HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread #4

[Spyral]

I see on the Disney Website for Halloween Time that they will have hand-carved pumpkins on Main Street. Thought I read elsewhere before the pumpkins on Main Street are plastic/foam ones? Do they mean real hand-carved pumpkins will now be on Main Street, or do they mean hand-carved foam pumpkins?

• Take a spooky stroll down Main Street, U.S.A., which is transformed into a Pumpkin Festival with hundreds of hand-carved pumpkins on display—and no two alike.

Really bummed about the Carnival if that holds true. This is our first time there for Halloween, and was one thing we were looking forward to.

 

[Sherry E]

I see on the Disney Website for Halloweentime that they will have hand-carved pumpkins on Main Street. Thought I read elsewhere before the pumpkins on Main Street are plastic/foam ones? Do they mean real hand-carved pumpkins will now be on Main Street, or do they mean hand-carved foam pumpkins?



Really bummed about the Carnival if that holds true. This is our first time there for Halloween, and was one thing we were looking forward to.

Unless Disney is suddenly planting the pumpkin carvers on Main Street, then their description is totally misleading. The pumpkins all along Main Street (on balconies, in window displays, perched atop awnings, etc.) are in no way real. They have to sit out in the heat for 1-1/2 months, so they can't be real. I'm sure someone used their hands to make them, but they're not "carved" in the way the real pumpkins are/were carved at the Carnival. They are foam, or some other sort of material. They all have different expressions.

You can see what just a few of them look like in this post - http://www.disboards.com/threads/ha...een-night-mhp-sold-out.3270919/#post-51326968.


I am hoping Disney throws together some sort of a Carnival in the same location -- but without the pumpkin carvers it will be lacking a true highlight and gem.

The Disney Rewards flyer/newsletter that has been mentioned in this thread yesterday and today is also available online -- for those folks who do not have Disney Visas and would like to read about what is supposedly coming up. I know that I am intrigued by the new Apple Cake Pop!!! -- https://disneydebit.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/08/AugNewsDebit7.1_070115_2.pdf

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[tzeitel]

The Disney Rewards flyer/newsletter that has been mentioned in this thread yesterday and today is also available online -- for those folks who do not have Disney Visas and would like to read about what is supposedly coming up. I know that I am intrigued by the new Apple Cake Pop!!! -- https://disneydebit.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/08/AugNewsDebit7.1_070115_2.pdf

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It is funny that they have new info (the apple cake pop and the new glow in the dark Zero bucket) but would mention the Carnival will be there.

 

[Sherry E]

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It is funny that they have new info (the apple cake pop and the new glow in the dark Zero bucket) but would mention the Carnival will be there.

There may be a "Carnival," or something with that name, but it will be missing the things that we already know it will be missing (pumpkin carvers, Pirates League, Conjure a Villain tent, and possibly some decorations).

Another possibility is that the Disney Visa text is just incorrect -- as was the case last year, when they said that there would be Fast Passes for Haunted Mansion Holiday during Halloween Time... when there were no FPs until the holiday season. Maybe there was a plan for a Carnival, and then it got shelved after this item had gone to the printer's. The Disneyland Annual Pass newsletter (Backstage Pass) was wrong a couple of years ago too -- they printed the incorrect start date for MHP!


if that Festival Arena space is needed for something else --- which is what I was suspecting -- that need may have popped up after this newsletter was sent to the printer's.

We just won't know what's happening until Halloween Time begins, or until the Parks Blog posts about a "brand new Carnival"!

 

[Lebestiole]

You can see what just a few of them look like in this post - http://www.disboards.com/threads/ha...een-night-mhp-sold-out.3270919/#post-51326968.

They may not be real, but I'm dying to see them! Never been to DL nor DW in Halloween and the decorations are just amazing. DD BTW, Sherry, you're the best. I wonder how you can keep up with all the posting, I see you everywhere! Haha.

