HalloweenTime at DLR Info and Photo Superthread #3

[figment_jii]

That suit of armor guy was not fun. That kind of thing doesn't work for Disney -- the whole "live person scaring the guests by lunging at them" thing.

I totally remember that knight! I spent years trying to look "behind" the doombuggy to make sure he wasn't there!

The scarecrow dudes just talk and interact with guests, but they don't jump out at them or anything.

They're not even scary-looking! They kind of remind me of the scarecrow in Wizard of Oz.

 

[Sherry E]

This might sound a little dumb but I'm a believer in the paranormal, so of course since I'm going to DL during Halloweentime I had to look on Amazon for a "haunted Disneyland" book! Lol I'm reading it right now. Its pretty short but packs a pretty creepy punch, I must say. For all of you non-believers who think the DLR is completely un-haunted... I may have to beg to differ... +cue evil, disembodied Haunted Mansion laugh+



Oh, me too! Right down to the DVR thing!! They're just wonderful at getting me in the holiday spirit. I'm only lukewarm about the Thanksgiving one, though, I have to admit... But I crack up at the Halloween one every year I watch it. Seriously. EVERY YEAR. That rock thing with Charlie Brown trick-or-treating just gets me every time...

Lucrezia --

I've used the "I got a rock" line many times in life -- probably even in this thread! I agree - the Peanuts Thanksgiving special is not as good as the Halloween, Christmas, Easter and even Valentine's specials -- but at least they did something for Thanksgiving, which I appreciate!

I definitely believe in 'something' existing out there in the world, so yes -- I suppose I believe in paranormal events to a certain degree. I think there are many unexplainable, weird things that happen in life -- sometimes good things and sometimes scary things. I also think it's possible to channel positive energy to cause good things to happen and, likewise, it's possible to channel negative energy to cause bad things to happen.

I have seen odd things take place, from a TV turning on all by itself when I was the only one home -- and then after I got up to turn it off, it turned on again -- to discovering exactly 4 self-adhesive stamps on the ground one day while walking home from work, when just a few days prior I had been making a mental note to myself that I needed to get 4 self-adhesive stamps at the Post Office very soon!

I also had a phase of time in 2007 and 2008, in which the word "sun" kept appearing to me in mail, in people's names, on TV, in product names at the store, etc. Everywhere I turned I kept encountering the word "sun" in something or another, and it seemed very unusual. I couldn't figure out what it all meant. A couple of years later I suddenly recalled that my late grandmother used to sing "You Are My Sunshine" to me when I was a child. So, take from that what you will...

I've had many little psychic moments and premonitions -- sometimes random things that have no context or relevance to my life. Once I had a dream that there was going to be an article about Rick Springfield in a magazine. Now I had no reason to be thinking about Rick Springfield, of all people, let alone having a dream in which I specifically knew there was going to be an article about him. I woke up and then, within a day or two, I saw a segment on the news regarding a magazine article about Rick Springfield.

And then there was the time when I was on a lunch break at my old job, and I was just about to walk back into the building and return to the office when I noticed that there was water pouring on one specific, small spot on the sidewalk. At first I thought it was water spilling down from an upper floor, but this area on the ground was not even underneath a window and there were no buckets or other devices pouring water anywhere in sight.

I thought, "Is it raining?" I looked all over for signs of rain anywhere else on the street and saw none. There was just water coming out of nowhere, dropping on the sidewalk in one very small circle. Honestly, I thought I was losing my mind or hallucinating. Thankfully, another lady who was about to enter the building walked up and said, "What? Is it only raining in one spot?" She noticed it too! We both stood there and stared at this weird phenomenon before our eyes, and then I guess she thought it wasn't interesting anymore and went inside. At least I knew I wasn't the only one who saw it. I have no idea what caused it or how it happened, but it was weird!

I totally remember that knight! I spent years trying to look "behind" the doombuggy to make sure he wasn't there!


They're not even scary-looking! They kind of remind me of the scarecrow in Wizard of Oz.

figment_jii --

Same here! I did not trust going on Haunted Mansion for a long time after that suit of armor guy scared me. I was doing the same thing you were doing -- looking behind the buggy and off to the side. Even to this day I still think that someone will be jumping out at me at any time on that ride.

The scarecrow dudes -- as created by Disney -- are very non-scary. Just kind of strange. If those scarecrow dudes were stationed at Universal, they'd be chasing guests down with a chainsaw!

