HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread #4

[DisneyJamieCA]

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.

I thought you just had to be able to see out of them? My kids didn't wear masks, but my 4 yr old nephew did (Hulk) - for as long as he kept it on.

 

[Ember]

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.

I'm not sure they're enforcing many dress code rules these days. We were there today and saw adults in costume (full pirate dress) and a young lady in what was basically a bra with shorts so short her butt cheeks were clearly on display. It's a little disappointing that they set rules but don't care if people follow them.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

I'm not sure they're enforcing many dress code rules these days. We were there today and saw adults in costume (full pirate dress) and a young lady in what was basically a bra with shorts so short her butt cheeks were clearly on display. It's a little disappointing that they set rules but don't care if people follow them.

I have to agree with this. We saw so many adults dressed up in costume, even on non-party days. Some I guess could have been considered cosplay, but for most that was crossing over that very fine line.

 

[laura&fam]

I thought you just had to be able to see out of them? My kids didn't wear masks, but my 4 yr old nephew did (Hulk) - for as long as he kept it on.

That may be it. I didn't really read exact wording since we weren't wearing masks.

Too bad about people wearing inappropriate costumes though. It's Disneyland and with all the kids you would think people would wear kid friendly costumes regardless of what the rules say.

 

[figment_jii]

From this year's MHP tickets:
"Guests may wear masks. However, masks must not obstruct vision, and eyes must be visible at all times."

It is unfortunate that some guests opt to dress in inappropriate outfits, but I wouldn't put all the blame on the CMs at the gates. I saw someone enter the park in one outfit (t-shirt and shorts) and then obviously changed at some point after entering the park (she now was dressed like Tinkerbell - her hair made her memorable). This was a few years ago before they were allowing/encouraging Disney-Bounding. So she was dressed okay upon entering the park and then changed afterwards. Still, it's to bad no one said anything to the underdressed lady or reported her to security.

 

[poison ivy]

just wanted to give a quick recap of our Halloween night on 10/29/14.

Thanks to everyone on this thread we had a great night with two toddlers (ages 3 & 4) in tow.

rented a double stroller from City Strollers and can't recommend them enough. It was ready and waiting at bell services at the DL Hotel. Such a convenience for the night. We were able to walk it through all the treat trails and navigate throughout the park with no problems.

We arrived around 3:45 and were lucky to catch Mickey's Soundsational Parade coming up Main St.

For the party, we started off at Big Thunder Ranch and it was perfect. No crowds. No lines. really festive. The kids loved the games and we really enjoyed the Cadaver Dans performing on stage.

From there we headed to Toon Town and waiting in two lines for trick or treating. One by CarToon Spin and the other weaving its' way thru Minnie and Mickey's House. It was hard to tear the kids away from all the fun inside the houses. We hung around and let them play in Donald and Goofys areas and walked on CarToon Spin.

From there it got really crowded pretty fast. We managed a couple more trails during the night, including Pixie Hollow but their treat bags were so full they couldn't hold much more! Tons of Candy and we passed on a lot of trick or treating.

We barely managed a few more rides - Teacups/Dumbo/Submarines and watched the parade and fireworks.

With the ages of the kids it was a full night. They keep talking about all the Elsa's they saw!! We had a ton of fun and kept it light and stress free.

Thanks again for all the help.

oh and btw - the DL Hotels do host Trick or Treating on Halloween Day at the resorts. You have to sign up at Guest Services but it's free for resort guests and you are given a treat bag / wristbands / and map with multiple treat stations set up throughout all three resorts. It was open for the entire family.

Unfortunately it ran from 5-7pm. on our check-out day (Halloween 10/31) and we weren't able to participate. I'll scan the map when I get back to NJ.

We're sitting in the airport now. Boo Hoo!!!

 

[maizeydaizey]

We were disappointed this time around. The parade was SUPER lame compared to a few years ago, crowds were big, Christmas decorations randomly scattered among Halloween.... It was just off to us this year. I heard a few cast members commenting on how glad they were it was over this week as they were tired of it all. Just pretty lame I guess. We were really bummed

 

[figment_jii]

The parade was SUPER lame compared to a few years ago, crowds were big, Christmas decorations randomly scattered among Halloween.

