HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread #4

[Sherry E]

What's everyones favorite Halloween time food at Disneyland? It's our first time visiting during Halloween and I can't wait to try some yummy seasonal treats!

I don't think it's exclusive to Halloween Time and the Holidays anymore, but I really like the gingerbread cookie with chocolate-dipped mouse ears that is sold in most of the candy shops. The cookies are a good size and are usually a good texture. Have you had one of those cookies?

I tried the pumpkin muffin in the past and didn't really love it like I wanted to. I would like to try the pumpkin twist. I also want to try the apple pie funnel cake.

They used to serve a demitasse dessert in a Halloween mug that was cool, but I couldn't quite tell from the list that the Parks Blog published if it is on there in some version. There will be treats and savory dishes that are not even on that list, so just keep your eyes open anywhere you go!

I also tried the bat Mickey cookie and it was pretty good.

I had a wonderful, soft, chewy zombie gingerbread cookie in 2013, in honor of the 13th year of Haunted Mansion Holiday. The zombie looked like the little zombies in the ride and the frosting was melting off because it was hot outside, but it was fresh and delicious. They only sold that zombie cookie during that year, though.

 

[only hope]

The gingerbread house is in the ballroom scene. I can't wait to see and smell it.

Thanks. I don't like the taste of gingerbread but the smell is amazing! That'll be different, smelling gingerbread on the HM! Of course, the whole things will be different with the overlay. Thats one of the things I'm most looking forward to. I wish they did an overlay at WDW though DL does need some unique things to drawa visitors. (I'm a local WDW passholder.)

 

[Oswald23]

About the 60 years attire. The morning sets are with Halloween costumes. The late afternoon and evening sets are in there 60s costumes. At least for now. Wouldn't be surprised that it Changes when the parties come.

I do not hope that happens with the villain.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

...They used to serve a demitasse dessert in a Halloween mug that was cool, but I couldn't quite tell from the list that the Parks Blog published if it is on there in some version. There will be treats and savory dishes that are not even on that list, so just keep your eyes open anywhere you go! ...

I hope they bring back the demitasse cups this year. We looked for them last year all during Halloween Time and never did see any.

 

[dolphingirl47]

I read somewhere (can't even recall where at this point) that the pretzel rods were being discontinued from the various candy shops. I am curious to know if anyone sees them as they are out surveying the treats today, or if the rods are actually gone!!!!

Oh, I hope that this is wrong. This is pretty much the only treat from the candy shops that I will ever have.

Jack and Sally were out as usual, with Jack doing one solo set to start then Sally joining him for the rest of the day.

That is good to know. I have met Jack on a number of occasions, but have never met Sally. Maybe this will be the year for this.

Corinna

 

[poseys]

I am all over that Poisoned Apple-tini!

 

[mommy2mrb]

can't wait to try some of the pumpkin treats...especially the twists! love seeing the photos with the decorations up! getting my packing list put together this weekend!

 

[grnflash]

Oh, I hope that this is wrong. This is pretty much the only treat from the candy shops that I will ever have.

I hope so too but sadly I think they are gone - we haven't found them at least. The ones with the mini m&m's I can understand though. I think a dozen fly off with every bite! That never stopped us from getting one but they really make a mess. We were sitting on a bench outside Briar Patch one time, DS was eating one. The m&m's were flying everywhere. DH was trying to pick them up (I was only sorta trying - I had a Tigger Tail to focus on lol.) Anyway a CM came up with a broom and said let me get those. DH was sputtering apologies but she just laughed and said it's ok, they're trained to look out for the things when they're working Critter Corner.

 

[mom2rtk]

Also... I read somewhere (can't even recall where at this point) that the pretzel rods were being discontinued from the various candy shops. I am curious to know if anyone sees them as they are out surveying the treats today, or if the rods are actually gone!!!!

That would not surprise me in the least. I think they're gone from WDW. I got them last year in DL, but I like the dark chocolate ones I could have custom made at Goofy's Candy Shop in DTD at WDW. So when we were there this summer, it was high on my list (sad but true! ) I was so sad to see all the dipped pretzel rods gone.

 

[Sherry E]

That would not surprise me in the least. I think they're gone from WDW. I got them last year in DL, but I like the dark chocolate ones I could have custom made at Goofy's Candy Shop in DTD at WDW. So when we were there this summer, it was high on my list (sad but true! ) I was so sad to see all the dipped pretzel rods gone.

