HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread #4

[iheartglaciers]

For those that are heading down in the near(ish) future and like to collect souvenir containers, there are a lot of choose from! I found three different travel mugs (Skeleton Dance, HM 45th, and a Mickey Pearly Band), two popcorn buckets (Skeleton Dance and the HM 45th), four Premium popcorn buckets (Zero, White Mickey Hatbox, Blue Mickey Hatbox, and Ghost Mickey), the Maleficent Dragon Sipper and at least two glow cubes (Mickey Pumpkin and Jack Skellington)!

I'm hoping to pick up the HM 45th popcorn bucket when I'm there. The images are so cute!

 

[CassieF]

Ok, any info on day of tickets for sold out parties? I just found out a friend will be there on the 17th and of course, it's sold out and it's our only chance to see her! Just trying to figure out if there's any chance for buying a day of ticket... I have heard of a handful being held for morning of hotel guests, but I'd hate to buy a room and not be guaranteed a party ticket.

 

[Sew into Disney]

Ok, any info on day of tickets for sold out parties? I just found out a friend will be there on the 17th and of course, it's sold out and it's our only chance to see her! Just trying to figure out if there's any chance for buying a day of ticket... I have heard of a handful being held for morning of hotel guests, but I'd hate to buy a room and not be guaranteed a party ticket.

Have you tried calling to see if they have any left. That is how I got mine for that day.


Speaking of tickets for the party ... does anyone know how long it takes for the tickets to make it to you via mail? It's been about 10 days since I purchased them. The lovely gentleman I spoke with told me to keep watch for a plain white envelope. Getting antsy as we leave next Thursday.

 

[Diznygrl]

So are they still giving out mostly GOOD candy like they have in the past 4 years (talking about BRAND NAME CHOCOLATE here, people. Snickers, Reeses, Almond Joy, KitKat, etc. ) or have they cheaped out yet? With the price of party tickets on the rise I would be incredibly disappointed if they downgraded back to a disproportionate amount of cheap stuff like Lemon Heads and Smarties like they had when the parties were at DCA.

 

[starshine514]

So are they still giving out mostly GOOD candy like they have in the past 4 years (talking about BRAND NAME CHOCOLATE here, people. Snickers, Reeses, Almond Joy, KitKat, etc. ) or have they cheaped out yet? With the price of party tickets on the rise I would be incredibly disappointed if they downgraded back to a disproportionate amount of cheap stuff like Lemon Heads and Smarties like they had when the parties were at DCA.

They're still giving the good stuff. - M&Ms, Snickers, Milky Ways, KitKats, Reese's cups, etc. not a Smartie or Lemonhead to be seen!

Thank Carla for the review! All good advice. We will be there tomorrow for our party and are planning on getting to the turnstiles at 3:30 for the 4:00 pre-party time. We are hoping to get a decent viewing place for the fireworks without having to hold spots for an hour.

We also are hoping to get a Zero popcorn bucket but I don't know how we'll carry it around all night. We don't carry much into the parks anymore. Not even a backpack, just small crossbody bags for the girls. Well we'll see how that works out. But we must have one!

If the kids want to do a lot of trick or treating, you may want to think about taking a backpack. We ended up dumping all our candy into our backpack so that we didn't have to bother with all the little bags on rides. If you have a carabiner attached to it, you can totally clip your Zero bucket to it.

I hope you guys have a great time!

 

[Diznygrl]

They're still giving the good stuff. - M&Ms, Snickers, Milky Ways, KitKats, Reese's cups, etc. not a Smartie or Lemonhead to be seen!

Cool, thanks for the info! Might seem silly, but this is a VERY important part of my enjoyment of MHP! Yeah, I could go to Walmart and buy candy, but where's the fun in that? I love being handed the good stuff by a happy CM on a super cool looking treat trail! I do miss when they had a Ghirardelli station. I might have went through THAT line a few times...or more than a few.

 

[CassieF]

Have you tried calling to see if they have any left. That is how I got mine for that day.