I'm curious about the parade...what did you think was different from a few year's ago? I mainly ask because the Calvacade seemed largely the same for the last few years to me. I know Duffy was missing this year and they added the Frozen pre-parade.

 

[iheartglaciers]

I'm curious about the parade...what did you think was different from a few year's ago? I mainly ask because the Calvacade seemed largely the same for the last few years to me. I know Duffy was missing this year and they added the Frozen pre-parade.

I thought the Frozen pre-parade felt really random. It would've been nice if they at least put a simple Halloween costume on Anna/Elsa... or maybe just give them masquerade masks?!

 

[ldymcbth]

First, a thank you to everyone on this thread - you helped plan our trip and it was really magical thanks to all of you!

We did the party on Halloween night - it was great. We loved it. We felt it was incredibly UNcrowded - we rode a bunch of rides with short or no waits, did the Toontown pre-party, the cavalcade, and the fireworks. We entered the park around 5p and left around 10 because my kids were tired. We only hit 5 treat trails and we had SO MUCH CANDY - my kids LOVED that part so much. I was the one who said "no more trails" because I didn't think we could get any more back on the airplane! I also loved the Cadaver Dans and the general atmosphere, as well as seeing all of the costumes!

We dressed as Mabel, Dipper, Waddles, and Soos. Not everyone "got" our costumes, but those who did were so enthusiastic about them that it made the kids SO happy.

We did DL on Thurs, Halloween Party on Fri (Halloween), and then DCA on Sat. We felt crowds were awesomely small and we rode our butts off - 4 times on California Screamin, Ghost Galaxy 6 times in a row, etc. There were some weather hiccups and I was really worried fireworks would get cancelled, but it all worked out in the end and we had SUCH fun. We did all have to buy a new sweatshirt on Saturday because it just got so chilly and we had not packed for really chilly weather!

Personally, the highlights of my trip were Haunted Mansion with the Nightmare overlay (it is simply amazing), the Conjure a Villain tent - we got Maleficent, and the Walk in Walt's Footsteps tour. The tour was unable to go to Walt's apartment, which was a bummer, but we did get to see the Dream Suite, which is breathtaking.

I will say, contrary to WDW where you really HAVE to buy a party ticket to enjoy the Halloween offerings, at DL we felt it was really not necessary to have a great time. The Halloween jamboree area was CHARMING and so much fun. The kids loved the party and it was a once in a lifetime thing for us, but I think if I went more often I would probably be ok not attending the party since they do such a nice job everywhere else.

As WDW vets, we really enjoyed DL/DCA SO much - we were relaxed, not rushed, were able to enjoy our time, etc. I can't recommend it enough. I really felt the "magic" at DL.

 

[ricardol]

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.

Hey there I'm sorry you had a bad time during Halloween, but like ppl have said maybe you were expecting something completely different in your mind and you got disappointing.

We went to that party and yes you only get 3 pcs of candy at the beginning of the party. By 10:30 we hit some trail stations and they were giving 5 , and by 11:00 they were just giving out hand loads of candy. I did the treat station in Main street, and there are 3 stations in a circle, the CM there told me to just keep doing circles If I wanted, they were really unloading everything on Halloween night.

I don't get why you said the fireworks started early, they started on time, we camped in front of the castle for the parade then the fireworks and we were really worried they might cancel them. The parade was almost cancelled as the floor was wet, but fortunately it dried on time.

 

[ldymcbth]

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.

Hey, we were there Halloween night as well. They did indeed start the fireworks a smidge early (maybe 10m) - my husband and son missed the beginning of them because of that. However, I think they did that because they were really afraid they were going to have to cancel them if they waited much longer due to the wind forecast. So I am actually thankful they did they best they could, even if that meant starting them early.

We did not think it was crowded at all! It's funny how perceptions can be different. We attended WDW's MNSSHP a couple of years ago and my husband HATED it because it was wall to wall people - this one was so much better from a crowd perspective.

We got a TON of candy from Toontown - did you do those treat trails? I did notice that my husband and I only got 3 pieces at a time, but my kids got handfuls. Trick or treating was not our main priority but even with just doing a few trails we were covered up in candy.

