HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread #4

[rosanab1031]

Well... I am both overjoyed and saddened. I bought my tickets for the Halloween party for the first two Fridays (9/26 and 10/3). I did two nights this year since the fireworks were cancelled on our party night last year and I was very upset. Then I got a call from Disney and they offered me a job! Lol. I start right before Halloween time and I don't see them giving a new hire two Fridays off in a row Maybe I will get off in time to make the parties. Lol. If not I might need to find some people looking for party tickets.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

Sherry, to follow up on our weather/seasonal items conversation, it rained overnight up here with a chance of more this afternoon. Fall is on its way

 

[pattyduke34]

I am sooo excited...only 40 days to go!! I am so happy I get to go back for Halloween time this year, but sadly no party this year..too early! I just wanted to share a few pics to get everyone in the spirit... These are from the party last year!













this one we were just headed to the party!

 

[Sherry E]

pattyduke34 --

Awesome, fun, colorful pictures -- and it looks like you guys had an amazing Halloween Time trip! I was planning to do a mini-Theme Week Countdown in this thread, but I guess I won't. It seems to work better in the Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread.


rosanab1031 --

Congratulations on your new Disney job! Can you tell us, without going into specifics, what you will be doing for Disney? Are you working in the offices in Anaheim, in the parks, or in the Glendale/Burbank offices? And are you working for the Disney Parks division, or another division of Disney (there are so many)?

I'm curious because it seems that so many people try to work for Disney and don't get hired unless they have already worked for Disney in the past, or have a direct connection to a job. I wonder if certain departments and divisions hire more often than others. It seems like more people get hired to work in the parks and around DLR than they get hired to work on the business/corporate side of things.

If you end up needing to get rid of your tickets, just remember that you can't sell them here on this site. It's not allowed. You can give tickets away for free, but no selling here.

Sherry, to follow up on our weather/seasonal items conversation, it rained overnight up here with a chance of more this afternoon. Fall is on its way

Jamie --

I hope Fall is on its way sooner rather than later! I am sick of summer, and the alternating dry heat and humid heat!

You know, it's very odd -- for the last 2 Sundays in a row we've had sudden, short-lived sprinklings of rain in the afternoon...and then they were over just like that. The ground barely even got wet. However, 2 Sundays ago was when a few people were struck by lightning in Venice (someone was struck on a golf course in Catalina too!), so that super-brief rain was enough to do some serious damage.

I had planned to mosey on over to CityTarget the other day and prowl the aisles in search of any signs of new seasonal products. Instead I ended up at CVS (where I had gift cards), which is usually good about having at least a couple of Fall or Halloween things on display in August.

However, as I roamed every aisle of CVS, I saw nothing Autumn-esque or Fall-ish whatsoever. Not yet. Not one single item. No random pumpkin votive holders; no black cat-embossed welcome mats; not a single bag of "Harvest" M&Ms. Nothing. And no Pumpkin Spice Jif Whip either!

So I can see I will have to go to CityTarget for my early Fall fix! CVS is clearly sleeping on the job! They've still got -- gasp! -- summer and back-to-school things on the shelves, and I can't have that madness!

 

[pattyduke34]

Oh Yes Sherry! Do a mini theme,...I have a lot a great pics to share! lol

 

[Sherry E]

Oh Yes Sherry! Do a mini theme,...I have a lot a great pics to share! lol

Please just go ahead and post them! The Countdowns don't work as well in this thread as they do in the Christmas/Holiday Superthread, for whatever reasons (I noticed this in the past, too). I have a harder time getting everyone to kind of follow my lead in this thread, whereas in the Christmas/Holiday Superthread I can get folks to follow along better (because there are gift cards at stake!).

Plus, Halloween Time starts next month and I'm sure people are very anxious to see photos now, to get in the spirit -- so please... post away if you have a lot of pictures!

However, in the future, if I decide to do a Countdown in this thread that involves gift card giveaways, people will have to follow my lead!

 

[pattyduke34]

Sherry E you know I love doing the countdowns, so if you start I will follow! I will post a few here and there ...

 

[TulipsNZ]

Well for being from NZ where we don't really do Halloween I got a huge surprise when I went to Spotlight yesterday and they had a Halloween section with decorations and costumes on display. I guess it is growing over here.

I just got LASIK so now I am going to able to really SEE everything.

I love seeing photos and I'm getting so excited, I'd love to see some sort of countdown/theme going

 

[Sherry E]

Sherry E you know I love doing the countdowns, so if you start I will follow! I will post a few here and there ...

Yes, please post photos! Don't wait for me!

The whole idea behind the Countdowns is to not post any pictures in the threads for quite a while leading up to the Countdowns (like months), to retain some mystery and build anticipation. It's all about the "reveal." It's all about the unveiling of photos in a certain theme, and pulling back the curtain, slowly, over time.

The Halloween Time Superthread doesn't lend itself well to holding back the photos until a certain point in time, because -- needless to say -- people want to see photos of costumes and of various other elements of the season and of the MHP, before buying tickets (understandably). Also, there are just not as many "themes" to cover for Halloween Time, so we'd have to wait longer to start a mini-Countdown than we do for the Countdown in the Christmas/Holiday Superthread.

Over in the Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread, there isn't that same kind of necessity to post photos sooner because, so far, there is no party, there are no costumes, and nothing that people have to buy separate tickets for. Plus, there are enough holiday themes that I can start the Countdown in July, so no one has to wait very long.

So I say, go ahead and share those photos! We don't have too much longer until Halloween Time begins, so let's start seeing some amazing Halloween Time and MHP images!

 

[Swtonscrappn]

I would love to do a themed photo of the week post for halloween.

