HalloweenTime at DLR Info and Photo Superthread #3

Status
Not open for further replies.
Hey everybody! I am very excited to be attending my first MHP tonight with my bf but we don't have costumes :( Any advice or things I need to know? Can we still trick or treat? It's just the two of us. I can probably whip something together real quick if I need to. Maybe zombies :) Thanks in advance for any tips and advice!

No costumes needed! Have fun:goodvibes
 
Hello everyone! Just checking on this thread. I just got back from our WDW trip where we went to their MNSSHP.

We are old veterans of Disneyland's MHP (I have been going since it was held at DCA) and Halloween Time. Just got our tickets to the Oct 21 party. So excited!!!
 
It's so fun to see everyones pics! I can't wait to be there! Only 4 more sleeps...

I decided to dress up as Mrs. Incredible in cognito :). I've got the blue button down and black pants and right now my hair happens to be cut just like hers. I will have a black mask on and a red incredibles shirt peeking out of the blue shirt. Understated, I know and maybe too subtle but at least I'll be comfortable and won't embarrass my teenage daughter. She's going as a little grey mouse and her friend as a black cat. I think my husband is going as an identity thief...let's see if anyone can pick him out! :scratchin

If you see me, say Hi! I'd love to meet some of you :). We are going to the party October 11th. :cool1:

Aloha!

Hey we'll be there too!! 3 Steampunk and 1 red ninja!! I'll keep an eye out for you.
 
To the SoCal peeps out there (not San Diego, though) in L.A., Orange County, Riverside, Ventura and San Bernardino --

I'm not sure if everyone already knows this (someone else may have posted about it on the board at some point) but our local ABC news affiliate is doing one of their annual contests in which they give away a "Family 4-pack" of Disneyland tickets. The contest will have 10 winners, if I read the Rules correctly, and you can enter more than once. They are promoting this on TV as a trip to see DLR for Halloween Time, but if they are giving away Hoppers (which is what they have given away in past contests) I wonder if they can be used at any time this year?

Anyway, here is the link to enter: https://register.go.com/abcotv/reg/register?code=kabc_0913_disneyland_halloweentime

Since this is a Disney-owned company you should be able to use the same log-in info on this site that you use for other Disney-owned sites, although I find that some sites want the email address and password while other sites want a User name/non-email and password so it can get confusing.

Even if you have an AP this could be a good contest to enter if you wanted to try to win tickets for friends/family, or if your AP will be expiring soon and you want to get into the parks!

 

To the SoCal peeps out there (not San Diego, though) in L.A., Orange County, Riverside, Ventura and San Bernardino -- I'm not sure if everyone already knows this (someone else may have posted about it on the board at some point) but our local ABC news affiliate is doing one of their annual contests in which they give away a "Family 4-pack" of Disneyland tickets. The contest will have 10 winners, if I read the Rules correctly, and you can enter more than once. They are promoting this on TV as a trip to see DLR for Halloween Time, but if they are giving away Hoppers (which is what they have given away in past contests) I wonder if they can be used at any time this year? Anyway, here is the link to enter: https://register.go.com/abcotv/reg/register?code=kabc_0913_disneyland_halloweentime Since this is a Disney-owned company you should be able to use the same log-in info on this site that you use for other Disney-owned sites, although I find that some sites want the email address and password while other sites want a User name/non-email and password so it can get confusing. Even if you have an AP this could be a good contest to enter if you wanted to try to win tickets for friends/family, or if your AP will be expiring soon and you want to get into the parks!

Thank you for sharing. We have AP's, but I like your suggestion of entering to possibly gift to family or friends.

It is funny, we have tickets to this year's MHP, but when the local radio station gives away party packs I get a sudden urge to call in. LOL
 
I think its sad that the parties are selling out and I am seeing so many posts on ebay $175/ticket. Smh..
 
Just curious about the candy.....I've seen so many wonderful yummy chocolate candy, just wondering if they hand out suckers? DS4 loves suckers! He always picks a sucker over any other kind of treat! Even cake or ice cream, lol. TIA!
 
/
Just curious about the candy.....I've seen so many wonderful yummy chocolate candy, just wondering if they hand out suckers? DS4 loves suckers! He always picks a sucker over any other kind of treat! Even cake or ice cream, lol. TIA!

I think we hit every treat trail except up by Pooh and I didn't see any suckers. I did like their healthier options though, picked up a lot of apples, carrots, and Clif Kids Z bars.
 
I think we hit every treat trail except up by Pooh and I didn't see any suckers. I did like their healthier options though, picked up a lot of apples, carrots, and Clif Kids Z bars.

