The Halloween Time chat I mentioned earlier starts in just under 20 minutes (9 p.m. PST) so if you're on the DIS at that time anyway, pop into the chat to say hello and talk about Halloween Time with us!
Bret -- Thanks for sharing the lovely photos. Between the photos you posted and the ones I posted 2 days ago, I think everyone now has a pretty good idea of what the Carnival/Round-Up/Jamboree/Ranch looks like.
Do you have some Main Street photos you can post, since those have not yet been seen here (from this year's season)?
I tried the Pumpkin Pie Pop Tarts an they are very Yummy!!!!! I love them. If I can get some more next month I will get some more.
Kilala -
For some reason the Pumpkin Pie Pop Tarts sound better to me than the Pumpkin Spice M&M's, which is odd because I would usually eat M&M's instead of Pop Tarts.
Sherry, thank you thank you for your help! Your response was quite informative.
I was also wondering if the Halloween season food offerings would also be going away on Oct 31? (Particularly the beignets?
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friedchicken --
You're very welcome! That's what I'm here for -- to try and help out as much as possible with Halloween (and holiday season) information!
Some of the food items will last throughout the holiday season. I
think that the pumpkin beignets might be available at Royal Street Verandah past 10/31, while the gingerbread beignets move into Cafe Orleans for the holidays shortly thereafter. I think that the pumpkin fudge (I posted a picture of it this past Saturday) is there all through the holidays too. There are usually gingerbread cookies available during Halloween Time and during the holidays.
Aw, thank you! They don't come to the states as often as I'd like so when they do I try to make it special for them. And they're big Disney enthusiasts, so a trip (or several) is always a win with them.
I did see those photos. So pretty! I'm loving the theme of the hotels this week, too. I have no idea how everyone (yourself included) is able to get these amazing shots! I'm going to have to practice my photography skills before our next trip lol
I've never eaten at Storytellers before and this gives me just the excuse I need to drag my fiancé there on our Xmas trip...
Lucrezia --
I think that the various gingerbread creations (in the 2 GCH restaurants and in the Cars Land and Buena Vista Street restaurants) will be interesting to the girls when you bring them for the holidays, and I think they'll love love love the Halloween in-room celebration!
Storytellers makes -- or they used to make -- a delicious spaghetti with meat sauce. I don't know if your nieces like spaghetti (I don't know of many kids who don't), but maybe they'd like this. I've eaten it there for lunch and dinner and it is (was?) yummy. Fresh herbs, fresh garlic, tasty sauce...mmmmm..... It's not cheap for a plate of spaghetti, but it's tasty.
Thanks for the compliment.
As for the photos, apparently Elk Grove Chris is a super early riser and had the run of the GCH lobby, etc., so he was able to get some
great people-free shots.
As I was telling
pudinhd in this thread, I just make a point of deciding that what I want to do for the day is take photos -- it's what I love to do but I have to actually skip other things so I can focus on it all day. And I cannot take photos if I am with other people. I can't focus. So I literally have to be left by myself to wander around, looking for interesting photo opportunities. When I get on a roll and am feeling creative, that's when I get an occasional interesting idea (like that one GCH photo I took from behind the rocks/fireplace, looking towards the Christmas tree). Better equipment would help me execute my 'vision' much better (although I am too clumsy to carry around clunky cameras), but I can come up with a good concept here and there if I am in "the zone." It's all about getting in the zone for me!
Soon I will start my new TR thread and post my
real Halloween Time photos from this past Friday (which may not necessarily be all that Halloween-ish). I have not posted those in this thread (other than the one nighttime tree/moon shot) so far. I've just tried to post the photos that will be helpful for people about to head to DLR for the season and have stayed away from my sharing my artistic endeavors!
5 more days and I will be there! First trip for my kids and I am so excited it is during a holiday time! I love Halloween and can't wait to see HMH!!! NBC is one of my favorite movies and I hope I get to meet Jack and maybe even Oogie!
On the topic of Fall/Halloween candy the Caramel Apple Milky Way Minis are SOOO good
lindyv321 --
You know, of all of the Halloween/Autumn versions of foods that are popping up (many of which have been discussed here), the Caramel Apple Milky Ways are the one item that I am positive I would enjoy and have little doubt about. I can't see too much being wrong with them unless the apple tasted weird. Otherwise, it seems like a slam dunk to me.
Since you love NBC, I think you will adore Haunted Mansion Holiday! It is really amazing. Jack will be out somewhere, probably with Sally.
There used to be an Oogie Boogie topiary in the queue for HMH, but he is gone (or he was gone on 9/13).
Oh, those treats sound amazing! I wanted to go this week but I'm going over next week, instead. There are too many to try in one day so I might plan another trip for October LOL.
Spirit Mage --
That list of seasonal foods is way too long for any one person to try to tackle in one trip, or even two trips! You may have to go 3 times!
Sherry, I do remember you mentioning his much you like peppermint ice cream on the trip where you met up with M for the first time in years.
Bret, Those are fantastic pictures. You are getting really talented. I hope you had a great time. I cannot wait to read about it.
Kim --
Yep. Love that peppermint ice cream! I don't necessarily like the overwhelming flavor of peppermint in everything -- I rarely eat plain old candy canes, for example. Certain things don't taste right if they are too pepperminty. The ice cream is good, though.
As for pumpkin, I don't always
love the flavor of it but I like it enough to eat it every once in a while. Some pumpkin pie is better than other pumpkin pie (just like any pie flavor, I suppose), and if I can get a really good, fresh piece of pie I enjoy it. If I get a mediocre piece of pie I don't feel the need to eat it again for years.
I would be willing to try pumpkin ice cream, for sure, but I wouldn't want to be stuck with a whole carton just in case I didn't love it.
The Halloween festivities have spread, ever so slightly, to DCA. To be more specific, there seems to be something in the "T". The lanterns have black rag/mesh hanging down near the main stage and keep an eye on the mannerisms and make up of the Mad T Party band. Something is "turning" them and on their fourth set the mood changes and the set list is awesome!!!!! Songs include "Enter Sandman" and "Disturbia" among other spooky sounds. I'm on my kindle fire and haven't mastered the copy and past of links, so if you NEED to see what I'm talking about go to youtube.com and search mad t party Halloween. "T" is served Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during the Halloween season.
Goofy_Mom --
Mad T Party is one of the things I talked about in the Halloween Time podcast that is going up on the Unplugged site tonight or tomorrow. When we escaped Main Street's madness, we went over to DCA and caught a couple of songs from MTP. At that point in time I saw/heard no signs of Halloween in their set at all. They ere singing a Guns N' Roses song. I figured there was something I was missing.
