HalloweenTime at DLR Info and Photo Superthread #3

[Lucrezia]

…and, here's some more photos:

This is a Halloween graveyard cupcake from Pacific Wharf Cafe





And a bat-shaped cookie, also from Pacific Wharf Cafe



A Halloween display in Flo's V8 Cafe



Main Street…























And here's our collection of candy from MHP:





As I mentioned here before, we did the Skellington Mickey in-room celebration for my nieces. Here's what that package got us:













The Buena Vista Street Newspaper, with a Halloween theme:



And yet I still have even more photos. Gah. What was I thinking??

If you want to see/read more about our trip, here's my TR: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3191867.

 

[WestMom2two]

We went to the 10/21 party and here is a few picture of the fam dressed up. The kids and I are already planning our next trip for the Christmas season!

 

[crystal1313]

WestMom2two, you guys look terrific! So cute =)

 

[AndyR]

A few pics from Friday's MHP:

 

[Lucrezia]

The last of my Halloween pictures:





My niece Ana ordered this dessert at Blue Bayou and said it was amazing:



There's so many great little decorations around the DLR at this time of year! All these hidden gems to take pictures of… it's like heaven for DISers lol.

 

[Corpsebride]

Hey everyone!! Long time , no visit!! DH and I are looking forward to our Anniversary visit. We will be celebrating our 3rd wedding anniversary. I have loved looking at everyone's pictures. We will be there on the 31st , dressed as Snow White and her Prince. So, if you see us, come say Hi! We will have our Anniversary buttons on.
Happy Halloween!

 

[Vala]

It sounds like you had a FABULOUS time! I can't wait to get there on Friday. Can you explain what you meant about the villain meet being closed during the party? I'm a bit confused. Thanks!

Sorry, I didn't get back online before now.

They close the villains line about 8.40 PM. The villains clear the area before the fireworks start and after the fireworks they make their entrance again.

Unfortunately this means on the second trip Wednesday the line for the group with Hades was just cut off in front of me... grrr. But I did get my Pocahontas picture finally and Rabbit was more than delighted when he met another bunny rabbit. We also had great fun in Toontown. I got to dance with Roger and Goofy, Chip and Dale remembered me - and I was more than surprised when Clarabell did too - and Clarabell went even Trick or Treating for us when she noticed my friend and I had only been running from character line to character line and had no candy. Also I managed to get a picture with the Tremaines and a very sweet CM allowed me to give my drawing to Maleficent. She had told me off on Monday that I hadn't brought her one, so we ran to Target, got drawing supplies and I made her a new one from scratch.

 

[ludari]

I am thinking about going to DLR and DCA on actual Halloween evening but concerned about the crowds. Although I typically avoid visiting the parks on holidays I really want to go. Anyone have any experience visting DLR and DCA during Halloween and what the crowds are like?

 

[figment_jii]

Cute...the Minnie Demitasse is offered at a variety of locations. I saw it at the Big Thunder Ranch BBQ and Jolly Holiday as well. The one at Jolly Holiday did not have any candy corn on top!

 

[Kilala]

It's officail I'm going on the 30th. That date has not sold out yet.I will be dressing in the same costume I did on the 18th.

 

[JAG107]

We went last night 10/28 for our first Halloween party at a Disney park. It was DEFINITELY worth it! We had DS1.5 and DD3.5 in tow. Lines moved very quickly and we saw most rides having 15 min. or less waits (except Pan and a few other of the usual slow moving lines). SMGG was 15 mins all night. We did TT first and that was a good move I think since they close at 7. We got TONS of candy. Our #1 tip for the night is bring your own big bag for tot, because the ones they give you fill up fast. They had signs up saying the fireworks were canceled. Don't know if they actually had them or not, as we left at 9 so I could get to work on time (night shift ). Lots of people milling about but it never felt that crowded, 18k sounded about right. They had signs up saying it was sold out. All the guests and CM's we saw were having a great time and were all around courteous. The CM at the Bengal BBQ register went out of her way to find us a discount on our food (told her we were DVC members but forgot our card, she gave us 10% off!).
Now we wait until January to get our premiere passes so we can come back!

 

[dnamertz]

We went to the 10/21 party and here is a few picture of the fam dressed up. The kids and I are already planning our next trip for the Christmas season!

Were you in the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster line a little before 4pm on 10/21? I was dressed as Mike Wazowski and a woman dressed as Wonder Woman pointed to me and asked her little boy "who is that?" and the boy got a huge surprised look on his face and said "Mike!".

