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

[TheColtonsMom]

DO IT!!! Before we finally got back to DL I always ordered one "just in case" even when we didn't plan to go. I love them!

 

[funatdisney]

I think I will. I can drive DH and the kids crazy with it.

No really, I won't. I don't want to get them sick of Disneyland.

 

[TheColtonsMom]

I think I will. I can drive DH and the kids crazy with it.

No really, I won't. I don't want to get them sick of Disneyland.

I have not been the one to put it in the DVD player yet!!! It is so cool that I have finally converted my huband to the Disneytragic Brant put it in when it arrived and Colton has the other two times but all three of us have watched it together everytime and talked about the memories of the last trip and/or what we want to make priorities next trip....Colton already has his list of rides/attractions/food that MUST be done on day #1 at Halloween!

 

[funatdisney]

I have not been the one to put it in the DVD player yet!!! It is so cool that I have finally converted my huband to the Disneytragic Brant put it in when it arrived and Colton has the other two times but all three of us have watched it together everytime and talked about the memories of the last trip and/or what we want to make priorities next trip....Colton already has his list of rides/attractions/food that MUST be done on day #1 at Halloween!

Does Colton like the Nightmare Before Christmas movie and did he enjoy the Haunted Mansion Holiday last year? I got the NBC soundtrack at DL one year and I start playing it in the morning at the end of September. It is the soundtrack from the movie, not the ride. Sets the mood for the Fall, since we really don't have seasons here. Much like when I play Christmas music during breakfast the Monday after Thanksgiving.

 

[TheColtonsMom]

Does Colton like the Nightmare Before Christmas movie and did he enjoy the Haunted Mansion Holiday last year? I got the NBC soundtrack at DL one year and I start playing it in the morning at the end of September. It is the soundtrack from the movie, not the ride. Sets the mood for the Fall, since we really don't have seasons here. Much like when I play Christmas music during breakfast the Monday after Thanksgiving.

He likes the movie but I had to play let's make a deal to get him on that ride! He had heard from his big sister that the ghosts hitchhiked with you and asked you to bring your death certificate so you sould stay with them. Her favorite parts... he was terrified. Once we made it through the first itme he was umping up & down and wanted to go again "RIGHT NOW!"

My grown daughter Kari has that soundtrack maybe I should have her copy it for him...but really you wait until MONDAY to play Christmas music???? We start on Thanksgiving... after returning from family dinner which is mid-day we turn it on and put the lights up on the outside of the house every year!

 

[funatdisney]

I wait until Monday because I host Thanksgiving dinner, shop Black Friday, and my youngest DD's birthday is usually on the weekend and we go to DL on Saturday or Sunday. I just don't get to it until Monday. I can't even remember to put in the CD player. But on Monday when things get settled and the routine is in place, I remember to play Christmas music. It is crazy busy before that Monday, it never occurs to me to put it in.

 

[TheColtonsMom]

I wait until Monday because I host Thanksgiving dinner, shop Black Friday, and my youngest DD's birthday is usually on the weekend and we go to DL on Saturday or Sunday. I just don't get to it until Monday. I can't even remember to put in the CD player. But on Monday when things get settled and the routine is in place, I remember to play Christmas music. It is crazy busy before that Monday, it never occurs to me to put it in.

Your Thanksgiving week sounds like ours! Colton's birthday is the 15th, Our wedding anniversary is the 18th and Brant's is on the 21st so with Thanksgiving in there too there is alot going on! We used to have the big family dinner at my Mom's but the last couple of years we have started doing Thanksgiving Day at a restaurant, but I still cook the whole shebang at home the day after for the 3 of us cuz you gotta have leftovers! The only reason we do the lights on Thanksgiving Day is before that it seems tacky and I am always so worried that we will get hit hard with snow and climbing on ladders will be dangerous so as soon a Thanksgiving dinner is over lights go up!

 

[TheColtonsMom]

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A Gus and Mabel patiently awaiting Halloween information boogey bump.

Time for a little more Halloween Info boogie! We are almost halfway through April and "traditionally" we hear about the TOTP dates in May... It's almost here!

