Your trip report is so making me want to go to Disneyland next year for Halloween!!! Can't wait to see more!!!
I've definitely got more pics to share. Our Day 2 consisted of Mickey's Halloween Party. So more Halloween fun is on the way! I have a question, all your yummy apple, tigger tail photos, makes me want to ask, I saw on another thread and for the life of me can't find it, but it was an all different color apple, so was just curious do they do them for World of Color?? Did you happen to get a photo of them? Wonder if they will keep them around.
I don't think I'm a slacker....I commented on the total immersiveness of Christmas decor throughout DL as compared to Halloween.
Did I miss being able to state my opinion on something else? I hope not, I like to give my opinion on Disneyland!
Back to reading this trip report....which I'm lovin' by the way!
Aha! I'm glad to see you are coming around on the subject of Haunted Mansion Holiday!! You're starting to appreciate it!! Infidel!
If I recall, I think it was Bumbershoot who also didn't care for HMH too much at first, but I think it's grown on her a little bit! I think she still has issues with it, but she doesn't dislike it.
I like the original Haunted Mansion, of course, because that's the one I grew up with. That's the one I was afraid to ride when I was really little, and then it finally grew on me and I loved it. But I must say, I don't miss it when I go to DLR and ride HMH. I never think to myself, "Gee, I wish the original HM were running now." Maybe if I went to DLR again in summer or some other time that's not a holiday season (which will likely not happen), I would miss the original one and really feel its loss. I think, in my mind, I probably associate the original HM more with summer because we always used to make summer trips to DL before I discovered that I loved Christmastime more!!
So when I go for Halloween and Christmastime, I feel like HMH is a big part of the festivities. Now it would seem odd to me if HMH were NOT on the agenda for either holiday. I'm so used to it. But if I suddenly went back to DLR in the middle of July or something, maybe I would be longing for the original 999 ghosts!
Next year is the HMH's 10th anniversary, I think. That should be fun!
I know what you mean about that feeling when you know you are at DLR. I don't know what it is now for me - I will have to figure that out in December when I go - but when I was a kid, it was seeing the Matterhorn (and later Space Mountain) from the freeway - that was such a feeling of euphoria because I knew we were fast approaching the Magic Kingdom! And then, once we got out of the car in the enormous parking lot, seeing the tram made me giddy! To me, the tram was like a little ride all on its own! I loved it! And finally, holding the ticket books with the A - E tickets in it really was what sealed the deal. Once I held the ticket book in my hand, then I knew I was at Disneyland!!
Was Tksbaskets reading along back when I mentioned her (in regards to the Halloween vs. Christmas subject)? She never jumped in to say anything about that!!
Oooh, I'm glad my plan is working...
I saw those apples on the Dining Review thread. I didn't see them at Disneyland. I think they are just a DCA thing for World of Color. I didn't go into anyplace that would have sold them, so I don't know if they are still there. I would guess they are, though. They are pretty, but my teeth hurt just looking at them.
Did you make it over to the Halloween Roundup? I guess I'll have to tune into your TR to find out. We spent a lot of time over there our first day. If I had only been there one day I probably would have just quickly walked through.
Well, I just found out that Snapfish is doing a "Buy 1 Picture Book, Get 2 Free" deal that ends Monday. So I might try to put together one of those and have 3 books to give to my mom and 2 sisters. Sometimes those things are a little overwhelming to me, so we'll see. If I'm MIA for a day, that's what I'm up to.
Getting close to the end of these.
It was also playing on Day 2, but we planned to rest up before Mickey's Halloween Party during the show times.
She also had 2 cats -- Ali and Jasmine. Ali passed away last year, but Jasmine is still around.)
So we both hightailed it to Disneyland, making it to the turnstiles at 5:58. Whew! We got our stuff and met the others by the letter "C" and headed back to HoJo. 
scared1 or the Inn of Tomorrow (Stovall's). After reminiscing about M48 getting food poisoning from the peach pie at Coco's in 1993... we enjoyed our meal. I had a really good Asian salad. We also enjoyed the 80s music. 