 

[siburdue]

Taking into consideration how much grief Photobucket gives me 90% of the time, I'm glad when they finally do something I like and can work with! This is the sort of thing a photo hosting/editing/storage site should offer -- seasonal enhancements!:

I can't wait to see what they come up with as far as holiday effects.


I haven't posted the majority of my photos yet -- I only posted treats, merchandise and the Halloween Carnival in September. I have been waiting for the right time, and I've been busy with the massive undertaking that is the Theme Week Countdown in the Christmas Superthread. But that Countdown will be over fairly soon, so I can post my other Halloween photos -- after Halloween!

Oh my goodness, that photo is incredibly AWESOME!!!

Is this something anyone can do that uses photobucket? I didn't know there were special effects that you can add to a photo. Can you steer me as to where on their site to look to do this? I have tons of photos and would like to at least try to do this on a few of them.

Thanks

Sheri B

 

[Sherry E]

Oh my goodness, that photo is incredibly AWESOME!!!

Is this something anyone can do that uses photobucket? I didn't know there were special effects that you can add to a photo. Can you steer me as to where on their site to look to do this? I have tons of photos and would like to at least try to do this on a few of them.

Thanks

Sheri B

Sheri -

Thank you! It took me a bit of time to do that picture so I'm glad someone noticed it!

Yes -- anyone who has Photobucket can do those effects. Here is what you need to know:

1. Look in the Stickers section of the Edit page on Photobucket. Pull up a photo to edit, then when you get to the edit page you will see a Stickers option. That is where the Halloween effects are;

2. Do it fast! Those Halloween Stickers are only supposed to be there through October...which ends in 2 days. Don't wait! Get over there ASAP!;

3. In order to get the effect of candy corn 'raining' down in my photo, I put each piece of candy corn there and turned it around myself, one by one. In other words, there was not one universal border I slapped on the photo to make it look like that. Every candy corn, every tombstone, every ghost, the spider and spider web, the bats, the falling witches' hats, the pumpkin, etc. - I put each piece in the photo one by one, and I positioned them 'just so.' I flipped things upside down, I made them teeny or larger, I did all of that. I also put the skull and crossbones on the middle tombstone after I placed the tombstones in the grass; and

4. Start with a photo that has space in it to 'play' with, either on the ground or in the sky, like I did.


I hope that helps! Be sure to come back and show me the finished product!

 

[teacherlisa1978]

I just want to thank everyone for all the photos, tips, and excitement you have shared in this thread. We were at the 10/21 party and had a wonderful time. We were a bit overwhelmed by the crowds in ToonTown at first but went in to have a great time. I wish we'd seen the cavalcade and the riverfront area, but I think we had a nice mix. Some truck or treating, a few rides, a few characters, the fireworks, and my son's favorite part-the Mike and Sulley dance party. He danced for 45 minutes straight and we could barely break him away!

I looked a tiny bit but didn't ask-was there any party specific merchandise? Didn't see anything. I also forgot about the demitasse cup desserts! Darn! Guess we will have to go back in a few years!

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[theluckyrabbit]

There is/was specific merchandise for MHP. There are t-shirts (2 styles, I think: short sleeve orange and long sleeve gray) and pins (MHP, Halloween Screams, AP exclusive, etc.). You might still be able to get a Minnie demitasse cup by contacting Merchandise Guest Services or Mouseshoppe. Since this is a food related item, I think Mouseshoppe would be your best bet.

 

[figment_jii]

There is/was specific merchandise for MHP. There are t-shirts (2 styles, I think: short sleeve orange and long sleeve gray) and pins (MHP, Halloween Screams, AP exclusive, etc.). You might still be able to get a Minnie demitasse cup by contacting Merchandise Guest Services or Mouseshoppe. Since this is a food related item, I think Mouseshoppe would be your best bet.

I think you might be able to get the MHP merchandise without having gone to a party. When I was there, I noticed that all of the merchandise was out (t-shirt and pins) during the daytime and non-party days. You didn't need a wristband to purchase it during the day. You could give Disneyland Mail Order a call and see if they can ship items (shipping will be pricey!).

Things like the Minnie demitasse, Hatbox Ghost popcorn bucket are probably only going to be available via a third party shopping service.

 

[Amommy21]

http://youtu.be/_0cKrnSeYn8

A link to my son doing his version of Halloween by Jerry Seinfeld when he was just a little squirt....

Enjoy!

Happy Halloween and thanks again for all the Halloween tips!

 

[figment_jii]

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

 

[Kilala]

I had a blast with my friend last night. We got totoon town just in time for two of the trails. I will post pictures sometime on Saturday.