 

[Kilala]

Sherry I rember Disneyland without DTD and DCA. I even rember the E tickets. That's a walk down memory lane. I even kept the artical out of the paper for when they shut down the sky way that took from Tomorrowland to Fantsyland.

 

[Sherry E]

Sherry I rember Disneyland without DTD and DCA. I even rember the E tickets. That's a walk down memory lane. I even kept the artical out of the paper for when they shut down the sky way that took from Tomorrowland to Fantsyland.

Kilala --

Those ticket books were the most annoying thing because most folks would always end up with too many "A" tickets or tickets for things they had no interest in, and then run out of the good tickets early on.

One of the best inventions in the history of mankind was the "Passport," allowing us to ride as many rides as we wanted in one day, which eventually morphed into the multi-day ticket, which eventually became the Park Hopper. When that Passport first entered the scene at DL, it was revolutionary as far as we were concerned. The fact that we didn't have to go back to the ticket booths and keep buying more tickets, and that we could ride the rides we liked as many times as we wanted without needing more tickets, was the greatest thing ever.

I never liked riding the Skyway ride. I don't like heights, so that ride made me antsy. I also didn't like that it hung from a wire. I was more comfortable with the People Mover. But I liked the look of the Skyway buckets in the overall Disneyland skyscape/landscape and I miss seeing them.

 

[Lucrezia]

Lucrezia --

I've used the "I got a rock" line many times in life -- probably even in this thread! I agree - the Peanuts Thanksgiving special is not as good as the Halloween, Christmas, Easter and even Valentine's specials -- but at least they did something for Thanksgiving, which I appreciate!

I definitely believe in 'something' existing out there in the world, so yes -- I suppose I believe in paranormal events to a certain degree. I think there are many unexplainable, weird things that happen in life -- sometimes good things and sometimes scary things. I also think it's possible to channel positive energy to cause good things to happen and, likewise, it's possible to channel negative energy to cause bad things to happen.

I have seen odd things take place, from a TV turning on all by itself when I was the only one home -- and then after I got up to turn it off, it turned on again -- to discovering exactly 4 self-adhesive stamps on the ground one day while walking home from work, when just a few days prior I had been making a mental note to myself that I needed to get 4 self-adhesive stamps at the Post Office very soon!

I also had a phase of time in 2007 and 2008, in which the word "sun" kept appearing to me in mail, in people's names, on TV, in product names at the store, etc. Everywhere I turned I kept encountering the word "sun" in something or another, and it seemed very unusual. I couldn't figure out what it all meant. A couple of years later I suddenly recalled that my late grandmother used to sing "You Are My Sunshine" to me when I was a child. So, take from that what you will...

I've had many little psychic moments and premonitions -- sometimes random things that have no context or relevance to my life. Once I had a dream that there was going to be an article about Rick Springfield in a magazine. Now I had no reason to be thinking about Rick Springfield, of all people, let alone having a dream in which I specifically knew there was going to be an article about him. I woke up and then, within a day or two, I saw a segment on the news regarding a magazine article about Rick Springfield.

And then there was the time when I was on a lunch break at my old job, and I was just about to walk back into the building and return to the office when I noticed that there was water pouring on one specific, small spot on the sidewalk. At first I thought it was water spilling down from an upper floor, but this area on the ground was not even underneath a window and there were no buckets or other devices pouring water anywhere in sight.

I thought, "Is it raining?" I looked all over for signs of rain anywhere else on the street and saw none. There was just water coming out of nowhere, dropping on the sidewalk in one very small circle. Honestly, I thought I was losing my mind or hallucinating. Thankfully, another lady who was about to enter the building walked up and said, "What? Is it only raining in one spot?" She noticed it too! We both stood there and stared at this weird phenomenon before our eyes, and then I guess she thought it wasn't interesting anymore and went inside. At least I knew I wasn't the only one who saw it. I have no idea what caused it or how it happened, but it was weird!

Oh, wow, you have so many great stories! Its kind of ironic that I'm a believer at all, seeing as how very few paranormal, unexplainable, "other-worldy" type things have ever happened to me (though I do remember a couple of things as a child, like hearing disembodied humming when home alone, but thats about it). Kind of funny we're talking about this because just last night I woke up and the fan in my room had turned on all by itself. I heard lots of "ghost stories" when I was little, though, because my parents had a bunch of crazy stuff happen to them (a stove tipping over in the middle of the night inexplicably, a table walking up the stairs during a seance by itself, etc., etc.). My fiancé has had a lot of experiences, too. I feel so left out! On another subject, all of you guys talking about E-tickets and retro Disneyland has made me so jealous! I had a sadly Disneyland-less childhood, having grown up in Spain with a deathly fear of costumed characters. I also wasn't even born when DL was in its infantile and teenaged years, which makes me sad because I would've loved to have seen it during those first few years! How different it must've been... I can barely even remember a time before DCA arrived!

