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You might want to try contacting Mouseshoppe, as well as Merchandising Guest Services, to see if they can help you with this.
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Mommy2PrincessAbby
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Quick report so far... We arrived Sunday, spent from 10-1 at CA everything we did was walk-on or we had a FP for so it was a short line. If the sign says over 20 minutes we usually skip it, and we only skipped ToT... But we didn't go into cars land or even try TSMM. Rode soarin, Sky school, swings and monsters inc. Ate a corn dog somewhere in there and went back to dlh when the room was ready to rest up a bit. We were up at 3 am and by 1 we were yawning a bunch lol.
After our rest we rode with the captain in the front of the monorail back into the parks. Had to wait for 1 to go by, so not bad. It was 3:30ish, so we caught the most of soundsational by small world, on top of some steps and had a good view. Waited out the parade and went to find where they were giving out wrist bands in frontierland. There was a sea of humanity over there... Pirates and HM had giant lines, some of the largest I had ever seen. We got wrist bands, checked in for mystical spirits which took 30 minutes, we were probably a dozen groups back in line, and figured pooh was a safe choice. So we grabbed splash fps for 4:30-5:30pm on the way by. Pooh was a 10 minute line. Got tigger tails and found a bench to have a snack and then our fps were ready! Splash was fun a few lights were out, so they need to replace some bulbs... Some characters were totally dark.
It was pushing 6 by now and I think everyone was in line for pirates and hm, BTMRR had dropped to a 20 minute wait...so off we went. Love the new effects!
Not sure where time went, but back in line we were for mystical spirits. We got a great table up front and to the left of the stage. Crab cakes, chicken, and we each got s different dessert... All were awesome. Entertainment was awesome. Goodies were awesome. So much candy we didn't do a single treat trail. Great seats for Halloween screams... Omg, loved it!
After we rode both sides of the Matterhorn and star tours. SM had an hour wait at 10:30 with the parks closing at 11. We meandered our way out, thinking we would beat the crowds, and walked right into to the villains goodnight thing. So fun! Okay... All for now. We have early entry at 7! Yikes! Sleep is overrated.
After our rest we rode with the captain in the front of the monorail back into the parks. Had to wait for 1 to go by, so not bad. It was 3:30ish, so we caught the most of soundsational by small world, on top of some steps and had a good view. Waited out the parade and went to find where they were giving out wrist bands in frontierland. There was a sea of humanity over there... Pirates and HM had giant lines, some of the largest I had ever seen. We got wrist bands, checked in for mystical spirits which took 30 minutes, we were probably a dozen groups back in line, and figured pooh was a safe choice. So we grabbed splash fps for 4:30-5:30pm on the way by. Pooh was a 10 minute line. Got tigger tails and found a bench to have a snack and then our fps were ready! Splash was fun a few lights were out, so they need to replace some bulbs... Some characters were totally dark.
It was pushing 6 by now and I think everyone was in line for pirates and hm, BTMRR had dropped to a 20 minute wait...so off we went. Love the new effects!
Not sure where time went, but back in line we were for mystical spirits. We got a great table up front and to the left of the stage. Crab cakes, chicken, and we each got s different dessert... All were awesome. Entertainment was awesome. Goodies were awesome. So much candy we didn't do a single treat trail. Great seats for Halloween screams... Omg, loved it!
After we rode both sides of the Matterhorn and star tours. SM had an hour wait at 10:30 with the parks closing at 11. We meandered our way out, thinking we would beat the crowds, and walked right into to the villains goodnight thing. So fun! Okay... All for now. We have early entry at 7! Yikes! Sleep is overrated.
Clawdya
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Lol, who needs to sleep while on vacation? You can sleep when you get home.
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Halloween Party Review: Oct 22nd
We had 5 days hoppers for our trip, plus the Halloween party on the 22nd. We had started our park days on the Monday, so had done Monday, Tuesday, and Wed. I had read a little bit about the HP on here, but not too much.
Thursday we slept in and got the last bits of our costumes ready and arrived at the gates around 3:30pm. DH was Doc, I was Snow (in a cute short dress with a skirt that had lights in it that I got 50% off- bargain! DD11 was Moana.
