DisneyStitch626 - Just so you know, you don't need to go through and read the entire "Halloween at DL" super thread to get answers! I doubt anyone who is kind of new to that thread is reading the whole thing (unless they want to go back and look at all the photos). You can easily kind of just scroll through the last 2-3 pages of the thread and if you don't see anything that answers your question, then just go ahead and post the question there and someone will answer (if the information is available, that is). If you have anything that is specifically pertaining to HalloweenTime at DL, you can ask it in that thread. That's what the Halloween at DL super thread is there for! And if no one can answer the question yet, it probably means the information hasn't been released yet. All of us update over there as soon as we find out new information.
Andrea-
What ends up happening on this forum is that people see big threads and think they have to read through the whole thing in order to get information. That idea is daunting, obviously, so they end up posting separate threads. That is fine, except look at what's happened with World of Color - have you seen how many threads we have currently going that pertain to WoC? There are so many out there, and it gets really confusing because no one knows where to look for their information first and they end up starting even more threads, whereas if you have one main super thread where all the news passes through, you pretty much know you can get the info there.
In any case, nothing has been officially released about the regular fireworks yet, and as of a couple of weeks ago, the CMs didn't even know that HalloweenTime was starting on September 17th. The official HalloweenTime agenda should come out in mid-July (I'm guessing July 16th, as that is the day when tickets for Mickey's Halloween Party, as it's now called - or the MHP - goes on sale to the general public). I think they get the info after all the people on the executive/business side of things make the decisions. So, feasibly, news could easily come out on the Disney Parks Blog for all of us to read before the Cast Members ever even know what's happening. It seems like people are saying that CMs are kind of clueless with the current WoC set-up and many of them give conflicting info. But, I'm sure that what they told Jenergy is probably correct - I'm sure the regular fireworks will happen on weekends just like they would during typical off-season.
I've been to DLR on Gay Days weekend before, and it did not seem to be too crowded to me until late afternoon Saturday. After that, it was very crowded. However, last year in October, it seemed busier on the day I went than it had on Gay Days weekend the year before. This year, who knows? World of Color is the question mark here. We don't know if that will be something that really continues to pack in the crowds.
