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

[Sherry E]

halloween date's released on disney website

September 14 through October 31, 2012

http://disneyland.disney.go.com/events/halloween-time/

Thank you very kindly, I'm mikey - that's exactly where I was trying to go on the site when I was on there at around 11:00 a.m., entering that AP/DCA contest! I couldn't get out of the AP section and over to the main DLR section because my PC locked up. So I rebooted and gave up! I am guessing that 50,000 AP holders were all trying to enter the contest at once and causing the site to run a little slow.

Anyway, no surprises there on the season dates. We had already figured that Halloween Time would begin on 9/14 or 9/21. I don't think the Halloween Party dates will be too shocking either.

I will update the title of this thread to show the season dates!

Time for a return of Creepy Dancing Guy!

 

[GrandBob]

I will update the title of this thread to show the season dates!

Time for a return of Creepy Dancing Guy!

Yay for the Creepy Dancing Guy!

Yay for the season dates being released!

 

[Sherry E]

Yay for the Creepy Dancing Guy!

Yay for the season dates being released!

So true, Bob. The Creepy Dancing Guy is highly underrated! It's nice to trot him out every so often so he can do his thing!

Yes, it's wonderful to see the dates in print! (Thanks again, I'm mikey!) As much as we can always guess on what the dates will be based on previous patterns, it would be just like Disney to be sneaky and shock us with something crazy (and ridiculous) like "Halloween Time starts on October 12th..." So it's good when we can end the speculation and have the definite schedule to work with.

Now...if they can just get moving on the holiday season dates so we can put that mystery to rest, we'll be ahead of the game!

 

[DisneyMomma81]

We haven't visited DLR during Halloween time for quite some time *2009* today I booked HoJo for the 4th week of Oct! Likely park days will be Tues - Thu 23-25, might go with a 2 day hopper *or 2 day 1 park per day tix and do the party one afternoon/evening.

 

[matthewaniela]

Hi when can you buy tickets . Is there a discount if you have an annual pass. This will be our first time going to a halloween night as we are coming from New Zealand

 

[I'm mikey]

Hi when can you buy tickets . Is there a discount if you have an annual pass. This will be our first time going to a halloween night as we are coming from New Zealand

copied from Sherry E previous post

If you have an Annual Pass, are a Disney Vacation Club owner or have a Disney Visa Card, you will most likely be able to buy discounted tickets starting in late May or early June, all the way up until right before the parties start, until the discounted tickets sell out (which won't be for a while).

If you don't have any of those memberships, you can buy non-discounted tickets at the regular prices (which will be somewhere in the $50 range, but I'm not sure exactly what the price will be this year) starting in July or early August.

There are "day of event" - or "same day" - tickets sold at the Disney ticket booths for those last minute party goers, but those tickets will not be discounted and may even end up being a couple of dollars extra!

 

[TigerlilyAJ]

I thought I'd try asking here before starting a separate thread: Has anyone here had the unfortunate experience of having one or more MHP tickets they could not use? What happened with the extra ticket(s)? Did you just eat the cost?

My family (DH and three kids) are definitely going to DLR this October. We're planning on the Oct 31 MHP. We really want my sister to come with us to be a third adult to help out, but with her job, she will not know for *sure* that she can come probably until Sept--and things could still change after that! I have a Disney Visa and am really afraid the Halloween night tickets will sell out quickly, so I want to buy the five we would need ASAP. (One child is under three, and thus doesn't need a ticket--I think.) So it's possible that I could end up with an extra adult ticket for a party that will likely sell out. What are my options (if any) for getting rid of the ticket?

BTW, so excited to see the official dates announced! We're going late to try and stay all the way to Christmas at DLR, and the early start of H'ween gives me (faint) hope that Christmas might start a bit early, too. But probably not, since Vets Day seems to be a giant enough week/weekend on its own, judging by the hotels booked up....

 

[I'm mikey]

I thought I'd try asking here before starting a separate thread: Has anyone here had the unfortunate experience of having one or more MHP tickets they could not use? What happened with the extra ticket(s)? Did you just eat the cost?

The tickets are non refundable and can't be resold if i remember correctly.

BTW, so excited to see the official dates announced! We're going late to try and stay all the way to Christmas at DLR, and the early start of H'ween gives me (faint) hope that Christmas might start a bit early, too. But probably not, since Vets Day seems to be a giant enough week/weekend on its own, judging by the hotels booked up....

You will see a mixture of halloween and christmas, main street will be
decorated for halloween and the castle will probably have snow and
christmas decorations.
After halloween, the christmas decorations start going up pretty fast.

 

[TigerlilyAJ]

That's what I figured, pretty much.

WRT to Christmas, well, we want to be greedy and get the real start so we can see the fireworks, etc. So I know we'll see a lot of decorations in early Nov, but we want the full show. ;-)

 

[Sherry E]

That's what I figured, pretty much.

