HalloweenTime at DLR Info and Photo Superthread #3

[Alohagirl73]

At Costco they have Halloween candy and costumes along with Christmas decorations. Saw both yesterday!!!

 

[Lucrezia]

Lucrezia -

I think that the phantom hand print on your window is from the same 'entity' that your dog was barking at, and that turned on your fan! Seriously, if all of these wacky things are happening in a short time span I would be connecting the dots at this point!

I even love the dramatic openings to "Night Gallery," with that haunting music that sets the stage. There were so many good episodes of that show. "Twilight Zone" was phenomenal -- I love the TZ marathons that run on SyFy every year, usually over New Year's weekend but this year they did a marathon over 4th of July too (or was it Memorial Day?). Rod Serling really was a genius. I wish he had shot some episodes of "Wax Museum" before he passed away, but it never happened. Our loss.

"Outer Limits" was another good show in that cheesy, creepy way, but not as good as Rod Serling's shows.

I didn't know about that Wax Museum show! Sounds like something with a lot of potential. I'm not sure why but I've always found wax museums to be very creepy, ever since I was a child... in fact, I had a huge fear of them until I was about ten. Couldn't even go inside one without having a panic attack! You know, I think you're probably right about the spooky experiences I've been having. I've pretty much lived in "haunted houses" all my life, at least I assumed they were haunted, because of odd little things that would happen. In my last home, for example, my fiancé had fallen asleep on the living room sofa and when he woke up, he was angry at me because he said I had "run through the hallway and into the kitchen and slammed the fridge shut to wake him up." Which, of course, I hadn't done. After that I was convinced that house was haunted. The house we live at now is in an area that was widely populated by American Indians back in the day. I've heard lots of ghost stories about their spirits haunting the area. Its even rumored my whole city is on top of a Native American burial ground... not sure if I believe it, but nonetheless, I've had small little things happen the past few years that have made me a little freaked out---footsteps walking down the hallway late at night, someone knocking only to find no one at the door, odd animal sounds on our front porch, even spirit orbs in pictures. I used to shake these things off as just my imagination... but now you have me thinking I'm sharing my home with some prankster ghosts!

 

[californiamomof4grls]

Hello Disney friends its been a long time! My husband and I just decided two days ago to keep my just in case reservations and go to DL the last week of Sept. it will be the first party I think. How do I find out if its sold out? We are a family of 7 any tips we have never done this before and I don't have as much time as I used to to pour over the pages and do my beloved "research" school starts for me tomorrow. I'll be going back for the first time in 15 years to finish what I started! Anything you can tell me would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Sherry E]

Alohagirl73 --

I think it was fellow DIS'er TheZue whose friend noticed Halloween decor at Costco last month, so I guess it makes sense that they are now getting in the Christmas stuff too!


Lucrezia --

I don't know if you've seen it but one of the special 1-hour long "Twilight Zone" episodes featured a wax museum...which, of course, did not lead to good things, as one can imagine. The statues were coming to life. I suppose Rod Serling saw some potential in that theme and decided to make his "Wax Museum" series, but died before it could be made.

Yes, I think you have some sorts of ghosts or spirits 'visiting' you, which I suppose is fine as long as they just stay playful and mischievous and don't cause any real trouble! I would still be freaked out by footsteps and slamming refrigerator doors, but as long as they are not hurling you across the room or something maybe they just want you to know they are there!

Hello Disney friends its been a long time! My husband and I just decided two days ago to keep my just in case reservations and go to DL the last week of Sept. it will be the first party I think. How do I find out if its sold out? We are a family of 7 any tips we have never done this before and I don't have as much time as I used to to pour over the pages and do my beloved "research" school starts for me tomorrow. I'll be going back for the first time in 15 years to finish what I started! Anything you can tell me would be greatly appreciated!

Welcome back, californiamomof4girls!

I don't think anything has sold out just yet. I imagine that will start happening in the next couple of weeks. I have a feeling that some folks are holding off on buying tickets for the parties because they want to see what the 9/13 Unleash the Villains event is all about.

If 9/27 is sold out it would say so somewhere on the MHP ticket page.