OH, and I have a question guys! So, I have a Snow White costume that I used for Halloween but it drags a bit and I'm not so sure but I read somewhere that if your costume touches the ground then you're not allowed to wear it at the parks. So I was thinking that maybe I could just dress in black and paint my face Catrina Style:

BUUUUT... That probably isnt allowed either!! :C

What do you guys, think?

 

[Sandi E]

I guess you guys that bought your tickets on the 22nd weren't kidding about not receiving them in the mail on time. I bought mine right away when I could on the 29th, supposed to arrive BY the 8th and still aren't here.

They're coming soon, I just know it! I finally got mine yesterday. Checked them over to make sure they are for the correct date (October 7th!) and they are.

I'm so excited, only 55 days until we land at SNA! We have an early flight, so we'll be in the park by noon . However, I am frustrated because we are trying to get our Fantasmic and WOC dinners reserved, and even though we are less than 60 days out, they won't/can't make reservations yet. Which makes me wonder if they still aren't sure which days will even have Fantasmic and WOC shows...? My friend has been calling every day, and I have been trying online. I guess we'll just keep at it, but I am a planner and I want it all set in stone now!

Love these boards

 

[tjcrabb]

I'm so excited, only 55 days until we land at SNA! We have an early flight, so we'll be in the park by noon . However, I am frustrated because we are trying to get our Fantasmic and WOC dinners reserved, and even though we are less than 60 days out, they won't/can't make reservations yet. I guess we'll just keep at it, but I am a planner and I want it all set in stone now!

I know what you mean, we are anxiously waiting to book our fantasmic package as well. Today is my 60 days and my BFF tried to to make the reservation. She then texted me that "they aren't showing fantasmic at all in october!" I was extremely skeptical of this so I called the and the CM said that they are just waiting for Oct hours to be released then they can start booking. She seemed to think it would be sometime next week. I plan on checking every day anyway.

 

[abbey_maree]

OH, and I have a question guys! So, I have a Snow White costume that I used for Halloween but it drags a bit and I'm not so sure but I read somewhere that if your costume touches the ground then you're not allowed to wear it at the parks.

I was wondering about this too, are they very strict on it? My Snow White costume just touches the ground when I wear it with flats. I don't know whether I should have it taken up an inch or so.

 

[Dee2015]

Found it thanks Spyral

 

[Comicbookmommy]

*sigh* Sadly I had to wait until today to buy tickets, and now the 31st has sold out. Was sooooo looking forward to taking the kids on Halloween night!

Anyway, I was looking to go during the week of October 5th, as a backup, but Touring Plans says that week is a crowd level 4/5 versus 2/3 for later in the month.

Anyone know why is this? I'd like to go earlier in the month, but not if it's more crowded.

 

[RichP1269]

*sigh* Sadly I had to wait until today to buy tickets, and now the 31st has sold out. Was sooooo looking forward to taking the kids on Halloween night!

Anyway, I was looking to go during the week of October 5th, as a backup, but Touring Plans says that week is a crowd level 4/5 versus 2/3 for later in the month.

Anyone know why is this? I'd like to go earlier in the month, but not if it's more crowded.

Gay Days is the first weekend in October.

 

[Sith]

I am one of those people that bought them on the 22nd. I finally received mine on Monday, the printed receipt had a printed date of August 8. next year I am waiting until general purchase so I can get digital tickets. There was no discount for the day I am going so I basically paid 5.00 for the privilege of buying them a week early. It's not worth it particularly since they don't sell out that fast.

Yeah I ordered on the 22nd, and my tickets just came this past Saturday. The receipt was printed on Aug 4, which is 13 days after I ordered! I'm just happy they finally came, but I am surprised it took them 13 days just to put 3 tickets in an envelope.

 

[disnygirl55]

We finally got our tickets on 8/12 - exactly 15 BUSINESS days (or three weeks) after they were ordered. Glad to see that quite a few others are receiving their "missing" tickets as well.