That's a shame. Another one bites the dust. I was hoping I was wrong, or that maybe whoever posted it where I read it was incorrect, but from what you and grnflash are saying it sounds like it's true. So many things are suddenly disappearing. I swear, after I saw that the Osborne Lights were being discontinued at DHS because of the upcoming work on Star Wars Land and Toy Story Land, my first thought was, "Oh no. I hope that we are not going to see an upcoming Parks Blog that says, 'Due to our work on the upcoming Star Wars Land, this will be the final year of It's a Small World Holiday.'"

I mean... they angered me with the removal of the pumpkin carvers and Carnival. They angered me further with the upcoming end to Aladdin to throw in yet another thing that is Frozen-related. If anything happens to It's a Small World Holiday, there will be a mutiny!

 

[mom2rtk]

That's a shame. Another one bites the dust. I was hoping I was wrong, or that maybe whoever posted it where I read it was incorrect, but from you and grnflash are saying it sounds like it's true. So many things are suddenly disappearing. I swear, after I saw that the Osborne Lights were being discontinued at DHS because of the upcoming work on Star Wars Land and Toy Story Land, my first thought was, "Oh no. I hope that we are not going to see an upcoming Parks Blog that says, 'Due to our work on the upcoming Star Wars Land, this will be the final year of It's a Small World Holiday.'"

I mean... they angered me with the removal of the pumpkin carvers. They angered me further with the upcoming end to Aladdin to throw in yet another thing that is Frozen-related. If anything happens to It's a Small World Holiday, there will be a mutiny!

It really has been a bad year for takeaways. I know there's new stuff coming.... but pssst....... lean in a little closer and promise not to tell anyone.......... I just don't care that much about Star Wars! So even though there's new stuff coming, it won't be any time soon...... or even remotely soon..... and once it's here, well..... it's just Star Wars.

I swear I just read the Muppet Show is leaving DHS now too. So that makes me wonder about the future of the Muppets at DCA. I mean, surely they won't leave Frozen in Muppets Theater. But will they put the Muppets back? Or just leave that sitting empty for a long time?

 

[Sherry E]

It really has been a bad year for takeaways. I know there's new stuff coming.... but pssst....... lean in a little closer and promise not to tell anyone.......... I just don't care that much about Star Wars! So even though there's new stuff coming, it won't be any time soon...... or even remotely soon..... and once it's here, well..... it's just Star Wars.

I swear I just read the Muppet Show is leaving DHS now too. So that makes me wonder about the future of the Muppets at DCA. I mean, surely they won't leave Frozen in Muppets Theater. But will they put the Muppets back? Or just leave that sitting empty for a long time?

Having that sing-along there, in addition to a stage show at the Hyperion, would be ridiculous. The Muppets are coming back to TV, aren't they? It seems like it would be a great time to return them to DCA, and to their theater.

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I have good news about this thread. You may or may not have noticed that we are just about to hit page 250 -- which would normally be the point at which we switch over to a new thread. But since the Halloween Time season literally just began, and we want people to come back here to share their reviews and photos, and Mickey's Halloween Party is beginning in a couple of weeks.... I am going to let the thread run until at least the end of the Halloween Time season on 11/1, if not a bit beyond that (to give everyone a chance to report back about their trips on Halloween night)! I have no idea what page number we will get to by that point, but I think it's better to not interrupt the thread when the season has begun and momentum has been built. When the season ends and it seems like most people have reported back with their Halloween Time experiences, I will switch us over to a new thread.

In the meantime, if you are just joining in or lurking in the shadows, remember that you do not have to read the whole thread. There is a lot of info about all things Halloween Time on page 1, and I update it with new info when it comes in, so that can be a good starting point for learning about what to expect. Otherwise, just jump on in and join us, or ask questions, etc.!

And, everyone who is returning back from their trips, be sure to let us know what you enjoyed, what you didn't enjoy, if you did the Happiest Haunts Tour, if you took photos of Halloween treats or Fall foods, etc. We want to hear all about it and see photos! That's a major part of the reason I am keeping this thread going until the end of the season -- so we can get the follow-up reports from people who have already posted in this thread before their trips began!

