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

[Vala]

It would be so super fun if Toontown was open for the Halloween party and you could trick or treat at Mickey/Minnie/Goofy/Donald's houses! Sadly the whole area will probably be closed off because of fireworks.

The character photo stop list says Mickey and Minnie are at Big Thunder Ranch.

That's a definite hint for me that Toontown is closed. If it was open it would make sense to have Mickey and Minnie there.

 

[aprincess@mail.com]

love the photos from everyone!!!
Barefootmomma, your photos are sooo colorful!
Mom4princesses your daughter sounds amazing! it was hard not to tear up! She sounds like a beautiful girl inside and out! Very Proud momma award to you!
Has anyone tried the pumpkin Mickey dessert ? My AP Backstage Pass said it was called a Demitisse? It looks really good! Was just wondering where I can find it when we go on our party date of the 22nd thanks!

 

[funatdisney]

Hmmm....You know, Liza - you may have just shown us something new that we have not seen before!! I did not make it into ToonTown last year during Halloween Time to be able to say if those things were there or not, BUT my inclination is to think that they were not there...because, surely, someone would have found those ToonTown pumpkins and posted some photos, wouldn't they? No one has ever posted any photos in our Halloween thread of anything Halloween-ish in ToonTown...until now!! So maybe these ARE new??

I actually like ToonTown a lot, and I love what they do with their Christmas decorations. I always thought that ToonTown would be a great place to really play up the fun aspect of Halloween. Every house could have a pumpkin, just like real houses, as though Mickey and Minnie are waiting for trick or treaters!!

So now I know I have to make it back to TT for HalloweenTime too!!

I understand why they have more Christmas decorations at DLR. I like being totally immersed in the Christmas spirit and feeling all over DLR. I like that every corner of the resort is covered in holiday cheer. Christmas is, I guess, a much 'bigger' holiday than Halloween is, and is taken seriously by more people. It is both a religious and a 'fun' holiday.

Halloween, while fun, is not as widely accepted as a reason to celebrate by many people. In fact, some highly puritanical folks see Halloween Time as a celebration of evil. So I guess DLR just doesn't make as big a deal of it because it's not as big as the Yuletide season.

But I really do wish that they would do more with the Halloween stuff at DLR. It's not nearly immersive and all-encompassing enough for me!! I want more decorations everywhere!!

I stumbled onto this toddler/preschool play myself. I wanted to check out TT since I rarely go there and have seen xmas decor pictures before. I quickly realized that there was nothing of Halloween decor in TT. The play area is not easily seen from the street, but a flash of orange caught my eye. It was one of displays outside the play area of corn stalks and a pumpkin. I think it is there year around. When I took this picture, I looked into the play area and there was the pumpkins on the hillside behind the play area and the one in the play area. It was fun trying not to get in the way of playing toddlers to take these pictures.

It would be so super fun if Toontown was open for the Halloween party and you could trick or treat at Mickey/Minnie/Goofy/Donald's houses! Sadly the whole area will probably be closed off because of fireworks.

That would be soooo cool. I would make it a point to go and trick or treat there.

 

[funatdisney]

The Toontown pumpkins are always there. I have a picture of my son posing with one of them from his May 2010 Birthday trip. I thought it was weird that there were jack-o-lanterns out in May

Good to know.

 

[funatdisney]

Speaking of the heat. We loss power last night for 12 hours! Electricity went down at 7:20pm and just came up at 7:15am. Couldn't put on my fans to keep me cool while I sleep. It was a miserable night.

 

[Sherry E]

Ahhh...okay. The last time I actually walked around ToonTown and explored in depth (because I had time to do so) was December 2008. I recall seeing at least one pumpkin in the ToonTown Park area (isn't that what they call it?), and I thought, "How odd that they have a pumpkin there in the middle of December."

But I totally blanked out on the other pumpkins being there! See, I would have had photos of whatever was in that play area IF the camera I was using that day hadn't gotten rained on and died. It died on me right when I was in the middle of trying to take photos of stuff in ToonTown, coincidentally. So I was distracted and annoyed and probably just blanked out about the other pumpkins being there.

It does seem a little odd to have all those pumpkins in TT year-round.

 

[funatdisney]

Yes it is odd. Too bad about the visit that the camera died, Sherry E. Makes you think what else you have missed.

 

[tdashgirl]

I agree about the pumpkins in TT probably being new.

I have to say "probably" because even though we have a 6 year old, we don't spend much time in TT. It's DH's least favorite place of the entire DLR. He hates it there ... says it's always full of a bunch of grouchy parents and screaming / crying kids Since I'm the big Disney freak and he only likes it, and mostly just puts up with it for me ... I make sure we don't spend much time there

 

[Sherry E]

I agree about the pumpkins in TT probably being new.

I have to say "probably" because even though we have a 6 year old, we don't spend much time in TT. It's DH's least favorite place of the entire DLR. He hates it there ... says it's always full of a bunch of grouchy parents and screaming / crying kids Since I'm the big Disney freak and he only likes it, and mostly just puts up with it for me ... I make sure we don't spend much time there

It does seem like quite a few pumpkins to have there year-round, doesn't it? I see that they are going with a 'pumpkin patch' idea which connects to the garden area in TT, but it still screams 'Halloween.'

