HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread #4

[BebopAngel88]

Yahh bought tickets this morning for Oct 8th!!!

 

[LisaT91403]

Do the adults trick-or-treat, or is it really just for the kids?

Also, do the lockers have in-and-out privileges? We were thinking of stashing jackets in a locker during the day, and then stashing some candy in the evening. Not sure if want to pay twice, though! Did they re-open the Main St lockers yet?

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

Do the adults trick-or-treat, or is it really just for the kids? Also, do the lockers have in-and-out privileges? We were thinking of stashing jackets in a locker during the day, and then stashing some candy in the evening. Not sure if want to pay twice, though! Did they re-open the Main St lockers yet?

I can't answer the part about the lockers, but yes adults TOT! I think my DH had more fun than the kids doing it!

 

[Alohagirl73]

My DH and I also went trick or treating especially when our DD fell asleep in one of the lines. There were also several adults also in line without the kids. It was sooo much fun.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

That is great! Congrats! If calling isn't a problem, I would probably just call. At worse, they say they cannot resend the email. Basically, aside from the time it takes, I really don't see a major downside to calling and asking.

I agree, even if for my own comfort of confirming what the original CM told me! I will call in the morning, when hopefully some of the excitement of today has settled down and I'll update after I do.

 

[Sherry E]

Do the adults trick-or-treat, or is it really just for the kids?

Also, do the lockers have in-and-out privileges? We were thinking of stashing jackets in a locker during the day, and then stashing some candy in the evening. Not sure if want to pay twice, though! Did they re-open the Main St lockers yet?

LisaT91403 --

I had no problem collecting candy and healthy goodies (love those apple slices!)! Plenty of adults were doing it -- perhaps some of them brought the candy back home to give out to trick-or-treaters on Halloween, or to bring to work? Or maybe they kept it! With the prices of the tickets as high as they are, all is fair as far as collecting treats goes!

In fact, I think that the MHP is a place where a lot of adults who secretly miss the days of being able to trick-or-treat can let loose and unleash their inner candy collectors! We can't 'legitimately' trick-or-treat in the real world, but in Disneyland we can!

I remember, after my friend and I did one of the Halloween parties several years ago, we compared what we got and traded certain pieces for others -- just like we would have done as kids!

I think the lockers on Main Street are still closed, as the work on the back alley project continues.

I have not used a locker for the MHP, but I thought I had heard a while back that some people had issues with keeping the same locker all day long, and into the MHP -- but maybe that is not the case anymore (especially if you get one outside of Disneyland)? Maybe people can keep the same locker all day?

 

[strawberryblondie]

I hope this isn't a silly question, but does anyone have any advice on riding rides in a ballgown? I'm thinking about wearing a princess dress, but I'm worried about doing some rides (Pirates, Indy, Alice...). Anyone have any experience getting on rides in big costumes?

 

[sgrap]

Just wanted to share a small piece of excitement for our family. Just got new school shoes for the kids and measured my youngest with them on. Right now, she is just above 40 in! Hopefully that means in 2.5 months, the time of our trip, she'll be well over it. It will be the first time that EVERYBODY in my family has been tall enough to ride the majority of the rides! No more waiting out and switching off! DS hits 46 in his, which means hopefully he's tall enough for Indy

I know this isn't really Halloween related, but I had to share somewhere!

I know exactly how exciting it is!!! Our youngest daughter didn't hit 40' until she was 8 or 9 years old. It was P A I N F U L because she is our little dare devil and will do every wild ride there is. 4 year olds would be on rides and she couldn't ride them yet. She handled it well, but it was quite the big celebration when she could ride everything!!! Woo-Hoo for your DD!! Our last trip was the first one when everyone could ride everything, and it was fabulous!

 

[LisaT91403]

I know exactly how exciting it is!!! Our youngest daughter didn't hit 40' until she was 8 or 9 years old. It was P A I N F U L because she is our little dare devil and will do every wild ride there is. 4 year olds would be on rides and she couldn't ride them yet. She handled it well, but it was quite the big celebration when she could ride everything!!! Woo-Hoo for your DD!! Our last trip was the first one when everyone could ride everything, and it was fabulous!

