HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread- 9/14-10/31; Mickey's Halloween Party starts 9/28!

[tksbaskets]

"Hurry Back....Hurry Back" (channeling my HM here) I love the pics from DL. Keep 'em coming!!

 

[ricardol]

So I have the option to attend the Halloween party on Friday Oct 28th, or on the actual Halloween Day Monday Oct 31.

Attendees; DW, DD3 (almost 4 anyway) and myself.

I'm just worried about a huge crowd because we are taking DD3, but I'm thinking maybe Friday will be even busier than Monday.

anyone care to comment?

 

[Elk Grove Chris]

Some random shots from last year:

 

[Sherry E]

"Hurry Back....Hurry Back" (channeling my HM here) I love the pics from DL. Keep 'em coming!!

TK -

I posted another TR installment this morning (Part 4, I think), and will have another couple of them for you today! I have just started to post the window display stuff.

So I have the option to attend the Halloween party on Friday Oct 28th, or on the actual Halloween Day Monday Oct 31.

Attendees; DW, DD3 (almost 4 anyway) and myself.

I'm just worried about a huge crowd because we are taking DD3, but I'm thinking maybe Friday will be even busier than Monday.

anyone care to comment?

Hello, ricardol!

Well, you bring up an excellent point. I've thought of that before - a Friday night party is likely to be more crowded than a party on Halloween this year. While I do think the Monday party will be hoppin,' it could be that Friday, 10/28 attracts more guests. Then again, people love going to Halloween parties on Halloween.

It's a toss-up, in my mind. Even if there is a difference in crowd levels between the two nights, I don't think it will be that significant to really impact your trip. I think both 10/28 and 10/31 will be pretty busy.

Some random shots from last year:

Hello, Elk Grove Chris!

I'm glad you've joined us in the Halloween thread as well! As usual, your photos are awesome.

(Anyone who hasn't seen Elk Grove Chris' holiday work, you should pop over to the Christmas Superthread and check out the amazing contributions over the last few weeks!)

 

[ricardol]

Hello, ricardol!

Well, you bring up an excellent point. I've thought of that before - a Friday night party is likely to be more crowded than a party on Halloween this year. While I do think the Monday party will be hoppin,' it's possible that it could be that Friday attracts more guests. Then again, people love going to Halloween parties on Halloween.

It's a toss-up, in my mind. Even if there is a difference in crowd levels between the two nights, I don't think it will be that significant to really impact your trip. I think both 10/28 and 10/31 will be pretty busy.

Thank you for your comments. I do agree its a toss up, so I'll go ahead and get tickets for monday 31st!! YAY!!!!!

 

[jernysgirl]

CUTE!!!!! But would someone be willing to do me a tiny favor? If you're there could someone ask if these popcorn buckets will only be around for Halloween or if they will be there for the duration of the NBC overlay? I will be there in November and really, really want one. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Bumping up my own question,... hoping someone would ask for me about how long these buckets are going to be around.

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

These photos are exquisite, Roger!
Thank you soooo much for sharing your beautiful pictures with us - I was hoping that some other folks would hurry and get back from their trips so that it would not be just two of us posting pictures here!

Thank you Sherry. Some more from Sunday.

 

[Goofy_Mom]

Love me some gingerbread mickey's!!!! I think I had one a day on my last visit to DL. My DD kept asking why I keep buying them (at first she didn't want to taste them). After I explained how sublime these tasty treats were, she asked for a piece. Ever since then I have yet to eat an entire cookie all by myself.

Love the pumpkins!!!! Does anyone know where to get good pumpkin carving equipment? I see the kits all the time, but I have to buy new ones every year. Sometimes I have to buy a couple sets for the same season because they just fall apart.

 

[dolphingirl47]

If I recall correctly, we were already in the park and went back towards the turnstiles and there were CM with small carts checking tickets and handing out wristbands and trick or treat bags. You don't have to go all the way out but I would go up around 3 before people start heading up there.
Can't wait to see the trick or treat bags this year!
Between this and going to Aulani next August I am in research heaven

Thanks for the tip. I can't believe that less than a week from today, I will be at Disneyland.