D36 took the first set of CMs we came to, and I took the second set. Here's D36 (kind of) after jogging through the Emporium area. (I mainly included these pictures to show what a kick the CMs got out of us doing that. It made me think that they don't often have people running down the street, high-fiving them, and then kicking up their heels and woo-hooing after they've made it down the line. )
) She was way overdue for a visit with Jose and Friends.
So the hunt began for another.)
But he was very into it.)
An hour passed in between Jungle Cruise and sailing on the Mark Twain. I'm thinking we might have done Indy. Ugh. That's what I get for not taking any notes this time around.
So you can imagine our surprise when we saw the same lady in the same Halloween outfit in almost the same place the very next day!
Without using our FPS.
(this popcorn NOT being eaten out of a Mickey Ghost bucket)
Thank You for reading along!Of course stunning photos! I'm so glad you got to see Aladin. I was bummed that it wasn't playing the one day I was there.
The boat captain can make or break the Jungle Cruise. Glad you had a great one!
Weren't we just discussing things I've never noticed before??? The Petrified tree for one, the Mark Twain info for another. Time to plan another trip to DL!!
Standing by for more....
And yes, another trip is always in order if we want to catch things we missed! 
I really hope I don't "hiccup on my pillow and get it dirty" tonight. (See previous page, I think, if that doesn't make sense.)
Moving up from behind on one side...moving up ahead of her on the other side...
He came back to our table several times. D36 and M48 ordered the same thing as me. The half turkey sandwich and a cup of the potato soup (but we all upgraded to a bowl).
For a dis-chick who isn't feeling well you treated us one heck of an installment! Hope you feel better soon. Some of that scrumptious soup would do it.
SOOOooo glad you shared a couple of interesting light photos. My DH and sons wonder why I look at the lights at DL and WDW so much now.... Hmmm
We went over to get her ticket taken care of, and then we were good to go. We headed toward Frontierland. A ride on Big Thunder Mountain seemed like a good place to start, as there was no line. M48 sat this one out due to tailbone issues. We then headed over to the dock to get a picture with Capt. Jack Sparrow. They were still ready-ing the area. It didn't look like it would be much longer, and there were only a few people in line so we waited.
He asked if it was real gold, then stuck the thing in his mouth to see for himself. He didn't seem too pleased.
Oh yeah, we were asked to show our wristbands as we walked from the dock to Pirates. For the second and last time that night. So for us, there was no checking 30 minutes after the start of the party.
I'm so glad you are feeling better! Strep throat is horrible and doubly so when it's the mom with strep. We moms don't get to take a sick day.
I love hearing about the party!! Your pictures are great. I like Jack's comment about the rodent eating the food on the ship.
Looking forward to more!
The crowds were very disheartening. Everyone was getting hungry. We hadn't eaten anything since lunch with Chef Oscar. We went to Bengal BBQ. OK...huge line. D36 and Mom stayed to get our food. M48 and I went back over to grab a spot for the fireworks. I have to say now that the whole crowd thing was getting a bit frustrating. I must admit that my visions of what the party would be like crowd-wise was way off base. I didn't expect to be frolicking around in the park with just a thousand other people or anything. I think my expectations were realistic. I imagined to feel a noticeable difference in crowd levels between our days at Disneyland and our party night. In a good way. SOOO NOT TRUE! By this time we had spent all of Monday and Tuesday in the park, and now Tuesday night. The party night felt MUCH more crowded to us than the regular days we had experienced so far! Just not what I expected...)
It had its own sense of magic. The line was so long! Not what I imagined toward the end of the night. But, what are you going to do? So we got in line. And yes, they did move pretty fast, but all this business of getting handfuls? Didn't apply to us. (Yeah, I know it wasn't about the candy itself. For me it wasn't. It WAS about the candy for my kids. )
So -- with bags a bit fuller and heavier -- we headed back to BTMRR. That would have been the perfect way to end the night, but would we make it??? The party was over. 
