HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread #4

[mrsw94]

I love the idea of an Under the Sea sleepover! I love anything that has a theme. I love a theme!

An ice rink sounds delightful right about now. Although I don't skate, I could easily just camp out in one for the night!
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Yes, I'm not a huge skater either, but I SOOOO enjoyed the hour and a half in the nice COLD ice rink! So happy it looks like the heat wave is over up here!!

I was a big Star Wars fan... back in the late '70s and early '80s, when I was young and had a huge crush on Mark Hamill. I saw that trilogy through to the end and enjoyed it. I loved all of the original characters, and I loved the Ewoks. I have a stuffed Ewok that I got at Disneyland way back in the late '80s or early '90s. But... then came the second trilogy, and although I like Liam Neeson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, etc., I realized that I just wasn't in that Star Wars frenzy anymore, as I had been when I was a kid. Plus, the movies were not that great and Jar Jar Binks was annoying.

So now we have a new set of movies, with both new and old characters. I am not over the moon excited about them -- I could easily just wait to see them when they get to DVD or cable -- but I will probably watch them at some point in time, way down the road. I keep telling myself that I will probably watch all of them in order of the timeline -- so, in other words, I would watch the second trilogy first, and the first trilogy second, and then this next group of movies last. I don't know if I will ever devote that kind of time to a Star Wars marathon, however.

As for the Star Wars Land that is coming... I'm not sure. I mean, I was not thrilled with the idea of a Cars Land because "Cars" is not my favorite Pixar movie and I am just not a car person in general. The land ended up surpassing my expectations and impressing me, even though I still could not care less about the movie. I think that Star Wars Land is an interesting choice to go in Disneyland instead of in DCA, and I'm not happy that it is displacing the Ranch, and I do not trust Disney -- especially during this current wave of transformation and getting rid of things. I feel like another big loss is coming. It may end up being Toontown. They may end up shelving It's a Small World Holiday like they have the Osborne Lights. I just feel like we will lose something else at the expense of Star Wars Land.

But, when all the dust is settled (literally), and the work is done, I think the land will be good. I think they will do a good job with it and make it very immersive and detailed. That's what I am looking forward to -- the details and immersion.

I'm with you on Star Wars. Loved the 1st 3 they made 4-6. Tried the 1st one of the 'new' ones, (#1) couldn't get into it I'm looking forward to #7, since I was a fan of 4-6. Hoping it's good!

 

[bearette]

Went last night for the evening. Crazy crowded and it took us 20 minutes to get into the parking lot at 6:20 pm. By 7pm there were no more HM fantasies and the line was alwAys an hour. We rode it during the second fantasmic at 45 minutes wait but by 11:45 it was 35. So if you are staying late mAke it your last ride.


Toon town from 7pm on was not too busy so we hung out there to avoid the crowds.

I saw the candy shop-no pretzel Rodes. They have pumpkin fudge, carmel/ candy Apple's (Minnie witch,malefient, Jack and another I forgot). Ginger bread cookie (you'll want after HM), Mickey rice crispy mummies and Halloween/ diamond cake pops.

I tried the pumpkin beneights. Nummy!

 

[Kilala]

Since we are not going to new thread her are the pictures of the Halloween cat costume I made by hand. I made the unitard, painted the unitard, made the wig, tail, and leg and armwamers





It looks like my cat Lillie loves my costume

My cat Naruto was going to help out but, she decided not too




the right side

the finished leg and arm wamers with my cat Kilala

the front

the left side

the back

the finished tail

Working on the wamers while watching The Monkees


I got this at Petsmart
teh rest of the photos are found here http://s1365.photobucket.com/user/Cristine_Armstrong/library/Halloween cat costume?sort=2&page=1
Let me know what you think. I will post photos from the photo shoot in the next couple of days I will be wearing this costume on the October 16th MHP

 

[ten6mom]

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.

I didn't look last week but I did notice as far back as this past June for the ones with caramel underneath the chocolate were GONE from all the shops. Those were my absolute favorite. I'll have to find something else now.