I know how you feel. My DS(6) is a roller coaster junkie, but he's not tall enough for Screamin...actually, not even tall enough for Indy! Poor guy. He handles it well when we are on our own, but when he goes with friends, it's really rough that they can ride and he can't.

LisaT91403 --

I had no problem collecting candy and healthy goodies (love those apple slices!)! Plenty of adults were doing it -- perhaps some of them brought the candy back home to give out to trick-or-treaters on Halloween, or to bring to work? Or maybe they kept it! With the prices of the tickets as high as they are, all is fair as far as collecting treats goes!

In fact, I think that the MHP is a place where a lot of adults who secretly miss the days of being able to trick-or-treat can let loose and unleash their inner candy collectors! We can't 'legitimately' trick-or-treat in the real world, but in Disneyland we can!

I remember, after my friend and I did one of the Halloween parties several years ago, we compared what we got and traded certain pieces for others -- just like we would have done as kids!

I think the lockers on Main Street are still closed, as the work on the back alley project continues.

I have not used a locker for the MHP, but I thought I had heard a while back that some people had issues with keeping the same locker all day long, and into the MHP -- but maybe that is not the case anymore (especially if you get one outside of Disneyland)? Maybe people can keep the same locker all day?

Thanks, Sherry. You are right -- if I'm paying $70 for a ticket, I think I should be allowed to collect some candy!

Too bad about the lockers, but maybe they will be open by October. And I will try getting one around 2:00...and hope that I can keep it for the evening as well. Candy gets heavy, doesn't it?

 

[Davidg83]

I just left Costco and they have their first Halloween displays up! Not much yet but it's a start. Halloween is getting closer!!

 

[Sherry E]

Thanks, Sherry. You are right -- if I'm paying $70 for a ticket, I think I should be allowed to collect some candy!

Too bad about the lockers, but maybe they will be open by October. And I will try getting one around 2:00...and hope that I can keep it for the evening as well. Candy gets heavy, doesn't it?

LisaT91403 --

Candy certainly does get heavy, especially considering how much the CMs tend to hand out. Those teeny little plastic bags that they hand out when we enter the party barely hold much!

I just left Costco and they have their first Halloween displays up! Not much yet but it's a start. Halloween is getting closer!!

Davidg83 --

I'm very excited to read this news! I don't even think I have a Costco near me, but I remember that Costco was where it all started last year too!

Not counting anything that might be up in the craft or party supply stores right now (because that's kind of a different situation, and people need supplies way in advance), Costco was the first store last year that was reported to have Halloween things out on the shelves (in July)!

After Costco, it was a continuous stream of Halloween merriment appearing in stores throughout August and into September, such as Target, CVS and various grocery stores. I can't wait to see the first "Fall/Halloween food" package of the season, whether it's a Candy Corn Oreos (and, later, Candy Cane for the holiday season) package, or a Pumpkin Pie Pop Tart package, or a Caramel Apple Milky Way bag! I have not eaten any of those things, but I love seeing which common items get the Halloween and holiday makeovers!

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

Thanks, Sherry. You are right -- if I'm paying $70 for a ticket, I think I should be allowed to collect some candy! Too bad about the lockers, but maybe they will be open by October. And I will try getting one around 2:00...and hope that I can keep it for the evening as well. Candy gets heavy, doesn't it?

One of the reasons I'm glad we still travel with a stroller. It may not hold a kid for long, but it comes in great for holding all the candy!

 

[laura&fam]

I know how you feel. My DS(6) is a roller coaster junkie, but he's not tall enough for Screamin...actually, not even tall enough for Indy! Poor guy. He handles it well when we are on our own, but when he goes with friends, it's really rough that they can ride and he can't.

I have the opposite problem. My middle DS has tried a few of the more intense rides and hates them. Really hates them. We get strange looks asking to do child swap and taking our younger dare devil son and one of us waiting with the older one, but what do you do?