 

[Sherry E]

Oh, wow, you have so many great stories! Its kind of ironic that I'm a believer at all, seeing as how very few paranormal, unexplainable, "other-worldy" type things have ever happened to me (though I do remember a couple of things as a child, like hearing disembodied humming when home alone, but thats about it). Kind of funny we're talking about this because just last night I woke up and the fan in my room had turned on all by itself. I heard lots of "ghost stories" when I was little, though, because my parents had a bunch of crazy stuff happen to them (a stove tipping over in the middle of the night inexplicably, a table walking up the stairs during a seance by itself, etc., etc.). My fiancé has had a lot of experiences, too. I feel so left out! On another subject, all of you guys talking about E-tickets and retro Disneyland has made me so jealous! I had a sadly Disneyland-less childhood, having grown up in Spain with a deathly fear of costumed characters. I also wasn't even born when DL was in its infantile and teenaged years, which makes me sad because I would've loved to have seen it during those first few years! How different it must've been... I can barely even remember a time before DCA arrived!

Lucrezia --

You know, the interesting thing is that when one of these bizarre events happens to anyone, more than likely no one believes them. That, of course, is the result of so many frauds out there who make up outlandish stories that could never possibly be true, or they try to pretend that they have special powers to see the future or contact the dead or whatever -- just for money.

So those of us who have actually had odd things happen in life -- even if they are just little things and not big, incredibly scary events -- are probably doubted because those scam artists ruin it for the people who actually experience strange, mysterious phenomena. It helps when someone tells you something -- like your parents and fiance -- and you know you can believe them!

Let me tell you -- if I heard "disembodied humming" as you did when you were a child, and there was no discernible source of the humming, I would be freaked out. That is enough of a scare for me!

I was not thrilled when my TV was turning on all by itself years ago, even after I turned it off. But I could probably tell myself that it must have had something to do with that specific electrical outlet -- just to reason it away. However, if the fan just suddenly turned itself on like what you described, I think I might even be more freaked out -- but at least it happened in the Summer, when a fan is needed!

Now if I lived anywhere where a massive kitchen appliance like a stove just toppled over on its own, in the middle of the night when no one was watching it, and a table went marching up the steps on its own...I wouldn't be able to get any sleep, for one thing, and then I would be moving out. That is a little too much for me to handle! I was freaked out enough by the odd little things that have happened to me, but that would just be too much. Maybe one could even somehow reason away a stove falling over -- maybe, possibly, if there was a giant earthquake in the night that everyone somehow slept through -- but a table should not be walking up the stairs!

Disneyland was very different in the old days and yet, in many ways, the same. I think you would have loved it then too. I first went there in 1972 (that's the first photographic evidence I have of a trip), and it roped me in even then. There was a certain infectious energy/feeling in the air back then that still exists today -- even when it was just one park and one hotel, and had none of the other trappings, it was still a wondrous place. I am certain that Disney has been pumping something into the air to hypnotize all of us for decades!

What I really miss are some of the old rides that we will never get back, such as Adventures through Inner Space and the Motor Boat Cruise, and the old Disneyland Hotel (which housed the wonderful Monorail Cafe)!

But, by the same token, back in the old days of Disneyland there was no Halloween Time season at all, and the Christmas/holiday season was much 'less' and much smaller than it is today. So I suppose that for every 'loss' at DL, there has been a 'gain' at DL too.

 

[Goofy_Mom]

Oh, wow, you have so many great stories! Its kind of ironic that I'm a believer at all, seeing as how very few paranormal, unexplainable, "other-worldy" type things have ever happened to me (though I do remember a couple of things as a child, like hearing disembodied humming when home alone, but thats about it). Kind of funny we're talking about this because just last night I woke up and the fan in my room had turned on all by itself. I heard lots of "ghost stories" when I was little, though, because my parents had a bunch of crazy stuff happen to them (a stove tipping over in the middle of the night inexplicably, a table walking up the stairs during a seance by itself, etc., etc.). My fiancé has had a lot of experiences, too. I feel so left out! On another subject, all of you guys talking about E-tickets and retro Disneyland has made me so jealous! I had a sadly Disneyland-less childhood, having grown up in Spain with a deathly fear of costumed characters. I also wasn't even born when DL was in its infantile and teenaged years, which makes me sad because I would've loved to have seen it during those first few years! How different it must've been... I can barely even remember a time before DCA arrived!

