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

[amamax2]

Are you sure about that?

The thing that's different is that there is next to nothing in the way of decorations in DCA. It's pitiful how little there is in the way of HalloweenTime stuff in DCA. No candy corn anywhere, apparently.

I can't wait to see your photos, amamax2 - and there is stuff for you to catch up in both Part 1 and Part 2 of the Halloween threads!!

OK, Sherry, you are making me laugh!!! No, I am not sure about that....

My initial impression (without having gone through my pics yet) is that a lot of the window displays, inside store displays, and Dia de los Muertos displays are more elaborate than I remember and that the Round-Up area has waaaay more stuff than last time....there were a few spots around the park that I don't remember seeing decorated before...I literally ditched my family for about an hour TWICE to go take pictures, which I have never done before, so maybe I just didn't notice everything the last time we were there.

...and DCA, don't even get me started! The only hint of Halloween was at the TOT gift shop and a teeny bit at the Wharf area (some colored lights and some garlands).

I'll have to go back through this thread and see what others have posted for pictures - I tried to take mainly things that seemed new to me, but maybe not new to others? We'll see, ha ha.

 

[Sherry E]

OK, Sherry, you are making me laugh!!! No, I am not sure about that....

My initial impression (without having gone through my pics yet) is that a lot of the window displays, inside store displays, and Dia de los Muertos displays are more elaborate than I remember and that the Round-Up area has waaaay more stuff than last time....there were a few spots around the park that I don't remember seeing decorated before...I literally ditched my family for about an hour TWICE to go take pictures, which I have never done before, so maybe I just didn't notice everything the last time we were there.

...and DCA, don't even get me started! The only hint of Halloween was at the TOT gift shop and a teeny bit at the Wharf area (some colored lights and some garlands).

I'll have to go back through this thread and see what others have posted for pictures - I tried to take mainly things that seemed new to me, but maybe not new to others? We'll see, ha ha.

Oh, I see what you mean - yes, the window displays and in-store displays might be more 'done up' this year than 2 years ago. I'm sure there are a few extra character pumpkins at the Round-Up.

Go ahead and post whatever you have - whether it's new or not! I don't think any of us are getting tired of photos!! We love photos!!

I'm so disappointed that DCA is Halloween-less.


It looks like some of VictoriaAndMatt's photos have been taken hostage by the Photobucket bandwidth police!! She posted some fantastic photos here and in Part 1 of the Halloween thread, and I see that they are now in bandwidth jail (some of them, not all of them). I've had that happen before - they will be released from jail eventually. It just means that they are too popular and too many people have been viewing them on Photobucket!!

 

[Funball]

stupid bandwith police!!!!!!!!!!!! darn you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[katrina88]

One more day for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JH87]

The great thing is that all of it will be new to me, so I won't know if they have the same stuff out for the last 10 years of not.

I know same here! I have only ever gone to DLR in October when I was like 10...which was over 10 years ago! So I am super excited to see all the decorations!!

Wait times sound pretty good! Just wondering if they will be back up to 50+ mins on a Saturday or Sunday when I am going to be there.
Anything 30 or less is perfect to me! I am so used to summer crowds and seeing wait times of 55 mins on the popular rides!

 

[DizMe]

Hello, everyone....

DIZME IS GOIN' TO DISNEY FOR HALLOWEEN!!!

WooHoo!!! I'm so excited. It will be a fast and furious trip, one day before my AP expires . I get to take my new step-grandson for the first time! His surprise birthday present is a trip to DLR with yours truly . Yes, it's big of me, isn't it? I can't wait to break in a new DL recruit. I got tickets to the Halloween party on Oct 19 and we'll be staying 2 nights at FFI. We will fly down to SNA and he gets to miss a couple of days of school. Hopefully he will have a blast. I do hope he likes the big rides

 

[AmyPond]

We just got home last night from our vacation that began with one day at DL and ended with two days at DL - am exhausted and haven't even attempted to get through this PART 2 of the Superthread - wowza - how did that happen while we were gone??

I will try to post pictures as soon as possible...I have about a thousand from the two weeks, probably a couple of hundred from DL alone.

Re: wait times this week - they were pretty awesome (at least Wed & Thurs)! Some walk-ons, most 5 - 15 minutes, Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy was the longest at 25 min, but we got fast passes twice (the second time the fast pass was good 30 min after we got it and when we used it, took us literally 10 min from starting up the ramp to loading). Lots of rides going down, though - have NEVER had that happen on any of our trips - and a couple things closed I didn't know or somehow forgot were closed.