 

[Princess Row]

I love that pinnoccio pumpkin! He is too cute.
I have seen some better pumpkins from last year though. Is there new carvers? Keep the pictures coming!! I love them all!

 

[Sherry E]

Love me some gingerbread mickey's!!!! I think I had one a day on my last visit to DL. My DD kept asking why I keep buying them (at first she didn't want to taste them). After I explained how sublime these tasty treats were, she asked for a piece. Ever since then I have yet to eat an entire cookie all by myself.

Love the pumpkins!!!! Does anyone know where to get good pumpkin carving equipment? I see the kits all the time, but I have to buy new ones every year. Sometimes I have to buy a couple sets for the same season because they just fall apart.

Kirsten -

Those cookies are addictive! I remember letting my friend try one of the arms off of a cookie I bought...and she ended up going home with 8 of those cookies in her bag!

I never realized that the gingerbread men with ears are not sold at WDW until our very own DIS'er tksbaskets revealed that she looked everywhere for them at WDW and never saw even a trace them! Another DLR exclusive!

But then someone on the DIS revealed earlier this year that the very same gingerbread cookies with ears are sold at DLR year-round! How can this be? Gingerbread is supposed to be associated with Fall and Winter, not Summer and Spring! I like the novelty of them when they are only sold for the latter part of the year.

To this day, I am still not 100% sure if the actual gingerbread cookies with ears are sold at DLR year-round. The reason why I'm not totally sure is because, sometime early this year, DLR began selling cookies that looked exactly like the gingerbread cookies with ears - except for that they were not gingerbread. They were like a shortbread-type thing, or maybe sugar cookies, but in the same shape and size of the gingerbread ones - they had ears and they had colored buttons instead of the white buttons. But they were not actual gingerbread cookies - just shaped to look like them. I began to think that maybe our DIS'ers mistakenly thought the shortbread cookies were gingerbread??

Seeing as I am always at DLR for Halloween Time and Christmas time, and never at any other time during the year, I always see the cookies. I need someone to go to the parks in Spring and Summer and find out conclusively, once and for all, if the actual gingerbread cookies with ears are sold then - and not just the shortbread/sugar cookie version of them.

I love that pinnoccio pumpkin! He is too cute.
I have seen some better pumpkins from last year though. Is there new carvers? Keep the pictures coming!! I love them all!

Row -

It's funny that you asked about the carver! I remember last year, several DIS'ers posted photos and descriptions from the Round-Up, and a few of them specifically mentioned a lady named Georgina (or Georgette? Georganna?) being the main carver. (I think funatdisney/Liza may have mentioned her; amamax2 mentioned her; and someone else mentioned Georgina too.) There was one main lady that everyone was meeting.

When I was at DLR 4 days ago, there were no women carving pumpkins. I only saw one male CM doing it. Not even several people, just one guy. Of course, it was only the first day of the Halloween season, so there are many more weeks to come, and many more freshly carved pumpkins that will be put out - some of the pumpkins go bad after 2 weeks and some last a month. So I would imagine that, as time rolls on, we will see more elaborate pumpkins popping up in people's photos - that is something that can literally change every day, and every week, at the Round-Up.

 

[Carolwoodpr]

Has anyone been on the Happiest Haunts Tour this year? I asked specifically about the glow in the dark lanyard and key and was told that is no longer given out on the tour. Hearing that totally bummed me out but then I realized they may say that so it will be a surprise. I don't need the surprise, I need to know

So, anyone who has already gone, do you still get that lanyard and key? We don't go on the tour for 25 days and would love to know before then.

 

[ducky_love]

Has anyone been on the Happiest Haunts Tour this year? I asked specifically about the glow in the dark lanyard and key and was told that is no longer given out on the tour. Hearing that totally bummed me out but then I realized they may say that so it will be a surprise. I don't need the surprise, I need to know

So, anyone who has already gone, do you still get that lanyard and key? We don't go on the tour for 25 days and would love to know before then.

