13 July 2006
If Its October, It Must Be Disneys HalloweenTime!
Disneyland Resort to Become Fall Playground for Little Boos & Ghouls of All Ages
A Family-Friendly Tradition of Fall Fun Begins Sept. 29 With All-New Seasonal Event
ANAHEIM, Calif. (July 12, 2006) - - The witching hour of midnight on Sept. 29, 2006, will mark the beginning of Disneys HalloweenTime, an all-new seasonal event at the Disneyland Resort with whimsical décor, costumed Disney Characters, and interactive Halloween activities the whole family will find frightfully fun. Continuing through Oct. 31, the first-ever event will allow guests to enter a family-friendly world of Halloween delights.
Disneys HalloweenTime will be a wonderful opportunity for families to come together and enjoy the make-believe aspects of the holiday, said Matt Ouimet, president of the Disneyland Resort. We hope families will begin a new holiday tradition of celebrating Halloween with us here at the Disneyland Resort.
The autumn motif will be immediately apparent as Guests approach Disneyland park where charming jack- o-lantern creations depicting Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto and Goofy will adorn the rooftop of the Main Entrance. Upon entering the park, Guests will see the familiar imagery of the Mickey Planter below the Main Street Train Station transformed into a canvas of pumpkins and a masked Mickey face, featuring a skin-tone and ears created with real miniature white and orange pumpkins.
On Main Street, U.S.A. festive orange and yellow bunting will grace the quaint Victorian buildings while fall will be in full bloom in the flowerbeds and streetlamp flower boxes with a floral palette of green, purple, orange and yellow. A centerpiece of Town Square will be a 12-foot tall Mickey Mouse jack-o-lantern, complete with pumpkin ears. The carved Mickey image will greet Guests with a smile as they stroll down Main Street and will give them a playful wink as they depart while casting a warm glow at night.
The Central Plaza of Disneyland will also be specially decorated with Disney Character-inspired jack-o-lanterns surrounding the famous Partners statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse. Additionally, the Disney Characters themselves will get into the spirit of the occasion, wearing their favorite Halloween costumes, while meeting and greeting Guests in Town Square and the Central Plaza.
At the Halloween Round-Up in Frontierland little ones visiting Big Thunder Ranch will have fun enjoying crafts and listening to a few tall, and possibly spooky, tales. The round-up will also feature an array of tasty treats to satisfy the most monstrous of appetites including cotton candy in Halloween colors, plus little frights can participate in some Spooky-Kookie-Cookie decorating.
As part of Disneys HalloweenTime the popular seasonal attraction Haunted Mansion Holiday returns in New Orleans Square to delight guests by showing what happens when the traditions of Halloween and Christmas collide, resulting in holiday mayhem. Inspired by the innovative animated film Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas, Haunted Mansion Holiday depicts a holiday season as taken over by Jack Skellington and his friends from Halloweentown.
Across the Disneyland Resort esplanade, Guests to Disneys California Adventure park will instantly be immersed in the spirit of Halloween fun as they encounter the iconic 11 foot tall CALIFORNIA entranceway letters - - now seemingly made from giant pieces of candy corn. Once inside the park Guests will thrill to meeting an assortment of Disney Villains on the prowl while enjoying the enhanced atmosphere décor in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot.
Looming 183 feet high (the tallest attraction at the Disneyland Resort) and tempting guests to leave reality behind is the Hollywood Tower Hotel, site of the terrifying, other-worldly experience that is The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. The parks popular supernatural adventure, based on a lost episode of the classic Twilight ZoneÒ television series, will take on an even more ominous presence with enhanced décor and creepy staff (such as the hotel maid whose shift never ends!).
Disneys HalloweenTime, a new seasonal tradition, will be presented throughout the Disneyland Resort from Sept. 29 Oct. 31, 2006. Information about vacations at the Disneyland Resort is available at
www.disneyland.com, by calling (877) 700-DISNEY, or by visiting local travel agents. Additional insights can be found on the Official Disneyland Resort Audio Podcast at
www.disneyland.com/podcast or via the Disneyland Resort Video Podcast that can be accessed thru a Disneyland search on the iTunes Podcast Directory.