We must have chosen different rides, because we were able to ride Ghost Galaxy, Astro-Orbiters, Matterhorn, Teacups, Pirates, Buzz Lightyear, and a couple of others with very minor lines - like maybe 10-15m at most.

I'm sorry you didn't have a good time. I have found that when I pay extra for something, like this party, I have high expectations, and it's more painful when those are not met. So I do understand your frustration! I hope you were able to have a happy Halloween anyway.

 

[ricardol]

I just came back form a long Disney Trip. We attended Monday 27th and Halloween Day parties.

We managed to get everything done except the Monster U party because it was cancelled due to rain on Halloween day.

I will try to make time to post my report from both parties tomorrow, but I can tell you we had an AMAZING time!!

Hey, we were there Halloween night as well. They did indeed start the fireworks a smidge early (maybe 10m) - my husband and son missed the beginning of them because of that. However, I think they did that because they were really afraid they were going to have to cancel them if they waited much longer due to the wind forecast. So I am actually thankful they did they best they could, even if that meant starting them early.

So the fireworks did actually start early? I didn't notice I was camped in front of the castle and all I could think was it's not raining now, please go ahead and start don't cancel them!!!! Honestly I think if it had been any other party day they might had cancel them but the pressure of Halloween night was too much, and I was really happy that both the parade and fireworks did not got cancelled. To me the Highlight of the party are the fireworks.

 

[ldymcbth]

So the fireworks did actually start early? I didn't notice I was camped in front of the castle and all I could think was it's not raining now, please go ahead and start don't cancel them!!!! Honestly I think if it had been any other party day they might had cancel them but the pressure of Halloween night was too much, and I was really happy that both the parade and fireworks did not got cancelled. To me the Highlight of the party are the fireworks.

Yes, they were about 8-10 minutes early. They had come on the speakers saying that they might be cancelled, etc., and then shortly thereafter with little fanfare they started! I was so glad - I was really concerned they would be cancelled and while it wouldn't have been the end of the world, I really wanted to see them!

 

[ricardol]

Hello, I apologize in advance for the long text, but here are my two Party Reports from last week:

Our Pre Strategy was no attractions at all (We were there for a week), and no Trick or Treating on the first party except on no line trails, the objectives in order of importance were this:

1)Fireworks (plus parade to get a good spot)
2)Photos with Disney characters in Halloween costume
3)Photos with Villians
4) Cadaver Dans
5) Monster U Party
6) Trick or Treating

My party consisted of , myself ,DW, DD7, DS2, And my father in law and mother in law which they helped us a lot by securing a spot early and helped with lines in toontown.

Monday Oct 27th MHP Report!

We entered the park at 4:45 and head straight to Toontown. We made it to the line and they let us into toontown by 5:10 or so. We skipped all the Candy Trails, and went directly to the center to get photos, we first got in line to meet Clairbelle and Horace. Its funny that they are so rare to find and ppl were just ignoring that line, they only had like 2 ppl in front of us. Then we got in line to meet Chip and Dale and Grandpa helped us get in line to meet Goofy. We successfully did the 3 Meet and Greets before we noticed they were about to rotate so we got in line where Clairbelle was and Donald came up there. Mickey and Minnie rotated in the center line and Grandma helped get in line , and then Pluto on the right and Grandpa helped us get in that line. With that tremendous help from my inlaws we got all the photos!!

We exited toontown and since I had bought a Photo Pass + We did the Frozen Photo op in front of IASW. Then we headed to Big Thunder Ranch to get in line for Mickey and Minnie in their special suits, My Party did the Trail while I was in line. The line was pretty big and we aborted it and headed down to Frontierland, we noticed Peter and Wendy where there and got in line but by the time we got there they rotated to Jack Sparrow (Lucky!!!) the whole family was dressed up as pirates so it was awesome!

After we headed for the Hub to find a spot for Parade/Fireworks, all the benches were already taken so we had to camp in the floor. Grandma and Grandpa camped in the spot and we headed to the Entrance to meet the Villians. The line was very big I probably did 45 mins wait time and we got Hades, The Evil Queen and Jafar. Meanwhile my wife took my DD and DS and they caught The Red Queen who was doing circles in there, and I think also The Evil Stepmother and one of her daughters.

