HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread #4

[figment_jii]

I saw that too. The only other thing that could have been a surprise was the Disney Parks blog post about the new Dole menu items.

I guess there's still time though. For me, it's mid-morning Tuesday, but I forget it's not Tuesday yet over there

Wouldn't it be funny if it showed up sometime after midnight according to the clock at Disneyland?

I thought about the Dole menu items posts as well, but they didn't use the GetHappier hashtag that was part of the original announcement.

 

[Sherry E]

So far, nothing! Unless I've missed it, I haven't seen anything announced on the Disney Parks Blog or Disneyland Facebook or Twitter feeds...Unless all the news about Donald's birthday is the Monday surprise!

figment_jii (and all of my other Halloween thread peeps!) --

I have been checking the Parks Blog, the Disneyland Facebook page and the Disneyland Today Facebook page (and Twitter too) all day, like a crazy person. I just checked two seconds before I decided to check in here.

Not a peep as far as a Monday Summer Surprise!

I saw the "Who'd rather be here right now" post and I thought, "And...where is the surprise?" I noticed that one guy posted and asked what the surprise was. No one answered him. I also saw someone on Micechat asking if anyone had heard anything about the surprise (I checked there too, thinking that they might post about the surprise if anyone went to DLR and found out about it).

Don't get me wrong -- I am well aware that a lot of these so-called surprises will be happening in DL or DCA, but the way Erin described it in her blog last week made it sound as if we would at least find out what the surprises are on one of the pages she said to check. For example, if CMs were handing out random surprises to guests at DLR today, I'd like to read about it on the Disneyland FB page or on the Disneyland Today FB page!

Who thought up this Surprise promo? Surely we would assume the surprises would happen within "normal business hours" and not in the evening, when it is already Tuesday for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere!

 

[figment_jii]

Me too! I figured even if it was an "in-park" type surprise, it would be announced on their Twitter or Facebook accounts. After all, the folks in the parks have to have a way to find out too! During the 24-hour day, they announced some surprise activities (like pin trading!) via Twitter.

I still think someone got their wires crossed...maybe next week!

Who thought up this Surprise promo?

The same one that thought up Limited Time Magic? Some of those were great, some a little less so...luckily there is still plenty of Mondays between now and Labor Day.

Surely we would assume the surprises would happen within "normal business hours" and not in the evening, when it is already Tuesday for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere!

I'm willing to give them until DL closes tonight (midnight), because maybe the special surprise is something in the night time!

 

[Sherry E]

Me too! I figured even if it was an "in-park" type surprise, it would be announced on their Twitter or Facebook accounts. After all, the folks in the parks have to have a way to find out too! During the 24-hour day, they announced some surprise activities (like pin trading!) via Twitter.

I still think someone got their wires crossed...maybe next week!


The same one that thought up Limited Time Magic? Some of those were great, some a little less so...luckily there is still plenty of Mondays between now and Labor Day.


I'm willing to give them until DL closes tonight (midnight), because maybe the special surprise is something in the night time!

You might be onto something there. I bet you're right. it could be a nighttime surprise of some sort, and that would not be announced on the Parks Blog today (because I think the writers have gone home for the day), but it could very easily pop up on the Disneyland or Disneyland Today Facebook or Twitter pages after hours.

I am going to assume that the surprise for today/tonight will pop up on the Disneyland FB page, as that's where the pointless "Who'd rather be here right now" #GetHappier post appeared earlier. Maybe that was a teaser to a surprise coming up on that page (tonight). However, we will, of course, keep checking all the pages, just in case they trick us!

 

[figment_jii]

Well, it's now Tuesday at Disneyland and I didn't see anything on the Disneyland FB page, Disneyland Today or Disneyland Resorts Twitter feeds, or the Parks Blog! Sigh...maybe next week will be more obvious.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

Well, it's now Tuesday at Disneyland and I didn't see anything on the Disneyland FB page, Disneyland Today or Disneyland Resorts Twitter feeds, or the Parks Blog! Sigh...maybe next week will be more obvious.

I haven't either and it's really frustrating! Even if it's something in the parks, you'd think they update on social media to let people know where to go - unless it's totally random? I'll be in the parks a week from Monday (the 23rd) so I'll be sure to report back anything I know.

 

[Sherry E]

As I mentioned previously, I think that a lot of the surprises in the Get Happier/Monday Summer Surprise thing are going to be happening in the parks and on some days it could just be a matter of a CM walking up to someone and randomly handing out a surprise (maybe a pin, maybe a t-shirt, maybe a gift card, maybe a voucher for a free meal, maybe a giant stuffed Mickey -- who knows?).

I am thinking something along the lines of the Year of a Million Dreams promo from many years ago, but on a much smaller scale.

Then, I think there could also be a few surprises thrown in that are more along the lines of Limited Time Magic. Those will probably be announcements made or information given online about upcoming events, dates, etc. For example, the online surprises that take place in July or August could include an announcement of something happening for the holiday season, and one or two of the online surprises that take place in June or July could involve a Halloween Time announcement.

