HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread #4

[Sherry E]

Kilala always has the best costume/MHP pictures -- Kilala, you always look like you're having such an amazing time! I love Lillie! What a sweet baby she is!

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Seasonal Changes Sightings/Update (and I say this with a wink and a nudge):

While I have still not seen the elusive Jif Pumpkin Pie Spice Whips or Pillsbury Pumpkin Pie Toaster Strudel as of yet, I did notice that one random, lone tree on a nearby street had some colored leaves (they were in the process of changing colors, and were in various stages of yellows and oranges), which will probably all be dead and on the ground by the time Fall actually starts.

Woo hoo!

In my area of California, sadly, we don't have those long, empty, meandering paths (like the kind you see in photos or paintings) framed by glorious, vibrant rows of towering trees, drenched in autumnal beauty. So we have to take whatever snippets of Fall we can get! Some of our trees stay green and the leaves never change color at all.

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[zanzibar138]

Seasonal Changes Sightings/Update (and I say this with a wink and a nudge):

While I have still not seen the elusive Jif Pumpkin Pie Spice Whips or Pillsbury Pumpkin Pie Toaster Strudel as of yet, I did notice that one random, lone tree on a nearby street had some colored leaves (they were in the process of changing colors, and were in various stages of yellows and oranges), which will probably all be dead and on the ground by the time Fall actually starts.

Woo hoo!

In my area of California, sadly, we don't have those long, empty, meandering paths (like the kind you see in photos or paintings) framed by glorious, vibrant rows of towering trees, drenched in autumnal beauty. So we have to take whatever snippets of Fall we can get! Some of our trees stay green and the leaves never change color at all.

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In Australia, most of our trees are evergreen. We don't have any native deciduous trees, so you only see them in gardens and parks. This is especially the case in Perth, where I grew up. It has a VERY similar climate to LA and there are hardly any deciduous trees around.

Where I am now it's a bit cooler and is an area where lots of Europeans settled in the early days, bringing their lovely deciduous trees and bulbs with them. Autumn is now my favourite season, and I love the splashes of colour from the trees. It's actually surprising how beautiful the deciduous trees look among the temperate rainforest (tree ferns and eucalypts).

Ok, now you've made me miss Autumn, and we're only just at the end of winter Soon we'll be seeing all the deciduous trees covered in flowers and new baby leaves. In fact, some of the magnolias are already starting to flower, and I've seen some early daffodils around too.

 

[TulipsNZ]

Kilala, those costumes are amazing, I am very inspired!
Crystal I'm off to have a peep at yours


Our Magnolias are beginning to flower here, I can't wait till my cherry blooms. Autumn is my favourite season though.




Crystal I love your Tron costumes, where did you get them?

 

[laura&fam]

Here are our costumes from 2 years ago (assuming I can figure out how to upload the photo). I'm sort of paranoid about having photos posted especially of my kids so that's why the faces are weird.

 

[Kilala]

Thank you guys so much!! Just to let everyone know here I do take commission on Cats stlye costumes. I'm hoping to launch a Etsy shop this week or next week.

 

[adudeinblue]

My girlfriend and I are on the fence of what to dress up as. Since we are going to the Halloween Day MHP, we feel like we should dress up something recognizable and family park appropriate.

She really wants to dress up as Disney's and Marvel's upcoming Big Hero 6 movie as Hiro Hamada and Honey Lemon because we racially fit the characters profiles perfectly (I'm Chinese and she's Caucasian). But I was just curious if many people in this thread planning their MHP visits are exposed to these characters before? I know some media sites like Tumblr and Instagram are slowly trending with young adults, but I was just curious with DIS Board community.

I originally wanted to do Wilderness Explorers from Pixar's UP so I can carry a backpack around for our candy haha

 

[rosanab1031]

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.







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!

Thanks! I will be a vacation planner working at the parks I'm super excited. I had a current employee as a reference

 

[RuthieT]

where can I find the link to purchase trick or treat tickets for annual pass holders??

 

[rosanab1031]

My sister and I were planning for Anna and Elsa costumes but wearing wigs and dresses to trek around the park just didn't sound fun. Lol. We like to do all the rides and if we lost a wig I'd be pretty upset. Lol. So it's back to the drawing board, might end up without costumes since money is also pretty tight.

 

[Sherry E]

where can I find the link to purchase trick or treat tickets for annual pass holders??

You have to sign into your Disneyland account or AP account and order from the DLR website (make sure that your AP is "linked" to your Disneyland account, so their system will recognize that you get AP discounts!). Here is the Special Events ticket page. The discount should be reflected automatically, if Disneyland recognizes that you are an AP holder.

 

[Davidg83]

Today's fall season treat find: pumpkin pie at Costco! One MAY have come home with me. I just couldn't resist.

 

[Sherry E]

Today's fall season treat find: pumpkin pie at Costco! One MAY have come home with me. I just couldn't resist.

Davidg83 --

Pumpkin pie is a true sign of the seasons preparing to rapidly change!