Stick around here -- we have some great people who are willing to help and answer questions about the MHP, such as figment_jii, Goofy_Mom, etc., etc.!

 

[kmedina]

Hey Sherry. I have been poking around the thread a bit lately and plan to really start delving in soon. We are attending the 10/25 party as Alice, The Mad Hatter, Spider Man and Iron Man.

I also am up to date in your trip report. Of course, I did not comment to not put you over in your page count. Glad you had a great time again and hope they do the free excursion for your next birthday. I cannot wait to read about your upcoming trip. I see you decided on a date in September. If my memory serves me correctly, I am hoping that is when you wanted to travel. Glad you're going then.

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[dtnrhi]

Hello guys, it's my first time venturing over to this part. My mom asked what I wanted for Christmas, and I said I wanted to attend Mickey's Halloween Party! hahaha

My question is: I am the only annual passholder in my family. Can I buy discounted tickets for my entire family to go even though they are not passholders? I looked online and it appears I can, since it says limit 8 tickets per passholder, but just wanted to doublecheck.

Thanks!

 

[Sherry E]

Hey Sherry. I have been poking around the thread a bit lately and plan to really start delving in soon. We are attending the 10/25 party as Alice, The Mad Hatter, Spider Man and Iron Man.

I also am up to date in your trip report. Of course, I did not comment to not put you over in your page count. Glad you had a great time again and hope they do the free excursion for your next birthday. I cannot wait to read about your upcoming trip. I see you decided on a date in September. If my memory serves me correctly, I am hoping that is when you wanted to travel. Glad you're going then.

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Hi, Kim!

I wondered if you were still planning your Halloween trip so I'm happy to see that you are.

I'm glad you caught those two update posts that I sneaked into my DLR TR thread recently! I closed the thread to comments only until I get the last little Wrap-Up portion finished, but my Catalina TR thread in the California/The West section is open. That's where my "Wild Woman in Golf Cart Gone Mad" report will go (in the existing thread), so look for me there! I wasn't really feeling up to par on that day last month, so I didn't have as great a time as I would have liked to have -- but a free boat ride is a free boat ride!

Yes, you're right -- I am headed to DLR on 9/13, for the start date of Halloween Time and whatever that Unleash the Villains madness is, and to the MHP on the first night (9/27). I realized that I was leaving myself no Halloween fun for October so I almost kind of wish I had planned to do the party in October instead, but I would like to be there on opening night so I can bring back news and info to my Halloween thread followers here!

Hello guys, it's my first time venturing over to this part. My mom asked what I wanted for Christmas, and I said I wanted to attend Mickey's Halloween Party! hahaha

My question is: I am the only annual passholder in my family. Can I buy discounted tickets for my entire family to go even though they are not passholders? I looked online and it appears I can, since it says limit 8 tickets per passholder, but just wanted to doublecheck.

Thanks!

dtnrhi -

Yes. That's fine -- up to 8 tickets is exactly correct. You can give them to your guests so they can get in.

 

[msbatchelor5]

Hey, Weird question but especially for those that went last year.

Did DL sell the Orange/Black/ Halloween Minnie Dress in the parks last year?
The Minnie Witch dress, matching witch hat, and minnie ear headband.

Just a wonderin...

Can someone please take a look at this question.

 

[Sherry E]

Can someone please take a look at this question.

msbatchelor5 -

I saw the question when you first posted it but I didn't have the answer so I didn't reply, in hopes that someone else would have an answer for you.

It could possibly be that no one here noticed whether or not the dress was sold. Sometimes people look at certain merchandise and overlook other things. Maybe, if no one has any insight in this thread, try asking in the Mickey's Halloween Party Check-In thread (started by kiwigirls) and see if anyone there knows?

I hope you're able to find out about the dress.

 

[Kilala]

I had something weird happen last night right before midnight. The power went out for a few seconds. When it came back one my desktop computer turned it self on. Also the washing machine's lights were on. Never in the life of the computer that I'm on right now has the computer turned it self on after the power came back on. The computer has been off for almost two hours before the power went off. A few minunets after the power came back on I heard sirens.

