HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread #4

[Kilala]

Here's my plan for MHP on Halloween night.
1. toontown
2. BTR pre-party
3. Jack skellition?
4. Treats!!!
5. HM
My friend may not come. She has her ticket any everything. She pulled something in her shoulder

 

[vladimir p]

Oh, and I dressed as Belle and my friend was DJ Lance Rock from Yo Gabba Gabba.

haha that is awesome!!!

 

[PixiDustDears]

Here's my plan for MHP on Halloween night.
1. toontown
2. BTR pre-party
3. Jack skellition?
4. Treats!!!
5. HM
My friend may not come. She has her ticket any everything. She pulled something in her shoulder

I'll be there on Halloween night as well and have a very similar plan so maybe we'll run it to each other. Dh and I will be wearing plain I'm her Mickey/Minnie tee shirts and escorting around an Elsa and Olaf (so not very standoutish lol). I hope you won't mind if I come say hi!

 

[Kilala]

I'll be there on Halloween night as well and have a very similar plan so maybe we'll run it to each other. Dh and I will be wearing plain I'm her Mickey/Minnie tee shirts and escorting around an Elsa and Olaf (so not very standoutish lol). I hope you won't mind if I come say hi!

That would be so cool to meet you!! I will be dressed up as my kitten Binx. He is a black and white tuxedo. I will post pictures soon of Binx.

 

[nicole88s]

Just wanted to add my review. My family did the party on Monday, the 27th. We had a blast. We arrived about about 5:15 and had no line to get in. We did Matterhorn and Pirates, each with about a 15 minute wait. Then we headed to the Big Thunder Ranch pre-party. It was pretty empty. We went around to all the treat stations with no wait and got our bags pretty much half full.

After that, it was starting to get dark and the atmosphere was so cool! All the fog, fun halloween soundtracks playing and projected images were awesome. It was so fun to people watch too. Almost everyone we saw was dressed up.

We had dinner and then decided to hit Haunted Mansion Holiday. It was posted at 45 minutes, but took exactly 30 minutes to get through the line. In our stretching room we had 2 people with those flashing light mickey ears and it was so annoying! So at the point where it is supposed to be pitch black all we could see were those flashing ears! Can you not turn them off? Then someone was talking flash photography during the ballroom scene and they had to come on the loudspeaker and tell them to stop. Those two things took me out of the moment a little, but it was still such a cool ride!

We hit a few more rides with zero wait and then made our way to Small World to watch the fireworks. I loved it!! Best place to watch from. We had seats and no people up in our space. It was the first time I have really enjoyed the fireworks (I hate being in super crowded spaces). The projections on Small World were amazing and we loved all the songs!

Then we did more rides. We were basically running from ride to ride with no wait times. Right before 11:00 we ran back to Big Thunder Railroad and slipped on just in time to make it as our last ride of the night. We headed out of the park and had a short wait for the bus ride back to the Woody parking lot.

We had such an amazing time. Even my husband, who isn't a huge Disney fan, had so much fun and was saying the parties are where it is at! SO much less crowded than any regular day if you are wanting to ride rides and the atmosphere makes it so much more fun!! We will do another party for sure!

 

[Kilala]

I just saw the weather report and it looks like there will be rain tomorrow night. If it rains anytime before I leave for MHP I will not be in full costume. I will wear my halloween t-shirt and cat ears and a cat tail. If it dosen't rain I will wear my full Binx costume. Do you think it is wise to bring a small umbrella?

 

[Ember]

I just saw the weather report and it looks like there will be rain tomorrow night. If it rains anytime before I leave for MHP I will not be in full costume. I will wear my halloween t-shirt and cat ears and a cat tail. If it dosen't rain I will wear my full Binx costume. Do you think it is wise to bring a small umbrella?

I would take a small one, if you have room to carry it.

I will be sending pixie dust thoughts for a no-rain night!! We went on the 24th and it was a fantastic event, but now we can't decide what to do tonight. We may just brave the California Adventure and Downtown Disney crowds, because I don't really want to stay home.

 

[figment_jii]

Figment and I are finally back from WDW and I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Halloween!

 

[pudinhd]

I can't remember if anyone posted this link already... It's a fun video with Disney Villains singing to One Republic's Counting Stars.

http://blogs.disney.com/oh-my-disney/2014/10/27/counting-scars/

 

[CassieF]

We were there for the overlap today and with the chance of rain they moved the villains meet and greet inside the Opera House instead of in front of the train station. The Queen of hearts did come out and wander around, followed by Cruella who formed a line under an overhang. It didn't start sprinkling until 7:20 and we were almost back to our cars so I'm not sure if that changed the characters out in town square...