Either way -- whether this Monday Surprise deal is more along the lines of an in-park, small scale Year of a Million Dreams thing or is more like Limited Time Magic, or a combination of both -- because Erin told us to check the Parks Blog, the Disneyland Facebook page, the Disneyland Today Facebook page, the Disneyland Twitter page and the Disneyland Today Twitter page...

...someone who handles one of those pages or sites should at least be posting after the fact to tell us that there was a surprise of some kind, and what it was! Why tell us to check those pages and sites if nothing is revealed?!

I also expected to read something after the fact, from anyone on any Disney discussion site who may have witnessed a surprise happening in the parks. I think that there probably was a surprise last Monday (June 2) too, but I have not read one thing about it. So I wonder if we will be reading anything, from anyone, on any site, about yesterday, June 9th?!

Even if the surprise was something innocuous like Peppermint Wonderland ice cream popping up at Gibson Girl in June, I would like to read about it to know that's what it was!

This is all very weird. This seems to be a case of Disney sometimes knowing in advance what the surprise will be -- like an announcement of a date or event -- and sometimes not knowing, so then just handing out Fast Passes to random guests in the parks that day or something! But at least tell us that a guest got some Fast Passes, if that's what happened, Disney!

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Did anyone notice that someone just posted about not finding, seeing or hearing about any surprises in the Comments under the blog from last week?

Look at the very bottom -- http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...ing-to-make-your-mondays-happier-this-summer/.

Erin responded to her today, basically stating the same thing that we already knew. Facebook. Twitter. Surprises in real life. Surprises online. Some surprises will be larger than others.

I would really just like to know what the surprises were after the person or people were surprised! No one seems to be talking!

 

[ander3ke]

Last year at DLR , 1st week of October we had our pictures taken near the Haunted Mansion and asked the photographer to add the hitchhiking ghosts to our photo. We ended up with 5 different shots and some with Zero. They are very cute.

 

[figment_jii]

Maybe yesterday was a test to see how many people were paying attention to last week's announcement.

I just saw this on Disneyland Twitter Feed, in response to someone asking about the #GetHappier events:

You never know where Disney magic might appear, but there wasn't a #GetHappier event in the park yesterday.

So whatever happened yesterday (if it happened at all...), wasn't in the park.

 

[laura&fam]

Last year at DLR , 1st week of October we had our pictures taken near the Haunted Mansion and asked the photographer to add the hitchhiking ghosts to our photo. We ended up with 5 different shots and some with Zero. They are very cute.

Hopefully if we just ask then we can get it. We did that with the Darth Vader magic shot several years ago. It took a few minutes but it was worth it.

 

[Sherry E]

Maybe yesterday was a test to see how many people were paying attention to last week's announcement.

I just saw this on Disneyland Twitter Feed, in response to someone asking about the #GetHappier events:


So whatever happened yesterday (if it happened at all...), wasn't in the park.

Aw, man... This is madness! So they tease this Summer Surprise deal, only to leave us all in suspense and never tell us what the surprise was? Did they surprise someone via email, or via some sort of private message on Facebook or Twitter? Was the surprise something like an email from Disney Destinations that said "Surprise!"???

Remember, there should have been a surprise on June 2nd, too, but that was also kept quiet!

Under which post did you see that response on Twitter, figment_jii? I didn't see it.

ETA: I found it -- I won't link it because the person who asked the question also cursed in a separate post (which was grouped together with the post that elicited the reply that you found), and we aren't supposed to link to anything with profanity! But I found it!

Last year at DLR , 1st week of October we had our pictures taken near the Haunted Mansion and asked the photographer to add the hitchhiking ghosts to our photo. We ended up with 5 different shots and some with Zero. They are very cute.

Welcome, ander3ke --

Thank you for giving us the more recent info about the ghosts magic shot! I'm glad to know that Disney decided to incorporate it into Halloween Time again!

 

[PixiDustDears]

Just booked our hotel doe a quick Halloween weekend (30-2). Can't wait for tickets to go on sale. This will be the second year in a row that we trick or treat in disneyland on Halloween. We'll also be back for thanksgiving week so I guess I need to make my way over to the Christmas season thread as well!

 

[Sherry E]

Just booked our hotel doe a quick Halloween weekend (30-2). Can't wait for tickets to go on sale. This will be the second year in a row that we trick or treat in disneyland on Halloween. We'll also be back for thanksgiving week so I guess I need to make my way over to the Christmas season thread as well!

Welcome back, Amanda!

I'm glad you decided to join us again! I remember that you went to the MHP last year.

I have never actually been there on Halloween, but I think this might have to be the year that I remedy that. Either this year or next year. I want to go when Halloween falls on a good night like Friday or Saturday.

So you will have a few days for Halloween and a trip for Thanksgiving! It sounds like your October and November will be awesome!

