Halloween fun!- and we are heading back!!

[prettyprincessbelle]

Great TR!! I really enjoyed it! It looks like your kids had a wonderful time!

I totally understand about the Toy Story ride. We enjoyed it, but we did wait a little longer than I wanted to, plus I can see how it can be harder for younger kids. I even had a hard time with that dang shooter!

 

[Yakety76]

I loved your TR. All those pics from the character meal are so cute. And we were at DCA on the 18th too!

Thanks for sharing and I hope your plans for WDW next November are realized.

Thanks for taking the time to come along with me on my trip report. I enjoyed sharing it with you.

We have been planning on going to WDW since after our February trip, but I seem to have a hard time holding off. I still want one more DL trip before I go to WDW. We shall see if Bob goes along with me on that.

OMG SO CUTE!

My DH looked over after I was laughing and said, "Wow, that's DISNEY happy right there, boy."

Nice job making it over to TSM! That kind of pressure can be murder! I can see how it could be a let down for the little ones. Our girls were perfect ages for it but that would be a long haul for such a short and busy ride with little ones. I liked it BUT.. I agree that you don't really have time to see the stuff when you're so busy doing the stuff. lol

What a great report. Your kids are so adorable (beautiful skin!)! Isn't it fun to see them experience everything?? I'm really looking forward to your WDW report. Keep me posted!

Thank you so much for all your nice comments. The kids just love Disney.

Kaleb was really shy with the characters this trip, but he did enjoy Chip a lot. He was laughing so hard. I actually even heard Chip trying hard not to laugh.

Great TR!! I really enjoyed it! It looks like your kids had a wonderful time!

I totally understand about the Toy Story ride. We enjoyed it, but we did wait a little longer than I wanted to, plus I can see how it can be harder for younger kids. I even had a hard time with that dang shooter!

Thank you!! The kids absolutely loved their time at Disney. Their only complaint was that we didn't stay long enough.

As for Toy Story, I think it will be a lot of fun when the kids get older. For now we will probably stick with Buzz. I am glad you all saw what I was saying about Toy Story, though. I know everyone on the boards loves that ride, and I can see where it could be a really fun ride. With little ones, it is just not really worth the wait for us though.



Ladies, thank you for being my faithful readers and commenters. I really appreciate you all sticking with me through the whole thing.

 

[Yakety76]

I wanted to update this report as I am now planning our next DL trip for this November. We had thought about going to WDW, but I thought it would be better (for me) to wait until Kaleb is a little older. Traveling that far on a plane with a child who doesn't like to sit still didn't sound like much fun.

We have booked our stay for Sunday, November 8 through Friday, November 13. The Sunday we arrive will be Riley's 5th Birthday
Veteran's Day is on Wednesday of that week. We are hoping that the crowds won't be out of hand because of this, but really we are just excited and cannot wait no matter what.

My mom and dad are both coming with us on this trip My mom came with us on our short Halloween trip, but my dad hasn't been since I was a teenager. He is soooo excited to go with the grandkids.
We booked rooms at HOJO after hearing such good reviews and seeing the great pictures of the water area. Cannot wait Is it November yet?!

 

[AZBeth]

I have read your other 2 TR and can't wait to hear how this trip goes... We are going Nov 13th - Nov. 17th, so we will just miss you. This will be my oldest DD, 8th birthday and this is both my DDs first trip (other DD is 4)...

Beth

 

[Yakety76]

I have read your other 2 TR and can't wait to hear how this trip goes... We are going Nov 13th - Nov. 17th, so we will just miss you. This will be my oldest DD, 8th birthday and this is both my DDs first trip (other DD is 4)...

Beth

Thanks for reading. I love re-living our trips by sharing them here. I am sure I will do another TR for our November trip.

I cannot wait to hear about your trip with your daughters. You will have to do a TR. I hope you all have the best time!!

 

[VallCopen]

Yakety76 thanks for the Trip Report. I was happy to read one that was at Halloween time since my family and I will be going down on Oct. 30th for 2 weeks to stay with our new DVC purchase for the Halloween decorations. I have two girls and my baby girl is about the same age as your son was at the time you went, so I was able to get an idea from his reactions what hers might be at this stage. We went in April and she hasn't forgot the trip yet and talks all the time about Disneyland so we are hopeful that she won't be to scared this time. It seems like your daughter loved everything and had an incredible time - great age for Disneyland IMO.

I hope you don't mind but I had a few questions about the ToT party?

Do you get lots of candy and is it anything special or just standard halloween candy???

I saw that Toy Story Midway Mania was busy but were all the rides like that?? Were you out late that night and if so how were the rides there?
From your pics it seemed like a lot of characters that are not usually around is that correct?? (Our goal is to eventually get every characters signature - we actually found a site that shows all the characters and their difficulty in getting a signature - so we thought it would be a fun thing to do over the next 10 years or so)

How long were the lines for the character sigs during the ToT party?