Halloween decorations at DL so much better than two years ago!!!

Yay! Those wait times sound promising.

 

[AmyPond]

I need to go to bed in a couple hours. So I suppose I'll go pack now! See you all when I get back!

 

[funatdisney]

Are you sure about that? In all the photos I have seen that everyone has been kind enough to post in both Halloween threads, the decorations in DL are exactly the same as 2 years ago and also exactly the same as last year. I haven't seen anything different, decoration-wise, at all yet. That's not to say that what IS there isn't cool - it's super cool and I can't wait to see it again - but it is the same stuff they have had in DL for the last couple of years.

The thing that's different is that there is next to nothing in the way of decorations in DCA. It's pitiful how little there is in the way of HalloweenTime stuff in DCA. No candy corn anywhere, apparently.

What is also different is some of the merchandise - there seem to be new pins, new Nightmare Before Christmas stuff (which is awesome) and some really great t-shirts that weren't around last year!! And there are a couple of new food items, like the gingerbread beignets.

I can't wait to see your photos, amamax2 - and there is stuff for you to catch up in both Part 1 and Part 2 of the Halloween threads!!

I happen to agree with you. I always take note of the window displays (they are one of my favorite things to look at) and I haven't really noticed anything new. I do think they could have decorated more of the park, IMHO. Like Toon Town. It seems that there are more Lands decorated for Christmas than for Halloween

Now the merchandise is what has exploded. there are a lot more Halloween merchandise than I remember from the past.

 

[tksbaskets]

I need to go to bed in a couple hours. So I suppose I'll go pack now! See you all when I get back!

Have a blast!!

 

[funatdisney]

I mentioned Toon Town above. There was one area that had some Halloween decor added. These are located in the toddler/preschool play area.

Were these there before? I must admit. I don't usually spend much time here, since I have teenagers that rather spend their time elsewhere.

 

[keahgirl8]

I don't know if it's been mentioned before, but there are some pretty cute trick or treat bags at Target. I got one with the princesses on it!

 

[Sherry E]

I mentioned Toon Town above. There was one area that had some Halloween decor added. These are located in the toddler/preschool play area.

Were these there before? I must admit. I don't usually spend much time here, since I have teenagers that rather spend their time elsewhere.

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!!

 

[Diznygrl]

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.

 

[where's_my_prince]

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.

oh wow that'd be totally awesome!

 

[barefootmomma]

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.

This would be epic!

Just back from another impromptu day at Disneyland. We're spoiled APers this weekend! It was H.O.T. today, forget trying to be anything but a hot sweaty mess. It was a great night though. My little one had his first meeting with Captain Hook, and I think it was the greatest day of his life thus far. He was completely over the moon excited and happy. I can't wait for them to meet again on party night when he's all decked out as Peter Pan.

 

[dizneedoll]

I need to go to bed in a couple hours. So I suppose I'll go pack now! See you all when I get back!

Have a great time and hopefully the heat will won't get down! I had turn my AC on tonight.


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

So, YAY! My Alice in Wonderland costume arrived and it's awesome! I've got the shoes, dress, pinafore, hair ribbon and I just have to go buy some white stockings. My DS4 is kinda ticked because my costume arrived and we're still waiting for the mailman to bring his. So I've got costumes here and on the way, party tickets bought, now I just have 23 days to wait.

But this Sunday we're going to Hollyweird..err...I mean Hollywood to see Beauty and the Beast at the El Capitan Theatre! That will help ease the wait.

 

[Priory]

I can't believe I will be at Disneyland in one week! After lurking here for months, I had to register to express my excitement.

I have one question, that I doubt anyone really has an answer to.

Our last day in the park is Oct. 8th. I have tickets to the TOT party. However, that is the night elecTRONica starts. I am wondering if there will be in and out privileges for party attendees, or if it would even be worth leaving the party to check out DCA that night.

 

[Karenann*]

Don't know the answer to that, but welcome!!!!

 

[MaiynaMouse]

YIKES!!!!!!!! These Halloween photos are so amazing and forcing me to second guess my choice to visit during the holidays rather than during Halloween-time! I'm so excited for Christmas at Disney but Halloween is my all time favorite holiday!!!!!!