And yes, by all means, come join us in the Christmas/Holiday Superthread too! In that thread we are waiting to see if a Christmas party pops up, as one of our thread followers (Escape2Disney) heard from a non-Disney travel agent person not long ago that DLR would have a Christmas party this year, just like WDW, and that the tickets would go on sale soon (in July-ish or so, from how it sounded).

My first thought was that the travel person was getting the MHP mixed up with a Christmas party, because the MHP tickets would probably go on sale in July-ish. People who don't closely follow all things Disneyland Resort might get the parties confused.

But then the Parks Blog popped up with this Get Happier/Monday Summer Surprise deal, and I am thinking that sooner or later one of these Monday surprises will lead to an announcement about something Halloween-related and Holiday Season-related. So we shall see if a party is on the horizon...

 

[Belleoftheballl]

Does anyone know about when last year the tickets for the Halloween party's went on sale?

 

[Sherry E]

Does anyone know about when last year the tickets for the Halloween party's went on sale?

Belleoftheballl --

The tickets should go on sale in July, first to AP holders, Visa Card holders and DVC members. Then they will go on sale to the general public shortly after.

If you haven't already, check out the Frequently Asked Questions About Mickey's Halloween Party. It tackles a lot of questions that come in about the MHP, and then some!

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[crystal1313]

As I mentioned previously, I think that a lot of the surprises in the Get Happier/Monday Summer Surprise thing are going to be happening in the parks and on some days it could just be a matter of a CM walking up to someone and randomly handing out a surprise (maybe a pin, maybe a t-shirt, maybe a gift card, maybe a voucher for a free meal, maybe a giant stuffed Mickey -- who knows?). I am thinking something along the lines of the Year of a Million Dreams promo from many years ago, but on a much smaller scale. Then, I think there could also be a few surprises thrown in that are more along the lines of Limited Time Magic. Those will probably be announcements made or information given online about upcoming events, dates, etc. For example, the online surprises that take place in July or August could include an announcement of something happening for the holiday season, and one or two of the online surprises that take place in June or July could involve a Halloween Time announcement. Either way -- whether this Monday Surprise deal is more along the lines of an in-park, small scale Year of a Million Dreams thing or is more like Limited Time Magic, or a combination of both -- because Erin told us to check the Parks Blog, the Disneyland Facebook page, the Disneyland Today Facebook page, the Disneyland Twitter page and the Disneyland Today Twitter page... ...someone who handles one of those pages or sites should at least be posting after the fact to tell us that there was a surprise of some kind, and what it was! Why tell us to check those pages and sites if nothing is revealed?! I also expected to read something after the fact, from anyone on any Disney discussion site who may have witnessed a surprise happening in the parks. I think that there probably was a surprise last Monday (June 2) too, but I have not read one thing about it. So I wonder if we will be reading anything, from anyone, on any site, about yesterday, June 9th?! Even if the surprise was something innocuous like Peppermint Wonderland ice cream popping up at Gibson Girl in June, I would like to read about it to know that's what it was! This is all very weird. This seems to be a case of Disney sometimes knowing in advance what the surprise will be -- like an announcement of a date or event -- and sometimes not knowing, so then just handing out Fast Passes to random guests in the parks that day or something! But at least tell us that a guest got some Fast Passes, if that's what happened, Disney! Did anyone notice that someone just posted about not finding, seeing or hearing about any surprises in the Comments under the blog from last week? Look at the very bottom -- http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/06/disneyland-resort-is-going-to-make-your-mondays-happier-this-summer/. Erin responded to her today, basically stating the same thing that we already knew. Facebook. Twitter. Surprises in real life. Surprises online. Some surprises will be larger than others. I would really just like to know what the surprises were after the person or people were surprised! No one seems to be talking!

I'm glad I'm not the only one wondering what is going on!! I would love to know what they are doing! Post afterwards or something. Seems weird they aren't mentioning it more! I looked and looked yesterday. So strange.

 

[figment_jii]

Under which post did you see that response on Twitter, figment_jii? I didn't see it.

I'm glad you found it. I searched for the hashtag (#GetHappier) and that's how I found it the first time.

 

[Kilala]

I should have pictures up of my Cheetara costume up this weekend. The convention I'm going to is less than a month away. I still have not started on any of my costumes. I have decided to make my Demeter costume from stratch. I got some fabric for a great price. I'm going to enter the costume in a costume contest in a convention in October.

 

[Sherry E]

I forgot to add in a further speculative thought.

Another possible day that we could, maybe, perhaps hear something Halloween-related in terms of season dates or MHP dates is this coming Friday... because it's Friday the 13th.

As far as I know, unless I skipped over something on my calendar, this Friday is going to be the only Friday the 13th for the rest of the year, so it would be a good opportunity to give some Halloween-ish news.

 

[figment_jii]

I don't see another Friday the 13th until February. It would be awesome if they did make some type of announcement this Friday!