No real wait to get in, got our wristbands. We walked around a bit, the park seemed really busy of course, with the day guests still in, and lots of Halloween guests like us entering. We walked around a bit, looked at things, then decided to have an early dinner (Plaza fried chicken- shared 2 for the 3 of us- plenty of food and very good)
We then headed down to Toon Town- they were clearing everyone out so that they could set up. As I’m still coming back from Achilles lengthening surgery, I’m still a pretty slow walker and find standing difficult, so I sat down on one of the benches before the tunnel part to wait for them to open. There was no line formed yet, although the cast members had the right side roped and taped off, they weren’t letting anyone into the line yet so people were just hanging around. The CMs let me hang out on the bench, on DH and DD11 went for a walk (I believe they rode Matterhorn Single rider) and then when they came back (I would say around 4:45?) they allowed us into line, and the CM I had been talking to told me to get in line at a spot, so we were about 30 people back I would say. We waited in line about 10 min then they let us into TT. They seemed to steer everyone to the right, which ended up being a candy trail- now this is where I didn’t realize that there would be multiple candy stations at the treat trails, I just figured that where the pumpkins were on the map would be one spot to get some treats, not multiple. So after that there was a line already forming in the middle of TT which would be for M&M, so DH jumped in and DD and I walked around TT and did the other Treat trails- I had thought there would be new decorations etc, but really they were just bins of candy. When we were done, our little bags were basically full. DH and I didn’t care as were weren’t there for candy, but for Halloween.
In total our wait was about 30 min for M&M- they were spending a lot of time with guests, taking lots and lots of photos etc. Part way through, Pluto and Goofy came out and were greeting right beside- everyone figured that the line for M&M was for them also, but after watching for a bit, I soon realized it wasn’t. We got the people in front of us to hold our spot (it was moving super slow anyways) and popped over to meet G&P. The people in front of us then did the same thing, and our M&M line really didn’t move at all. Finally met them and while we were meeting M&M, Chip and Dale came out- we were accosted by them (very fun as we didn’t see them coming) so were lucky to meet both pairs on our turn- will have to see what the photopass pictures show. Felt awful as the family behind us had two little girls who were crushed that after that wait they didn’t get to meet M&M- had we known that they were going to switch out, we would have let the other group ahead. After that we rode RR (no line) and headed out. We stopped to meet some princesses and DD11 enjoyed this as they recognized her right away (she was dressed as Moana)
After this I know we headed towards Frontierland and stopped to meet Jack Sparrow ( I think we waited about 20 min) and take pics of the ship, River etc. Rode Big Thunder (twice I think). We then kept going, headed towards the Golden Horseshoe as I had heard about the scarecrows- interacted with them for a while and did the GH treat trail as we had been told by a CM that it was decorated- enjoyed that, then headed down to the river and caught the end of the Dans. We then headed on as I wanted to check out meeting Poo but the line was massive and I wouldn’t have been able to stand in it. I think maybe we did some treats but were disappointed- we had really expected more Halloween and less candy.
I think after this we headed to the hub and found a spot which I held down while DD and DH may have rode STs (I think that’s what they did anyways) Our spot was on the front of the circle, right hand side- right where the parade heads down around the circle (hope that makes sense) I managed to snag a curb spot right next to a stroller that was set up there, next to a group. I watched the projections on the castle. I would say I got this spot around 8ish. In the end it worked out as DD was able to sit beside me and DH behind us. We had already seen PTN but enjoyed seeing it again. This was mainly to ensure we had our good spot for the fireworks (Loved of course)
We headed back to the river and watch the 10:00 (I think) performance of the Dans- it blew my mind that you had an amazing performance happening and only maybe one row of people along the water, and some staggered groups dedicated to watching their show- all the rest of the people around were just filing through the candy trail that went along- mind-boggling to me to have such a great performance happening and people are just going by getting candy. Crazy. Checked out the line for Poo but still super long so headed back to finish in Tomorrowland.
I think we headed to the Monsters Inc dance party- we stayed and watched for a bit, it was cute but focused on little kids. I believe we then went around and started up the TT around the Subs, but didn’t bother to go up all the way, as there didn’t seem to be any decorations, and then walked through Pixie Hollow and once again didn’t see any decorations. After that, it was close to closing time and we did two rides around the Storybook Canals as we hadn’t managed to ride it in our first 3 days- it was very lovely at night.
That was basically our night. We did not make it down Main Street, although we enjoyed the projections as we went along. We didn’t get to the villains- I had heard the line was massive and I can’t stand that long, and we had met some of the villains during the week already.
Overall thoughts-
Overall we were disappointed that there wasn’t more Halloween/Halloween activities- I had skimmed through the early parts of this thread so I knew that some stuff in the ranch etc had been dropped this year, but we really found that there was WAY more people and WAY more of a focus on getting candy than we had expected, and WAY less Halloween decorations/activities. For the cost (we are from Canada so with the exchange it would have cost us around $100/pp) it was mainly just a packed house with some candy stations. A lot of the character meets we had already done during the week and the lines were super long. I wish they had lots more. We enjoyed watching the costumes, and complimenting people on costumes. So really, it was honestly the disappointing point of our trip and not something I would recommend or certainly do again for people like us who weren’t interested in candy and had other times to do rides. We did very much enjoy the fireworks and the Dans but that wouldn’t be work the $100/pp for us.