I've only had one experience with the "unkown". Way back when I was a single parent, I lived in a one bedroom apartment. One night really late, I hear the water in the shower turn on and run for about a minute, then turn off. 5 minutes later the water turns on and off again. This happened a couple more times then stopped all together. I didn't leave my bed to check out why the water would turn off and on. If a water conservation ghost felt he/she needed a shower, who was I to stand in his way.

 

[seobaina]

"The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland's Haunted Kingdom" by Aubrey Graves.

Thank you

 

[dnamertz]

Kilala --

Those ticket books were the most annoying thing because most folks would always end up with too many "A" tickets or tickets for things they had no interest in, and then run out of the good tickets early on.

Can you imagine how much time you'd have to spend these days waiting in line to buy more tickets? They'd need a FP just for the ticket booth lines.

 

[Sherry E]

I've only had one experience with the "unkown". Way back when I was a single parent, I lived in a one bedroom apartment. One night really late, I hear the water in the shower turn on and run for about a minute, then turn off. 5 minutes later the water turns on and off again. This happened a couple more times then stopped all together. I didn't leave my bed to check out why the water would turn off and on. If a water conservation ghost felt he/she needed a shower, who was I to stand in his way.

Goofy_Mom --

And that, too, would make me very uneasy! I think I would be frozen and unable to move. As I mentioned above, I could maybe, somehow, reason away that my TV was turning on, over and over, all by itself by saying "It must be that electrical outlet doing crazy things." But a shower turning on -- and then turning off, and then on and off again -- seems too deliberate. There would be no way to use logic to explain that away! We can't really blame it on the plumbing like I can the electrical wiring! Even if the pipes were old and the plumbing was bad, the shower faucet would not be turning on and off on its own!

Can you imagine how much time you'd have to spend these days waiting in line to buy more tickets? They'd need a FP just for the ticket booth lines.

dnamertz --

A FP just for the ticket booth lines! That's so true. It would be awful.

I think that what would end up happening under that old ticket book system (if it were implemented in today's DLR) is that people would buy lots of tickets for all of the "E" and "D" rides and they would not buy tickets for the less interesting attractions/rides, so the lines for the major rides/attractions would be horrific. The way it's set up now, even though some lines are obviously too long, the less interesting rides/shows can absorb some of the crowds because people don't have to buy "A" tickets for them! They can just wander on in and enjoy!

 

[pigby]

The book looks Haunted Disneyland - just wondering if Amazon might get it to me within 3 weeks (when we leave the UK)

Main reason I posted though was to say I HAVE JUST BOOKED THE PARTY TUESDAY 1st OCTOBER

 

[Sherry E]

The book looks Haunted Disneyland - just wondering if Amazon might get it to me within 3 weeks (when we leave the UK)

Main reason I posted though was to say I HAVE JUST BOOKED THE PARTY TUESDAY 1st OCTOBER

That deserves a and a and a too!

 

[PHXscuba]

PHX --

I didn't even like it back in the old, old days when there was a live person in the suit of armor in Haunted Mansion, lunging at random guests as they passed him in the Doom Buggies (this was back in the '80s or '90s, I guess). I prefer my Halloween celebrations on the whimsical, family-friendly side of things, as figment_jii said.

The church's trunk-or-treat carnival sounds like so much fun! I can imagine that in your neck of the woods, it is probably a nice, toasty 90 degrees or so in October??

I do remember the person in the suit of armor on one trip to DL in the 80's. A friend of our that was with us was completely freaked out.

I totally remember that knight! I spent years trying to look "behind" the doombuggy to make sure he wasn't there!

So I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers the live knight in the Haunted Mansion. I'm thinking early 80's which maybe some of you can confirm. And I'm pretty sure they got complaints. I seem to remember him in the door hallway, but it wasn't consistent, so I spent those same years as figment_jii trying to crane my neck to spot him!

Sherry, in AZ you plan your Halloween costume on what won't give you heatstroke!! All those cute furry animal costumes when my kids were tiny ... nope!! I dressed up as a Disney fan the year we'd just returned from WDW -- Minnie ears headband, Disney T-shirt, pin lanyard with key card, and a giant Mickey hand. Our elementary has outdoor courtyards where they do the parade and it gets rope-drop-crazy-crowded in the few patches of shade.

