Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

Saturday, November 01, 2008

Disneyland Tweets for 10/31/08

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Monday, October 06, 2008

Miley's Sweet 16 Birthday Bash

I was at Disneyland yesterday and got to at least see the crowds for Miley’s party. I was not about to shell out $250 to get into this thing, but it did allow us to go to DCA for an extended period of time. See my Disney Tweets.

According to TV Guide, celebrities attending the event were David Archuleta, Jennie Garth, Steve Carell, Cindy Crawford, Tyra Banks and Jenniver Love Hewitt.

Billie Ray and Miley performed and they had a late night fireworks show, which we were surprised to hear so late at night.

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Disneyland Lately

I’m working on conceiving exactly what I want to do with this blog. So more to come…some day.  Just wanted to let you know that I’ve noticed that Disneyland’s attendance has been down on my most recent trips, except for Monday. Not sure why there were so many people, but I tried to go on Monster’s Inc and the line was 20 minutes and lined outside of the building.  I left.

It’s funny that I won’t even wait 20 minutes for a ride anymore.

Last Friday, I scored 210,000 on Toy Story Midway Mania.  I had an advantage.  I got to use the Wheelchair gun, which uses a button on top to fire instead of the rope trigger.  My reaction time and arm fatigue improved.  Also, I’m starting to find more of the high scoring Easter eggs.  The dart room (farm scene) has an Easter egg that unleashes a boat load of bee balloons.

Halloween is in bloom and I’m going to have some products that are going on line.  The first is the David Avanzino Disneyland Halloween Shadowbox.  I have one in stock at the moment. Hopefully it’s a popular item and I can get more.  Here’s the URL - http://www.themeparkshopper.com/servlet/the-1101/Disneyland-Halloween-Shadowbox--dsh-/Detail

 

I’ll have a Halloween page on www.Themeparkshopper.com soon.

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Thursday, November 01, 2007

Mickey's Halloween Time - 2007

If you've been reading my blog, you know that last year I attended Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.  This year Laurie and I went to Disney's California Adventure for Mickey's Halloween time.  Here's this year's report.
Laurie and I arrive at Disneyland dressed the same way we did last year.  Laurie dressed beautifully as Cinderella and I'm dressed as Disney Dork.  Basically a silk Goofy shirt with big floppy foam mouse ears.
We enter the park at 6:25 and the event starts at 6:30.  We need to go to guest relations to pick up an alternate entrance pass.  When then head to Candy Corn acres. We soon hear an announcement that the event has begun and everyone is released to the park and everyone heads directly to Hollywood backlot.We foolishly do the same thing.  One little tip.  Get a map and schedule and try to come with some plan.  We, of course, did not do this.
We spend a lot of time just trying to figure out what to do.In addition I have three friends to hook up with and they are arriving later in the night.  Laurie and I are walking to the Hyperion theater because there's a photo opportunity.  Hey everyone, it's the Little Einsteins. Yeah...sigh.  We move toward Monster's Inc and get in a candy line.  Then we head to the Animation building for more candy.  They had a candy trail through the animation workshop.
There's a new candy that I've never seen, called Kissable.  I'm not much of a candy person, but I think is just small hersey's kisses.  I also appreciate the fact the Disney is handing out apple chips, apple slices and raisins.
While going through the Animation Workshop, my friend calls me and I tell him to meet me in the building.  Lo and behold their he is.  We head immediately to Tower of Terror.  Found out that it really doesn't make a difference to use the alternate entrance pass for rides. The lines are so short tonight to everything.
As I'm walking through the park, you see a few touches of a Halloween event.  These touches are pretty portable.  Photo sets that are on wheels.  Ghost balloons that inflate quickly and lights shining spooky images. For example, Grizzly Mountain had a giant light shining a spider web on it.  Done.
Tower of Terror had a bellman's luggage rack with Mickey luggage on it sitting in front of the fountain. Done. That's it.  Anyways, I'll still take small lines.  We walk almost immediately to the library and then straight into a loading area.
Now another friend has arrived and we eat over at the Taste Pilots grill.  Yum.  Here we decide to come up with a plane.  Basically, we go into all candy lines and then watch the parade.
After dinner, we head over to Soarin'.  We walk directly onto Soarin.  For the first time, I'm sitting on the top row center.  Awesome, definitely the best place.  I will say I got a little queasy on the Los Angeles section.  The film is very shaky.
Sitting in the same row as us is a high school girl who is dressed exactly as Laurie is.  She's not happy.  Awkward.
Now we head to candy lines.  There's one by Soarin'.  We head to Grizzly Rapid and there's a candy path with 5 stops.  We then head to Redwood Creek and there's another path with 6 stops.
Again, I'm not a huge candy person, after I'm done with Grizzly, I really don't want anymore candy.  Will that stop my wife? No.  She continues to collect more candy and collect candy for me.  That's OK, I'm content just shooting video and pictures.  I hope to have this up soon on my website.
Now we head over to Paradise Pier.  There's a lot of action at the Golden Screams theatre with a Villains photo op.  We continue to Ariel's Grotto and find a princess photo area.  Cinderella leaves for break and the line is huge, so we pass.
I then try to get Laurie to go on California Screamin'.  No dice, Laurie wants candy.  Hey, the midway games are free. So we play a few.  No prizes are handed out, just more stinkin' candy.  Paradise pier is running all of its ride except for the Maliboomer.
There are about 3 candy spots. Ugh.  We swing around toward the Zerphyr and I spot a hat stand.  I need to pick some up for themeparkshopper.com.  Laurie heads ahead to get more candy.  Once I'm done with the hats, the parade begins.
There's a few clear areas and I stand with my camera and I'm up front.  The parade comes by with a song that kind of cute.  Just as good as "boo to you" from WDW.
There are three float elements to this parade.  The beginning banner. Center float with the Fab Five and the Ending banners.  There's a few characters, dancers, fab five.  Not bad, but not great.
As the end of the parade passes and I see the Disneyland security, I decide to follow the parade until I see Laurie.  I march about 50 ft and there's Laurie, so I'm pretending to be a part of the parade.
As we're talking I notice that the parade is stopping in front for the Paradise pier. I bet their going to have a little show.  I'm right.  The parade stops for a little dance party.  The characters are pulling kids onto the parade route.  Flick is in front of me trying to get a kid to dance, but nothing doing.
I'll have this on video soon.
So the parade passes and we head over the Pirate's Wharf.  We get a picture with Chip and Dale.  There's a craft area for kids and a dance area.  I get on the dance floor and Laurie video tapes me.  Maybe you'll see this.
We then head to Bug's land and there's two talking scarecrows.  Very funny and then back to the entrance where the parade made it's third stop.
We take my friend back to the Hollywood backlot because Laurie wants to get more candy at the Animation Building.  I decide to get more pictures and video.
We then ride Monster's for the last time and head back to candy corn acres for final photo ops.  When we get back on the tram to get to our parking spot, we sit with a redneck family complaining about the quality of candy.
That was our night.  Here's few random thoughts.
The majority of costumes worn were either Disney or Star Wars related.  We did see a lot of Wizard of Oz as well.
I have way too much candy.  Maybe it's because it was the last night, but Disney was incredibly generous with candy.  I can't possibly eat all of this, nor do I want to.  We measured the candy at 10 pounds.
Overall the event was fun.  It's worth the $27 that I paid for it to get onto rides fast and have a unique experience.  It's nothing compared to WDW.  They have a better parade, fireworks shows and more rides.  My hope is that this gradually grows from year to year.
Alan Ng
 