We had 5 days hoppers for our trip, plus the Halloween party on the 22nd. We had started our park days on the Monday, so had done Monday, Tuesday, and Wed. I had read a little bit about the HP on here, but not too much.
Thursday we slept in and got the last bits of our costumes ready and arrived at the gates around 3:30pm. DH was Doc, I was Snow (in a cute short dress with a skirt that had lights in it that I got 50% off- bargain! DD11 was Moana.
No real wait to get in, got our wristbands. We walked around a bit, the park seemed really busy of course, with the day guests still in, and lots of Halloween guests like us entering. We walked around a bit, looked at things, then decided to have an early dinner (Plaza fried chicken- shared 2 for the 3 of us- plenty of food and very good)
We then headed down to Toon Town- they were clearing everyone out so that they could set up. As I’m still coming back from Achilles lengthening surgery, I’m still a pretty slow walker and find standing difficult, so I sat down on one of the benches before the tunnel part to wait for them to open. There was no line formed yet, although the cast members had the right side roped and taped off, they weren’t letting anyone into the line yet so people were just hanging around. The CMs let me hang out on the bench, on DH and DD11 went for a walk (I believe they rode Matterhorn Single rider) and then when they came back (I would say around 4:45?) they allowed us into line, and the CM I had been talking to told me to get in line at a spot, so we were about 30 people back I would say. We waited in line about 10 min then they let us into TT. They seemed to steer everyone to the right, which ended up being a candy trail- now this is where I didn’t realize that there would be multiple candy stations at the treat trails, I just figured that where the pumpkins were on the map would be one spot to get some treats, not multiple. So after that there was a line already forming in the middle of TT which would be for M&M, so DH jumped in and DD and I walked around TT and did the other Treat trails- I had thought there would be new decorations etc, but really they were just bins of candy. When we were done, our little bags were basically full. DH and I didn’t care as were weren’t there for candy, but for Halloween.
In total our wait was about 30 min for M&M- they were spending a lot of time with guests, taking lots and lots of photos etc. Part way through, Pluto and Goofy came out and were greeting right beside- everyone figured that the line for M&M was for them also, but after watching for a bit, I soon realized it wasn’t. We got the people in front of us to hold our spot (it was moving super slow anyways) and popped over to meet G&P. The people in front of us then did the same thing, and our M&M line really didn’t move at all. Finally met them and while we were meeting M&M, Chip and Dale came out- we were accosted by them (very fun as we didn’t see them coming) so were lucky to meet both pairs on our turn- will have to see what the photopass pictures show. Felt awful as the family behind us had two little girls who were crushed that after that wait they didn’t get to meet M&M- had we known that they were going to switch out, we would have let the other group ahead. After that we rode RR (no line) and headed out. We stopped to meet some princesses and DD11 enjoyed this as they recognized her right away (she was dressed as Moana)
After this I know we headed towards Frontierland and stopped to meet Jack Sparrow ( I think we waited about 20 min) and take pics of the ship, River etc. Rode Big Thunder (twice I think). We then kept going, headed towards the Golden Horseshoe as I had heard about the scarecrows- interacted with them for a while and did the GH treat trail as we had been told by a CM that it was decorated- enjoyed that, then headed down to the river and caught the end of the Dans. We then headed on as I wanted to check out meeting Poo but the line was massive and I wouldn’t have been able to stand in it. I think maybe we did some treats but were disappointed- we had really expected more Halloween and less candy.
I think after this we headed to the hub and found a spot which I held down while DD and DH may have rode STs (I think that’s what they did anyways) Our spot was on the front of the circle, right hand side- right where the parade heads down around the circle (hope that makes sense) I managed to snag a curb spot right next to a stroller that was set up there, next to a group. I watched the projections on the castle. I would say I got this spot around 8ish. In the end it worked out as DD was able to sit beside me and DH behind us. We had already seen PTN but enjoyed seeing it again. This was mainly to ensure we had our good spot for the fireworks (Loved of course)
We headed back to the river and watch the 10:00 (I think) performance of the Dans- it blew my mind that you had an amazing performance happening and only maybe one row of people along the water, and some staggered groups dedicated to watching their show- all the rest of the people around were just filing through the candy trail that went along- mind-boggling to me to have such a great performance happening and people are just going by getting candy. Crazy. Checked out the line for Poo but still super long so headed back to finish in Tomorrowland.