 

[Chris9ty]

Hello everyone! Hi Sherry! There is an outside chance I might be in town on October 10th, a Saturday. It's not a Halloween party night but there is only one paint the night parade and its at 10:45pm. Why is there no 8:50pm parade? Is there something going on I don't know about?

It looks like the Disneyland Calendar has been updated for the beginning of October. It is now showing 2 Paint the Night Parades on non-party nights! 8:45 and 10:45!!! Yeah! I am excited, since I wanted my sons to have the chance to see it and 10:45 would be late for us East Coasters and the time change.

 

[stephanie22]

It looks like the Disneyland Calendar has been updated for the beginning of October. It is now showing 2 Paint the Night Parades on non-party nights! 8:45 and 10:45!!! Yeah! I am excited, since I wanted my sons to have the chance to see it and 10:45 would be late for us East Coasters and the time change.

Oh good! I was worried we'd have to try to see it during one of the parties, since I don't think my son can stay up late enough for the 10:45 one.

Also idk if anyone else was having trouble getting reservations for Minnie and Friends during the extra magic hour, but I was just able to get one for 7:10am on October 15th!

 

[seobaina]

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!

Oooohhh any idea where we can find out about the magic shots?

 

[courtneybeth]

We sampled/saw some of the Halloween treats today and had mixed opinions.

Love how they're doing the sugar skull rice krispy treats this year! They look adorable. I had one of the mummy mickey cakepops and it was delicious.

Did not enjoy the pumpkin muffin from Jolly Holiday. Had some weird "wiggly" things in it that almost caused me to gag!

Hubs ended up eating my muffin while I had the cake pop instead

 

[mummabear]

Photopass magic shots for Halloween Time - one where you're feeding Zero

This will now be top of out list for DD newly 4, she loves Zero and baked him bone shaped cookies last Christmas.

So now that the Birthday festivities are over, I can get into full trip-planning mode! 34 days!! Yahoo

We just had our DD4's Ballerina Barbie party on Saturday and now have a countdown for DD5 (turning 6)'s My Little Pony Party a mere week before we go.
I have to hit Party City while I am in the US so need to finally come to a decision on DD1 (turning 2)'s theme. We are having it at the Summer pool so I want either Nemo or Little Mermaid but can decide!

 

[only hope]

Yes, there is glass. Even at WDW. It's hard to see, but it's there. Look it up if you want. Or don't if you don't want the effect spoiled.

To be honest, I didn't even realize the glass was there until I was reading about the effects.

Yes, if you want to know how the effect is done, look up "Pepper's Ghost." But if you don't want to know, then ignore this post!

We took the Keys to the Kingdom tour almost ten years ago and they did explain how the effect is done- apparently I forgot the glass bit or she didn't mention that part. I will look it up, thanks for the name. I'm one of those who wants to know how Disney and Universal do all these amazing rides!

 

[mrsw94]

[QUOTE="mummabear, post: 54414487, member: 427350"
We just had our DD4's Ballerina Barbie party on Saturday and now have a countdown for DD5 (turning 6)'s My Little Pony Party a mere week before we go.
I have to hit Party City while I am in the US so need to finally come to a decision on DD1 (turning 2)'s theme. We are having it at the Summer pool so I want either Nemo or Little Mermaid but can decide![/QUOTE]

Ohhh...that's a tough choice! I love both!! Party City has these really cute fish we hung from the ceiling and we made a cute octopus from a pink lantern. It was really fun! I was so thrilled that even at 13, she still wanted to have a 'theme' to her party! I wouldn't be a surprised if it was the last one, so I enjoyed it!

 

[Lauren in NC]

Oooohhh any idea where we can find out about the magic shots?

Here's a super bad screen grab of the Zero shot (haven't ordered my PhotoPass+ photos yes). Sorry, we didn't get the other one, but there are pictures of both here (scroll down to Disneyland Special Events).


From the photographer I talked to, neither have to be done in front of the Mickey pumpkin, but he thought that the photographers who would be there would be more likely to be trained on them.

I'm going grocery shopping tomorrow and looking forward to coming home with a slew of pumpkin-flavored items!

