We are doing the party only on Oct 2nd & then have the 3rd & 4th regular park days. My plan was to get in as soon as we are allowed, so 3pm.
For those of you who needed more then 1 party night, we're you entering ASAP or at official party time? I would think this would make a difference so I'm curious...
chrissiecutie -
I don't know if I actually
will do more than one party this year but, as I mentioned earlier, I felt like I needed a second one to get everything in that I, personally, wanted to see/do.
We were there before the party began on our day last year - we were already in DL earlier in the day and just walked over to the front of DL to show our tickets and get our wristbands when it was time to do that. We had to leave one hour before the party officially ended to make a stop on the way home, so if we had stayed until the party ended we could have gotten some character photos in or done a few extra things. But there still wouldn't have been enough time for me to do/see all that I wanted to. That's just me, though - I may like to see/do certain things that other people don't care about!
Last time I did Halloweentime at DL, it was in California Adventure, so this year will be very different for me.
I don't completely understand the long sometimes very long lines for candy, I mean, buy a mixed bag at Walgreens,and you have the same thing; unless you have very young kids who are just too excited not to get some...... What I was somewhat baffled by was all the adult only groups waiting and waiting for candy? Funny too, some CMs give a large handful, others just one little piece.
I guess my interest is parade, fireworks and the characters wearing costumes, dancing around, etc. Maybe a couple of rides, but we will be there all week, so not a huge concern to get on the rides.
PatMcDuck -
It's not
fun to just buy a bag of candy at Walgreens. What is fun is to be able to trick or treat, in
Disneyland, as an adult. I don't go out trick-or-treating - nor do I even go to costume parties - for Halloween in my 'real life.' In fact, I live in a security building so we don't get trick-or-treaters (because the kids can't walk up to each door and knock when they can't get in the building). Meanwhile, I love Halloween and would like to celebrate it somehow.
In Disneyland, everyone is a kid. I am part of those "adult only groups" of which you speak - and we stand in the lines and get candy. We paid for the tickets and that's what we wanted to do. The treat lines move fast - no matter how long they seem at a glance.
Also, my goal last year was to walk all around DL and make it to every treat trail because I wanted to see where and how they were set up, and if there were any interesting little decorations or effects that had been set up which were not up during the daytime. Some of the locations were quite interesting - in Pixie Hollow, at the Ranch area in Frontierland, in the POTC queue, etc. The Golden Horseshoe had Halloween decorations inside the building that I wouldn't have known about if I had not gotten in the line for treats.
After one of the parties I attended in the past, my friend used the majority of her candy haul to give to trick-or-treaters who showed up at her house on Halloween. Last year, I kept some of what I got and ended up giving the rest away to someone in my building who had a grandchild visiting.
Is one night enough to enjoy the Halloween party? I'm debating buying tickets for 2 nights. The fireworks and parade are musts. Would also like to get in lots of trick-or-treating, but rides are not a priority. Oct. 2 is our party date, should we purchase an additional night?? Thanks!