After the long wait I bought some hotdogs for dinner and went to our spot in front of the castle, we got a bench since a party left after the parade ended, we were just in front of the route where parade turns when coming from IASW. The parade was good, they changed it a little bit from last year and we enjoyed it. Then the fireworks were AMAZING! The full show, zero flying out and the fireworks in all its splendor, that is really worth the ticket.

After that we hit tomorrow land and we did the Trail inside innovations and we got to meet Phineas and Ferb, I was tempted to wait for Agent P but decided to move along. Then since it was already late we hit some Trails and we got a bunch of candy without even really trying for it. The monorail Trail is a Long Ramp to push a stroller but hey Free Candy!! We did the AP special station and got our bags and the Rice Krispy Treat.

The end was approaching so we secured a bench in front of Main Street train terminal to watch the mini Villain Show at 10:50 and meanwhile we did the candy trail there. We watched the show which I missed lat year and it was pretty good.

At 11:00 they announced the end of the party and we headed with a happy face to our hotel. We had an amazing time and got so much things done!

 

[ricardol]

Friday October 31st MHP Report!

I saw the weather forecast in the morning and I freaked out at the Rain forecast! We spent the morning at the parks then we headed after lunch to the hotel for a Nap and get our costumes. We used the same Pirate costumes

We entered the park at about 5:30 and headed to Toontown. Got in line and they let us in at 6:05. We noticed the Trail that is typically a circle to the right was changed to inside the small buildings in front of Roger Rabbit. Later we realized that Disney had changed everything to indoors anticipating Rain during the party. We did that trail , then we did Minnie and Mickey's House which is in fact the best trail of all, and we got so much candy just in there, probably there are about 8-10 stations. Then we hit the trail at Goofy's and we exited Toontown.

On this party we noticed very few Healthy options, the Monday party was full of them but we hardly got some carrots.

We then decided to try and get the other 3 villains we didn't get on Monday and we headed for the entrance. We noticed the Prop backgrounds were not there in front of the station and I asked a couple of CM's where the meet and greet would be and they said they hadn't made the decision yet but most probably indoors, they told to just hang around in front of the theater. Then I was getting a little worried since there was no pre line and asked another CM who confirmed that in fact the preline was already inside the Theater, so we headed there and there were ppl, but not too many so it was fine. They had a curtain covering up where the M&G and they opened the curtain about 7:10, and surprise the there were 2 Villains which we didn't get. Turns out there was only space for 2 and the third one was outside. Inside the Theater was Dr Facillier and Maleficient. We noticed we had lost our pen and my wife a DD went to buy one (7 bucks for one!! ouch!!) and got lucky as she saw Cruella Devile starting form a line outside and she got inline. My Father in law stayed in line inside the theater and DD, DS headed to meet Cruella. We came back and did Maleficient and Dr Facilier which were really great interactions.

When we exited it was raining a little and I got bummed, my first thought is they will cancel the fireworks but decided to stay positive. Since the party Started an hour later there was no much time for anything else so we headed to secure a spot for Fireworks and Parade. We were able to get the same spot as of Monday on a Bench in front of the castle to the right. I noticed the street was wet and was worried they might cancel the show. So grandma and Grandpa camped for the spot and we headed to Monster U party meanwhile and turns out it got cancelled, so they changed it to a M&G with Sully and Mike W. We got in line and we got our photos. We headed back to our spots for fireworks. While we were in line for Monsters M&G the Frozen Preparade announcement got up and they kill the announcement midway, and I thought Oh oh that is a bad sign.

While we were waiting in our spots the rain had stopped and the streets were dried up and they made the "in just 15 minutes" parade announcement and we got excited. It turns out they did not had the Frozen pre parade but they did have the regular Parade. After the Parade me and DD went to buy some salads for dinner and we came back to our spot waiting for the fireworks. Then it started raining again! and ppl started to freak out a little, I saw some moms leaving their spot with their kids to get out of the rain. The rain was light it passed over quick and then they announce on the speakers "Due to weather and wind conditions the fireworks might get cancelled, but at this time no final decision has been made" so I got bummed but then the last sentence made me had hope! We stayed at our spots and all I could think of was please go ahead and start it now there is no rain, please don't cancel them!