 

[dolphingirl47]

I understand the reasoning behind this, but is this not going to cause a lot of issues especially for the people who use mobile devices? As far as I understand that was the reason why the page cap was introduced. I am planning to keep up with this thread while I am away, but I will only have access to the thread on my iPad Mini and my iPad so I am a bit worried about this.

Corinna

 

[Sherry E]

I understand the reasoning behind this, but is this not going to cause a lot of issues especially for the people who use mobile devices? As far as I understand that was the reason why the page cap was introduced. I am planning to keep up with this thread while I am away, but I will only have access to the thread on my iPad Mini and my iPad so I am a bit worried about this.

Corinna

Not as far as I know. There shouldn't be an issue. If there is and we hear about it, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it and I will switch us over to a new thread. Not a big deal. I haven't been told of any such issues, though.

The page limit was introduced on the previous version of the site (on the old vBulletin platform) a long time ago, as there were some glitchy things happening in the threads when they got too far beyond page 250. The threads would start to act kooky. Now that we are on a new platform, we are still trying to keep 95% of the threads at 250 pages, but the webmasters decided to let some of them go past that page number, in very specific cases. This is one of them, as is the Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread. It's just that it's good to switch the threads at the right time, and I notice that sometimes when I switch to a new thread, a lot of people who were posting in the former one don't end up making it to the new one, for whatever reason. Stopping this one when the season is over seems like good timing, but if it ends up being a problem then I'll switch.

 

[Sith]

The gingerbread house is in the ballroom scene. I can't wait to see and smell it.

How do you smell it through the glass? Do they use the smellitzer or something?

 

[Sherry E]

There is a piped-in (strong) aroma of gingerbread in that HMH scene, as you pass by the ballroom.

There are also aromas on It's a Small World Holiday, but those don't seem to be as strong.

Last year the gingerbread aroma on HMH was not working when Halloween Time first began, as I recall. Hopefully it is working fine this year!

 

[Sith]

There is a piped-in (strong) aroma of gingerbread in that HMH scene, as you pass by the ballroom.

There are also aromas on It's a Small World Holiday, but those don't seem to be as strong.

Last year the gingerbread aroma on HMH was not working when Halloween Time first began, as I recall. Hopefully it is working fine this year!

I figured it was something like that. But, is the piped in smell actually from the gingerbread house? Or is it just a gingerbread scent?

 

[Sherry E]

I figured it was something like that. But, is the piped in smell actually from the gingerbread house? Or is it just a gingerbread scent?

I think it's just a random gingerbread scent that is supposed to make us think that we are smelling the actual house. I'm sure it smells great in the actual room where it is set up.

I remember one year when the annual gingerbread house was set up in Storytellers Café for the holidays. It just arrived a day or two before I was there, so the smell was fresh and it wafted all around the waiting area of the restaurant!

On the other hand, there is a faux gingerbread Castle in the Fantasy Tower lobby of the Disneyland Hotel, and the gingerbread smell there is piped in from somewhere.

 

[Lauren in NC]

Yesterday was our last day at Disneyland Here's a quick brain dump of the Halloween stuff we saw.

We saw the Fab Five in their costumes (though only got pictures with Mickey and Minnie) and Cruella was also out meeting in Town Square. A character CM told me what Oswald said upthread, that they'd be meeting in Halloween costumes until the 12:30 parade and then meeting in 60th attire afterwards, but we saw several of them out in the early afternoon still in the Halloween costumes. The lines for them were LONG, but not as bad as the one for Jack and Sally! I'm guessing they may adjust the timings as I know we weren't the only people asking the character attendants when they'd be back out.

Loved the new gingerbread house in HM (the gingerbread scent is working and is strong!), and it was our first time seeing the hatbox ghost! DH and I literally gasped out loud when we saw him.

There were definitely pumpkin people out around the BTR area, but we didn't get back there on Friday so I didn't get to see the Scaredy Crow shack opened up. It looked like everything was up Thursday, though, and it looked amazing!

I was told there are two Photopass magic shots for Halloween Time - one where you're feeding Zero and one stirring a cauldron.

The Dapper Dans were out on Main Street in orange-striped vests singing songs about Halloween Time!

I'm impatiently waiting for DH to upload our photos to his computer, and then I'll post some!

 

[Abbey1]

I decided if Disneyland can have all their Halloween decorations up, then so can I! We've been decorating all day.