walking somehow makes it acceptable!!

Anyway, yes - there is or was a mini-cupcake sampler sold at Marceline's Confectionery. It was new this year. I haven't even seen it in person - only in photos. It's a packet of 6 mini-cupcakes and they come in vanilla, chocolate, coconut, red velvet (I think), and two other flavors I am forgetting. I kept saying that I thought it would be hugely popular because people love cupcakes.

But then came the news that a new cupcake place was opening up in DTD - not sure if it's open yet, but I don't think so - called Cupcakesonline or some such thing. They sell big, fat, yummy-looking cupcakes. So if they move in, that may take away interest from the cupcake sampler at Marceline's. Get it while it's hot!!!

 

[Sherry E]

OK, a little bump in the right direction. And guess what? 1 week from tomorrow Halloweentime at DL will officially be here!

Oh, and my b-day is tomorrow! Yay!!

Woo hoo!!!

 

[iKristin]

Ya I'm kind of nervous about the move because I have NO idea where I'm gonna live haha, but I have a great work history and so I'm going to apply for another company in the field I currently work in (even though I don't like it) just to maybe get a job until I can find something better. I'm also going to apply with Disney and Disneyland haha. I was born and raised in SoCal and miss it every day so I decided that I'm still young and so I'm just going to make the move haha

 

[AmyPond]

I guess we can assume this definitely means no candy corn acres -

http://ocresort.ocregister.com/2010/09/09/disney-park-set-to-dismantle-major-features/55145/

They are going to start taking down the giant sun statue today.

 

[Sherry E]

I guess we can assume this definitely means no candy corn acres -

http://ocresort.ocregister.com/2010/09/09/disney-park-set-to-dismantle-major-features/55145/

They are going to start taking down the giant sun statue today.

Booooooo! (Amy, I thought of you when I snapped those candy corn photos that I posted in the last couple of pages!!)

Well, as you say, it's not like it's a shock. I mean it would be a shock if we hadn't already caught on to the fact that CCA was not being mentioned in any of the Halloween blurbs, because it had been there at DCA for the last 3 seasons. I am sure there will be some folks who have not been keeping up with the news and will show up at DCA, wondering why the giant candy corn is not there.

But you know, the more I think of it - even though the giant candy corn worked best near the entrance to DCA, they could feasibly stick that photo op somewhere else. For example, during the holidays, they put big, giant Christmas ornaments directly in A Bug's Land. Couldn't they move the giant candy corn with Heimlich's bite to that same spot in ABL where the ornaments usually are? Just for photo purposes? It would totally fit in with the 'oversized' theme of that land, and it would totally make sense that Heimlich was taking a bite out of it in A Bug's Land. Also, it would not detract from the massive push to World of Color that way.

So I wonder if they will do that. While the official Candy Corn Acres may have been done away with, they really could stick up some random candy corn here and there in DCA. Let's hope! Oh, let's hope!! I can't wait for a week from tomorrow, so people can start telling us what they see and don't see.

 

[where's_my_prince]

just curious if any adults are dressing up for mickeys Halloween party and if so what are they going to be?

 

[Mommy2PrincessAbby]

just curious if any adults are dressing up for mickeys Halloween party and if so what are they going to be?

I am just going to find a cool t-shirt... I don't do costumes... dd is leaning toward Rapunzel--probably her and 10,000 other little girls!

 

[DisneyStitch626]

just curious if any adults are dressing up for mickeys Halloween party and if so what are they going to be?

I am hoping to find a set of mickey ears in the head band style. All I have seen so far are Minnie ones, so not sure I will be in luck. Might have to settle with a hat. But that's as far as I will probably go.

 

[jaylensmom]

i think i'm going to dress up...my son wants to be buzz light year and i told him i would be jessie...i'm laughing just thinking about that...

 

[Vala]

just curious if any adults are dressing up for mickeys Halloween party and if so what are they going to be?

We're planning on doing a Princess and the Frog group one night, depending on if our master seamstress gets everything done. If this works out I'll be Mama Odie.

The second night I plan on being a chipmunk if I ever get that nosepiece finished!

 

[fhtpdw20]

Happy Haunts Tour Update: There are 2 tours dailey at 5pm and 5:05pm. As of today they are up to October 9th reservation. Call 30 days out for date you want to schedule.

 

[tdashgirl]

Thank you, Tdash!! Oh, and when I am not randomly snapping photos of treats for no apparent reason I watch Big Brother! That must have been fun. See, I didn't realize they were taping an eviction episode the day before it aired on TV. Aren't those eviction shows usually live?

Yes, they are! But apparently CBS changed the schedule on them, airing on Weds & Thurs instead of Tues & Thurs. They said they can't pull off 2 live shows in a row. So the show last night - was taped on Tuesday: My friend got a screen shot ... voila ... I'm the short red-haired girl on the left.

http://ocresort.ocregister.com/2010/09/09/disney-park-set-to-dismantle-major-features/55145/

Thanks for the link

Let's hope! Oh, let's hope!! I can't wait for a week from tomorrow, so people can start telling us what they see and don't see.

I agree, let's all think positive

just curious if any adults are dressing up for mickeys Halloween party and if so what are they going to be?

I have a cheshire cat costume that I bought on clearance last year. Can't wait to see how it fits and looks

 

[jtl2411]

Anyone else going to the Halloween party more then once? Me and DLGF and her mother are going on the 31st. But I'm thinking about going on the 1st or 8th, to surprise my DLGF she loves the Halloween fireworks show.

 

[BELLEDOZER]

On Oct 5th I'm going as a Canucks fan, with white jeans, white Canucks Jersey, a Canucks hat, and matching earrings. On Oct 8th I'm going in blue jeans with a Blue Hockey night in Canada jersey, matching with the hat and earrings, and will be a Canadian hockey fan. It's comfortable, easy to pack, and is still a costume. It shows that you can dress up as little or as much as you want, depending on what you want to do. When we went to DL in Feb/09 there was a small patch of candy corn at the enterance to Bugs land that I took some pics of. If anyone's interested I may post them if I get a Photobucket account, and figure how to post pics to the board.

 

[Dobby]

I was going to dress up a little, but since I have limited room for packing, I'm just going to get myself a little tiara while I'm down there

 

[UtahDisneyFan]

I dont' know if this has been posted, but the Halloween mini-site is officially up on the Disneyland website.

 

[I'm mikey]

I dont' know if this has been posted, but the Halloween mini-site is officially up on the Disneyland website.

was just about to post this, heres the link
http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/calendar/specialEvents/detail?name=HalloweenTime2010SpecialEventPage&DLR_GlobalNav_ThingsToDo_HalloweenTime_Tile

 

[amamax2]

Yeah, thanks for posting!!!


Calling Sherry....Sherry to the front desk....it's here......

 

[VictoriaAndMatt]

FINALLY HalloweenTime gets some love. I had given up. I'm going to check out the mini site in a sec, but wanted to link this awesome blog post first. Pictures of the gingerbread creations this year inside HMH!

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...gingerbread-house-in-haunted-mansion-holiday/

 

[AmyPond]

Under the "decorations" section it does say that both parks with have decorations. And candy corn is mentioned. Since I'm such a candy corn nut, I'm keeping my fingers crossed from some somewhere!