 

[crystal1313]

Is this the dress? It's at Disney Store:

http://www.disneystore.com/minnie-mouse-halloween-dress-for-girls/mp/1337907/1000217/

I don't see a witch hat though, only ears. *EDIT* I take that back, there is a witch hat, you just have to buy separately!

http://www.disneystore.com/hats-glo...en-minnie-mouse-witch-hat/mp/1313889/1000294/

 

[Goofy_Mom]

Can someone please take a look at this question.

I didn't want to answer 'cause I wasn't positive, but I thought there was a witch Minnie costume a few years back, it was purple and orange striped. I do know there is a Minnie witch hat for sale in parks, I saw a picture someone posted live on another forum.

 

[Sherry E]

Did everyone see this blog from the Disney Parks Blog people about Halloween merchandise for this year? It's not terribly extensive (not in the way that we like to get here on the DIS, when covering merchandise), but it's something:

"Popular Halloween Merchandise Returns to Locations at Disney Parks," posted on August 26th, 2013 by Steven Miller, Merchandise Communications Manager

 

[msbatchelor5]

Is this the dress? It's at Disney Store:

http://www.disneystore.com/minnie-mouse-halloween-dress-for-girls/mp/1337907/1000217/

I don't see a witch hat though, only ears. *EDIT* I take that back, there is a witch hat, you just have to buy separately!

http://www.disneystore.com/hats-gloves-scarves-accessories-halloween-minnie-mouse-witch-hat/mp/1313889/1000294/

Thank you very much for all the gave me some insight. I appreciate it.

 

[crystal1313]

Sure! No problem! I know it's SO frustrating to try to find merchandise you want from the parks. I'm shocked they don't sell more Disney parks merchandise online....or at least have it online so you can see it and know what you want to buy when you get to the parks. (I'm a planner, lol!)

 

[seobaina]

seobaina, those stories are great!! I'm so glad you shared them. And yes, if you have more, please continue!

lol ok, couple more...

During University I was based in a similar old city and, due to being part of an international exchange program, I ended up staying in University Halls for the last two years. The block I was in consisted of 3 floors, separated into two almost adjoining buildings. Each floor had 5 rooms that joined in one long corridor. The floors had a large stairwell (behind fire doors) that connected them and on each floor, between the two 'sides' of the building was a kitchenette area. In my second year I was, when looking at the building, on the left hand side, middle floor, closest to the kitchen. The left side was furthest from the main university paths, other buildings etc. In my third year I literally went to the same room but on the right hand side of the building, so the other side of the wall. For the whole of my third year I chose to use the furthest stair well. Whenever I entered the building I kept my keys in my hand (no matter what time of day) and would quickly unlock my door and enter my room. Once inside my room I'd feel warm and safe but outside my door I would feel like someone was in the kitchenette area watching me...a 'man'. I would have dismissed it as paranoia or over active imagination except that 6 months in my two best friends were discussing the block and both independently said that they too used the far stairwell and felt a male presence watching them. They would call to tell me they were coming around so they didn't have to wait outside my door for long. Odd!

Probably the strangest university experience was actually more my friends than mine. In the second year I was sat on my bed (yep same block) watching tv when one of my now best friends and her housemate popped by. I don't remember much about this but my friend, K, states that I sat on the bed and glared at the other girl, L, for the entire time she was there (REALLY not like me, especially as I knew the girl and quite liked her). She also said I had wrapped my arms around myself and backed into the corner of my bed/wall the whole time as if I was cold....it was late spring and 3pm. I really don't remember doing it but they left and I do remember relaxing after they'd gone. The next day K came around to tell me the problems she was having. Apparently L in her stupidity had decided, the night before they popped around, to go to a local field which was believed to have a history of occult witchcraft and 'summon' the spirits. Whatever she did seemed to have followed her home because they started having all sorts of trouble in the house, messages written on mirrors in locked rooms, things moving about, etc, etc. A mutual friend was a wiccan so he put charms on K's door and she was ok after that by K is certain that I was glaring and backing away from L because she had something with her at the time .

