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

[Diznygrl]

I feel you on the whole "rain on my party" thing. I was there on Oct. 5th and it had been raining pretty much all day and was predicted to rain sporadically through the night. Well I made the very difficult judgement call and decided NOT to wear the costume that I spent 4 months working on because it was wet and cold, and I didn't think it NOR I would survive the night. I was so upset. Of course 15 or 20 minutes after the party started, the rain stopped and never came back. Kind of a bittersweet thing for me...it was nice that the party didn't end up being rained out (fireworks, parade went on as scheduled, etc.), but had I known that it was not going to rain for the rest of the night, I could have worn the costume I worked so hard on for so long. I would have been cold, but at least I wouldn't have been wet.

So now, since I still can't seem to get over it, I'm actually going BACK down to DL on the 26th for another party just so I can wear my costume. Now after I bought my tickets, I look at the weather again and there's a chance that it might actually rain AGAIN on the 26th. STAY AWAY, RAIN!!!

 

[Sherry E]

I just had to call DLR to ask them about something and got a very nice CM on the phone. While chatting, I was grumbling to her about the fact that there are no traces of Halloween in DCA this year and how we don't know if it's because of WoC or because of all the construction work that's being done. The CM said that she thinks it's a solid combination of the World of Color-construction double whammy AND ElecTRONica. Sort of a mix of all of those things. There was no room for Halloween in DCA! She thinks that the powers-that-be in TDA did not want Candy Corn Acres or anything really Halloween-like in DCA this year because it conflicts with ElecTRONica. She said that Halloween and ElecTRONica don't really blend well together, and so they probably just decided to focus attention on ElecTRONica and WoC this year and skip Halloween.

I'm assuming this cannot be permanent....I hope. They've got to bring some sort of Halloween celebration back to DCA eventually...don't they? I mean, ElecTRONica doesn't seem like it's something that would go on forever.

I'm glad for all the people who love ElecTRONica that they have that to enjoy, but, personally....I'd rather have the giant candy corn photo spot back in DCA. It was only there for 3 years!! Or put it in A Bug's Land, where it would make perfect sense, for pete's sake!!!

Well, ElecTRONica doesn't really blend well with Christmas time either, so I can't wait to see what they do (or don't do) in DCA for the holiday season.

 

[iKristin]

I leave tonight YAY!!!! My flights at 7AM tomorrow and I'll be in the park by 10:30AM. I'm just sitting through my last three hours of work right now, I even wore a tshirt and jeans with my Mickey Crocs to work today hehe

 

[Sherry E]

I leave tonight YAY!!!! My flights at 7AM tomorrow and I'll be in the park by 10:30AM. I'm just sitting through my last three hours of work right now, I even wore a tshirt and jeans with my Mickey Crocs to work today hehe

Bring warm clothes - it's gloomy and rainy today (though maybe it won't be by tomorrow). Have a great time, Kristin!!! You've been looking forward to it for so long!

I think I might be at DLR on Friday - I have gone back and forth over the different scenarios of how my Halloween and Christmas plans will work, trying to make sense of it all and the best way to work it all out, and I think my final decision is that I will be at DLR on Friday - unless it rains heavily or unless it's hot!! I'm going to try to hit TSMM and then the Visa character photo spot in the Hollywood Backlot area shortly after DCA opens. And I think I will do the MHP that night. I'm debating on a solo character meal that morning (I may or may not do that, though), and I think I'm getting a new AP, so I want to get to DLR first thing in the AM to get all that out of the way. I'll have a LGMH somewhere on me, I'm sure!!

 

[where's_my_prince]

I leave tonight YAY!!!! My flights at 7AM tomorrow and I'll be in the park by 10:30AM. I'm just sitting through my last three hours of work right now, I even wore a tshirt and jeans with my Mickey Crocs to work today hehe

have lots of fun!!!

 

[DisneyMax74]

Well I just got back from 4 days at Disneyland! I have a serious case of the post-vacation blues.

We had a great time! Although I will have to say I will never go in October again. The crowds were huge compared to September when we usualy go.