In your opinion is there anything we should not miss during the ToT party???

Well thanks for the TR again and letting me ask all the questions....

Do you remember how much it cost to decorate the cookies and how do you find out about the times to do that???

 

[Yakety76]

VallCopen
Thanks for reading my trip report. I hope you all have a fabulous Halloween trip. My son was much more reserved on this trip than on our previous trip when he had been 18 months. However, that is very much his personality. We just let him choose which characters he is going to go up to and it works for us.

I would be happy to answer your Halloween questions as best as I can.
1. We actually did not get much candy, but that is because we didn't trick or treat too much. The healthy snack options were just carrots and apple crisps. The raisins were in special packages, though- I think Wall-E. The candy was regular old trick or treat candy. The best trick or treat station for us was through the animation building. They had lots of different stations in there and it was a great way to explore the building. I have heard they do the same thing through the Redwood Creek Challenge, but we didn't go through there.
2. We didn't last until the end of the party. We were at our hotel for fireworks, so we must have left a little before 9:00. We didn't try many rides. We went to Bugs Land, the carrousel and tower of Terror. Tower of Terror was down, but I think many of the other rides in the park were up and running.
3. There were a lot of special characters out. We saw the Little Einsteins, Handy Manny, Goob (from Meet the Robinsons), Sully, the Incredibles, Mickey and Minnie dressed in costumes, Captain Jack- plus the characters I mentioned in my report. They were mostly dancing at the dance stations. Mickey and Minnie had the longest line- of course.
4. The lines for characters were really, really long. We actually only waited in 3 lines because they were so long. However, we went during UEA and it really did seem that everyone from Utah was in the park at that time. So I don't know if the lines would be as long for you.
5. The thing I regret about our trip is not paying enough attention to the Halloween details. I really wish I would have taken the time to look at the window displays.
The characters were great at the party. That had to be the highlight of the party for me.
6. The cookies were about $6 each- I think. It was back in the Big Thunder Ranch area. I am not sure if they still do that because of the Celebration BBQ. I knew about the cookies by reading a trip report by MommaU4. They have princess cookie kits listed on the allears menu for the Enchanted Cottage, so that may be an option if they don't have the Halloween cookies this year. It was a lot of fun to do.
Enjoy your planning. If you have any other questions, I would be happy to try to answer them.

 

[VallCopen]

Yakety76 thanks for all the answers. We can't wait for our trip and to see the Halloween decor (first time seeing it for us). I am going to try a TR when I get back but I have never done one yet. Thanks again!!

 

[disneynerd420]

I loved your trip report. It looks like you have some very magical memories.


P.S. I too love the pumpkin fudge. I'm bringing home a box of it this year.

 

[CinderALLIE]

Hi, just read your trip report. You kids are too cute. I especially love the above picture.

Seeing as Riley loves Princesses when you go back to Disneyland are you going to check out Ariel's Grotto or is that something you don't want to put Kaleb through? LOL

 

[Docter419]

Awesome TR, Great job by the CM's to come over and really create a special moment for you. Big Props to those two. Also the Pixar Parade looks really good! Can't wait to see it When I there in two weeks.

 

[Yakety76]

I loved your trip report. It looks like you have some very magical memories.


P.S. I too love the pumpkin fudge. I'm bringing home a box of it this year.

It was such a fun trip. Having my mom there was really special. Enjoy your trip with your mom!! You will love the DLH. Take time to explore the grounds. The water falls are really fun to walk through.
The pumpkin fudge is the best ever!! I am already looking forward to having some more of it.

Hi, just read your trip report. You kids are too cute. I especially love the above picture.

Seeing as Riley loves Princesses when you go back to Disneyland are you going to check out Ariel's Grotto or is that something you don't want to put Kaleb through? LOL

We love Flik's Flyers. You would think it was an adventure ride by the way my kids scream and hold their hands up.

Riley isn't into the princesses at all anymore. It was a very short phase, so I am glad we got her to PFF during that time. I am still planning on taking her to PFF this trip because I really loved the character interaction.
Ariel's Grotto would be asking too much of Kaleb. He has pretty bad stranger anxiety and the face characters are difficult for him. We are planning on going to Minnie's, though.

Awesome TR, Great job by the CM's to come over and really create a special moment for you. Big Props to those two. Also the Pixar Parade looks really good! Can't wait to see it When I there in two weeks.

Peter and Wendy were the BEST!! Riley still talks about it.

The Pixar Parade is soooo much fun. Enjoy your trip. I wish I were going in two weeks. I only have two months to wait now, though.