 

[KatieJoy]

If anyone saw a young Maleficent (brown dress and wings) and a green ninja tonight, those were my kiddos

 

[Torchness]

I'm currently AT Mickey's Halloween party, on Halloween, and I've never felt more cheated in my life. We paid $77 apiece for 3 people, and what did we get? A park absolutely choked with crowds, ride lines with a 30-45 minute wait minimum (not including an hour wasted waiting for Peter Pan as it broke down mid wait and we had no way to get out of line nor were we offered one). Treats were three measly pieces of candy per stop and some Cheezits, and they threatened to cancel the fireworks and then started them early with no warning. The only villain we saw was another 30 minute line to meet. What a horrible time we have had. Clearly they sold too many tickets for tonight. Lines with zero wait are a myth. I'm so very disappointed. I wish we had just stuck to our park hopper passes and given this waste of money and time a miss. Never, ever again.

 

[figment_jii]

I'm currently AT Mickey's Halloween party, on Halloween, and I've never felt more cheated in my life.

I am sorry to hear that you are having such a bad time at the party.

Treats were three measly pieces of candy per stop and some Cheezits, and they threatened to cancel the fireworks and then started them early with no warning.

In defense, the CMs were only handing out three pieces of candy at the first parties as well. In fact, one CM I spoke with before the first party (in September) said that the were told to hand out three pieces per guest as part of the party training. So in that way at least, you did not experience anything out of the ordinary.

I am surprised that they started the fireworks early, but at least they were presented. Perhaps they started them early because of the weather. The fireworks are very weather sensitive and it's not uncommon for the show to be cancelled or aborted. So at least you saw some (or all?) of the show. Try to look at the positive!

 

[KatieJoy]

My parents and my kids had a great time tonight! Tons of candy (too much), good amount of rides, even got pulled aside and put ahead on Jungle Cruise along with Jungle Cruise maps! We've never gotten those before.
They are now passing out in the hotel bed

 

[Torchness]

I am sorry to hear that you are having such a bad time at the party.

I just thought from all I had heard that the extra $$ for the party was because it was to be a limited ticket event. But it wasn't. There were vastly more crowds last night than there are at Disneyland right now on a Saturday. It was a complete waste of money, especially if you already had park hopper passes like we did.

 

[figment_jii]

I just thought from all I had heard that the extra $$ for the party was because it was to be a limited ticket event. But it wasn't. There were vastly more crowds last night than there are at Disneyland right now on a Saturday. It was a complete waste of money, especially if you already had park hopper passes like we did.

Yes and no...the party is a limited ticket event, but that does not mean the park will be empty. You did go to MHP on Halloween night, which is generally expected to be one of the busiest and most popular parties of the year. It was among first parties to sell out. You are paying the extra money for the party specific activities and events (e.g., fireworks, Calvacade, dance parties, characters, trick-or-treating, and atmospheric elements) that you can't get with park hopper. So while I am sorry that you did not have a good time, I don't think it's fair to say that the party is a waste of money if you had a park hopper. Having a park hopper won't let me see the Cadaver Dans or see Zero fly during the fireworks or go trick-or-treating.

 

[MadMim]

I found the dragon! He was tucked away between Fantasyland & Frontierland, by the old Skyway. Every few minutes, glowing eyes would light up, smoke would pour from the bushes, and you could hear him growl. Pretty neat!

 

[figment_jii]

I found the dragon! He was tucked away between Fantasyland & Frontierland, by the old Skyway. Every few minutes, glowing eyes would light up, smoke would pour from the bushes, and you could hear him growl. Pretty neat!

That's cool! Hopefully he'll be back next year and then I can see him!

 

[CAFarmerGirl]

We went to the party last night and had a great time. My kids each came back with a large backpack filled with candy. My husband and I filled another backpack. My son is currently graphing his candy on a spreadsheet. I can update with the amount once he finishes (not counting the ton he ate walking around!).

Fireworks were cool...thought they would cancel due to weather, but they didn't.

The one ride we did was walk on....we only rode the submarine because my kids were focused on the candy! We hit every treat trail and got gobs of candy. Luckily, my husband is a teacher and will be doling it out to his teenagers over the coming months.

It was less crowded than I expected. The treat lines were long, but they went quickly....except the one at the Thunder Ranch Barbecue. We had to laugh because it was the slowest line and the least amount of treat stations. We found it quite amusing.

Costumes were fun, everyone was polite and the crowds were well managed.

My family had a great time.




Here is a picture of my daughter's candy...so, some of the candy one person can get in a night! I did cut my son off at about 11:30; he wanted to revisit some of the stations, but the rest of us were tired!

 

[laura&fam]

We were very surprised at the amount of masks we saw at MHP this year. They're against the stated rules but none of the CM seemed to say anything. Did anyone else notice that this year? Just curious.