 

[Amilo]

Good and bad news re:MHP

Good: bought my party tickets today! Going oct 6 and 8

Bad: the ticket sale person informed me that her dept. Was told officially that there will be NO Ultimate Halloween Experience this yr. She was not sure whether there will be a happiest haunts tour or not offered. Unfortunately, she told me this AFTER I had purchased my tickets for the 6th, so I had to do a separate transaction for my ticket for the 8th, which included additional shipping/handling fees (I had planned to purchase tix for the 8th as part of the ultimate experience package)

Anyway, soooo excited!

 

[Sherry E]

Good and bad news re:MHP

Good: bought my party tickets today! Going oct 6 and 8

Bad: the ticket sale person informed me that her dept. Was told officially that there will be NO Ultimate Halloween Experience this yr. She was not sure whether there will be a happiest haunts tour our not offered. Unfortunately, she told me this AFTER I had purchased many tickets for the 6th, so I had to do a separate transaction for my ticket for the 8th, which included additional shipping/handling fees (I had planned to purchase tix for the 8th as part of the ultimate experience package)

Anyway, soooo excited!

Amilo --

I'm so glad that you got your MHP tickets, but that is crazy that there won't be an Ultimate Experience! To be honest, I don't trust any of the CMs on the phone this far out (even if they sound knowledgeable), as they would be the last to know anything, BUT, if that is true -- I wonder why they would get rid of the Ultimate Experience?

I would think that there has to be a Happiest Haunts Tour -- or some sort of Halloween tour of some kind (maybe with a new name??)! It's too popular to not have, and the Halloween Time offerings are slim to begin with. To remove the tour would just be cutting them down even more.

Maybe there is a new tour or event in the works? Maybe Disney just decided to not offer guests the "savings" of purchasing the MHP and tour together, and that it was more lucrative to keep them separate?

Maybe the Ultimate Experience didn't have a lot of takers last year, and more people bought the tour and MHP separately? Very weird.

Thank you for reporting back to us and filling us in! I appreciate it!

 

[Amilo]

Amilo --

I'm so glad that you got your MHP tickets, but that is crazy that there won't be an Ultimate Experience! To be honest, I don't trust any of the CMs on the phone this far out (even if they sound knowledgeable), as they would be the last to know anything, BUT, if that is true -- I wonder why they would get rid of the Ultimate Experience?

I would think that there has to be a Happiest Haunts Tour -- or some sort of Halloween tour of some kind (maybe with a new name??)! It's too popular to not have, and the Halloween Time offerings are slim to begin with. To remove the tour would just be cutting them down even more.

Maybe there is a new tour or event in the works? Maybe Disney just decided to not offer guests the "savings" of purchasing the MHP and tour together, and that it was more lucrative to keep them separate?

Maybe the Ultimate Experience didn't have a lot of takers last year, and more people bought the tour and MHP separately? Very weird.

Thank you for reporting back to us and filling us in! I appreciate it!

Yeah I never know what to believe, because CM's have been wrong with things they've told me in the past (but then again, no one can be right alll the time, so I try to be understanding). I do hope they will have a happiest haunts tour! I'll definitely do it if so. So excited for Halloween time at dlr... a first for me!

 

[Davidg83]

After Costco, it was a continuous stream of Halloween merriment appearing in stores throughout August and into September, such as Target, CVS and various grocery stores. I can't wait to see the first "Fall/Halloween food" package of the season, whether it's a Candy Corn Oreos (and, later, Candy Cane for the holiday season) package, or a Pumpkin Pie Pop Tart package, or a Caramel Apple Milky Way bag! I have not eaten any of those things, but I love seeing which common items get the Halloween and holiday makeovers!

I actually work for Target and today I made a display that has our first pumpkin flavored food on it! Pumpkin Spice Jif Whips. Of course I had to sample it and it was pretty good! I love all pumpkin foods. I was totally addicted to the candy corn Oreos last year too. Thankfully I have some races coming up to help keep off the pounds during this season! Lol

 

[Sherry E]

I actually work for Target and today I made a display that has our first pumpkin flavored food on it! Pumpkin Spice Jif Whips. Of course I had to sample it and it was pretty good! I love all pumpkin foods. I was totally addicted to the candy corn Oreos last year too. Thankfully I have some races coming up to help keep off the pounds during this season! Lol

Davidg83 --

Pumpkin Spice Jif Whips!?! Wow! Is it already for sale at Target, right now? I have a smaller CityTarget near me (which seems to have most of the same stuff that the larger Targets have). I wonder if they would have those Jif Whips now?