I dread going into TT in the middle of the day for the exact reasons your DH doesn't like it. We generally go there, head straight to Roger Rabbit or straight to the Gag Factory, maybe stop for a few photos and leave. I haven't been able to really examine ToonTown in depth since like 2000 or so.

Ironically, the one time where I was really able to get in there and thoroughly look around, because hardly anyone was in ToonTown, was a day that it was raining and my camera died! So I had the blessed good fortune of being in a people-free ToonTown, able to roam, and I was walking all over the place, exploring all the hidden gems and details, seeing things that I hadn't been able to see up close in years or seeing things they had added into TT since 2000, as well as all the cool ToonTown-specific Christmas decorations - and yet, the camera died and I barely got any of it in photos!!

 

[Sherry E]

Did anyone see the newest Haunted Mansion Holiday blog on the Parks Blog yesterday?

Our Haunted Gingerbread House

It's funny - we were waiting for soooooooooooo long for blogs and new info and whatever else we could get our hands on about Halloween Time and now it seems like they have a Halloween-related post every other day, after the season has started!!

 

[canadadisney]

10 Days TODAY!!! My countdown is on!!!

 

[mom4princesses]

14 more days for us. Can't wait, going to try to finish packing today and tomorrow. DDs 11/10 have one more week of school and DD 13 has 2 more weeks. Then it's my turn to post some pics, if I can figure out how.

 

[BELLEDOZER]

I'm at 7 day! Am packed, and all I've got to do is clean house, wait for DH to get from his business trip on Wed, and as of next Sat I'm off to visit the mouse. I don't have a Photobucket account, and really haven't had a need to have one, so when I get back will have to join them, and then try to post some pics on the board.

 

[Woodduck]

Hmmm....You know, Liza - you may have just shown us something new that we have not seen before!! I did not make it into ToonTown last year during Halloween Time to be able to say if those things were there or not, BUT my inclination is to think that they were not there...because, surely, someone would have found those ToonTown pumpkins and posted some photos, wouldn't they? No one has ever posted any photos in our Halloween thread of anything Halloween-ish in ToonTown...until now!! So maybe these ARE new??

I actually like ToonTown a lot, and I love what they do with their Christmas decorations. I always thought that ToonTown would be a great place to really play up the fun aspect of Halloween. Every house could have a pumpkin, just like real houses, as though Mickey and Minnie are waiting for trick or treaters!!

So now I know I have to make it back to TT for HalloweenTime too!!

I understand why they have more Christmas decorations at DLR. I like being totally immersed in the Christmas spirit and feeling all over DLR. I like that every corner of the resort is covered in holiday cheer. Christmas is, I guess, a much 'bigger' holiday than Halloween is, and is taken seriously by more people. It is both a religious and a 'fun' holiday.

Halloween, while fun, is not as widely accepted as a reason to celebrate by many people. In fact, some highly puritanical folks see Halloween Time as a celebration of evil. So I guess DLR just doesn't make as big a deal of it because it's not as big as the Yuletide season.

But I really do wish that they would do more with the Halloween stuff at DLR. It's not nearly immersive and all-encompassing enough for me!! I want more decorations everywhere!!

I have checked out all my pics from last year year and we have nothing from Toon town with these wonderful pumkins. Trust me with two preschoolers we spent alot of time in toon town.

 

[barefootmomma]

More pictures to share! We ended up back in the park yesterday, unplanned but fun! It was really hot, and I so feel for the people that are going to be there over the next couple of days as it is only supposed to get hotter. Lines were bearable, did HMH again and it was quick moving again. We met some of the villains, and that was great! They really play their characters. This has been one of the best Halloween seasons I have seen!

As a side note, there was complimentary (read: FREE) Dia de Los Muertos face painting going on in the display area! There were 4 designs to choose from, dummy me didn't think to grab a picture. There was a girl getting a painting done on her inner arm that looked pretty cool!

A familiar shape among the fall flowers.






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[Woodduck]

The Toontown pumpkins are always there. I have a picture of my son posing with one of them from his May 2010 Birthday trip. I thought it was weird that there were jack-o-lanterns out in May

the big ones yes but never say the carved ones last year

 

[amamax2]

Fantastic photos barefootmama!!!

I love the crispness, color, and perspectives!

What kind of camera do you use, if I may ask? I'm hoping for a new one to replace my little P&S for either my bday or Christmas....

 

[mom4princesses]

barefootmomma: Love, love, love the picture if Walt and Mickey.

 

[smile4stamps]

Laura! You're Mickey & Walt Photo!! OMG It's AWESOME!!!! Seriously worthy of publishing!

 

[barefootmomma]

I wish I could hug everyone! Thank you for all of the so sweet amazing comments on my photos. I am so happy to share them and that ya'll are enjoying them. I walked around all yesterday thinking of the Halloween thread and getting some shots I could share. *Nerd*

amamax2, I am the humble servant to my Canon Rebel XS right now. I am hoping to upgrade next year, but it has been very good to me and it will be staying with me even after I upgrade.