HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread #4

[riostoker]

I think all of the people who are waiting for the tickets bought them in the week before they went on general sale. For a week, annual pass holders, DVC Members and Disney Visa holders could order them before they were available for the general public. Annual pass holders could order online and had the option to get etickets, but DVC members and Disney Visa holders had to call and therefore etickets were not an option.

Corinna

Ahhh... that makes a lot of sense! Thanks! I was getting worried that I was missing out on something by doing the e-ticket rather than a mailed one!

 

[dolphingirl47]

I finally succeeded in buying the extra ticket that I needed for the September 25th party. I wasted the best part of two days achieving this, but fortunately this evening it let me buy the ticket on my iPhone of all things. I started to get worried that by the time I would be done fighting with the system, the night would be sold out.

Corinna

Ahhh... that makes a lot of sense! Thanks! I was getting worried that I was missing out on something by doing the e-ticket rather than a mailed one!

Not at all. You can take the eticket straight to the turnstiles, but there they will void the eticket and give you a normal ticket. I don't really understand why they are doing this. You then take this ticket just inside the entrance area where you are given your wristband and a small bag for trick or treating.

Corinna

 

[princesszelda]

Sherry, are you going to do who is going and what dates etc like you have in the past. There is just so much onthe thread I may have missed it. If so here is our info.

We are going for Halloween we will be a group of 6 we are doing and Alice in Wonderland theme. We are also staying at the BWPPI trip dates 10/31 11/1

 

[Sith]

Ahhh... that makes a lot of sense! Thanks! I was getting worried that I was missing out on something by doing the e-ticket rather than a mailed one!

Nope. Not missing out. I purchased with Disney Visa, and mail was the only option. She gave me a confirmation number over the phone, but said she could not email that confirmation.

Today is day 16, and still no tickets in my mailbox. Maybe I should have just waited a week and got e-tickets.

 

[Dee2015]

Sherry, are you going to do who is going and what dates etc like you have in the past. There is just so much onthe thread I may have missed it. If so here is our info.

We are going for Halloween we will be a group of 6 we are doing and Alice in Wonderland theme. We are also staying at the BWPPI trip dates 10/31 11/1

SNAP to the above but with a family of four doing the Alice theme

 

[dolphingirl47]

I have a question please. I am not so patiently waiting for the times to be released for my trip. At the moment we are three days away from the beginning of my trip. I just had a look at the times for Tuesday September 15th. Can I assume that the times will be the same or at least very similar on September 22nd?

Corinna

 

[Oswald23]

I need Some advise. I'm doubting if I should attend 2 parties. I'm all into characters. Last year there where a couple of rare characters and I don't want to miss any of them. Next to this we have 5 days in the park. Please what is your take on this?

 

[dolphingirl47]

I need Some advise. I'm doubting if I should attend 2 parties. I'm all into characters. Last year there where a couple of rare characters and I don't want to miss any of them. Next to this we have 5 days in the park. Please what is your take on this?

I did two parties in 2011 and I am doing two parties again this year. For me that it was ideal. I concentrated on trick or treating and characters the first time round and rides and characters the second time round. I watched the fireworks on both nights, but missed the costume calvacade on both occasions. This time round, things are a little up in the air as I am going with friends on both occasions, but I assume both will be a mix of fire works, characters, rides and trick or treating. My one most do thing is getting photos with the villains, but other than that, I will go with the flow.

Corinna

 

[Sherry E]

I've got to stop using Internet Explorer. Even though I usually end up having trouble with most browsers sooner or later, and some websites don't support certain browsers, my Explorer (Version 11, so it's not like it's old) is completely running amok and crashing every time I get on DISboards, in the middle of when I am typing or trying to edit things. It's weird how Explorer is acting so wonky all of a sudden -- at the exact convenient moment when the Windows 10 free previews are being pushed, and the new "Edge" browser is replaced Explorer. Hmm... suspicious timing. It almost seems like deliberate sabotage by Microsoft, to get me to switch to Windows 10 and Edge. I just barely got used to Windows 8/8.1, and got my desktop to look the way I want it to look. I'm not ready to switch to a new version of Windows again -- and then have to learn a new browser too (Edge supposedly looks nothing like what I'm used to, and nothing is at the top of the screen or on the left side, where it should be).

Anyway, I'm on Firefox now.....