We were excited to go for the Halloween celebration as so much had been made of it. I have to say, I was pretty dissappointed. The front gate was decorated and then main street was done up in Halloween decor and outside of Ghost Galaxy and the Haunted Mansion, the rest of the park....didn't seem like much.

I have to say going in October was not worth it at all to us. When we go in September, we walk right on many many rides and attractions. Not this trip. Usualy we do everything we love 2-3 times and everything else at least once, some things twice. This time we only did the things we really wanted too one time and thats it. I may be spoiled as far as crowd levels go but it really put a damper on it for us. And to be honest I MUCH prefer the normal Haunted Mansion to the Holiday Mansion. Although that is normaly closed when we go in Sept.

That said....we were still at Disneyland! The first night we saw WoC which was pretty cool. We did Indy and Walked on Pirates Because we came by during a Fantasmic show. The rest of the time we just made sure to hit all our favs. We had to stand in line twice to meet Pooh as my daughter loves Eore and he wasn't there the first time thru. We also did do Screamin twice in a row as for some odd reason the line was only 10 minutes long when we were in that area. Thats how it normaly is when we go in Sept. We waited about 90 mins for Toy Story. It was the first day it had been open in a while as they were doing something to it, not sure what. Saw lines for Indy of 90 min+ along with some other rides. Nemo wasn't too bad as far as wait time, it's always a must see.

We did have 100% perfect weather for the whole trip. low to mid 80s the whole time, beautiful. Not a drop of rain, couldn't ask for better.

I already wish we were going back in November!

Does anyone else think the best Coke you have ever tasted is Disneyland Coke? Right out of the ice at the drink stands, love it!

Also the best $10 burger of questionalble quality is from Disneyland. $10 for a burger and fries, the beef was not good quality at all but I just didn't care, it tasted great. lol

All in all we had a great time. I can't wait to go back. Now I have to get my fix by looking at all the great pics you guys post. Keep them coming. My girls sit here with me at the computer and look at all of them.

 

[Sherry E]

Well I just got back from 4 days at Disneyland! I have a serious case of the post-vacation blues.

We had a great time! Although I will have to say I will never go in October again. The crowds were huge compared to September when we usualy go.

We were excited to go for the Halloween celebration as so much had been made of it. I have to say, I was pretty dissappointed. The front gate was decorated and then main street was done up in Halloween decor and outside of Ghost Galaxy and the Haunted Mansion, the rest of the park....didn't seem like much.

I have to say going in October was not worth it at all to us. When we go in September, we walk right on many many rides and attractions. Not this trip. Usualy we do everything we love 2-3 times and everything else at least once, some things twice. This time we only did the things we really wanted too one time and thats it. I may be spoiled as far as crowd levels go but it really put a damper on it for us. And to be honest I MUCH prefer the normal Haunted Mansion to the Holiday Mansion. Although that is normaly closed when we go in Sept.

That said....we were still at Disneyland! The first night we saw WoC which was pretty cool. We did Indy and Walked on Pirates Because we came by during a Fantasmic show. The rest of the time we just made sure to hit all our favs. We had to stand in line twice to meet Pooh as my daughter loves Eore and he wasn't there the first time thru. We also did do Screamin twice in a row as for some odd reason the line was only 10 minutes long when we were in that area. Thats how it normaly is when we go in Sept. We waited about 90 mins for Toy Story. It was the first day it had been open in a while as they were doing something to it, not sure what. Saw lines for Indy of 90 min+ along with some other rides. Nemo wasn't too bad as far as wait time, it's always a must see.

We did have 100% perfect weather for the whole trip. low to mid 80s the whole time, beautiful. Not a drop of rain, couldn't ask for better.

I already wish we were going back in November!

Does anyone else think the best Coke you have ever tasted is Disneyland Coke? Right out of the ice at the drink stands, love it!

Also the best $10 burger of questionalble quality is from Disneyland. $10 for a burger and fries, the beef was not good quality at all but I just didn't care, it tasted great. lol

All in all we had a great time. I can't wait to go back. Now I have to get my fix by looking at all the great pics you guys post. Keep them coming. My girls sit here with me at the computer and look at all of them.

