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

[Daisuke]

at DCA the lockers stayed open during the parties so i'm sure the DL ones will be too

the lockers were open during the party

here's some pics I took at Mickey's Halloween Party this past Friday

expect to get A LOT of candy. that little bag they give you will be full.

 

[RweTHEREyet]

Hi All,
I'm new to the Disboards, and am loving all the great info. Thank you everyone!

I was just wondering if anyone has a rough percentage of adult guests who are wearing a costume to the MHP. We are going on the 19th and have costumes for our DS4 and DD3, and I wanted my husband and myself to dress up, he's just afraid we'll be the only adults. Can anyone tell me if most of the adults are dressed up or in just plain everyday clothes? I'm trying to convince DH to be a pirate!

Thanks all!

To tell you the truth, it seems that DH and I are the only ones not dressing up. Just not enough room in the suitcase with a 10 day trip to pack for.

 

[JH87]

Great pictures Daisuke! Wow is that the candy they give you??? Looks like some really good stuff! I love the river with all the spooky fog!

 

[funatdisney]

expect to get a lot of candy. That little bag they give you will be full.

Yum! So happy with the reports of the candy selections here.

 

[amamax2]

Daisuke- WOW!!! Fantastic pictures, epecially the one inside HMH!

Thanks for sharing them!

 

[silence]

To tell you the truth, it seems that DH and I are the only ones not dressing up. Just not enough room in the suitcase with a 10 day trip to pack for.

My kiddos are dressing up, but I'm not wearing a costume. I'll be wearing "festive" clothes, probably a Halloween T-shirt and my pumpkin Mickey ears.

 

[keahgirl8]

I'll be wearing sort of a costume, but nothing too elaborate!

 

[iKristin]

Well...i'm watching a travel channel special on Disneyland that I TiVo'd to get myself prepared for this coming weekend!!! YAY!!!

 

[JH87]

Just bought and printed out my DLR tickets!!!

 

[Daisuke]

Great pictures Daisuke! Wow is that the candy they give you??? Looks like some really good stuff! I love the river with all the spooky fog!

they do! when we saw the candy we were like "homg and there's so much!" we had to put some in our purses and pockets to make room for more =P

 

[daniele_ut]

My kiddos are dressing up, but I'm not wearing a costume. I'll be wearing "festive" clothes, probably a Halloween T-shirt and my pumpkin Mickey ears.

My kids are dressing up as well. DH and I are wearing Nightmare before Christmas t-shirts, this one and this one. I also got DS birthday Mickey Ears, so he may wear those instead of his fireman's hat!

 

[marciemouse]

Thanks to all who advised us about taking our daughter to the party. We decided to skip the party but buy annual passes and go next weekend (and in December and next spring!) instead! Woo-hoo!

Sadly, I'm on a no sugar and no starch phase of a diet, so I doubt I'll have much to offer in the way of really yummy food pics, but we'll see!

 

[iKristin]

Got my LGMH laminated today at Staples!! Now I'm sitting here at work making a Scoobie to attach it to my lime green bagallinni haha. Scoobies are PERFECT to attach your LGMH to your bag because once finished they are thick so they won't break off

http://www.howtomakescoobies.com/

 

[jnjusoioa]

Does anyone please have photos of the Halloween merchandise, shirts, etc. Or can you tell me where to find them. Thank you much.

 

[iKristin]

On page one of this post there's a table of contents

 

[Sherry E]

Does anyone please have photos of the Halloween merchandise, shirts, etc. Or can you tell me where to find them. Thank you much.

Jen - Where have you looked? As Kristin said, there's a Table of Contents in the first post of this thread (Page 1). Look under Merchandise, where I have listed all the merchandise items shown in photos. There's a lot of stuff.

Also, the other thing you can do is go to the original "Halloween at DL" thread (we call it "Part 1") - there are merchandise photos in that. I posted a link to Halloween at DL (Part 1) in the very first post of this thread. Many of the things that were available last year are available this year too (like Mickey votive holders and Mickey pumpkin mugs). Plus, people posted some photos and links to photos in Part 1, as soon as Halloween Time began in September. You just kind of have to take the time to look.

One other thing - VictoriaAndMatt posted photos in Halloween at DL, Part 1 and also in this thread (which is Part 2) - and those covered food and merchandise and all other Halloween Time stuff. But her photos are temporarily not showing because of a bandwidth issue on Photobucket. Photobucket usually releases photos from "bandwidth jail" around the 17th of the month, so I suspect that all the wonderful photos that VictoriaAndMatt took the time to share with us will reappear in about a week.

ETA: Check MiceAge/MiceChat too - they posted photos of merchandise weeks ago (including t-shirts).