 

[funatdisney]

Your Thanksgiving week sounds like ours! Colton's birthday is the 15th, Our wedding anniversary is the 18th and Brant's is on the 21st so with Thanksgiving in there too there is alot going on! We used to have the big family dinner at my Mom's but the last couple of years we have started doing Thanksgiving Day at a restaurant, but I still cook the whole shebang at home the day after for the 3 of us cuz you gotta have leftovers! The only reason we do the lights on Thanksgiving Day is before that it seems tacky and I am always so worried that we will get hit hard with snow and climbing on ladders will be dangerous so as soon a Thanksgiving dinner is over lights go up!

To get a head start with the xmas decor, I put up the garland on my stairs and garland on the entryway to the my kitchen and family room. The garland has white lights and I don't add my Mickey Christmas ornaments. So I feel that I can get away with it.

I also have fall decor everywhere, too. Fall leaf garlands in the kitchen and family room and pumpkins (fake and real) everywhere to make sure that everyone knows that it is Thanksgiving and Christmas. It doesn't "look" Christmasy and I get a head start on the Christmas decor.

 

[Goofy_Mom]

I wanted to chime in on the NBC/Halloween and little kids stuff. My Little Monkey (3) LOVES NBC and Halloween. NBC gets a viewing at least once a week and currently in the dvd player is a copy of Disney's Halloween Treat. Also in the rotation is the halloween edition of Thomas and Friends. I've also converted him to the "Disney Side". We DVRed the travel channel's showings of Disneyland Behind the Sceans. That gets watched once a week, too, at Monkey's request. He loved the NBC overlay as well. A bit hesitant at first cause it's dark, but after talking him through it he was okay. I'm curious how he'll be with the new hitchiking ghosts at WDW (our first time!!) He's already super excited about the Halloween Party with Mickey Mouse. He looks on the costume store websites all the time with me. This year I've noticed he's kinda partial to the scary ghost costumes.

 

[DreamtheImpossible]

Hi everyone! I'm planning to go for a week this year, likely around the 16th-22nd...(Pleasepleaseplease be light crowds! My fiance will be in a wheelchair due to a knee injury, but I get easily claustrophobic..)

But I digress..

I had a couple questions. 1. For the halloween party it mentioned that most of the rides are all open. Which ones are closed? How inconvienent is it to be wearing a costume while on the rides?

2. I'm coming down from Washington state and will already be in the parks for the day of the party. Is it necessary for me to leave and re-enter with my Halloween ticket?

Thanks in advance!

 

[TheColtonsMom]

I wanted to chime in on the NBC/Halloween and little kids stuff. My Little Monkey (3) LOVES NBC and Halloween. NBC gets a viewing at least once a week and currently in the dvd player is a copy of Disney's Halloween Treat. Also in the rotation is the halloween edition of Thomas and Friends. I've also converted him to the "Disney Side". We DVRed the travel channel's showings of Disneyland Behind the Sceans. That gets watched once a week, too, at Monkey's request. He loved the NBC overlay as well. A bit hesitant at first cause it's dark, but after talking him through it he was okay. I'm curious how he'll be with the new hitchiking ghosts at WDW (our first time!!) He's already super excited about the Halloween Party with Mickey Mouse. He looks on the costume store websites all the time with me. This year I've noticed he's kinda partial to the scary ghost costumes.

Another good Halloween one is the chipmunks halloween.. Colton used to watch it all the time but seems to have outgrown it in the last year (he is 6)

As far as converting others to the dark side (insert evil laugh here) besides the vac planning DVD other ones watched over & over around here include food networks Guy Fieri DL food (we could watch them make those candy canes a million times) and the Walt Disney Story...but DAILY at least once is the Sing Along Songs Fun in Disneyland... Love this...and nothing was better (well a few moments but you have to read the TR for that) on our last trip than the three of us walking onto Main St that first day for Colton's first ever visit singing "We're walking right down the middle of Main St USA" or standing in line at Splash! and singing Zip a dee doo dah at the top of our lungs where the line goes inside and it echoes off the walls...we must have had 50 people singing along with us in that line!