Well, it's good you had a great time! Even though I think I might enjoy Halloween Time more than you do, I totally agree with you about the lack of decor. I've always said that I think they could do so much more with Halloween Time at DLR. Christmas time is soooooo much more detailed, thorough, all-encompassing and extensive than Halloween is. Everywhere you go, you know it's the holiday season because music is playing, there are decorations or whatever. I've always been annoyed that there are no signs of Halloween in Fantasyland or most of the other lands (aside from NOS). You can walk for long stretches of time without hitting one thing that looks Halloween-ish. And this year there were even fewer decorations because they removed Candy Corn Acres from DCA. It was a scaled-down Halloween, in my mind.

However, I think the Halloween Round-Up is a true gem. Did you go to the Round-Up?

If you look at the Table of Contents here on the first page of this thread, you will see that people have found many, many things to take photos of. I think that the Round-Up looks to be more detailed this year, and I think some of the window and store displays look a bit more elaborate. But otherwise, yes, I think there should be more decor all over DLR. I guess Christmas is just a bigger holiday so they go all out for it all around the entire Resort.

 

[Halloweenqueen]

We will be there for the HP on Friday. I was wondering if the congestion was mainly around the hub or did certain lands seem more crowded. We are concentrating on rides, so I was hoping to have a good touring plan in mind.

TIA

 

[where's_my_prince]

you'll have absolutely no problem with rides, all of them were walk on

 

[amamax2]

I leave tonight YAY!!!! My flights at 7AM tomorrow and I'll be in the park by 10:30AM. I'm just sitting through my last three hours of work right now, I even wore a tshirt and jeans with my Mickey Crocs to work today hehe

I think my final decision is that I will be at DLR on Friday - unless it rains heavily or unless it's hot!!

Have a fabulous time - both of you!!!!

Can't wait for the pictures!

 

[KBelle5]

My costume is 98% complete, just need to sew some snaps on it and I'm good to go! However, the weather predictions for Tuesday are not making me happy, as it's saying 60% chance of thunderstorms from about 2-11. Great, just what I need. I'm going to bring a poncho, but I don't know how well my dress will hold up, or my hair ...a lot of rain is going to be a big inconvenience, so hope that Tuesday is dry!!!

 

[kccmom]

We just returned yesterday and I have to say, it was not crowded at all with the exception of Sat. (but we were leaving that day) we walked right on Pirates the night of the Halloween party, we walked right on Small World, and alot more. This was our childrens first trip and I think they had more fun trading pins with cast members and getting all the charaters autographs than going on any rides, still it warmed my heart to see their faces light up when we walked in the park!!! Have fun everyone who is still going this month--enjoy the Halloween party (I have to agree about the party being a little disappointing for $49 each!!)

 

[Dizneydaz]

Just got back about an hour ago for what turned to be a longer visit today than we had planned. Didn't know it was "Walk in the Park" today (formerly CHOC Walk) so the parks were crowded with walkers who must have AP. That being said we still had fun. We did get our Mickey Ghost Popcorn holder though it took way too long to get it (long story). In case you didn't know it you can get if with caramel corn (instead of popcorn). It's $10.75 for the caramel corn.

Here's some merchandise news that I don't know if anyone else has posted.

We stopped in Man Hat'n'Beach. DD11 wanted to see if she could find anything to spend some of her birthday money on. They had 2 of the Halloween headband/hats on sale! The Candy Corn ears headband and the purple and green witches hat/headband. They are now $9.95 instead of the original $21.95. DD got a lot of comments about her "Corny" hat!

I can post pix if needed but you probably already have some. Okay, if you insist!

 

[JessieTheCowgirl]

I still hope those are still on sale on Friday the 22nd because it will complete my witch outfit! Crossing my fingers

 

[DizMe]

Oh, man...I ordered the witch hat one from disneystore.com for $21.95!!! And unless it gets here tomorrow, I won't even have it for my trip. Boo!

 

[amamax2]

I can post pix if needed but you probably already have some. Okay, if you insist!

ROTFL! Us? Insist on pictures? Where would you get that idea?

Love the pictures of your DD in the hats - thanks for sharing! What a wonderful model and great sport.