So I lost track of time but as ldymcbth pointed out they started the fireworks earlier, I didn't notice it I was just so happy! The fanfare started and I saw them inflating the balloon were Jack's head gets projected and got really happy. I didn't notice it immediately but they skipped Zero flying out at the castle. The show was awesome but somehow I thought it was shorter than Monday, don't know if it was just me or they speed up the pauses or something because they indeed had the full show. I was really glad and relieved after the show, and I sat down for a moment to eat dinner since the stress before I couldn't eat while waiting for the Fireworks.

After the Show it was Cadaver Dans time. We hit Rivers of America and we saw the full show, the wind was picking up and the fog in the lake was clearing up really quickly. I did not find the Trail that is there in front of rivers, so we headed to frontierland to hit the Golden Shoe Trail, then we did the Piratepalooza trail, and the pirates there gave my DD and DS a bunch of chocolate Gold Doubloons as we were all dressed up as pirates. There was a very small line to Meet Goofy in pirate costume but they rotated by the time we got in front, and got Sailor Donald, and Pirate Crew Chip and Dale.

We hit some other trails, and tried to catch the 10:45 Monster U show, but it was cancelled, just M&G again. I tried to meet the Storm troopers which were inside Star Tours, but the line was pretty big. So we hit more candy trails.

At 11:20 or so I tried to do the Storm troopers but again line was too big, so we headed to main street and we did the trail there. In this trail we got so much candy, by this time they were unloading all the candy they had, the CM told me to just keep doing the circle until I had enough and we got bunches and bunches. It's funny I said let's go that is enough but my father in law wanted more he was having so much fun doing Trick or Treating so we hit the trail about 3 more times and I can tell you Officially Disney gave us more candy than I could actually carry back to the hotel.

Since it was 11:40 I convinced my party to stay for the mini Villain Exit show and we exited the park at midnight. I really struggled carrying the Candy Bag all the way to the HOJO, it was really heavy, I had to stop 2 times to rest my arms, we had the Halloween Tote bag completely full and I was carrying it like a football in my arms, cause the handles were hurting my fingers. And we had several other small bags with more treats hanging in the strollers, so we really got a whole bunch of candy.

It was a full day we got everything done, except the Monster U party which is ok since we did that last year. Excellent time and Great Party we really enjoyed it!

 

[adudeinblue]

Following up on our MHP Trip (10/30/2014 to 11/1/2014) for the Halloween Day MHP. Thanks again for everyone's tips and feedback. It greatly helped planned out our night. Hopefully this will give insight for others for next year or any year where Halloween lands on a Friday night.

It was just my GF and I, and to supplement the MHP Tickets, we purchased 2 Day 1 Park non-park hoppers. Our schedule was a full day at Disneyland (10/30/2014) to fully experience the Halloween Decorations, the MHP (10/31/2014) and ending with a full day at California Adventure (11/1/2014). We stayed at the Camelot Inn


10/30/2014 Disneyland Day Before Halloween Report
The park was nearly empty at opening on 10/30/2014. We were going to do fast pass for rides, but ended up not needing to because the waits were 5-15mins long. We were hopping between rides so quick that we almost missed our 11:30AM reservation at the Blue Bayou. Arrived 5 mins before our reservation and was immediately seated the second to last table near the water side. Loved the Monte Cristo! The Lemonade was awesome as well.

The decorations throughout the park were really well planned out, especially Main Street and Frontier Land. We did find the most dense crowds at the Haunted Mansion and the Halloween Carnival area.

10/31/2014 Disneyland MHP Report
We slept in on Halloween after a full day at Disneyland the previous day. We got into the park during the early admission of the MHP (roughly around 3:45PM). It was pretty crowded during this transition time. The wait time for rides were long (30+ mins) and MHP activities didn't start yet, so we ended up going to the Meet and Greet for Captain America and Thor in our Big Hero 6 Costumes. GF was dressed as Honey Lemon (a lot of people recognized her) and I was Hiro Hamda (no one knew who I was), but our stuffed plush Baymax got the most attention during the day.