 

[Comicbookmommy]

Gay Days is the first weekend in October.

Thank you. I see that it's the weekend of 2-4. Does that "unofficially" extend into the week of 5-9 (people sticking around longer) and that's why the crowd rating is higher?

 

[RichP1269]

Thank you. I see that it's the weekend of 2-4. Does that "unofficially" extend into the week of 5-9 (people sticking around longer) and that's why the crowd rating is higher?

If it's like Dapper Days, there are discounted rates at the 3 Disney hotels the week before and week after the event. I don't know what the Gay Days rates are at the Grand, but Dapper Days rates were something like $279 a night for a Standard room. "Cheap" pricing like that for the Disney hotels draw in more people.

 

[haileymarie92]

Okay I need your opinion.

We will be at DL Sept 29-Oct 3. We have annual passes. We bought tickets to the MHP on Sept 30. We've never been to an MHP before, this is our first halloween time at DL.

Do you think the one MHP will be enough to see all there is to see for the halloween stuff? We aren't super huge on standing in line for characters. We mostly want to experience the atmosphere, do some trick or treating, rides, and halloween screams of course. Should we splurge and buy tickets to the Oct 2 MHP as well?

Thoughts?

 

[tlovesdis]

Okay I need your opinion.

We will be at DL Sept 29-Oct 3. We have annual passes. We bought tickets to the MHP on Sept 30. We've never been to an MHP before, this is our first halloween time at DL.

Do you think the one MHP will be enough to see all there is to see for the halloween stuff? We aren't super huge on standing in line for characters. We mostly want to experience the atmosphere, do some trick or treating, rides, and halloween screams of course. Should we splurge and buy tickets to the Oct 2 MHP as well?

Thoughts?

Other than the trick or treating, you can do all of that during regular hours during Halloweentime! Especially if you don't want to wait in line for characters. I don't think two parties are necessary.

 

[Self-Rescuing Princess]

Last year with our 4 year old we did ALL that and more. The only line we didn't stand in was for Mickey and you can always find him around.

 

[jammyjam25]

Okay I need your opinion.

We will be at DL Sept 29-Oct 3. We have annual passes. We bought tickets to the MHP on Sept 30. We've never been to an MHP before, this is our first halloween time at DL.

Do you think the one MHP will be enough to see all there is to see for the halloween stuff? We aren't super huge on standing in line for characters. We mostly want to experience the atmosphere, do some trick or treating, rides, and halloween screams of course. Should we splurge and buy tickets to the Oct 2 MHP as well?

Thoughts?

I think one party should be enough, especially if you get there at 3 or 4 pm when they start allowing Halloween Party guests in and stay until the end of the party at 11 or midnight, that's 8 hours! Since you're not interested in characters that should hopefully be plenty of time for trick or treating, rides, and Halloween Screams.

If you decide to do the party on October 2, it coincides with the first night of Gay Days, so it may be busier than the one on the 30th as well (and both parks may be busier overall on that day). Just something to consider when deciding whether to add the second party to your plans.

Other than the trick or treating, you can do all of that during regular hours during Halloweentime! Especially if you don't want to wait in line for characters. I don't think two parties are necessary.

They would not be able to do Halloween Screams during regular hours as that only runs during the parties. "Forever" is shown on non-party nights.

 

[focusondisney]

Well, I've got a new one for you all! I ordered 2 party tickets for Sept 25th on July 22. Been waiting patiently for them to arrive. I expected them to take a little longer since I'm in Buffalo NY. Well, got home from work today & found 2 envelopes from Anaheim in the mail. Opened the first one & found 5 tickets to the Oct 19th party!! My name, confirmation number & correct party date were on the accompanying paperwork. Mild panic!! Second envelope had my correct party tickets, thankfully.

So if any of you are missing your tickets, I might have them! Guess I'll be calling tomorrow & see what I need to do with the extras. Wish I could fly back for a second party, but that's not gonna happen.