Speaking of tickets for the party ... does anyone know how long it takes for the tickets to make it to you via mail? It's been about 10 days since I purchased them. The lovely gentleman I spoke with told me to keep watch for a plain white envelope. Getting antsy as we leave next Thursday.

I tried calling, no luck, even tried the visa line. So bummed!

 

[Kittymomm]

Ok, any info on day of tickets for sold out parties? I just found out a friend will be there on the 17th and of course, it's sold out and it's our only chance to see her! Just trying to figure out if there's any chance for buying a day of ticket... I have heard of a handful being held for morning of hotel guests, but I'd hate to buy a room and not be guaranteed a party ticket.

I am staying at the DL hotel and just called down. They said they were given approx 400 tickets for tonights party and that if I want them I have to go down as they won't hold them for me...resort guests only.

 

[Imdboss]

Cool, thanks for the info! Might seem silly, but this is a VERY important part of my enjoyment of MHP! Yeah, I could go to Walmart and buy candy, but where's the fun in that? I love being handed the good stuff by a happy CM on a super cool looking treat trail! I do miss when they had a Ghirardelli station. I might have went through THAT line a few times...or more than a few.

Glad you asked about the candy, I've been wondering the same thing! Completely agree with what you said

 

[ToodlesRN]

Have you tried calling to see if they have any left. That is how I got mine for that day.


Speaking of tickets for the party ... does anyone know how long it takes for the tickets to make it to you via mail? It's been about 10 days since I purchased them. The lovely gentleman I spoke with told me to keep watch for a plain white envelope. Getting antsy as we leave next Thursday.

I would call them and check, I waited 12 days and it turns out they had my address wrong and had to reissue my tickets which they overnighted without me asking, then yesterday a white envelope was delivered with my 1st round of tickets. Now I have to take 2 sets of tickets with us to see which ones are the good tickets.



Question..

We plan to spend our morning/afternoon in the park on our party date, do we have to exit the park and reenter through the party line or do they have a check in spot inside the park to get our brackets for the party?
Thanks!

 

[DenaRox]

I would call them and check, I waited 12 days and it turns out they had my address wrong and had to reissue my tickets which they overnighted without me asking, then yesterday a white envelope was delivered with my 1st round of tickets. Now I have to take 2 sets of tickets with us to see which ones are the good tickets.

Same thing for me, waited two weeks then called. They express mailed tickets to me and then a few days later the original tickets came so I also have to take two sets to verify which are the good tickets.

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[Sherry E]

I feel like I have been trapped on an island, away from civilization, and am now trying to get caught up. I was busy for a couple of days with various things and didn't have time to come to this thread or go to my Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread. Tonight, when I finally had some time to sign in and catch up on some thread-related odds and ends, I couldn't get into the thread or onto The DIS. I kept getting a "Server is too busy" message. Then, when it seemed like things were working and a thread would finally open, I would try to scroll to a different page and would get that same "server is too busy" message again.

Hopefully this post will go through! I need to get caught up here and in the Holiday Superthread!

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

I feel like I have been trapped on an island, away from civilization, and am now trying to get caught up. I was busy for a couple of days with various things and didn't have time to come to this thread or go to my Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread. Tonight, when I finally had some time to sign in and catch up on some thread-related odds and ends, I couldn't get into the thread or onto The DIS. I kept getting a "Server is too busy" message. Then, when it seemed like things were working and a thread would finally open, I would try to scroll to a different page and would get that same "server is too busy" message again. Hopefully this post will go through! I need to get caught up here and in the Holiday Superthread!

I finally had time tonight to read & catch up as well and got the same message for hours. So frustrating! Hopefully it's back to the land of the living now

 

[Sherry E]

I finally had time tonight to read & catch up as well and got the same message for hours. So frustrating! Hopefully it's back to the land of the living now

Jamie --

We may have spoken too soon. The site is still acting buggy. After I posted here I went over to the Christmas/Holiday thread and when I tried to post there I got the pesky "Server is too busy" message again, over and over. The pages turned without an issue, and I logged everyone's photo entries, but I couldn't post.