When the MHP started, we were around the Carnival area so we stopped by. It was empty. Nothing really happened but treat trails. Toontown Preparty was crowded for treat trails, but no one rode the Roger Rabbit ride. Leaving the Party, it was a lot of Cast Members checking our bands, pretty aggressively. We didn't mind because they were only doing their jobs and assuring our crowd was minimal.

A lot of Elsa and Anna costumes! Of all size and shapes (no kidding). It was pretty neat seeing a lot of people dressed up, but no one knew who we were, not even the cast members passing out candy. Probably because they're rushing to pass out candy.

We got to get on a lot of rides with little wait time. The longest one we actually waited was for Space Mountain and Haunted Mansion. We also caught the fireworks last min in the main hub without waiting. It did sprinkle a little, but it didn't really stop crowd. We ended up calling it a night 15 mins before the end of the MHP. We were so beat with all the candy I was carrying around.

There was definitely a lot of kids, probably because the next day was Saturday and no school that parents were willing to bring their kids along. Not too many younger adults like us, probably because it's a Friday Night and Halloween and are at actual parties with adult activities. But we enjoyed ourselves since we are kids at heart.

11/1/2014 California Adventure Report
I think a lot of people ended up doing what we planned out. 3 Day trip ending with DCA on the last day. The crowds were pretty big. Got to the park an hour late and was still able to get a FP to RSR for 1PM. We came back later and found the return time was at 6PM and I really wanted to do the RSR at night when its all lit up, but our FP was blocked. Luckily when we asked the CM to trade FP, he was more than willing to just give it to us.

We were pretty relaxed on what we wanted to do. Not rushed but crowds were normal to me because I normally visit the parks during the Summer.



Thanks again for everyone's report and feedback. Hope to do it again! Sorry for the massive photos x.x

 

[CAFarmerGirl]

Friday October 31st MHP Report!

I saw the weather forecast in the morning and I freaked out at the Rain forecast! We spent the morning at the parks then we headed after lunch to the hotel for a Nap and get our costumes. We used the same Pirate costumes

We entered the park at about 5:30 and headed to Toontown. Got in line and they let us in at 6:05. We noticed the Trail that is typically a circle to the right was changed to inside the small buildings in front of Roger Rabbit. Later we realized that Disney had changed everything to indoors anticipating Rain during the party. We did that trail , then we did Minnie and Mickey's House which is in fact the best trail of all, and we got so much candy just in there, probably there are about 8-10 stations. Then we hit the trail at Goofy's and we exited Toontown.

On this party we noticed very few Healthy options, the Monday party was full of them but we hardly got some carrots.

We then decided to try and get the other 3 villains we didn't get on Monday and we headed for the entrance. We noticed the Prop backgrounds were not there in front of the station and I asked a couple of CM's where the meet and greet would be and they said they hadn't made the decision yet but most probably indoors, they told to just hang around in front of the theater. Then I was getting a little worried since there was no pre line and asked another CM who confirmed that in fact the preline was already inside the Theater, so we headed there and there were ppl, but not too many so it was fine. They had a curtain covering up where the M&G and they opened the curtain about 7:10, and surprise the there were 2 Villains which we didn't get. Turns out there was only space for 2 and the third one was outside. Inside the Theater was Dr Facillier and Maleficient. We noticed we had lost our pen and my wife a DD went to buy one (7 bucks for one!! ouch!!) and got lucky as she saw Cruella Devile starting form a line outside and she got inline. My Father in law stayed in line inside the theater and DD, DS headed to meet Cruella. We came back and did Maleficient and Dr Facilier which were really great interactions.

When we exited it was raining a little and I got bummed, my first thought is they will cancel the fireworks but decided to stay positive. Since the party Started an hour later there was no much time for anything else so we headed to secure a spot for Fireworks and Parade. We were able to get the same spot as of Monday on a Bench in front of the castle to the right. I noticed the street was wet and was worried they might cancel the show. So grandma and Grandpa camped for the spot and we headed to Monster U party meanwhile and turns out it got cancelled, so they changed it to a M&G with Sully and Mike W. We got in line and we got our photos. We headed back to our spots for fireworks. While we were in line for Monsters M&G the Frozen Preparade announcement got up and they kill the announcement midway, and I thought Oh oh that is a bad sign.

