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

[Tiggerholic]

I don't remember seeing this in the thread, so I'll put this one up:

Sally, DH & Jack Skellington



I do have a lot more MHP pics, just need a free day/night to get them uploaded and put on the thread

 

[JH87]

Happy Halloween!!!!​

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[Flitterific]

Happy Halloween, everyone!

Oh my...it's been so long since I've been on the boards. It's been so crazy at work the past few weeks. However, I just came back from my first Halloween trip on Monday...and what better time to share my thoughts and pictures than on Halloween?

Anyway, DBF and I were at DLR Oct. 22-25 and we had MHP tickets for Friday, Oct. 22nd. The party started at 7pm and I was surprised at how packed the park was. The lines for the candy stations and character meet and greets got pretty long within 10 minutes. Our first stop was the meet and greet with the villains and it took us a good 30-40 minutes to get through the line. The villains that were out included: Jafar, Maleficent, Hades, Ratcliffe, Lady Tremaine and the Stepsisters, the Queen and the Old Hag from Snow White, and Cruella de Ville. Between trying to meet characters (including Jack Sparrow!), catching the parade and the fireworks, the party felt very rushed.

Also, I regretted not claiming a spot for the Halloween Screams fireworks earlier. DBF and I got there 30 minutes before the show and the area in front of the castle was packed. We managed to get a spot toward the right side of the castle but missed Jack Skellington (which appears on the left side of the castle). Our view was partially blocked by a tree so I only got to see half of the fireworks, which was still amazing (seriously the best fireworks show I've seen at DLR).

I was also a little disappointed that Halloween at DLR isn't as festive as I imagined it to be. The Halloween decor was mostly found only on Main Street and the Big Thunder Ranch Round-up. Still, I was glad that I got to experience Halloween at the parks and cannot wait to go back next year

 

[Flitterific]

Pictures from MHP on Friday, October 22nd:

The picture is kind of blurry but there was a couple dressed as the bride and groom ghosts and their costumes were totally awesome.

 

[Flitterific]

Pumpkins galore!

One of the pumpkin artists behind all of these pumpkins:

 

[Flitterific]

More pumpkins...

 

[Sherry E]

Happy Halloween, everyone!

Oh my...it's been so long since I've been on the boards. It's been so crazy at work the past few weeks. However, I just came back from my first Halloween trip on Monday...and what better time to share my thoughts and pictures than on Halloween?

Anyway, DBF and I were at DLR Oct. 22-25 and we had MHP tickets for Friday, Oct. 22nd. The party started at 7pm and I was surprised at how packed the park was. The lines for the candy stations and character meet and greets got pretty long within 10 minutes. Our first stop was the meet and greet with the villains and it took us a good 30-40 minutes to get through the line. The villains that were out included: Jafar, Maleficent, Hades, Ratcliffe, Lady Tremaine and the Stepsisters, the Queen and the Old Hag from Snow White, and Cruella de Ville. Between trying to meet characters (including Jack Sparrow!), catching the parade and the fireworks, the party felt very rushed.

Also, I regretted not claiming a spot for the Halloween Screams fireworks earlier. DBF and I got there 30 minutes before the show and the area in front of the castle was packed. We managed to get a spot toward the right side of the castle but missed Jack Skellington (which appears on the left side of the castle). Our view was partially blocked by a tree so I only got to see half of the fireworks, which was still amazing (seriously the best fireworks show I've seen at DLR).

I was also a little disappointed that Halloween at DLR isn't as festive as I imagined it to be. The Halloween decor was mostly found only on Main Street and the Big Thunder Ranch Round-up. Still, I was glad that I got to experience Halloween at the parks and cannot wait to go back next year

Hi, Flitterific! I was wondering what happened to you a couple of days ago, as I hadn't seen you on the Halloween thread or the Christmas thread lately, and I wondered what ended up happening with that "ticket swap" you were going to attempt to get a new AP ("swap," not be confused with an "upgrade"!!). In fact, you haven't even been on THIS Halloween thread since it began - the last we saw of you was on the original Halloween thread!!

I'm glad you got to go, but you are preaching to the choir about the lack of decorations! People are probably sick of me saying it, but I've said it from the beginning. There is not enough Halloween immersion (especially since they took away Candy Corn Acres from DCA), and the main decorations are on Main Street and at the Round-Up. You're exactly right. Halloween Time is nowhere near the scale of Christmas time in terms of decor and overall ambience! Don't get me wrong - I love Halloween Time at DLR, but they could do sooooooo much more with it.

I skipped Halloween Time this year! I was going to go - I wanted to go - but it was just to difficult to get there. I was very sad to miss it, but I think it's something I can safely skip for one year and not feel like I missed out on too much. DLR for the holidays is my main goal, and that I cannot miss.

Are you still planning a DLR holiday trip too? I know that was the original evil plot - to convince DBF to go for both Halloween and Christmas!!

 

[Flitterific]

The cutest costume ever...I loved how he was carrying a Zero with him!

Sandy Claws light box

 

[Dizneydaz]

Plus - and I've said this before - I am not fond of the spot they have for the Villains. It's too shady or something. I know that for the people in the costumes being in the shade is nice, but in some folks' photos it just looks dark - and not dark in a good, spooky way. The natural light is not great (in my opinion). Some photos in that spot are better than others, depending on the time of day, I suppose. I actually wish they had the Villains in a nice, non-shaded spot against a cool Halloween-ish backdrop of some kind - something better than what they have now.