Finally I got the post to work and go through, but I may wait until tomorrow before I offer up any detailed responses in this thread or in the other thread -- the last thing I want to do is spend a bunch of time commenting and trying to update information, only to encounter the "server is too busy" message!

 

[Kilala]

Finally I ca post the 27th ans the 22nd are sold out online. I'm going to call in the morning and see if I can get a ticket for the 27th.

 

[Sew into Disney]

I would call them and check, I waited 12 days and it turns out they had my address wrong and had to reissue my tickets which they overnighted without me asking, then yesterday a white envelope was delivered with my 1st round of tickets. Now I have to take 2 sets of tickets with us to see which ones are the good tickets.



Question..

We plan to spend our morning/afternoon in the park on our party date, do we have to exit the park and reenter through the party line or do they have a check in spot inside the park to get our brackets for the party?
Thanks!

Thank you ToodlesRN. I will see if they come in tomorrows mail. If they are not there I will give them a call. We are not going until the party on the 17th but we leave town the 9th.

 

[momof6princesses]

Ugh, still getting survey busy! I need my Disney fix, 14 days and we will be in the park. I'm so excited.

 

[Kilala]

I just got a ticket for the 27th. I can't wait!!! They charge an extra $5 for prossing. They will send my ticket out to me. I should get by the 14th.

 

[bouds]

I quick report on last night's we entered at 5. It was so incredibly hot (over 100 degrees) but was noticeably cooling off by then. There was maybe a 10 minute wait to get in via the special events turnstiles. We didn't do much until 6 when Toontown's pre-party started. We did ride Mr Toad with a less than 10 min wait.

Got to Toontown right at 6. There was a long line, but right at 6 they opened up and it moved through super quick. Did two treat trails, one by roger rabbit, one through Mickey and Minnie's houses. Filled half the small bags they have with just those two trails, about 41 pieces of candy ( snickers, Reese's, etc). Road gadget coaster (5min wait) and Roger rabbit twice (5 min waits). By then it was 7:20. Toon town stayed open until 8. Road Small World and Canal boats, both about 10 min waits. Watched parade.

Walked over to Frontierland to try to catch the Dapper Dans. Seemed much more crowded around NOS than the rest of the park. Heard the Dans, but couldn't see them from near Golden Horseshoe for all the fog. Probably need to be in NOS to see them. Too crowded in NOS to see any characters, and it was getting close to fireworks time, so walked on jungle cruise then walked to Hub at 9:25. Was crowded, but got a decent spot on the left side of the hub. Couldn't see the globe but enjoyed the show. Road Star Tours (10 min wait). Tried to meet storm troopers, but kind of a long wait, so left the park at 10:30 with two very tired but happy kids (and adults). Saw Evil Queen, Jafar, and Hades at the Town Square villain meet and greet in our way out.

 

[figment_jii]

Figment Goes to Mickey's Halloween Party, 9/26/14

Continuing with Figment Goes to Mickey's Halloween Party (9/26/14)....
Halloween Screams is the big fireworks spectacular. It’s my favorite fireworks show in all of Disney, partially because Zero flies! It's harder and harder to find a good, non-hub spot because of the trees on both sides of the Partner Statue area. Those really can affect your ability to see the show. For Halloween Screams, make sure you can see the left side of the castle (when facing it) because that's where the ball appears. Unfortunately, this year, only part of Screams was presented due to winds. It started as normal, but ended just as the Maleficent sequence was beginning (so probably about 1/2 to 2/3rds of the way through). Still, we got to see Zero fly at least once!

The Cadaver Dans performed on the Rivers of America which was blanketed in a fog of dry ice. The dry ice makes for a neat effect. The Cadaver Dans sang Halloween or Halloween-inspired songs (e.g., This is Halloween, Grim Grinning Ghosts, Cruella DeVil, etc.). They’re really fun to watch and to listen to.