While we were waiting in our spots the rain had stopped and the streets were dried up and they made the "in just 15 minutes" parade announcement and we got excited. It turns out they did not had the Frozen pre parade but they did have the regular Parade. After the Parade me and DD went to buy some salads for dinner and we came back to our spot waiting for the fireworks. Then it started raining again! and ppl started to freak out a little, I saw some moms leaving their spot with their kids to get out of the rain. The rain was light it passed over quick and then they announce on the speakers "Due to weather and wind conditions the fireworks might get cancelled, but at this time no final decision has been made" so I got bummed but then the last sentence made me had hope! We stayed at our spots and all I could think of was please go ahead and start it now there is no rain, please don't cancel them!

So I lost track of time but as ldymcbth pointed out they started the fireworks earlier, I didn't notice it I was just so happy! The fanfare started and I saw them inflating the balloon were Jack's head gets projected and got really happy. I didn't notice it immediately but they skipped Zero flying out at the castle. The show was awesome but somehow I thought it was shorter than Monday, don't know if it was just me or they speed up the pauses or something because they indeed had the full show. I was really glad and relieved after the show, and I sat down for a moment to eat dinner since the stress before I couldn't eat while waiting for the Fireworks.

After the Show it was Cadaver Dans time. We hit Rivers of America and we saw the full show, the wind was picking up and the fog in the lake was clearing up really quickly. I did not find the Trail that is there in front of rivers, so we headed to frontierland to hit the Golden Shoe Trail, then we did the Piratepalooza trail, and the pirates there gave my DD and DS a bunch of chocolate Gold Doubloons as we were all dressed up as pirates. There was a very small line to Meet Goofy in pirate costume but they rotated by the time we got in front, and got Sailor Donald, and Pirate Crew Chip and Dale.

We hit some other trails, and tried to catch the 10:45 Monster U show, but it was cancelled, just M&G again. I tried to meet the Storm troopers which were inside Star Tours, but the line was pretty big. So we hit more candy trails.

At 11:20 or so I tried to do the Storm troopers but again line was too big, so we headed to main street and we did the trail there. In this trail we got so much candy, by this time they were unloading all the candy they had, the CM told me to just keep doing the circle until I had enough and we got bunches and bunches. It's funny I said let's go that is enough but my father in law wanted more he was having so much fun doing Trick or Treating so we hit the trail about 3 more times and I can tell you Officially Disney gave us more candy than I could actually carry back to the hotel.

Since it was 11:40 I convinced my party to stay for the mini Villain Exit show and we exited the park at midnight. I really struggled carrying the Candy Bag all the way to the HOJO, it was really heavy, I had to stop 2 times to rest my arms, we had the Halloween Tote bag completely full and I was carrying it like a football in my arms, cause the handles were hurting my fingers. And we had several other small bags with more treats hanging in the strollers, so we really got a whole bunch of candy.

It was a full day we got everything done, except the Monster U party which is ok since we did that last year. Excellent time and Great Party we really enjoyed it!

I am glad you mentioned Zero not flying...I thought I missed him!

My kids also circled several times in Main Street! My husband and I stopped...when my husband weighed our backpack full of candy, it was 20 lbs! The kids carried their own. I thought my dd was going to tip over from the weight. Lol

 

[ricardol]

I am glad you mentioned Zero not flying...I thought I missed him!

My kids also circled several times in Main Street! My husband and I stopped...when my husband weighed our backpack full of candy, it was 20 lbs! The kids carried their own. I thought my dd was going to tip over from the weight. Lol

Yeah it was an insane amount of candy!!! LOL. while we were heading towards Harbor Street someone stopped me and asked me if that bag was actually full of candy and they were like "OMG seriously???"

I already put a big bowl of candy at my desk at work to start unloading the candy!!!

 

[CAFarmerGirl]

Yeah it was an insane amount of candy!!! LOL. while we were heading towards Harbor Street someone stopped me and asked me if that bag was actually full of candy and they were like "OMG seriously???"

I already put a big bowl of candy at my desk at work to start unloading the candy!!!

Mu husband will be taking his to work for his students.