By the way, if any of you are on Facebook and want to start ramping up to a "Fall" state of mind, there are some really great fall-oriented Facebook pages that post lovely fall photos all the time. I follow any and all Facebook pages that have to do with Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Winter, Christmas and holidays in general, but some are better than others because of the photos. Some of the ones I like are:

Autumn Scented - https://www.facebook.com/IMissAutumn?fref=ts

All About Fall - https://www.facebook.com/AllAboutFall1976?fref=ts

Fall Fans - https://www.facebook.com/FallFans?fref=ts

Fans of Fall - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fans-of-Fall/137338413075384?fref=ts


My only sorrow in seeing those pages is that the autumns we get here in Southern California look nothing at all like the dreamlike autumns in all of the photos on those pages! Not even close! Around here, no one will even let leaves accumulate on the sidewalk or in the street -- so it's not like we can go romping merrily through the leaves to celebrate the glory of fall. As soon as leaves accumulate, someone comes along and sweeps them away.

Sherry, are you going to do who is going and what dates etc like you have in the past. There is just so much onthe thread I may have missed it. If so here is our info.

We are going for Halloween we will be a group of 6 we are doing and Alice in Wonderland theme. We are also staying at the BWPPI trip dates 10/31 11/1

Jenn -- You know, I should have done that. I should have created and maintained the Check-In list of who is going and when, from the beginning. I don't know why I didn't. I wasn't thinking. It seems to be a natural fit for this thread, and it would make sense to just keep everything October/Halloween Time/MHP-related in one place/thread, so everything is not so scattered about. Stupidly, I didn't leave an extra post or two free on page 1 (which is where I would put a check-in list for October/MHP) when I started this thread last year, and I should have. We will have to switch to a new thread when this one hits page 250 (49 pages from now), but that will be a while. When I do start the new thread, I will leave an extra couple of posts empty in it to use as check-in lists for October/MHP next year.

The current October Check-In list is here (started by Canadian Harmony) -- http://disboards.com/threads/october-2015-check-in-thread.3434271/. Give your travel/MHP dates there.

 

[dolphingirl47]

The current October Check-In list is here (started by Canadian Harmony) -- http://disboards.com/threads/october-2015-check-in-thread.3434271/. Give your travel/MHP dates there.

Do you know if there is one for September, too. I am looking for this at the moment, but don't seem to have much joy.

Corinna

 

[Sherry E]

I have a question please. I am not so patiently waiting for the times to be released for my trip. At the moment we are three days away from the beginning of my trip. I just had a look at the times for Tuesday September 15th. Can I assume that the times will be the same or at least very similar on September 22nd?

Corinna

I would think that the hours and times would be the same, or very comparable. Although... it appears that last year Disneyland closed one hour later on Tuesday, 9/23 than it did on 9/16 - http://www.wdwinfo.com/disneyland/park-hours.cfm?month=9&year=2014.

I need Some advise. I'm doubting if I should attend 2 parties. I'm all into characters. Last year there where a couple of rare characters and I don't want to miss any of them. Next to this we have 5 days in the park. Please what is your take on this?

Well, as Corinna mentioned above, with 2 parties you can break things up a bit more, just to be sure you don't miss anything or anyone. However, that said, the prices are not cheap for these parties -- and I think that one party would be sufficient if characters were what you focused on, and everything else took a back seat. If you want to do a bit of everything as well as meet all of the characters, you might want to take the plunge and do 2 nights. In my own situation, if I were going to MHP every year I would probably just do one party each year. When I don't go every year, and I go maybe every other year or every few years, I feel more of a need to do more than one party.

Do you know if there is one for September, too. I am looking for this at the moment, but don't seem to have much joy.

Corinna

There is one, and I will find it for you.

Do you know if there is one for September, too. I am looking for this at the moment, but don't seem to have much joy.

Corinna

Here it is -- http://www.disboards.com/threads/september-2015-checkin-thread.3387416/page-8#post-54163181

(Note to self -- When it's time to switch to the new thread after this one hits Page 250, be sure to leave enough empty posts on page 1 for next year's September, October and MHP Check-In Lists!!!)

 

[dolphingirl47]

I would think that the hours would be the same, or very comparable. Although... it appears that last year Disneyland closed one hour later on Tuesday, 9/23 than it did on 9/16 - http://www.wdwinfo.com/disneyland/park-hours.cfm?month=9&year=2014.

An extra hour I can deal with. If all goes accordingly to plan, I will arrive at LAX at 11:45 AM on the 22nd. I am hoping to be at the hotel by around 2:00PM and that they may have a room ready for me then. The UK is 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles so by then it will feel like bedtime for me. The idea is that I will have an afternoon nap and then head to the parts around 6:00. I am hoping to quickly head inside California Adventure to get my Photopass+ lanyard and say "hi" to Oswald before going over to Disneyland to stake out a spot for Paint the Night and Disneyland Forever.