PHXscuba

 

[figment_jii]

So I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers the live knight in the Haunted Mansion. I'm thinking early 80's which maybe some of you can confirm. And I'm pretty sure they got complaints.

Mid-80's according to Doombuggies.com. They have a pretty interesting article/interview with one of the CMs who was one of the knights.
http://www.doombuggies.com/insiders_clark.php

 

[Pinup Mommy]

You do a lot of fun things! Wow. You are truly celebrating Halloween and Fall the whole month of October.

The Los Angeles Hayride is the one that goes up in the hills, around the old location of the L.A. Zoo, correct? I always see billboards and ads for that. It sounds like a great, scary idea for those who love being scared -- being up in those hills even without a hayride is creepy enough! I certainly cannot bring myself to do it. I don't like things popping out at me and trying to grab my foot or hand or whatever.

The Pumpkin Patch in Irvine -- I wonder if that is the place I saw photos of Courtney Stodden posing among the pumpkins (she's the annoying teenage blonde who married the much, much, much, much older guy who was on "Lost," and she is ridiculous). I recall seeing obvious publicity photos of her romping in a pumpkin patch that was supposedly located somewhere in Orange County.

The parade in Hollywood is madness! It may not be everyone's cup of tea, for sure, but it is lively!

Yes, that Los Angeles Hayride have not been yet because I am so afraid, my girlfriends go every year so maybe 2013 I will be brave enough. I agree with those hills being creepy, even during the day. Just last week on my way to the Autry Museum I was a bit turned around, and I felt like I was never going to find my way back.

Here is a link to Irvine RailRoad Park, Pumpkin Patch

http://www.irvineparkrailroad.com/content/pumpkin-patch

We hosted a party there last year, and a lot of our guest returned for the Christmas Train festivities.

 

[Lucrezia]

Lucrezia --

You know, the interesting thing is that when one of these bizarre events happens to anyone, more than likely no one believes them. That, of course, is the result of so many frauds out there who make up outlandish stories that could never possibly be true, or they try to pretend that they have special powers to see the future or contact the dead or whatever -- just for money.

So those of us who have actually had odd things happen in life -- even if they are just little things and not big, incredibly scary events -- are probably doubted because those scam artists ruin it for the people who actually experience strange, mysterious phenomena. It helps when someone tells you something -- like your parents and fiance -- and you know you can believe them!

Let me tell you -- if I heard "disembodied humming" as you did when you were a child, and there was no discernible source of the humming, I would be freaked out. That is enough of a scare for me!

I was not thrilled when my TV was turning on all by itself years ago, even after I turned it off. But I could probably tell myself that it must have had something to do with that specific electrical outlet -- just to reason it away. However, if the fan just suddenly turned itself on like what you described, I think I might even be more freaked out -- but at least it happened in the Summer, when a fan is needed!

Now if I lived anywhere where a massive kitchen appliance like a stove just toppled over on its own, in the middle of the night when no one was watching it, and a table went marching up the steps on its own...I wouldn't be able to get any sleep, for one thing, and then I would be moving out. That is a little too much for me to handle! I was freaked out enough by the odd little things that have happened to me, but that would just be too much. Maybe one could even somehow reason away a stove falling over -- maybe, possibly, if there was a giant earthquake in the night that everyone somehow slept through -- but a table should not be walking up the stairs!

Disneyland was very different in the old days and yet, in many ways, the same. I think you would have loved it then too. I first went there in 1972 (that's the first photographic evidence I have of a trip), and it roped me in even then. There was a certain infectious energy/feeling in the air back then that still exists today -- even when it was just one park and one hotel, and had none of the other trappings, it was still a wondrous place. I am certain that Disney has been pumping something into the air to hypnotize all of us for decades!

What I really miss are some of the old rides that we will never get back, such as Adventures through Inner Space and the Motor Boat Cruise, and the old Disneyland Hotel (which housed the wonderful Monorail Cafe)!

But, by the same token, back in the old days of Disneyland there was no Halloween Time season at all, and the Christmas/holiday season was much 'less' and much smaller than it is today. So I suppose that for every 'loss' at DL, there has been a 'gain' at DL too.