I'm not sure if I even thought to look at Jif's products last year, for any kinds of seasonal flavors. Who knew? (Then again, Pringles had some crazy holiday season flavors for their potato chips last year, so why wouldn't I expect a peanut butter brand to have some seasonal stuff too?)

I know that, in 2013, I noticed a lot more seasonal packaging, scents and flavors of familiar products -- even ones that I didn't expect -- than I had in the past, specifically in the Fall/Harvest/Halloween arena. I don't know that I noticed more Holiday/Christmas/Winter products, but I noticed a few different/new aromas and flavors that were Holiday-inspired. In the Fall/Harvest/Halloween theme, though, it seemed like I was seeing many more items than before.

One of the fun things for me is seeing the new seasonal versions of well-known products every year. Some of the ideas are great and seem to work well, and some are terrible and you wonder how the manufacturer ever thought it was a good idea.

I never even tried the Candy Corn Oreos, either last year or the year before. I want to try one of them, just to see if I like it, before investing in a whole package.

And as far as pumpkin-flavored foods, I am not a huge fan of most of them -- but I will say that every so often I will get a craving for something pumpkin-flavored. I don't hate pumpkin. I am not opposed to eating a pumpkin-flavored something or another, if it's good, but not all pumpkin products are created equal. Some of them taste more natural and less processed. Some of them are sweeter than others. Sometimes pumpkin filling can be too thin or too dense. There are all kinds of variables involved!

Anyway, I was planning to run some errands today anyway, and I feel like I should start scouting out the seasonal goodies in CityTarget and CVS! I'm so anxious to be done with summer that I don't care if pumpkin-flavored or scented items are appearing before July is over!

 

[figment_jii]

I have not used a locker for the MHP, but I thought I had heard a while back that some people had issues with keeping the same locker all day long, and into the MHP -- but maybe that is not the case anymore (especially if you get one outside of Disneyland)? Maybe people can keep the same locker all day?

I don't know about the lockers outside of the parks, but I have had a locker inside DL and haven't had any problems getting into and out of it during the day and then into the party. I usually rent the lockers when I get into the park in the morning and then use it until the end of the party (have to store the candy and souvies somewhere!).

I would guess the same holds true for the lockers out in the Esplanade. For certain on days when DCA is open until midnight (or so), the locker rental should cover through that closure time. I would guess that they do not reset/clear the lockers until the middle of the night (say 1 or 2 am) so that way folks that are in DTD can use them until they finish up there.

 

[Sherry E]

I don't know about the lockers outside of the parks, but I have had a locker inside DL and haven't had any problems getting into and out of it during the day and then into the party. I usually rent the lockers when I get into the park in the morning and then use it until the end of the party (have to store the candy and souvies somewhere!).

I would guess the same holds true for the lockers out in the Esplanade. For certain on days when DCA is open until midnight (or so), the locker rental should cover through that closure time. I would guess that they do not reset/clear the lockers until the middle of the night (say 1 or 2 am) so that way folks that are in DTD can use them until they finish up there.

Thank you, figment_jii, for clarifying the locker info! It is very important to know, as there will inevitably be many guests who are only there for one day or for the MHP and nothing else, and having a locker could be pivotal.

The last time I rented a DL locker was, I think, 2010 -- and not for a Halloween party but just to stash things for the day. I don't think I rented one at DLR on any day trip since then, although maybe I am forgetting something.

I wonder when the Main Street lockers will reopen? I think that the back alley work was scheduled to be done by "Fall," but that covers a broad spectrum! It could be the front end of Fall -- like right when it hits in September -- or the back end, right before Christmas! I think that having the Main Street lockers available to guests for the MHP will be helpful, so they don't have to rely only on the ones in the Esplanade.

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