There is one, and I will find it for you.

Here it is -- http://www.disboards.com/threads/september-2015-checkin-thread.3387416/page-8#post-54163181

Thank for doing this for me.

Corinna

 

[Sith]

It only took 17 days, but my tickets finally came today!!! Woooohoooooo!!!

 

[dolphingirl47]

It only took 17 days, but my tickets finally came today!!! Woooohoooooo!!!

I am glad that they have arrived.

Corinna

 

[StyledSugar]

It's been a few years since we've done the MHP and we never stayed onsite during that trip. Does anyone recall any sort of hotel discounts during the month of October for the onsite hotels? Discounts on hotels for AP holders? Just trying to figure out where we are going to stay.

Also, has anyone ever booked a Disney hotel in advance only to find a discount afterwards? Will Disney honor that discount?

Can I put our MHP tickets onto my reservation or do I need to purchase those separately?

 

[Sherry E]

It's been a few years since we've done the MHP and we never stayed onsite during that trip. Does anyone recall any sort of hotel discounts during the month of October for the onsite hotels? Discounts on hotels for AP holders? Just trying to figure out where we are going to stay.

Also, has anyone ever booked a Disney hotel in advance only to find a discount afterwards? Will Disney honor that discount?

Can I put our MHP tickets onto my reservation or do I need to purchase those separately?

I would get the MHP tickets now or as soon as possible, before they sell out for whatever night you want. A discounted hotel room may not come along until next month, and the MHP night you want could be gone by then. The onsite hotels will probably have a very limited number of tickets available to guests on the mornings of the actual parties, but they wouldn't be discounted.

Yes, I have booked onsite hotels and then changed my reservation when a discount came along. I have changed the number of nights I was staying. I've changed hotels. I've changed from one type of discount to another. I've changed from one weekend to another. Disney honored the discounts and changes after I booked, but every year they could do something different and stop allowing those changes. I think that, more than likely, as long as you book a room-only reservation (don't include tickets with it or anything), they should be able to easily apply a discount if one comes along after the fact. It's when you book a package that things get a little trickier.

There are usually discounts for AP holders and for the general public on hotels every year (with the exception of 2012). Some people on this board have recently said that they were told that there are no more AP discounts on rooms, and that the discounts are just going to be available to everyone. I don't know if that was bad information given to them, or if it is true. Last year there was a special AP Fall rate, and a different Fall discount rate for the general public (the former was a slightly larger savings than the latter). However, these discounts are covering fewer dates and time frames. I would imagine that a Fall discount will come along in September, and will cover very specific time frames in October, November and December, but it will also exclude a lot of dates.

 

[bluedietcoke04]

Will be staying at Disneyland Hotel from Oct 28 - Nov 1. Will be there during two parties. Don't know which one to go to. Should I go to the Thursday one or go on Halloween? Will the party be busier on Halloween or is it the same due to limited tickets? Thanks!!!

 

[Sherry E]

Will be staying at Disneyland Hotel from Oct 28 - Nov 1. Will be there during two parties. Don't know which one to go to. Should I go to the Thursday one or go on Halloween? Will the party be busier on Halloween or is it the same due to limited tickets? Thanks!!!

My initial reaction is to say that the Halloween night party will probably be busier. No one knows exactly how many tickets are sold (or given away as comp tickets) for any given night, but since Halloween night is undoubtedly very popular -- and this year it is a Saturday -- I would have to imagine that it will be quite busy. Not crazy like New Year's Eve or anything, but much busier than you would expect for a hard ticket party. At the same time, I think it will be a lot of fun!

So I guess it depends on how much you want to be in the whole Halloween experience and if actually celebrating it on 10/31 is important. Otherwise, if you want to take a chance on slightly lower crowds, go for the Thursday party.

I'm going to aim for Halloween night, if I can -- but that ticket price is really painful since there is no discount.

 

[Kilala]

I just checked the Disneyland site for sold out tickets and it says that Halloween night is Sold Out!!! I don't know if that's right or not. That is super super fast if that's correct.

 

[tjcrabb]

I just checked the Disneyland site for sold out tickets and it says that Halloween night is Sold Out!!! I don't know if that's right or not. That is super super fast if that's correct.

I am seeing that too. Hopefully not for Sherrys sake! That is a really fast sell out.