I agree. I think it's the dappled sunlight from the trees. It causes a lot of shadows. In the picture of DD11 with Maleficent I think the flash went off. In the one with Hook it doesn't look like my camera flashed (my fault). Of course it was Hook that didn't have a PP photog so the only shot I got was the one I took.

On a different topic I ordered my PhotoCD last night so I will have many PP pictures to post in about a week.

 

[Dizneydaz]

Here are a few I took of the dock before the party.

 

[Dizneydaz]

And here are pictures of the almost 19 lbs. of candy and healthy snacks DD11 and I collected!

DD11 admiring our haul. Not sure what's up with the look on her face.

Bagged by types. The healthy snacks are in the bags DLR gave out. We ended up with over 1-1/2 lbs of Craisins! (along with some carrots, apples, and raisins.)


Hardest ones to find were the Ghiradelli (sp?) ones. We finally found them in TL. We ended up with 18 of them.
BTW, I returned the candy I bought to give out to Sam's today. Saved myself $9 and untold calories!

 

[Dizneydaz]

From Dia de Los Muertos

DD11 showing off hers

Mine-CM added a flower to my skeleton

The Greatful Dead Band??

 

[JH87]

Great photos everyone
So sad to see Halloween go, but looking forward to next year when hopefully I will be able to go to one of the Halloween parties at DLR

 

[Spacepest]

Yes, I'm sad to see Halloween go.

I did DCA, Mickey's Halloween Party, and Knott's Halloween Haunt all in a 3 day period. I didn't take any pictures because it was raining when we visited. (Although, I probably should put a trip report about Knott's--we did the deluxe hotel package for that).

 

[Diznygrl]

Goodbye, Halloween! Until next year!

 

[Flitterific]

Hi, Flitterific! I was wondering what happened to you a couple of days ago, as I hadn't seen you on the Halloween thread or the Christmas thread lately, and I wondered what ended up happening with that "ticket swap" you were going to attempt to get a new AP ("swap," not be confused with an "upgrade"!!). In fact, you haven't even been on THIS Halloween thread since it began - the last we saw of you was on the original Halloween thread!!

I'm glad you got to go, but you are preaching to the choir about the lack of decorations! People are probably sick of me saying it, but I've said it from the beginning. There is not enough Halloween immersion (especially since they took away Candy Corn Acres from DCA), and the main decorations are on Main Street and at the Round-Up. You're exactly right. Halloween Time is nowhere near the scale of Christmas time in terms of decor and overall ambience! Don't get me wrong - I love Halloween Time at DLR, but they could do sooooooo much more with it.

I skipped Halloween Time this year! I was going to go - I wanted to go - but it was just to difficult to get there. I was very sad to miss it, but I think it's something I can safely skip for one year and not feel like I missed out on too much. DLR for the holidays is my main goal, and that I cannot miss.

Are you still planning a DLR holiday trip too? I know that was the original evil plot - to convince DBF to go for both Halloween and Christmas!!

Hi Sherry! Whoops...I totally missed your post yesterday while I was posting pictures. Sorry to hear that you missed Halloweentime this year...hopefully the pictures helped Thank you so much for hyping up Halloweentime for me as I am really happy that we ended up going. Next time, I am going to stake out a good spot for the Screams fireworks

We actually ended up just upgrading our GAD tickets to the DAPs. We didn't get the discounted park-hoppers from Last Minute Travel as we were very close to not getting APs this year (due to work obligations and such). Luckily, things worked out in the end and DBF still got us the DAPs (yay! - the plan worked ). We will be going back during Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 27-29) to enjoy the Christmas decorations without the crazy crowds. Nov. 27th is a block-out day but we will just use the 1-day Park Hoppers that DBF won from the WoC summer drawing a few months ago

I am super excited about going back to DLR for Christmas season this year and cannot wait to take more pictures to share on the boards

 

[Flitterific]

And here are pictures of the almost 19 lbs. of candy and healthy snacks DD11 and I collected!

DD11 admiring our haul. Not sure what's up with the look on her face.

Bagged by types. The healthy snacks are in the bags DLR gave out. We ended up with over 1-1/2 lbs of Craisins! (along with some carrots, apples, and raisins.)


Hardest ones to find were the Ghiradelli (sp?) ones. We finally found them in TL. We ended up with 18 of them.
BTW, I returned the candy I bought to give out to Sam's today. Saved myself $9 and untold calories!

Wow! That's a LOT of candy! DBF and I was only able to fill up half of the bag that Disney gave us during the party because I was too busy trying to meet the characters

 

[Diznygrl]

We will be going back during Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 27-29) to enjoy the Christmas decorations without the crazy crowds. Nov. 27th is a block-out day but we will just use the 1-day Park Hoppers that DBF won from the WoC summer drawing a few months ago

I'm not so sure the words "Thanksgiving weekend" and "without the crazy crowds" go together.

 

[Flitterific]

I'm not so sure the words "Thanksgiving weekend" and "without the crazy crowds" go together.

Really? Why do you say that? I've read from others who went during Thanksgiving weekend that the crowds are really low (compared to when the Christmas season is full blown). DBF and I were there Christmas weekend last year and it was a madhouse so I can't imagine that it'll be anything like that. Anyhow, I am keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[Diznygrl]

I'll admit, I don't have any personal experience going Thanksgiving weekend. It just seems to me that it would be pretty busy, being a national holiday and with Deluxe AP block outs and all. Not as crazy as Christmas week, but then there's not much that's crazier than Christmas week at DL. Maybe I'm totally off base, I don't know. Perhaps more people who have been during Thanksgiving can weigh in on the subject.