WRT to Christmas, well, we want to be greedy and get the real start so we can see the fireworks, etc. So I know we'll see a lot of decorations in early Nov, but we want the full show. ;-)

I don't blame you, TigerlilyAJ!

I always suggest to people - when they are asking the best times to go for the holidays - to at least try to get there after the official season start date. Yes, there will be lots of decor going up as soon as November rolls around (and even before Halloween Time ends, really), but the official season start date is important because that's when the Winter Castle lights up at night, the snow falls on Main Street, the Christmas Fantasy Parade begins, the Believe in Holiday Magic fireworks happen, etc.

So if you manage to arrange it so that your trip begins before Halloween Time has ended and extends to when the holiday season has officially begun, I think that would be great!

The holiday season won't officially begin any earlier than 11/9. The latest it would begin is 11/16, and it may begin on Monday, 11/12. I thought that 11/9 was too early, but I am thinking that since Halloween Time is getting a 9/14 start date, the holiday season may actually end up starting on that date after all - or probably 11/12. Waiting until 11/16 might be too long, since the season is so popular!

 

[Staceycs]

I completely jumped for joy when I came onto the boards today and saw the date had been put on the thread front page...I had to look twice! Yay for DL Halloween dates!!!!!!

The second part of my trip is in WDW....I just bought tickets for my very first MNSSHP while we are over in Orlando too!!

Now to think of a costume......

 

[Aust]

So...the Halloween Time dates are now out, but not the dates of the Halloween Parties yet?

 

[TigerlilyAJ]

Aust, you are correct. The dates, we hope, will be out by the end of this month, so that AP holders and Disney Visa holders can do the early purchases.

Sherry, thank you. Yes, I have been hoping for Nov 9 sooooo badly. We've hotels booked until Nov 13, a 15-night SoCal vacation, but the 16th would really be pushing it too far, both in terms of $$$ and time from work! ;-) Trust me, I'm keeping an eye on your Christmas super thread to see when some eagle-eyed DIS-er finds the dates posted somewhere.

 

[I'm mikey]

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[sweethannah]

I got super excited when visiting allears because they had the Halloween party dates up! I was all like woohoo!!!! and then I realized it was for WDW and I was like

 

[I'm mikey]

I got super excited when visiting allears because they had the Halloween party dates up! I was all like woohoo!!!! and then I realized it was for WDW and I was like

Unfortunately, disneyland has not released the halloween party dates yet.
we should get some sort of info in the next 3 to 4 weeks.
all we know so far is the halloween season starts September 14 and goes through October 31, 2012.

 

[Sherry E]

You know it's a sure sign that the DIS is hoppin' and a lot of activity is happening when threads like these disappear onto Page 3 - not even Page 2 - in the course of 24 hours!! We go through long stretches of time here on this whole Disneyland forum where certain threads are always somewhere on Page 1 and it takes a while for them to even drift onto the next page, let alone Page 3.

It seems like there's been a burst of activity. The last time I recall a burst like this - where the threads are moving at lightning speed - was when World of Color debuted, or was about to debut. I guess that the curiosity about all the upcoming DCA stuff is luring people over to our little side of town.

 

[I'm mikey]

You know it's a sure sign that the DIS is hoppin' and a lot of activity is happening when threads like these disappear onto Page 3 - not even Page 2 - in the course of 24 hours!! We go through long stretches of time here on this whole Disneyland forum where certain threads are always somewhere on Page 1 and it takes a while for them to even drift onto the next page, let alone Page 3.

It seems like there's been a burst of activity. The last time I recall a burst like this - where the threads are moving at lightning speed - was when World of Color debuted, or was about to debut. I guess that the curiosity about all the upcoming DCA stuff is luring people over to our little side of town.

Ya, i think your right Sherry, the curiosity about Buena Vista Street and Cars land has a lot of people planning trips this year.

 

[Minnie Sue Oz]

Oh boy................super excited.............buying AP this week over the phone so I can have it sent to me here in Australia all ready to get our Halloween party tickets when the dates are announced!

This trip will complete the set for me as I have been to DL in regular time, for Christmas ( oh my word I just lurve DL at Christmas time.......so magical ) and now I will be there for Halloween too!!!

I am so glad this thread is here as my poor DH gets a little ear bashed every time something new happens..............

We will have 16 ( yes sixteen!!! ) nights to just soak up all that is DL. We are coming half way across the world so figure we best make the trip worthwhile.........did I mention I was excited???

 

[KiwiMouseGirl]

I toally understand MinnieSue! We came from New Zealand and stayed for 11 days, and I would have loved to stay longer! Im already planning my next trip, im planning on taking my mum over, im thinking for halloween time! Does anyone know when the quitest time is when the halloween decorations are up? If its going to be too busy id rather just go again at the end of april/ The wait times were amazing! Pretty much walk on all day!