HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread #4

[CaliGrrl]

The Rise is already selling tickets. If you request a promo code, you can purchase tickets. Dates are Thursdays-Sundays in October. They have added 2 additional Southern California locations. This year it will be held at Descanso again as well as Santa Anita and San Diego Safari Park.

 

[HopLow1968]

Have any of the parties sold out before the general public get a chance to buy tickets? And for a member of the general public, where is the best way to buy party tickets?

 

[lorijohnhill]

Can advance party tickets be purchased at the ticket booths? Just wondering in case they go on sale while we are there at the end of this month.

 

[violentlyserene]

The Rise is already selling tickets. If you request a promo code, you can purchase tickets. Dates are Thursdays-Sundays in October. They have added 2 additional Southern California locations. This year it will be held at Descanso again as well as Santa Anita and San Diego Safari Park.

What is The Rise?

 

[BobearQSI]

Have any of the parties sold out before the general public get a chance to buy tickets? And for a member of the general public, where is the best way to buy party tickets?

Looking at the first page of this thread, tickets went on sale to the general public on 7/30/2014 last year, and the first party to sell out was Friday, October 3rd which sold out on August 22. You can look at the first page to see all the parties and when each sold out last year, including the one that didn't sell out.

As far as the best way - probably just through the Disneyland ticket webpage. But someone else can chime in if there's a better way. Someone posted a couple pages back that last year that to get the Disney Visa discount you

 

[CaliGrrl]

The Rise of the Jack O'Lanterns… therise.org

 

[haileymarie92]

Today's the day! The sun is shining! The tank is clean!

Lol come on Erin. Let's make for a good Friday!!

 

[dolphingirl47]

I finally jumped today and made my reservations for my Halloween trip. It is just as well that I did it now as for the first part, there was no availability at Paradise Pier using DVC points. So I am going to have 3 nights at the Disneyland Hotel. I then stay with friends for a couple of nights and then I have 4 nights at Paradise Pier Hotel. I am kind of excited to get to stay at the Disneyland Hotel. This means that by the end of the trip, I will have stayed at all three hotels at Disneyland.

Corinna

 

[nicolispicoli]

I finally jumped today and made my reservations for my Halloween trip. It is just as well that I did it now as for the first part, there was no availability at Paradise Pier using DVC points. So I am going to have 3 nights at the Disneyland Hotel. I then stay with friends for a couple of nights and then I have 4 nights at Paradise Pier Hotel. I am kind of excited to get to stay at the Disneyland Hotel. This means that by the end of the trip, I will have stayed at all three hotels at Disneyland.

Corinna

You're going to LOVE the DLH, it is definitely my favorite (yes even over GCH). I love the proximity of the GCH, but the DLH is so much more "disneyfied" than GCH. The grounds are great, the rooms are sooooo big and I've never had a bad stay there. The only thing is the walk to the parks, but I'm always a person who doesn't mind waiting for the monorail.

 

[calilou]

I finally jumped today and made my reservations for my Halloween trip. It is just as well that I did it now as for the first part, there was no availability at Paradise Pier using DVC points. So I am going to have 3 nights at the Disneyland Hotel. I then stay with friends for a couple of nights and then I have 4 nights at Paradise Pier Hotel. I am kind of excited to get to stay at the Disneyland Hotel. This means that by the end of the trip, I will have stayed at all three hotels at Disneyland.

Corinna

I didn't realize you could use DVC points for DLH and PPH. Could someone give me a quick lesson?

 

[Sherry E]

One two freddys coming for you, three for better shut the door, 5 6 crucifix seven eight better stay awake!

I thought it could be a "nightmare" theme -- but that almost seems too tame and safe for the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride. Last year they had some crazy "Echoes from the Rift" theme, with all of these wild explanations and descriptions of what would be happening ("gaping maw of terror" was one phrase I seem to remember). It was quite funny.

The Rise is already selling tickets. If you request a promo code, you can purchase tickets. Dates are Thursdays-Sundays in October. They have added 2 additional Southern California locations. This year it will be held at Descanso again as well as Santa Anita and San Diego Safari Park.

I saw that the San Diego location and the Santa Anita location had been added in -- in fact, I mentioned it here in this thread a few days ago -- but at that time (Tuesday), I totally did not see that tickets were already on sale!! It looked as if the dates were not yet posted. I guess they were either there, hidden somewhere, and I didn't see them because I was in the wrong section of the site, or they just became available since Tuesday!

Have any of the parties sold out before the general public get a chance to buy tickets? And for a member of the general public, where is the best way to buy party tickets?

As BobearQSI mentioned, you can see when all of the party dates sold out last year (I have the "SOLD OUT as of.... " referenced in bold red, in both the Dates to Remember post and in the MHP FAQ post on page 1). I think you'll be fine, and you'll be able to get the tickets before they sell out. I think that you could just order them online -- that would probably be the fastest way -- or you can call the ticket phone number. Do you have a Disney Visa?

Can advance party tickets be purchased at the ticket booths? Just wondering in case they go on sale while we are there at the end of this month.

I'm pretty certain that you can buy MHP tickets in advance at the ticket booths, but I don't think you can get them at a discounted rate at the ticket booths. I'm pretty sure that, if you are planning to use an AP discount, you have to order them online via the link that is set up for AP holders, or over the phone. I know that Disney Visa folks have to order the tickets over the phone in order to get the discount, but I don't know if they can get a discount if they buy the tickets from the booth with their Visa. My hunch is that tickets bought at the ticket booths cannot be discounted, but I could be wrong on that. It's not something that comes up a lot, strangely -- I guess most people either get the tickets online or over the phone in advance, OR they get them at the last minute from a ticket booth (the day of the event).