It's funny -- for some reason I can associate "pumpkin-flavored" things (like Jif Whips or M&Ms or Pop Tarts or whatever) with early Fall and beyond, but, for some reason I don't associate actual pumpkin pie with anything other than Thanksgiving (and maybe Christmas)! That makes no sense, of course, because if I am going to accept Pumpkin Pie Spice Jif Whips or Pumpkin Pie Pillsbury Toaster Strudel as parts of the early pre-arrival of Fall, I don't know why I can't make that leap for actual pumpkin pie too!

In any case, thank you for reporting in on the various food items and seasonal changes you are seeing in the stores -- so far I have not seen anything, but I think it can literally change overnight. One day there are no traces of anything Fall-like in the stores, and then the next day there they are!

 

[TulipsNZ]

I've never tried pumpkin pie, it's on my to do list while I'm over there, any ideas where to find a nice authentic one?

 

[Sherry E]

I've never tried pumpkin pie, it's on my to do list while I'm over there, any ideas where to find a nice authentic one?

TulipsNZ -

I'm not sure at which point in the season they will start serving it, but Carnation Café on Main Street usually has pumpkin pie at some point in the Fall (and then it sticks around through the holidays as well).

Plaza Inn may, perhaps, have some pumpkin pie too.

I wonder if Flo's in Cars Land might have pumpkin pie (since they have other types of pie there throughout the year)?

 

[Davidg83]

TulipsNZ -

I'm not sure at which point in the season they will start serving it, but Carnation Café on Main Street usually has pumpkin pie at some point in the Fall (and then it sticks around through the holidays as well).

Plaza Inn may, perhaps, have some pumpkin pie too.

I wonder if Flo's in Cars Land might have pumpkin pie (since they have other types of pie there throughout the year)?

I didn't even realize they have pumpkin pie in the parks! I always end up with the pumpkin cheesecake or the pumpkin fritters. I'm super excited that I'll be back at Disneyland 3 weeks from today but pretty bummed I'll be missing fall treats by about a week. I guess that just means I'll have to go extra crazy with the treats when I'm back in October!

 

[Sherry E]

I didn't even realize they have pumpkin pie in the parks! I always end up with the pumpkin cheesecake or the pumpkin fritters. I'm super excited that I'll be back at Disneyland 3 weeks from today but pretty bummed I'll be missing fall treats by about a week. I guess that just means I'll have to go extra crazy with the treats when I'm back in October!

Davidg83 -

Yes, pumpkin pie! -- and I think it has been spotted in more places than just Carnation Café and possibly Plaza Inn, but I'm not sure where (perhaps other table service restaurants like Storytellers Café??)! I just don't know exactly when it appears on a menu or in a restaurant for the first time -- September or October?

You never know. You may, perhaps, catch early glimpses of a few of the Fall goodies in 3 weeks. I have read reports in the past that indicated that a few Fall treats were already out at the end of August -- not the full array, but some of them. You may be in luck. If not, as you said, you'll be back in October and then you can go all out with the full array of seasonal yumminess!

 

[TulipsNZ]

TulipsNZ -

I'm not sure at which point in the season they will start serving it, but Carnation Café on Main Street usually has pumpkin pie at some point in the Fall (and then it sticks around through the holidays as well).

Plaza Inn may, perhaps, have some pumpkin pie too.

I wonder if Flo's in Cars Land might have pumpkin pie (since they have other types of pie there throughout the year)?

Oh I didn't think they would have it in the parks, I'm super excited

 

[yeheyprincex2]

I am off sweets now I'm in a bet with my sister and if I win I get $100 disney gift card.
but, yum fall treats, fall is my favorite time of the year and I love the food what comes with it.
I will have to do my research on the fall treats at the park, if anyone would like to help me out go right ahead.

I will say the pumpkin cheese cakes from cheesecake factory is one of my fav treats.

 

[Sherry E]

I am off sweets now I'm in a bet with my sister and if I win I get $100 disney gift card.
but, yum fall treats, fall is my favorite time of the year and I love the food what comes with it.
I will have to do my research on the fall treats at the park, if anyone would like to help me out go right ahead.

I will say the pumpkin cheese cakes from cheesecake factory is one of my fav treats.

yeheyprincex2 --

Have you checked out any of the links in this "Ghoulish Grub" post? You'll see a lot of the treats mentioned specifically in the titles (like Pumpkin Fritters or Pumpkin Squash Chowder, or whatever), but other links you might have to click on to see more treats. You don't have to read them, but there are lots of photos of all of the seasonal treats in those blogs and articles.

I recommend clicking on as many of the links in that Ghoulish Grub post as possible -- even the ones from pre-2013, because some of the treats from 2012, 2011 and beyond are still sold in the parks for Halloween Time but may not be referenced in newer blogs that come out. In other words, many of the food items that are shown in older Blogs will still be available this year.

I find that when I go through the various Blogs by the various sites that have reported on Fall treats, I always find something that I didn't know existed. There are a lot of hidden edible treasures in the parks, I think!

 

[mummabear]

I LOVE Pumpkin Pie, in fact I have it as my (July) Birthday "cake" every year as well as Thanksgiving-didn't think I may find it in the US in Sept though I will be on the lookout.
I bring can of Libbys back to NZ with us (among many random grocery stuff we can't get here), we can now buy it here but it is $8 a can
In fact but whenever I make it to the US or back home I basically live on Turkey, Cherry & grape flavours and Root Beer as I just can't get it here on a day to day basis