When I was a US exchange we were again in university halls and whilst I never saw anything precisely or heard anything we had some odd things go on. There were four of us and we had two rooms with a shared lounge/sitting area in the block. Our room section was at the end of a long bendy corridor. Almost straight away we had things going missing to the point we started accusing each other, until alibis were discovered. We were all out one day and two of the girls came back early to find an entire packet of cereal had been taken out of one of the bedrooms and thrown all over the lounge. The doors were all still locked so we have no idea what/who did that. We did hear one story from some of the guys further along the corridor though. Just before our room the corridor bent in a Z type bend, with only our room on the end bit. One of the guys said he and a couple of his roommates saw an old woman walking along the corridor. She passed their room and continued into the 'z' bend. He knew we were all out so he decided to go tell her we weren't there but when he came around the 'z' there was no one there. So unless she went through a wall and down 3 floors she vanished. We'd not told anyone else about the odd things going on in our room by this point so we know he wasn't trying to tease us.

We moved to the house I now live in 14 years ago. It's on the edge of a turning circle in the middle of a quiet road. In the house diagonally opposite there used to be some young kids, so I was asked to babysit one night. All was fine and the kids went to sleep so I was sat watching tv in the front room. To my left was a window to the driveway and the front door was just next to the front room but in the hallway. I heard someone walk up the driveway so thinking it was the parents coming home I walked to look out the front door. There was no one there. Assuming I was hearing things I went and sat back down. Then I heard footsteps on the driveway again so I went back to the front door and looked out through the door window (small 1ft across round one) again. Still no one, so I went and sat back down again. For the next ten minutes I heard, on and off, the sound of someone on the driveway hovering by the front door. I admit I was too much of a wuss to open the big front room curtain but I did look out the door window several times. No one said anything, no one knocked, no one rang the door bell. It eventually stopped but 30 minutes later I heard someone walking across the landing in the hallway. Thinking it was one of the kids I went to check but both were fast asleep. I checked around but everything was still locked up and secure, so I went back to the front room and turned the tv up a bit, now very freaked. Luckily the parents arrived home about a hour later and I never had to sit on the kids again because they moved not long after. VERY odd. Although I've never had anything in my house my friend (whose gran was a psychic) freaked me out once by saying 'someone just walked into your house'. I was all 'huh?' thinking she meant a real person but she said, oh no, it was just a man and he passed straight through and carried on walking. FREAKED me though lol. She thinks that my house is fine but she also thinks there probably is something (non malevolent) in the house opposite.

Although I can't give details, the building I worked in for several years has 4 ghosts. The basement is most active and has two kids who play with items, cd players, call your name, etc. I saw the girl just once and she was about 10 years old, long dark wavy hair and work a victorian style smock dress. I've heard them and seen glimpses of them several times though. There is also a woman who is only occasionally there and a man who, whilst he has never done anything, makes you know he's around by making you feel very uncomfortable/threatened.

That's pretty much it for me but I have a couple of fun friends ones...

One of my mum's friends lived in a big old country house. A few months after they moved in their daughter, who was 4 I believe, came into their room at night and said 'Mum, dad, can you make the little boy in my room go away because his crying is keeping me awake'.

One of my favourites, and this is also well known, was told to my by a friend's father. He actually runs ghost tours in York but he heard this story from the man directly involved. There are a lot of old buildings in York and one day a man was working down in the basement of one of these buildings. I forget if he was a plumber or electrician but I think he was a plumber. Anyway, he kept hearing what sounded like a car horn. The noise grew louder and louder til it sounded so close that he turned around. Out of the wall opposite he saw a troop of men, complete with one horse, walk out of the wall and cross the basement before disappearing into the wall on the other side. Although he was shocked it took them several seconds to walk the distance so he was able to get a lot of detail. He memorised what they were wearing, emblems, etc and even described that the noise he was hearing was coming from a large round, strange looking horn. He said they all had a despondent air about them and they were covered in mud, including the horse. But the most surprising thing about them was that he could only see them all from about the knees up.
Well, understandably freaked out he told people about this and most of them laughed it off. The man went on to become a policeman and it was in this capacity that he met my friends father, when he went to tell a group of students to quieten down a little (my friends dad was one). It was also then, as it was a cold wintery night, that he sat with the students and told them this story. Anyway, quite a while after the incident in the basement, the plumber/policeman happened to tell a historian about what he'd seen and the historian was instantly interested because the plumber had described details specific and not well known, to a Roman legion. The horn he had described was even a roman military horn. The only unusual fact, besides the missing legs, was that the soldiers were dirty for the Romans were usually quite well presented. They went back to the building and eventually the basement was dug up. About 1-2 feet below the basement's current floor they found remains of an old Roman road. No one knows for sure who the Romans were but it is locally believed that they were part of the 9th Legion, which unusually and mysteriously vanished into history not long after leaving York.