 

[MouseMomx2]

I didn't realize you could use DVC points for DLH and PPH. Could someone give me a quick lesson?

DVC members can use their points at non-DVC resorts in both WDW and DL. At WDW you have to pay a $95 fee but in DL that fee is waived because there are so few DVC villas at the GCH. Points charts are available on the member website.

 

[dolphingirl47]

You're going to LOVE the DLH, it is definitely my favorite (yes even over GCH). I love the proximity of the GCH, but the DLH is so much more "disneyfied" than GCH. The grounds are great, the rooms are sooooo big and I've never had a bad stay there. The only thing is the walk to the parks, but I'm always a person who doesn't mind waiting for the monorail.

Thanks. We stayed three nights at Paradise Pier last year and I much preferred the rooms there to the rooms at the Grand Californian. I absolutely love the public areas at the Grand Californian, but there is nothing stopping me from sitting in the lobby for a while and listening to the piano player or getting a drink and a flatbread at the Hearthstone Lounge. I had not even thought about the monorail. I love the monorail and one thing on my bucket list is to be able to ride up front. Distance-wise, I actually thing the Disneyland Hotel is closer to the parks than Paradise Pier.

I didn't realize you could use DVC points for DLH and PPH. Could someone give me a quick lesson?

Yes, there are points charts of the DVC member website and you either fill out a request form on there or call member services. I opted to call member services as the website states that it can take up to 3 days before you get a response to the request form.

Corinna

 

[Sherry E]

Thanks. We stayed three nights at Paradise Pier last year and I much preferred the rooms there to the rooms at the Grand Californian. I absolutely love the public areas at the Grand Californian, but there is nothing stopping me from sitting in the lobby for a while and listening to the piano player or getting a drink and a flatbread at the Hearthstone Lounge. I had not even thought about the monorail. I love the monorail and one thing on my bucket list is to be able to ride up front. Distance-wise, I actually thing the Disneyland Hotel is closer to the parks than Paradise Pier.



Yes, there are points charts of the DVC member website and you either fill out a request form on there or call member services. I opted to call member services as the website states that it can take up to 3 days before you get a response to the request form.

Corinna

I agree about the rooms at the PPH vs. the GCH. I love, love, LOVE the GCH lobby and overall theme/feel/vibe -- especially during the holiday season when the decorations are up. I would probably love staying in one of the Villas. The standard room that I had was close to the elevator and it really made the walk to and from the parks seem quite short. However, all of that aside, I was not thrilled with the rooms themselves, on either of the occasions I stayed there. For me, the rooms felt too cramped and a bit too dark for my liking. There wasn't much floor space to move around. The PPH rooms -- even before they were remodeled and redecorated -- have always been more spacious and bright, cheery and sunny.

The DLH rooms are definitely more spacious as well.

 

[bcwife76]

Does Erin actually respond to comments on the blog? Because there are now several comments regarding Halloween and *crickets* Wonder if she has been told to stay MUM, not even give a generic response?

 

[Sherry E]

Does Erin actually respond to comments on the blog? Because there are now several comments regarding Halloween and *crickets* Wonder if she has been told to stay MUM, not even give a generic response?

She has, on occasion, replied to me in the past when I have posted something, and I've seen her reply to other people. However, those responses were not anything revealing, and they were usually about something that didn't require her to give out any top secret info! Just general commentary. She seems to be busier and responds less often to commenters than some of the other Parks Blog writers do. So if she does reply to all of those questions about Halloween Time at all, the answers will be very generic and not informative.

It really could be that the Parks Blog has not been given any of the info yet, or that they have most of the info but are waiting on one final piece of the puzzle before making an announcement (some lone detail or date). I don't know who at Disney releases the info to the Parks Blog, or what channels it has to travel through before getting published.

 

[ilovelucydog]

Sherry....totally off topic, but where were your standard rooms located at the GCH? I want to make a request for ours in December.

 

[Sherry E]

Sherry....totally off topic, but where were your standard rooms located at the GCH? I want to make a request for ours in December.

Oh goodness. I can't recall which floor I was on. Hmm... It was quite a few years back. One time I stayed at the GCH and had a great view of Downtown Disney, but the room was located all the way back in the hinterlands of the GCH, down endless corridors.

The second time I stayed at the GCH was when I had the standard/non-view room, and it was quite close to the elevator so it was just a quick jaunt to the parks from there. I just can't remember which floor it was. It was not the very top floor of the GCH. I am trying to remember the location by visualizing -- I know that I stepped out of the room and was looking over the railing to the lobby below, where the carolers were singing Christmas songs (actually, we could hear them quite well up there). So I must have been 2 or 3 floors up.

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Today's horribly creepy picture on the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride Facebook page is accompanied by this new clue: "Right behind you…you just can't see her." I wish they would just announce the theme already! What is with all of these places not giving up the Halloween info? Are they all waiting to release and announce info on the same date?

All of the other Halloween attraction websites and Facebook pages should take advantage of Disney's delay in announcing MHP, and put out their own details first.

 

[mummabear]

So by 6:30am (our time) I had already reached my Disney Parks Nagging Quota-feeling mischievous

 

[violentlyserene]

So assuming for now that this year's party is essentially the same as previous years, what's the party exclusive stuff to hit? I know there's the parade and fireworks and trick or treating but I'm rather confused on what else is particular to the party versus a general Halloween time feature.