I called yesterday and was told you get a pin lanyard. I would be curious if this is the case or not?

 

[Goofy_Mom]

Kirsten -

Those cookies are addictive! I remember letting my friend try one of the arms off of a cookie I bought...and she ended up going home with 8 of those cookies in her bag!

I never realized that the gingerbread men with ears are not sold at WDW until our very own DIS'er tksbaskets revealed that she looked everywhere for them at WDW and never saw even a trace them! Another DLR exclusive!

But then someone on the DIS revealed earlier this year that the very same gingerbread cookies with ears are sold at DLR year-round! How can this be? Gingerbread is supposed to be associated with Fall and Winter, not Summer and Spring! I like the novelty of them when they are only sold for the latter part of the year.

To this day, I am still not 100% sure if the actual gingerbread cookies with ears are sold at DLR year-round. The reason why I'm not totally sure is because, sometime early this year, DLR began selling cookies that looked exactly like the gingerbread cookies with ears - except for that they were not gingerbread. They were like a shortbread-type thing, or maybe sugar cookies, but in the same shape and size of the gingerbread ones - they had ears and they had colored buttons instead of the white buttons. But they were not actual gingerbread cookies - just shaped to look like them. I began to think that maybe our DIS'ers mistakenly thought the shortbread cookies were gingerbread??

Seeing as I am always at DLR for Halloween Time and Christmas time, and never at any other time during the year, I always see the cookies. I need someone to go to the parks in Spring and Summer and find out conclusively, once and for all, if the actual gingerbread cookies with ears are sold then - and not just the shortbread/sugar cookie version of them.

Blasfamy!!! I was soooo looking foward to Gingerbread Mickeys!!!!! *sniff* I'll just have to over induldge on a different treat.

I was thinking the same thing about visiting the parks. I prefer fall time at DL. A couple of years ago, we went in July for a dance thing my DD was in (otherwise we would have done another fall trip) I don't recal seeing gingerbread anything at the time. Of course, I wasn't on the hunt for them either.

 

[Lambie*Loves*Dland]

Hi everyone! Just thought I would share some of my Halloweentime pics from my last 2 trips! It's my Favorite time of year there! <3

 

[Lambie*Loves*Dland]

Duplicate post.

 

[Lambie*Loves*Dland]

Love Halloween <3

 

[Princess Row]

Row -
It's funny that you asked about the carver! I remember last year, several DIS'ers posted photos and descriptions from the Round-Up, and a few of them specifically mentioned a lady named Georgina (or Georgette? Georganna?) being the main carver. (I think funatdisney/Liza may have mentioned her; amamax2 mentioned her; and someone else mentioned Georgina too.) There was one main lady that everyone was meeting.
When I was at DLR 4 days ago, there were no women carving pumpkins. I only saw one male CM doing it. Not even several people, just one guy. Of course, it was only the first day of the Halloween season, so there are many more weeks to come, and many more freshly carved pumpkins that will be put out - some of the pumpkins go bad after 2 weeks and some last a month. So I would imagine that, as time rolls on, we will see more elaborate pumpkins popping up in people's photos - that is something that can literally change every day, and every week, at the Round-Up.

I will have to keep my eyes out when I go in a few weeks.
hopefully we see some cute pumpkins! Not that those arnt cute....because I could never do that but I want some others.

 

[tksbaskets]

Lambie*Loves*Dland nice pictures! Where did you get the lunch in the Nightmare Before Christmas container? Looks delish by the way!

 

[Lambie*Loves*Dland]

Lambie*Loves*Dland nice pictures! Where did you get the lunch in the Nightmare Before Christmas container? Looks delish by the way!

Thank you doll! The Jack Coffin was from the French Market. The sandwich was actually really good. You can also get the Coffin with popcorn in front of the Mansion