Ok, last little one to leave you with chills. I heard this one on a ghost tour in Nottingham so it isn't mine and I don't know anyone directly involved but it's spooky and stayed with me. A man was driving one night from Derby to Nottingham where he had been in business meetings all day. About halfway between the two cities he saw a young girl (late teens) stood by the side of the road in the rain looking sad. As it wasn't a safe place he stopped and asked if she was ok. She said she had lost her friends and didn't know how she was going to get home so he offered her a lift. He drove her to Nottingham and she barely spoke the whole way other than to give him the address and offer her thanks. As he dropped her at her house he watched her walk up to the front door before he drove off. However, when he got home he found her coat on the front passenger seat. The following week he was due to repeat his journey so he figured he'd just go back to her house and return it then. So the following week he headed back to the address walked up to the front door and rang the bell. An older woman answered the door and he said 'I'm sorry to bother you but I'm the man who gave your daughter a lift home last week and I'm afraid she left her coat in my car so I'm just returning it. The woman looked at him puzzled and said I think you have the wrong house. So the man went on to describe the girl, thinking she must at least be a neighbour. After hearing the description the woman looked at the coat and burst into tears. She went on to explain that her daughter had died when hit by a car, whilst walking home from a party where she'd argued with her friends, five years earlier. She'd died instantly at the roadside near the place where the man had 'picked her up' just a week earlier. But what was stranger was that the only item of hers that they had not found at the accident, was her coat.

 

[Lucrezia]

OMG, seobaina, those stories are... just awesome. I'm in awe. Especially the one at the end! No kidding, I did get chills. I swear I'm way to into ghost stories... especially ones like those. Lol. Your babysitting story reminded me that the house I live in now used to have "phantom sounds" on the front porch at all hours. My fiancé and I heard mainly cat-like noises, if I recall correctly. Animalistic jumps from the railing and back to the ground, etc., meowing. We had two cats when we first moved in, but both ended up dying (which is weird in itself), so that eliminated them as possible suspects. Then, just recently, we found three dead birds on our front porch, each different in color and breed. My fiancé luckily dealt with them (I know I never could!), but then a few days later, we found another mysteriously dead bird on our porch again. I shook all of it off and blamed it on some random neighborhood cats (our street has several), but the weird part is that I've never seen any of those cats on our property in the three years we've lived here, and when I would check on the strange cat noises, nothing would be out there... But I'd prefer a cat haunting our house than a human. Lol.

 

[Cheshirecatty]

OK Seobaina!!!!!!!

Your last story did make my arm hairs stand up(thank you very much as I'm home alone!!!)

The one, however, which scared me the most, is the babysitting story--hearing the footsteps outside is bad enough, but then hearing them inside, on the landing, is really horrible!

Thanks for the scare, I'm loving it!!!

 

[Cheshirecatty]

Did everyone see this blog from the Disney Parks Blog people about Halloween merchandise for this year? It's not terribly extensive (not in the way that we like to get here on the DIS, when covering merchandise), but it's something:

"Popular Halloween Merchandise Returns to Locations at Disney Parks," posted on August 26th, 2013 by Steven Miller, Merchandise Communications Manager

Thank you so much Sherry!

I had missed that post on the Blog, and I am so excited to put a few things on my list(Squee!!!!!!)

 

[dtnrhi]

Would you guys drive five hours to go Disneyland for a Halloween party only?

We are considering it, but not sure if it is worth it.

We would be there for the earliest time we could get in with party tickets and we'd just want to ride rides, the trick or treating isn't a priority for us. Are the parties crowded overall? How are ride lines?

I'd use discounts to get the tickets for $46 each. Worth ot?