I missed the clif kids bars but we also got a ton of bug bites (graham cracker cookies) and craisins. We only did about 6 of the treat trails but no suckers.
 
We'll be there the 11th as well. DD5 as Alice, DS1 as white rabbit, me as Queen of Hearts, and DH as Mad Hatter.
 
My wife and I went on 9/28, it was so fun! Decor was great, first time going during any holiday. Haunted Mansion was a great surprise. Space Mountain was out of order, but hope to ride it in a few weeks. My favorite was all of the halloween merch and the fall colors on main street and center hub, along with the main entrance. I'm already excited for Christmas at DL!:santa:
 
jason41483 said:
My wife and I went on 9/28, it was so fun! Decor was great, first time going during any holiday. Haunted Mansion was a great surprise. Space Mountain was out of order, but hope to ride it in a few weeks. My favorite was all of the halloween merch and the fall colors on main street and center hub, along with the main entrance. I'm already excited for Christmas at DL!:santa:
Christmas at Disneyland is one of my favorite times of the year. Love Halloween too! Just bummed bc last night it was so windy that they cancelled the fireworks which is what I had been looking forward to most :( It was my first MHP. But the bf said we can try again next year :D Haha.
 
Went last night and had a GREAT time.
Family of 5 with, 9DD, 7DD, 2DD.
Space Mtn was great!

Rode a bunch of rides without much wait, 20 mins or less.
Hit most the Candy trails, brought home a insane amount of candy.

The only down part was the huge wind meant no Fireworks.
 
Just curious about the candy.....I've seen so many wonderful yummy chocolate candy, just wondering if they hand out suckers? DS4 loves suckers! He always picks a sucker over any other kind of treat! Even cake or ice cream, lol. TIA!

crystal1313 --

In regards to the suckers -- it sounds as if there are no Tootsie products in this year's stash o' treats, from most reports, but in the past there were always Tootsie Pops (along with every other kind of Tootsie product) handed out at the parties.

I think that a lot of the Tootsie stuff went to waste -- people take it out of their bags and just leave it in random places around the park...and when that happens, it gets thrown out. The CMs don't look at discarded Tootsie Rolls or Tootsie Pops sitting atop ledges or tables or trash cans and think "Hey! Let me put these back in with the candy we are handing out at the stations!" Anything that is discarded and left somewhere -- no matter how good of a condition it seems to be in -- has to be considered as trash, and it gets tossed out.

So, therefore, I am guessing that a whole lot of Tootsie stuff got tossed in the trash and perhaps Disney decided to not spend money on something that was often tossed out? Bye bye Tootsie Pops.



My wife and I went on 9/28, it was so fun! Decor was great, first time going during any holiday. Haunted Mansion was a great surprise. Space Mountain was out of order, but hope to ride it in a few weeks. My favorite was all of the halloween merch and the fall colors on main street and center hub, along with the main entrance. I'm already excited for Christmas at DL!:santa:

jason41483 -

I replied to your previous post in this thread a couple of pages back (not sure if you saw it). I think I was asking if you were going to get an Annual Pass.

If this is going to be your first holiday season trip to Disneyland coming up and you want to see the 3 hotels' decorations and everything in full holiday mode, go after Thanksgiving. If you don't care about the 3 Disney hotels' decor and just want to see the 2 parks decorated, along with all of the holiday entertainment, go on 11/15 or after (11/15 is when the holiday World of Color begins, which is why I specify that date).

And be sure to come and join us in the Disneyland at Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread, which is a bonanza of info, photos, discussion and fun!:cool1:

Went last night and had a GREAT time.
Family of 5 with, 9DD, 7DD, 2DD.
Space Mtn was great!

Rode a bunch of rides without much wait, 20 mins or less.
Hit most the Candy trails, brought home a insane amount of candy.

The only down part was the huge wind meant no Fireworks.

Majik9 --

I wondered about the wind at DLR. That's a huge letdown and bummer for people who paid for MHP tickets so they could see Halloween Screams, only to miss out because of weather.

On the news the reporters kept saying how windy it was -- of course, they purposely go to the windiest parts of Southern California just so they can look windblown and messy as they tell us how bad the winds are.

The funny thing is, I live in L.A. and I saw no wind at all in my area. I was waiting for it. I was even excited about it because wind seems very Fall-like to me. I kept the window open, waiting for my curtains to start swaying. Nothing happened. No wind in this area.


:dancer::dancer::dancer:


I've mentioned to people in this thread and elsewhere that October is one of our strangest months for weather in SoCal (November and December are kind of unpredictable too) -- you never know what you're going to get. Last night it was wind, apparently.