Hope you are having a fabulous time.

 

[daniele_ut]

Wow, I am really surprised to read the comments about the crowds at the 10/15 MHP. We were there and had a blast. Most of the rides were walk ons for us, which was great. It was DS's birthday and I had bought him a set of "It's My Birthday" ears, so everyone wished him a happy birthday everywhere. We took the kids on Buzz twice walked on at Small World before it closed, went on the Matterhorn using kid swap, walked on Haunted Mansion, walked on Dumbo, the Carousel and a few other rides in Fantasy Land. We also walked on Autopia and I walked on Space Mountain at 11:55pm. I ended up doing the single rider for Indy when one of the kids fell asleep in the stroller. POC was a walk on as well and the kids enjoyed it a lot. I LOVED the overlay for HMH So much more than the regular one.

As for the trick or treating, THAT's where the lines were, at first anyway. Seriously, some of the lines for the treat trails were nuts. By the time we started TOT'ing, though, the lines were non-existent. DS wanted to count all of the candy he got and we counted 380 pieces of candy, all of it good stuff. We had 40 Ghiradelli squares. DH apparently walked that line several times with both kids and their bags while I was on Indy.

We weren't really shopping that night, so I didn't noticed stores that were closed, but the only time I really saw a huge crowd was when I looked behind me from our spot next to the Partners Statue during the fireworks. We didn't get in place for the fireworks until 20 minutes before they started and got an amazing spot, honestly.

Compared to the crowds I was expecting for UEA weekend, I was pleasantly surprised. It was NOTHING compared to the crowds we fought through all day and evening yesterday, frankly. We would absolutely do it again. DS still thinks Mickey threw a Halloween Birthday Party just for him!

 

[gomezaddams]

We will be there for the HP on Friday. I was wondering if the congestion was mainly around the hub or did certain lands seem more crowded. We are concentrating on rides, so I was hoping to have a good touring plan in mind.

We ran into the daytime parade at 5:30 & later the two cavalcades. The hub was congested all evening with the cordoned areas within the hub & at the front of the castle. There is also a meet the villain off to the right of the hub. That line was back into tomorrowland. We went from tomorrowland through fantasyland to avoid the hub on our way back to frontierland at 8:30 p.m. It was complete chaos in fantasyland. We never even got close to the rides to see what the lines were like. If I had to do it over I would have studied where the TOT stations were in order to avoid them. Sometimes the TOT lines were three & four wide and difficult to get through.

 

[dizneedoll]

I feel you on the whole "rain on my party" thing. I was there on Oct. 5th and it had been raining pretty much all day and was predicted to rain sporadically through the night. Well I made the very difficult judgement call and decided NOT to wear the costume that I spent 4 months working on because it was wet and cold, and I didn't think it NOR I would survive the night. I was so upset. Of course 15 or 20 minutes after the party started, the rain stopped and never came back. Kind of a bittersweet thing for me...it was nice that the party didn't end up being rained out (fireworks, parade went on as scheduled, etc.), but had I known that it was not going to rain for the rest of the night, I could have worn the costume I worked so hard on for so long. I would have been cold, but at least I wouldn't have been wet.

So now, since I still can't seem to get over it, I'm actually going BACK down to DL on the 26th for another party just so I can wear my costume. Now after I bought my tickets, I look at the weather again and there's a chance that it might actually rain AGAIN on the 26th. STAY AWAY, RAIN!!!

OMG..that is really awful about the costume. Maybe since you've said this what I will do is just bring it along if it's raining on Tuesday but if it clears up, I can go change. IDK though, it's kinda of a lot of costume to lug around in the stroller basket. The 26th is still far enough away that the weather could change drastically. I'm kind of resigning myself to just donning jeans and a Halloween shirt. My son can still wear his costume though.

Here is more pixie dust for clear skies Tuesday and for all the rest of MHP nights.

 

[dizneedoll]

YAY! We're leaving in the morning. I'm bringing my laptop so if anyone has questions just fire away. I'll check in and let you know if there is anything interesting to report. I'll try to post pics too but I use Picasa and it doesn't seem to work to well with posting pics here.