 

[Sherry E]

It looks like the Disneyland Calendar has been updated for the beginning of October. It is now showing 2 Paint the Night Parades on non-party nights! 8:45 and 10:45!!! Yeah! I am excited, since I wanted my sons to have the chance to see it and 10:45 would be late for us East Coasters and the time change.

That's great news! Thank you so much for posting here (hopefully Mike will check back to find out). That makes so much more sense too -- the one late night parade seemed a bit odd. An earlier parade in addition to the late one is much more reasonable.

Oooohhh any idea where we can find out about the magic shots?

In addition to what Lauren mentioned, be sure to ask any and all PhotoPass photographers for whatever magic shots they can do, in addition to the Halloween-specific ones. They don't always seem to want to offer the magic shots to people on their own (some photographers are weird about that and others will tell you about them), so asking them specifically for them will help.

We sampled/saw some of the Halloween treats today and had mixed opinions.

Love how they're doing the sugar skull rice krispy treats this year! They look adorable. I had one of the mummy mickey cakepops and it was delicious.

Did not enjoy the pumpkin muffin from Jolly Holiday. Had some weird "wiggly" things in it that almost caused me to gag!

Hubs ended up eating my muffin while I had the cake pop instead

It's about time they made some Dia de los Muertos-specific treats (not just what's served at Rancho del Zocalo, but in the sweet shops and bake shops too)! There is also an DDLM apple and a DDLM cake pop, in addition to the rice treats! They're so cute!

I have had that pumpkin muffin -- or at least a version of it -- and I was not particularly a fan either. Did the one you tried have raisins in it?

Here's a super bad screen grab of the Zero shot (haven't ordered my PhotoPass+ photos yes). Sorry, we didn't get the other one, but there are pictures of both here (scroll down to Disneyland Special Events).
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From the photographer I talked to, neither have to be done in front of the Mickey pumpkin, but he thought that the photographers who would be there would be more likely to be trained on them.

I'm going grocery shopping tomorrow and looking forward to coming home with a slew of pumpkin-flavored items!

Thank you again for reporting back! Good luck on the pumpkin pandemonium quest tomorrow!

 

[courtneybeth]

Did the one you tried have raisins in it?

That could very well be what it was. Yuck!

To get that awful taste out of my mouth, here are some pictures of the Sugar Skull Krispy treats.

 

[Kilala]

It's 9 days away from the first day of Fall!! It is now 12 days away from the firstMHP for this year!! I hope that thewre are good reports from the first MHP. Also for those that are going please let us know about Toon Town.

 

[2SillyBirds]

Good Morning!

I was listening to the DisUnplugged from 9/8 and one of the moderators talked about the Mystical Spirits Dinner at the Blue Bayou. She stated a couple of things that have me a little confused; that there would be seating for the fireworks and that there would also be seating for the PTN parade? I was assuming that it was only premium viewing for the fireworks. So has anyone heard about first of all seating and second of all premium viewing for the parade.

My DH and I have reservations for the first night of the event (9/25), so I will be happy to share the details and thoughts when we get back. I am super excited. Yes, I know that a lot of the party will be missed by doing the event, but it is just the two of us. We aren't big riders or Meet and Greeters, we mostly go just for the different evening experience. That being said, we might do a little Trick or Treating. How often do 50+ year olds get an opportunity to do that??

 

[Sherry E]

MiceChat/Andy Castro's weekly installment, with Halloween Time photos - http://micechat.com/110906-disneyland-halloween-time-2015/.

One interesting quote: "After a summer season with none of the traditional patriotic bunting in favor of keeping the 60th Anniversary decorations up, we didn’t expect to see the orange Halloween Time bunting and lamppost decorations to go up. Luckily, they have, and it’s a nice change from the blue-and-white Diamond Celebration decorations." (I agree, Andy! I agree!)


And: "Unfortunately, Disney decided to axe the Halloween Carnival in the Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree area this year. With Star Wars Land not starting construction (or demolition) anytime soon, this seems like a penny-pinching move rather than a necessary construction-related omission. The Jamboree area is just sitting unused (just as it did throughout the summer) instead of hosting guests. The absence of the Halloween Carnival means no villains meet-and-greet tent and no live pumpkin carving this year, features which had become a fan-favorite staples of Disneyland’s Halloween Time festivities." (Again... I agree, Andy! I agree!)