I do have a fun Disney Halloween story from last year (but sadly, I dont think I have a photo). (POSSIBLE MINOR SPOILER ABOUT HAPPIEST HAUNTS TOUR (something that you get on the tour))






Last year, my dh and I took the Happiest Haunts tour as part of our anniversary celebration. At the end of the tour, we got our pins and a little treat. The treat we got was a fairly large candy corn shaped sugar cookie in a sealed bag. My dh and I both looked at it and thought--that looks like an over sweet, over frosted, processed dry cookie. So we didn't eat them, and we brought them home.

About 2 weeks later, I was desiring something sweet and didn't have any treats in the house. So I saw these cookies on my desk and decided I would eat one of them. It was the softest, tastiest cookie I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!! It had something like an almond extract that just gave it a wonder flavor.

When my dh got home from work, I asked him if he was sure he didnt want to eat his cookie. (That he had pretty much forgotten about by that time.) He asked me why I was asking...and I honestly told him that it tasted so good I wanted to eat his. So he tried his and also loved it.

So, last week we were discussing possibly taking the tour again, and he said, "I dont mind taking the tour, but we definitely need to find some more of those cookies.

So, the moral of the story is...Eat the other cookie before others realize how good it is!

 

[mummabear]

However, in the future, if I decide to do a Countdown in this thread that involves gift card giveaways, people will have to follow my lead!

We're following the leader, the leader, the leader, we're following the leader, where ever he may go...

 

[Sherry E]

A new Blog for today, courtesy of the Parks Blog:

"Find the Perfect Look for Halloween at the Disneyland Resort" - Disney Parks Blog; posted on August 5th, 2014 by Michelle Harker, Manager, Merchandise Marketing & Communications, Disneyland Resort



ETA: Notice that the Blog begins with: "I know summer isn’t quite over yet and I don’t want to be the one to rush things, but..." Any of you who have paid attention to my previous rants about how Disney begins their Halloween and holidays blogs in summer will know why I find that wording amusing!

​

 

[crystal1313]

So we were planning on going in October to MHP and at Christmas time but now it's looking like we won't be able to swing both trips. Asked the boys last night, and they picked Christmas time (which was my first choice too since it's our family tradition). We will see if we can do both. I have a free two night stay at the Ramada Maingate....and that will come in handy! Really the price of the MHP is what we are second guessing. It's just a lot for all 4 of us. I totally think it is worth it, but right now money is tighter.

 

[Sherry E]

So we were planning on going in October to MHP and at Christmas time but now it's looking like we won't be able to swing both trips. Asked the boys last night, and they picked Christmas time (which was my first choice too since it's our family tradition). We will see if we can do both. I have a free two night stay at the Ramada Maingate....and that will come in handy! Really the price of the MHP is what we are second guessing. It's just a lot for all 4 of us. I totally think it is worth it, but right now money is tighter.

crystal1313 --

That's too bad, and I hope you can swing it but I totally understand the dilemma! MHP is worth it when one feels he or she can afford it. Is it worth it to go to extreme measures and break the bank to try and attend the MHP? No -- not in my opinion. It is expensive for even one person, let alone 4 people! Halloween Time in general is enough for me if I can't swing the extra cost of the MHP too.

If you use your Ramada nights on just a general, fairly short, Halloween Time trip, you will still at least get a lot of Halloween Time fun in without the MHP.

However, if it turns out that a holiday season trip is the plan and Halloween Time is off the table, I don't think you will be making a bad choice because -- as you well know from your previous trips -- you get a lot of bang for your buck during the holidays, and that is without any kind of hard ticket party (knock on wood)! Plus, you can continue the tradition.

 

[crystal1313]

crystal1313 --

That's too bad, and I hope you can swing it but I totally understand the dilemma! MHP is worth it when one feels he or she can afford it. Is it worth it to go to extreme measures and break the bank to try and attend the MHP? No -- not in my opinion. It is expensive for even one person, let alone 4 people! Halloween Time in general is enough for me if I can't swing the extra cost of the MHP too.

If you use your Ramada nights on just a general, fairly short, Halloween Time trip, you will still at least get a lot of Halloween Time fun in without the MHP.

However, if it turns out that a holiday season trip is the plan and Halloween Time is off the table, I don't think you will be making a bad choice because -- as you well know from your previous trips -- you get a lot of bang for your buck during the holidays, and that is without any kind of hard ticket party (knock on wood)! Plus, you can continue the tradition.

Thanks Sherry! That's exactly what we are thinking right now. We LOVE the holidays at DL. I asked each boy separately and they both picked going at Christmas time. I'm actually thinking of going Nov 21-22, rather than the second weekend in December that we normally go. Time will tell!

 

[TulipsNZ]

Does anyone have pictures of their costumes? I'm looking for ideas

 

[crystal1313]

Click the link in my signature for photos of our TRON costumes.

 

[Cheshirecatty]

Love those costumes Crystal---so creative!

 

[Kilala]

Click the link in my signature for photos of our TRON costumes.

I love your costumes!!!
I'm working on mine right now. I will put up some WIP pictures tomorrow. Here are the costumes I wore last year at WDW and at MHP.
This is costume based on my cat Kilala. These pictures were taken at MNSSHP.




These were Also taken at MNSSHP. This is a costume based on a special needs cat I use tohave named Saiyuki.




This was taken at last years MHP. I wore the same costume twice last year.
I went to the party on the 18th and the 30th.








I'm the one on the left


This is my baby girl Lillie. She is now a year old.

 

[Cheshirecatty]

Kilala….the pic of you with Jack is my favorite---how fun!

Also, your Lillie kitty is precious!