Yes and yes to all of that... I can't actually vouch for the realness of the "table walking up the stairs" story, since I wasn't even born when it happened, but my mother's relatives were the ones who say it went on and they still swear the story is true. Like you said, though, its hard to believe it when someone tells you a paranormal story, especially something outlandish (as this one is)! The stove story however is a 100% fact. My mother still talks about it and is as confused as she was the night it happened! As for the humming story... you're right. It was terrifying, especially to a child. I told my mom right after it happened and of course she didn't believe me... even now, as an adult, my family still believes I'm making it up! But it definitely happened, I can say that with certainty. (Interestingly, years after we had moved from the house, my mother admitted to me a woman had died there... and the humming was that of a woman's voice. Coincidence? I think not!) You're so lucky you were able to go to DL in the 70s! And funny you should mention Adventures through Inner Space---my fiancé's mother loved that ride! She still talks about it and is quite upset its not still around. I wish I could've seen the park back in the 50s and 60s, when Walt was still alive... what an experience that would have been! I'm happy with the DLR as it stands today, but a part of me wishes, as you said, that some of the old "classics" hadn't been removed. For example, I think the old Native American village might've been fun, if maybe a tad politically incorrect, and I can't even go on the Finding Nemo ride because it makes me just want the ORIGINAL submarine ride back, which sounds far better in my opinion... yes, I'm quirky and I own it.

 

[Lucrezia]

I've only had one experience with the "unkown". Way back when I was a single parent, I lived in a one bedroom apartment. One night really late, I hear the water in the shower turn on and run for about a minute, then turn off. 5 minutes later the water turns on and off again. This happened a couple more times then stopped all together. I didn't leave my bed to check out why the water would turn off and on. If a water conservation ghost felt he/she needed a shower, who was I to stand in his way.

That is so creepy. My fiancé had a somewhat similar experience a few years ago. He was living in a flat with someone below him, and would hear his downstairs neighbor's shower go on every morning, by itself, at about 2 or 3 AM. The weird part was that he would only hear it when his neighbor was out of town, and the flat would be vacant. Literally every time his neighbor would leave town, that next morning he'd hear the shower go on and wake him up... then go off about twenty minutes later. He still can't figure it out.

 

[Kilala]

Kilala --

Those ticket books were the most annoying thing because most folks would always end up with too many "A" tickets or tickets for things they had no interest in, and then run out of the good tickets early on.

One of the best inventions in the history of mankind was the "Passport," allowing us to ride as many rides as we wanted in one day, which eventually morphed into the multi-day ticket, which eventually became the Park Hopper. When that Passport first entered the scene at DL, it was revolutionary as far as we were concerned. The fact that we didn't have to go back to the ticket booths and keep buying more tickets, and that we could ride the rides we liked as many times as we wanted without needing more tickets, was the greatest thing ever.

I never liked riding the Skyway ride. I don't like heights, so that ride made me antsy. I also didn't like that it hung from a wire. I was more comfortable with the People Mover. But I liked the look of the Skyway buckets in the overall Disneyland skyscape/landscape and I miss seeing them.

I thought it was stupid for them to take the People Mover out. Did you know Sherry that there still a PeopleMover at MK in Florida? I will take pictures for everyone here when I go in October to MNSSHP.The person I asked if the PeopleMover was the same as it was here and they said yes.

 

[Tasscrapper]

Hi! This is as much your trip as your friend's trip. So if the party is something that you really want to do, I'd go for it.

My family is also not into the character meet and greets, but the party is still a must for us. The cavalcade is cute (and it runs twice during the party, so you can see it both times). It's not a huge event, but it's worth seeing. The fireworks are the highlight of the party for us. We don't stake out a hub spot, so we arrive around 45 minutes to 30 minutes before the show. You have to be willing to invest a little time to get a good view, but it's worth it.

In terms of the trick-or-treating, we really enjoy doing it. For us, we can take all of it home from DLR, but when we're in WDW and go to MNSSHP, we have to be a little more judicious about what we bring back. We get lots of candy; some we'll eat, some we'll keep, some will leave for the hotel staff. We pack up our suitcases like normal and then fill out the weight with the candy we like best. If there's more space, then some more candy comes home. Some will be used for the candy bowl at Halloween (or at work), some will be eaten by me!



Given the way you described the choice, I think you will regret not going. If it's something that you've wanted to do, I think you would end up feeling bad as you walk out of DLR knowing that there is a MHP going on.

Thank you Figment. I think you really put going to the MHP into perspective by wording it the way you did. I will get the tickets, we will go and we will have fun. After all, it is the happiest place on earth.

 

[PixiDustDears]

The first day of our trip is going to be Halloween. We will be there through the weekend and leave some time on Monday. What are the odds that the crowds will die down after Halloween? Should I expect the numbers to stay high since it will be a weekend? We are used to going during busy times (thanksgiving or spring break) but just once I would like to see a glimpse of "off season".