I think we headed to the Monsters Inc dance party- we stayed and watched for a bit, it was cute but focused on little kids. I believe we then went around and started up the TT around the Subs, but didn’t bother to go up all the way, as there didn’t seem to be any decorations, and then walked through Pixie Hollow and once again didn’t see any decorations. After that, it was close to closing time and we did two rides around the Storybook Canals as we hadn’t managed to ride it in our first 3 days- it was very lovely at night.
That was basically our night. We did not make it down Main Street, although we enjoyed the projections as we went along. We didn’t get to the villains- I had heard the line was massive and I can’t stand that long, and we had met some of the villains during the week already.
Overall thoughts-
Overall we were disappointed that there wasn’t more Halloween/Halloween activities- I had skimmed through the early parts of this thread so I knew that some stuff in the ranch etc had been dropped this year, but we really found that there was WAY more people and WAY more of a focus on getting candy than we had expected, and WAY less Halloween decorations/activities. For the cost (we are from Canada so with the exchange it would have cost us around $100/pp) it was mainly just a packed house with some candy stations. A lot of the character meets we had already done during the week and the lines were super long. I wish they had lots more. We enjoyed watching the costumes, and complimenting people on costumes. So really, it was honestly the disappointing point of our trip and not something I would recommend or certainly do again for people like us who weren’t interested in candy and had other times to do rides. We did very much enjoy the fireworks and the Dans but that wouldn’t be work the $100/pp for us.
ArchOwl
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According to the Disney website, tax and gratuity are included:
https://disneyland.disney.go.com/dining/disneyland/blue-bayou-halloween-dinner-package/
haileymarie92
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It said all was included, so we did not leave a tip. We may have if the service was exceptional, but our server was less than stellar.
Hello all...How early can our family show up in costume? We are AP holders and can enter park before the time allowed on MHP ticket. If MHP is 7 and entry time 4 can we go into park in costume at 3?? TIA (going on the 31st first time ever
theluckyrabbit
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The fine print on the MHP tickets says that guests over age 9 may enter in costume starting at their early entry time, so 4pm for you since your party starts at 7pm.
Drnifer
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Thanks! I thought it was, but wanted to me absolutely sure! It was so much fun!
ArchOwl
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Oh good, so glad it worked out and you had a good time!
Mommy2PrincessAbby
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Last morning in the parks. Some quick thoughts... We averaged 10-12 miles a day this trip, our high being 12 miles on the 2nd MHP we attended. That day was DL at 7 am for EE back to DLH for a nap and pool time and dinner at goofy's kitchen, then back to DL for the party.
Blue bayou dinner, I already talked about, but I can contrast doing a party without it... We tried to get in at 6 pm and were met with long lines and too much waiting. Everything was crowded. I am glad we sat in blue bayou for those 2 hours during the other party and avoided the crowds. Got an okay 2nd row piece of sidewalk across from carnation cafe an hour before PTN, skipped fireworks and did rides instead, since we couldn't beat our firework view with the reserved seating from Sunday.
Last night we grabbed a different bit of 2nd row sidewalk for PTN again and stayed for the new fireworks. Worth the wait and standing and sore feet.
We are skipping DL EE today and just doing CA. We have done every ride in DL two or more times except: astroorbiter, autopia, nemo, dumbo, Casey Jr. and the carousel. Not bad IMO. EE was critical for our success, as HM, SM and even pirates had stupid long lines most of the time.
Wide right for RSR works amazingly well still, as long as you are near the front. We were 15th and 16th in line the other morning.
CA has been great this trip, lots of short lines. I think with MHP every other day this week and short hours (9-9) the rest of the days people are all in DL trying to get their rides in.
We had basically 4 full days and today is a half day. We will miss out on Aladdin, didn't get to try Mickeys Map, never made it to pirate island and did nothing frozen related. We did nap every day... Yes with an 11 year old! And we sat down for dinner every night and rested and were waited on our plan is to come back, maybe May-ish after Star Wars is done. Sounds like 2-3 years then, which makes me sad. But my kiddo is in middle school now and we have other places we want to see too
Blue bayou dinner, I already talked about, but I can contrast doing a party without it... We tried to get in at 6 pm and were met with long lines and too much waiting. Everything was crowded. I am glad we sat in blue bayou for those 2 hours during the other party and avoided the crowds. Got an okay 2nd row piece of sidewalk across from carnation cafe an hour before PTN, skipped fireworks and did rides instead, since we couldn't beat our firework view with the reserved seating from Sunday.
