Two more days and it all begins, folks! 
It's not just the start of the Halloween Time season, but for me it is the beginning of a long stretch of celebrations that carries through the end of the year! There's no real down time for holidays once Halloween Time begins. After that, it's right into Fall, Thanksgiving, Winter, Christmas, New Year's Eve, etc.
Of course... it is ridiculously hot and I am not feeling very Fall-ish at all.
I am wondering what's happening with the Pumpkin Festival on Main Street. That would be the pumpkins that are ordinarily perched on balconies, awnings, etc. There should be 300+ pumpkins. It seems like those would have to start going up, as they have to all be in place in 2 days. No one has mentioned seeing them (other than the window display pumpkins).
Anyway, here is today's bit of Pumpkin Pandemonium/Halloween Hoopla/Candy Corn Chaos, etc.:
"Nestle Toll House Limited Edition Pumpkin Spice Blondie Mix" -- http://www.theimpulsivebuy.com/word...se-limited-edition-pumpkin-spice-blondie-mix/.
"Eagle Brand Limited Edition Chocolate and Caramel Condensed Milks" - http://www.theimpulsivebuy.com/word...dition-chocolate-and-caramel-condensed-milks/.
And... Pumpkin Shortbread Cookies, Pumpkin Spice Caramel Truffles, Chocolate Candy Corn Truffles, Pumpkin Pie Spice Scone Mix, Pumpkin Spice Caramel Mini Sticky Bun Mix and Pumpkin Spice Granola -- http://www.theimpulsivebuy.com/wordpress/2015/09/09/spotted-on-shelves-992015/.
It didn't have the fake, not quite dairy, taste of the strawberry or vanilla cream ones, which I do not like. It was a nice cool drink so I could still feel like it was fall, all without coffee. If you enjoy coffee just go with an iced PSL
I like coffee, but not necessarily iced coffee (even on a hot day). So I would probably just go for the frappe.
I love the Strawberries and Cream from Starbucks! I am, however, NOT loving this heat. It is NOT supposed to be in triple digits in September (not that I enjoy the heat at any other time of year either). September is supposed to be for nice 65 degree weather.
I found brown wings on eBay! So, the party my daughter is dressing as Zarina the Pirate Fairy I will go as Fawn. I just have to make the top and skirt. Hopefully homeschooling will stop kicking my butt and I can get some time to sew. Thankfully my mom agreed to do the actual sewing for the Daisy Duck bottom, as the thought of sewing the fur scares me!
Yes -- I love the Strawberries & Cream Frappuccino too! It's so refreshing, but it gives me terrible brain freeze!
The castle area is still all 60th, including banners. DCA was still blue bunting so I'm not sure if they're not going to switch theirs, or they just haven't gotten to that side yet.
I would guess that DCA will keep the blue bunting during Halloween Time, as I don't think there is ever any orange bunting in DCA to begin with. DCA is usually left out of Halloween Time, with the exception of a couple of in-store displays.
I'm so not going anywhere Sherry - you couldn't get rid of me if you tried. Well maybe you could being the moderator lol!
I read all of my pages to catch up and now I'm off to seriously consider and make a decision about the BB. Would so love a prime spot for the fireworks on my 40th...but...dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnn $$$
Good -- I'm glad you're staying with us! The BB event would be a nice way to celebrate a birthday and Halloween Time, and the good viewing spot for the fireworks should be very nice! If you don't do the BB event, however, I'm sure that you will still have a great time.
Well, the sold out party on October 16th is now saving me at least $150 and possibly as much as $250, so I guess it's not all bad....
There's always a silver lining...
Bought 2 bags of the Pecan Pie M&M's Horrible! Ha Ha They taste like your eating an air freshener.
A good seasonal idea gone awry.
I caved and bought another seasonal item last night. Apple Cinnamon Special K...apparently I have a thing for cereals this year!
That's true -- you are going after the cereals this year! That reminds me -- I wonder if the Candy Corn Pebbles are back this year, or if that was just a 2014 thing.
I can´t reveal my source but.... The lastest news is that the Fab 5 are in there Halloween outfits (ranch halloween) during the morning in Town Square. Afternoon sets will be in the 60th attire.
And I saw a pic that the Mickey Pumpkin is in Town Square
Let's hope that turns out to be true all Halloween Time season long! That certainly was not what was indicated in the
Disneyland News press release. Maybe the emails that were already sent to Disney (from people concerned about the limited Halloween Time offerings) made a difference somehow. They wouldn't have time to suddenly bring in the pumpkin carvers, because they have to actually go out and collect the pumpkins and line up the carvers for the entire season and there is no time to do that. BUT, a simple thing such as having some characters in Halloween attire in Town Square should not be a big deal.
Maybe even Disney at some point looked over what they were planning for this Halloween Time season and thought, "Okay, this is getting ridiculous. We have to take the blue bunting down from Main Street and we have to throw some characters in Halloween garb into Town Square."
So I have been trying to book the Mystical Spirits Blue Bayou experience for one person without any luck for September 25th. If there were two or more of us, I can book it but it shows nothing available for one person (which kind of bothers me - as if I don't count). Anyways, I have called with no luck in connecting with a human, I have sent emails - again no luck with connecting. I want to go to this experience because I am going to the party by myself and think it would be something different to add to the night. I am cancelling my Fantasmic reservation in order to justify the cost.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what to do to make this happen.
I believe that
Vala had some issues at first, when trying to book a solo spot for the Mystical Spirits event. It finally worked, though. Here is her post -
http://www.disboards.com/threads/ha...s-now-sold-out.3270919/page-232#post-54366162.
Very excited, just made reservations for the Disneyland Hotel for our late Oct. dates as the Annual Passholder Rates are now available through December!
Don't know if it's just my internet or something, but the October AP calendar rates they're showing on the Disney site are off. It said the rate was only available for 3/5 of my nights, and wouldn't let me book those rates online for some reason. So I called and got a flat 25% off for all nights (Sun-Thurs). So if the website is being wonky for you, be sure to call!
Also, it's cloudy and thunder storming up here in the San Bernadino Mountains! Feeling more like Fall!
Oh wow you lived waaaaay up in Northern Maine! How awesome! I bet the winters were even crazier up there! Westbrook is a really nice place to live as well. I'm with you on everything that's awesome about Fall in Maine. I didn't realize HOW much I missed it until we moved to California! I just can't live without that in my life. Wish Disneyland and Maine were a little closer, though
It's not even remotely fall-like down here in the L.A. basin. It is absurdly hot and uncomfortable. Fairly humid too. I want to just keep running to the shower and sticking my head under the water, but we're in a bad drought and I can't waste water!