And I see that they've also got the masked Halloween Mickey version of the floral display at the entrance! Masked Mickey doesn't appear every year, though -- only some years.



A bit of Pumpkin Pandemonium for you today...

Tastykake Fall Edition Pumpkin Spice and Caramel Apple Mini Donuts - http://www.theimpulsivebuy.com/word...-pumpkin-spice-and-caramel-apple-mini-donuts/.

Pumpkin Corn Tortilla Chips?? - http://www.theimpulsivebuy.com/wordpress/2015/09/14/spotted-on-shelves-9142015/.

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It's 9 days away from the first day of Fall!! It is now 12 days away from the firstMHP for this year!!

Yes, indeed! Fall cannot get here soon enough!!! They way it's been going, even when the temperatures have 'only' been in the 80s (which is still too hot for me), the humidity has still be an issue. At night it never feels much like it has cooled down -- at least not more than a few degrees. I can't wait for lower temperatures and no humidity!

By the way, I realized that I totally forgot to commend you on your great costume work again this year! You put so much time, care and effort into your costumes every year. And I love the kitties who make 'guest appearances' in your photos!

Good Morning!

I was listening to the DisUnplugged from 9/8 and one of the moderators talked about the Mystical Spirits Dinner at the Blue Bayou. She stated a couple of things that have me a little confused; that there would be seating for the fireworks and that there would also be seating for the PTN parade? I was assuming that it was only premium viewing for the fireworks. So has anyone heard about first of all seating and second of all premium viewing for the parade.

My DH and I have reservations for the first night of the event (9/25), so I will be happy to share the details and thoughts when we get back. I am super excited. Yes, I know that a lot of the party will be missed by doing the event, but it is just the two of us. We aren't big riders or Meet and Greeters, we mostly go just for the different evening experience. That being said, we might do a little Trick or Treating. How often do 50+ year olds get an opportunity to do that??

Good morning!

I don't think there will be seating (or viewing) for Paint the Night. If that were part of the deal, Disney would have advertised and promoted it for sure (to justify the expense).

As for the Fireworks, I suppose there could be actual seating. I don't trust Disney, though, because they referred to it as "viewing," which could mean standing (as has been the case for World of Color's priority viewing in the past).

I totally agree about the trick or treating! That's the only place where it is acceptable for adults (with or without kids) to trick or treat, and it's a fun thing to do since most of us have not trick or treated (in the standard door-to-door way) since we were kids!

We will look forward to your review when you return -- I am anxious to hear about how this Mystical Spirits event turns out!

 

[jessicaerv]

Last year outside of the Rancho Del Zocalo at the Dia De Los Muertos area, they were providing free face painting. Anyone know if that is being offered again this year?

Never mind. Just read the MiceChat piece, and if it's correct the answer is yes.

 

[TACK]

I now officially have a ticket for the Mystical Spirits Dinner at the Blue Bayou for one person for September 25th. I'm attending the party more for the experiences since I will arrive on September 19th so I will see the parks, decorations and rides prior to the party.

The cast members were very helpful in resolving the booking for one issue so all is well. Looking forward to my trip in just over a week !

 

[SeaPic]

Just joining in! I got October 9th party tickets for DS, DD and me couple weeks ago. Alaska Airlines had an awesome frequent flyer special so I made the leap. We have never been before and I for one am super excited! They probably aren't because I haven't told them yet! Planning on doing that a couple days before. They are already itrritated I'm making them decide on costumes now. I'm loving all the info and can't wait to read more.

We will be back down for the Avenger's Half in November so I really want this trip to be all about the Fall atmosphere and Party. Thank goodness for DIS Boards and experts to help. We will be in town all day Friday. I'm looking for things to do late am 'till party time. Do any of the resorts decorate? Will there be anything to do in DTD?

At the Party I'm hoping to go on a few rides, trick or treat, see the decorations, fireworks and of course eat some goodies! Are there must dos? I'm torn about fireworks. I definitely want to see them but this being our first time I know the kids will protest if I use valuable candy collecting time to claim a spot. Any suggestions?

Thanks!