 

[BELLEDOZER]

OK...I'm back at last...what did I miss. As for the Halloween merchandise, while the infant shirts were in abundance, the youth were as rare as gold to find. I was able to luck out the first day in DL by finding a couple for my 2 boys and that's all I was seeing the entire trip. The mickey pumpkin mugs were hard to find after the first couple of days in the parks, and didn't see any after Monday. As for the Ghost popcorn buckets, they were no where to be found the entire trip, and heard a rumor that they wouldn't have anymore until after Oct 15th. I was told by one CM that they had to return 1/2 of them for being faulty. The Oct 5th MHP party was rather soggy for the first couple of hours, then it cleared up and was nice for the remainder of the evening. The CM's had to completely change the way they were handing out the candy because of the rain, but really enjoyed the event, and brought home about 6lbs of candy. On Friday the MHP had much better weather, and was really nice out. The TOT stations were much more scattered throughout the park, but they way they had the lines set up was such that you got to go through the lines twice...WOOHOO! I did this for half the park and ended up combined with at least 14 lbs of candy. I really enjoyed the entertainment, and the fireworks. Was glad to get back home though after 9 days. I loved the HM Halloween overlay, and went on it many times. Now it's off to prep for the turkey dinner. Have a great evening everyone!

Trish

 

[Sherry E]

OK...I'm back at last...what did I miss. As for the Halloween merchandise, while the infant shirts were in abundance, the youth were as rare as gold to find. I was able to luck out the first day in DL by finding a couple for my 2 boys and that's all I was seeing the entire trip. The mickey pumpkin mugs were hard to find after the first couple of days in the parks, and didn't see any after Monday. As for the Ghost popcorn buckets, they were no where to be found the entire trip, and heard a rumor that they wouldn't have anymore until after Oct 15th. I was told by one CM that they had to return 1/2 of them for being faulty. The Oct 5th MHP party was rather soggy for the first couple of hours, then it cleared up and was nice for the remainder of the evening. The CM's had to completely change the way they were handing out the candy because of the rain, but really enjoyed the event, and brought home about 6lbs of candy. On Friday the MHP had much better weather, and was really nice out. The TOT stations were much more scattered throughout the park, but they way they had the lines set up was such that you got to go through the lines twice...WOOHOO! I did this for half the park and ended up combined with at least 14 lbs of candy. I really enjoyed the entertainment, and the fireworks. Was glad to get back home though after 9 days. I loved the HM Halloween overlay, and went on it many times. Now it's off to prep for the turkey dinner. Have a great evening everyone!

Trish

Woo hoo! You're back, Trish!! I'm so glad you had a good time. And you did it totally, 100% solo - I so admire that. I am entertaining an all solo trip idea so I'm inspired by the fact that you did it and had a good time!!

Do you think you were on Disney overload by the time your trip was over, or did you have just the right amount of time at DLR?

We can't wait to see your photos!!

Those Mickey pumpkin mugs were probably located in other shops in the parks that people didn't think to look in. They probably sold out at the more obvious places, but I bet there were unexpected places that sold them. And they have those every year, so I expect they will be back again next year.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Nice to hear that you had a good trip and the two MHPs on those two days BELLEDOZER.

 

[BELLEDOZER]

I had the time to look in all the shops Sherry, and didn't see them anywhere after Monday, and was lucky to get the couple that I did. The smaller ones with the carrot cake, and icing were available in abundance at the Plaza Inn, as were the Halloween Chills mugs, but the larger Mickey Pumpkin mugs were hard to come by after Monday, even in the smaller shops. I found that 7 days was enough to keep me happy. Yesterday I spent around 5 hrs in the parks, and just was taking some last minute photos. The characters were out in abundance the entire trip, but noticed them alot more for some reason on Tues the most, maybe it was because I was at the right place at the right moment. The parks were crowded quite heavily the entire trip, and noticed they get really heavy around 11 am onwards. Note on Execucar, I've posted a thread about them, and we wary about booking them, as I had some problems getting what I ordered this morning in the way of transportation to the airport. I had a blast, and took over 1500+ photos. I did come across a Disney kitty, a cream coloured one hanging out by the Village Hause rest in FL a couple of times. I loved going to DL solo, as I could eat at off times to avoid the crowds, and basically do what I want without having the kids underfoot all the time, and going on the family routines instead of my own. I really liked the airline I flew with Westjet, and will definitely consider them if I fly again. The kids loved the candy, and am having them ration it out over a week so that they don't get sick on it. Can't wait to go on HM again in Feb, and see it without the Halloween overlay. I have to say that there were very few Halloween decorations in CA, other than a few window displays. I would say that CA would be more of a place to find some Halloween Merchandise that can't be found in DL, and I seemed to find more variety there.