Last night we grabbed a different bit of 2nd row sidewalk for PTN again and stayed for the new fireworks. Worth the wait and standing and sore feet.
We are skipping DL EE today and just doing CA. We have done every ride in DL two or more times except: astroorbiter, autopia, nemo, dumbo, Casey Jr. and the carousel. Not bad IMO. EE was critical for our success, as HM, SM and even pirates had stupid long lines most of the time.
Wide right for RSR works amazingly well still, as long as you are near the front. We were 15th and 16th in line the other morning.
CA has been great this trip, lots of short lines. I think with MHP every other day this week and short hours (9-9) the rest of the days people are all in DL trying to get their rides in.
We had basically 4 full days and today is a half day. We will miss out on Aladdin, didn't get to try Mickeys Map, never made it to pirate island and did nothing frozen related. We did nap every day... Yes with an 11 year old! And we sat down for dinner every night and rested and were waited on
our plan is to come back, maybe May-ish after Star Wars is done. Sounds like 2-3 years then, which makes me sad. But my kiddo is in middle school now and we have other places we want to see too 
adamkat
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sorry I think I missed the wide right for RSR what does this mean? We are going tomorrow and would love to get on early without waiting to crazy long.
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Sorry I'm late in posting these. This is a costume I made for MHP. I wore this on the 16th party. This is my Halloween cat costume. I will post pictures for the 16th party soon.
I hand made this whole costume. I took these pictures at my home
Me and Kilala
Me and Suzy
The rest are found http://s1365.photobucket.com/user/C...s2015 168_zpsjx2elbfw.jpg.html?sort=2&o=0here http://s1365.photobucket.com/user/C...tumes2015 168_zpsjx2elbfw.jpg.html?sort=2&o=0
I hand made this whole costume. I took these pictures at my home
Me and Kilala
Me and Suzy
The rest are found http://s1365.photobucket.com/user/C...s2015 168_zpsjx2elbfw.jpg.html?sort=2&o=0here http://s1365.photobucket.com/user/C...tumes2015 168_zpsjx2elbfw.jpg.html?sort=2&o=0
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We entered via the monorail for Tuesday 10/27's MHP a little before 3pm. No problems, the CM just scanned our tickets. But no, party wristbands were not being distributed there. We obtained them somewhere in Frontierland about 5pm.
I'm guessing it was because there was no party that night, and people without party tickets wanted a full day/evening experience, including the night parade and fireworks. I heard that Space Mountain was down for a good part of Monday.
Tuesday's MHP was a blast. Yes, it was crowded, but I wouldn't say it was packed. Most ride lines were reasonable, under 20 minutes. We got a lot done from 3-11pm. Well worth the cost IMO.
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We intended to go to DL on Monday until we saw the HUGE lines outside the gates before rope drop. So we went to CA instead. Looks like it was the right choice. We had hoppers, and went to DL in the late afternoon, but returned to CA after an hour. I don't know why DL was so crowded; it seemed like a holiday weekend crowd to me.
Went to DL on Tuesday. It was still more crowded than I had expected, but nothing like the mob that was there on Monday. We stayed at DL until they started admitting party guests at 3pm, then hopped to CA.
Just relaxing now at DTD until we can enter DL for the Halloween party later this afternoon.
Mommy2PrincessAbby
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We had a little hold up this morning. Took our giant matted lithographs from the mystical spirits dinner down to bell services to see if we could mail them home. They helped us figure it out but it meant we didn't get to DCA until 8:30. Walked in and got fps for rsr, rode tot with basically no wait, walked on monster's, walked down to screamin but both it and tsmm were undergoing "tests". So we relaxed on the swinging gondolas and then went back to screamin with a 5 minute wait. Then tsmm was open too and we had 10 minutes to wait on that one. Off we went to goofys to learn to fly--walk on and they let us ride twice without getting off. Then we walked by Soarin and grabbed fps for it, and wrapped back around to rsr. 10 minute wait with the fps... we lost but got the paint job this time By now it was 11 and we were hungry... popcorn... not dill pickle... they had bacon cheese all week 
Lastly we got top row right for Soarin for the last ride of our trip. So if I counted right that was 9 rides between 8:30 and 11:30 with a popcorn pit stop. We are now sitting at SNA and dd is doing math homework but if we were still in the parks DCA was the place to be again today I think!
By now it was 11 and we were hungry... popcorn... not dill pickle... they had bacon cheese all week Lastly we got top row right for Soarin for the last ride of our trip. So if I counted right that was 9 rides between 8:30 and 11:30 with a popcorn pit stop. We are now sitting at SNA and dd is doing math homework but if we were still in the parks DCA was the place to be again today I think!- Status
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