Today and tomorrow it is supposed to be above 90 degrees in Los Angeles and "Inland Orange County" (including Anaheim), and very dry -- way too hot for October, in my opinion -- but by Thursday or so...we're down to a delightful 67 degrees (and possible rain)!!!! Yay!!!!!:cool1::cool1: I love 67-degree weather!!! (Of course, it could change by the time we get to that point in the week.) Now we're finally seeing some traces of Fall! Wheeeeeeeeee!:banana::banana::banana:

Going from 92 degrees down to 67 degrees is the sort of strangeness to which I refer when I talk about October weather. It is always a surprise -- sometimes a good surprise and sometimes a not-so-good one, but a surprise nonetheless!:dance3:
 
I know this has been asked in this thread and i'm sorry if it has, this is a long thread.... for dates sold out do they sometimes open it back up the day of?? im am so sad I am an APer and my date is sold out for the 18th of Oct...
 
I know this has been asked in this thread and i'm sorry if it has, this is a long thread.... for dates sold out do they sometimes open it back up the day of?? im am so sad I am an APer and my date is sold out for the 18th of Oct...

pycees312 -

Well, hello, stranger!:wave:

No worries about not combing through the whole thread -- we're here to help!

Yes, sometimes there are tickets sold on the day of the event, at the ticket booths. I think those tickets are released at the last minute. The problem is that we never know on which dates they will be available. There have been reports of people going to the box office on the date of a particular party and no tickets were available at all. Other times they are available (of course, you pay more for a day-of-event ticket than a pre-bought ticket).

Another option is for onsite hotel guests -- apparently the 3 DLR hotels will often times have a limited number of tickets available for their guests to purchase on the day of the party (not in advance). So if you happen to be staying onsite, you will probably have an advantage.
 
Definitely windy last night...and DRY. My eyes were burning and I could not get enough water. Bummer about fireworks, but did not impact our fun.

That said, we had a GREAT time. Lines we pretty good overall and seemed better organized than last year - but we altered our strategy and pretty much stayed away from the more crowded areas I think.

Word of caution....don't accidentally delete (guilty), forget, or otherwise not have your tickets before getting to the park. We stood in line for a hour at the ticket window to get tickets reprinted. Only had 8 windows open on the DTD side and it was quite taxing.
 
Thanks Sherry! I knew this was the place to come... I actually did not book at Disney (GASP) lol.... should i reconsider?.. I am surely bummed as this is the first time we will be there during Halloween and I booked the time off thinking we'd make it to the 18th party.. so wrong.. HAAA now I know when they send the email about advanced AP tickets to take advantage.. sigh.. I'n going to cross my fingers on this and hope for some pixie dust!!!
 
Thanks Sherry! I knew this was the place to come... I actually did not book at Disney (GASP) lol.... should i reconsider?.. I am surely bummed as this is the first time we will be there during Halloween and I booked the time off thinking we'd make it to the 18th party.. so wrong.. HAAA now I know when they send the email about advanced AP tickets to take advantage.. sigh.. I'n going to cross my fingers on this and hope for some pixie dust!!!

I will hope for some pixie dust for you! There are 2 extra MHP nights on this year's calendar (13 nights, as opposed to 11 nights last year and 10 nights in 2011), so I really wasn't sure how many nights would sell out. It seems like the tickets didn't really begin to sell out until September, and then only 2 nights sold out at first. Others began to follow -- including your night.

Some people have suggested in the past that there may be some luck to be had by calling the actual DLR ticket number (instead of relying upon what it says online about tickets being sold out for certain nights). So if you have not tried that already you might want to give it a shot.

Otherwise, most likely there will be some last minute tickets opening up on 10/18. It's past Columbus Day and it's before Halloween, so I can't see that there would necessarily be a rush on last-minute tickets for 10/18. I could be wrong -- Friday night parties are popular -- but I think there is a good chance you could score some tickets if you hit the ticket booths early that day.

(I have to change my Facebook Timeline picture and profile picture to something Halloween Time-ish. I am behind on that. I'll use something from 9/13 of this year. Stay tuned for that later today!:rotfl2:)
 
Status
Not open for further replies.




New Posts









Receive up to $1,000 in Onboard Credit and a Gift Basket!
That’s right — when you book your Disney Cruise with Dreams Unlimited Travel, you’ll receive incredible shipboard credits to spend during your vacation!
CLICK HERE













DIS Facebook DIS youtube DIS Instagram DIS Pinterest

Back
Top