We are now officially planning a trip in late October to see DL at Halloween for the first time

DSs (8 and 11) are very excited about the Mickey Trick or Treat party and scoring lots of US candy generally!
Our air tickets are sorted (Virgin) - now to see what we can do about getting a deal at Hojos. Ent Book dates are pretty limited but there seem to be some good deals available through Air New Zealand Holidays, who we booked with last time we went in 2009.
As the NZ$ is finally over 80c US for the first time in years, DH has suggested we also have a splurge for a couple of nights at a Disney hotel - maybe GCH? Would love to stay at the DL Hotel but prices seem to have gone up there since the renovations.
We are hoping that if the Christmas period at DL officially starts on Nov 11 we may even get to see some of that too, as we are planning a two week break in California and could revisit DL at the end of our trip. anyone else hoping to luck out and get two DL holidays in one trip?