Mark's ready to go!
What Halloween Party would be complete without a whole slew of tricks or treats? Certainly not Mickey's Halloween Party! We have to admit, in spite of all the cool things we've shown you so far, like parades, fireworks, and characters, that one of the things we were most looking forward to was the treats! One of Mark's favorite parts of the Halloween Party when it was still at Disney California Adventure Park was the trick or treating stations, and we were both psyched to be able to trick or treat around Disneyland Park, as neither of us had before.
The premise was really quite simple: grab your bags, and wander around The Park to her many trick or treating stations, open your bag, and accept your goodies. Pretty simple, right? The great thing about it was there were stations set up all over the place! If you wanted a little candy, go through the line and then find something else to do with the rest of your evening. If you were like us and you wanted enough candy and sweets to outlast an alien invasion or some other apocalyptic event, Disneyland allowed you to go through the lines over and over again. Our bags were literally becoming too heavy for the handles to, well handle, on our way out at the end of the evening we had been through the lines so many times. Which is a good thing, believe us! We especially liked how every single "Land" within The Park had a station, and sometimes two(!), in which to trick or treat. It certainly kept us moving all over the place, and we liked that a lot! The only one we didn't check out was the one in Critter Country, but we were talking after and we think we hit every other line that there was. It was a pretty successful evening for us, no doubt!
Loved the Mickey balloon (lit!) outside of Tomorrowland
Another touch we thought was very nice was the healthy options that they offered at each and every trick or treat station. Alongside all of the wonderful sweets such as Skittles, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, M&Ms, and Twix, one was able to ask for (and receive) Craisins, raisins, apple slices, and bags of Mickey's Apple Chips. It came in especially handy in our group since we were trick or treating with our friends at FindingMickey.com, and Rosemary had to watch what she was eating because of her pregnancy (Disney princess incoming!). We thought it was a great way to at least pretend to keep us healthy, and when we took stock of what we had later, we had a pretty good stock of healthy treats alongside our not-so-healthy ones. We honestly enjoyed both!
Lots of attractions were lit up with special Halloween "decorations" for the occasion
Our first trick or treat station near Space Mountain, Tomorrowland
Our favorite trick or treat station in Village Haus restaurant, Fantasyland
One other really cool highlight of the evening had to be the decor. Whereas other parks such as Six Flags and Knott's are pretty much intentionally out to scare you witless, Disneyland doesn't go quite to that extreme, but they did have some pretty creepy things going on down in Frontierland. We've always been big fans of the Halloween Tree (taken from Ray Bradbury's novel of the same name) and, as always, were really glad to see it again this year. The Rivers of America were really rocking the fog, as well! When we first saw it it looked much like the picture below and some of it was still visible, but by the time the night ended, it was almost completely covered in the stuff. Who knows what creatures might have been lurking in that dank morass? And we think the area of the cave, which was once part of the Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland attraction, was just absolutely awesome (and way creepy!) with its lights shining out over the pond.
The Halloween Tree, Frontierland
Creepy fog along the Rivers of America, Frontierland
Mine Train cave all lit up, Frontierland
On the whole we had a really amazing time at Mickey's Halloween Party this year, and we're already making plans to attend again next year; it was so much fun! There was tons to see and do, the Cast Members who were working The Party were amazing, and it was just a great time all around. If you've never had the chance to attend The Party yourself, or you've kind of been on the fence about it, then we highly recommend it. We know that the cost of the event can be a little off-putting, and we debated it ourselves a while for just that very reason, but ultimately in the end we think it was well-worth the price of admission. Halloween at Disneyland? What's better than that? And if you're doing it with friends or family, that just add a whole other element of fun to the equation.
We hope you've enjoying strolling around Mickey's Halloween Party with Days in the Park! We've tried to include loads of pictures, some detail, and just enough commentary to hopefully sell you on the entire thing. We'll be back tomorrow with a few more pictures, some last-minute stragglers if you will, but it's been a lot of fun for us over the last few days to relive Mickey's Party. We hope to see some of you out there next year! Thanks for coming along with us!
2 comments:
Originally, I had thought that when I went to the party I wouldn't go trick-or-treating. There are just so many other things to do besides wait in line for candy! But after thinking about it for a few years, I said to myself, "What are you, nuts?? You've never been real trick-or-treating before so why not do it at the Happiest Place on Earth?!" Now I'm super excited to visit some candy stations, and I'm even thinking about making a custom bag to go with my costume. :D Thanks for all the great info on candy and the awesome pictures!
You HAVE to trick or treat, Amanda! It's so much fun, and definitely ;an integral part of what's going on! The lines weren't too bad, either. They tend to get kind of long, but move very fast. We never really felt like we were losing time by doing it, at all.
And yes! Definitely make your own bag - the ones they gave us were SO small they wouldn't have held much, so we wound up buying separate bags at The Emporium so we could carry all the loot - LOL :)
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