 

[ducky_love]

I'm curious how he'll be with the new hitchiking ghosts at WDW (our first time!!) He's already super excited about the Halloween Party with Mickey Mouse. He looks on the costume store websites all the time with me. This year I've noticed he's kinda partial to the scary ghost costumes.

I can't help with DL - but I know WDW! The new ghosts aren't scary - they are funny. I don't know if it is the same with DL but at WDW the ghosts are timed to go off after the word "socialize" in the song. When I have take little ones I've taught them how to "conduct" the ghosts - they sometimes really think they are making the ghosts pop up. It makes it a game rather than scary.

Grimm Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize - POP!

 

[Sherry E]

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[Sherry E]

Hi everyone! I'm planning to go for a week this year, likely around the 16th-22nd...(Pleasepleaseplease be light crowds! My fiance will be in a wheelchair due to a knee injury, but I get easily claustrophobic..)

But I digress..

I had a couple questions. 1. For the halloween party it mentioned that most of the rides are all open. Which ones are closed? How inconvienent is it to be wearing a costume while on the rides?

2. I'm coming down from Washington state and will already be in the parks for the day of the party. Is it necessary for me to leave and re-enter with my Halloween ticket?

Thanks in advance!

Hi, DreamtheImpossible! I don't think anyone answered your questions! I missed last year's party, so I can't give an answer about exactly which rides were closed during the party, but most of them are, indeed, open during the party. ToonTown is closed, of course, and there are just a small handful of others.

Liza or Bret or anyone out there who went to the party last year should be able to pop in soon with an answer to your party questions. (The last party I attended was in DCA, so the rules changed a bit when it moved into DL last year.)

Yes, you will have to leave the park and re-enter with your separate party ticket to get a wristband and stay in DL, and that ticket will only be good for DL. The regular Park Hopper you can use earlier in the day, prior to that.

 

[funatdisney]

I noticed your post, DreamtheImpossible, but I felt I couldn't really answer it accurately. We don't do the rides very much (we are too busy getting candy ) and I have never had been in DL before the three hour early entry the MHP tickets allows you. I have at the Magic Kingdom in WDW. We were allowed to stay inside the park and get a wrist band from a CM at certain locations. Last year was the first year and I don't remember anyone mentioning what they did if they were in the park earlier in the day.

I am curious myself so I can update the Mickey's Halloween party post.

 

[Sherry E]

I noticed your post, DreamtheImpossible, but I felt I couldn't really answer it accurately. We don't do the rides very much (we are too busy getting candy ) and I have never had been in DL before the three hour early entry the MHP tickets allows you. I have at the Magic Kingdom in WDW. We were allowed to stay inside the park and get a wrist band from a CM at certain locations. Last year was the first year and I don't remember anyone mentioning what they did if they were in the park earlier in the day.

I am curious myself so I can update the Mickey's Halloween party post.

Oh, you know what, Liza? I think you might be on to something. Now that you mention what they did at WDW with the CM's handing out wristbands at certain locations in the MK so that the party guests didn't have to go out and come back in again, I think they may have done that last year in DL too. Don't quote me on that, but I think they may have. I seem to recall some discussion about that somewhere last year.

Kristin and Vala attended the party last year, too - can you ladies let us know?? Anyone?

 

[DreamtheImpossible]

Thank you all for the help! =D It's not such a big deal if I have to leave, I suppose since I'll want to get my costume. And getting candy would make going on the rides a little challenging! (Of course, one of the party will have a wheelchair so we can stack the bags on that.)

I'm very excited, but a little worried about the crowds. Sunday will be our only chance to see Fantasmic! and the regular Fireworks--((Will they be Remember at that point?)) but we do have monday-thursday. (17-20th)

 

[Vala]

I am pretty sure Splash Mountain was closed... at least I can't remember any screams when I was in line for the photo booth there.

Toontown was closed like it's been mentioned. The Mark Twain also wasn't running, they used the dock for the pirates photo spot. Besides that I don't remember anything else.

Unfortunately like funatdisney I was a little preoccupied with other things. But I have shot a message off to my friends, they did some more rides. Also I think the party map is hiding somewhere on my table, I'll go and look.

 

[Sherry E]

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