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Thursday, September 20, 2007

It's Halloween at Disneyland

Last year Laurie and I were at Walt Disney World for Halloween. This year we're staying at home and we want to take part in the local magic.

Our goals:
Attend Golden Screams. This is at DCA and replaces the Whoopi Goldberg show.
Get photos. I want to take more photos of Halloween. I'm hoping to publish everything at dinseytown.com.
Attend not so scary Halloween. Our tickets are bought and we're ready to go.

More to come.

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Monday, September 17, 2007

2007 Disney Halloween Decorations and Collectibles

Just wanted to let you know that our online store ThemeparkShopper.com has the Halloween line ready to go.  Please take a moment and visit our site for your Halloween purchases.
 
 
Alan Ng
 
 
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Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Halloween at WDW

It's going to be a late dat today.

12:00 pm - arrive at Disney Quest. Laurie likes the interactive stuff like building a roller coaster, jungle cruise and alien encounter. I like the video game. I played a lot of the old stuff, Dragon's Lair, Tron, missle command.

3:00 pm - return to resort to prepare for the Halloween party.

5:00 pm - we leave to the Magic Kingdom and we arrive about 2 hours before the event begin. I'm not feeling well. My nose is running like water. Since we're early we decide to make use of the photo pass they gave us for the event. There's about 5 photographers stationed around the castle for the event. We get our pictures taken at each one.

Laurie is dressed as Cinderella. She's really playing her role. She being nice to children and telling them they look cute in their costumes. She meeting a lot of parent. I'm taking pictures. I'm just not that sociable.

We decide to take afew attractions while we wait and while I feel miserable. We do Philharmagic. What a great 3D movie. I wish this was at Disneyland. It's a way to debute Disney Characters in their computer animated form.

Next it's off to the carousel. I take pictures while Laurie looks cute. I shoot and video.

7:00 pm - an announce is made by a creepy Spirit letting us know the party has begun. Our priorities for this party is to get pictures, get candy, see shows.

As we walk toward the haunted mansion, we spot Cinderella's carriage. Picture moment. These photopass photographers are very good. They know how to pose.

It takes about 15 minutes but we get our picture. We arrive at the Haunted mansion and there's no line. There I also a picture moment at the mansion in front of the hearse. Pretty cool shot.

We get on the ride and now we're about 25 minutes from the parade. We then take our spot in Frontierland. Laurie then goes off to get some candy. Leaving me to wallow in my runny nose.

8:10 pm - the headless horseman gallops down the parade route. Super awesome. The horseman was one our tourguides from our horseback ride.

8:15 pm - the not-so-scary-Halloween parade begins. All of the characters were out and all of the villians. We are very impressed with parades at WDW.

9:15pm - we waiting in front of the castle for the fireworks show. We meet a family with a small girl also dressed as Cinderella. Laurie and the little girl hit it off even though she was shy to start.

Again WDW has a really good fireworks show. We were treated to Hallowishes.

I start to think that this is a school night. Can all of these kids be on vacation?

I also notice that for a sold out event this one is a lot of fun, not too crowded and well organized. I'll leave this blog here and let you see the rest of our fun in the photo gallery. I can't put anything up right now because I have a really bad internet connection at the resort.

1:00 am - I'm sick and tired and I'm getting some sleep.

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Monday, October 02, 2006

It's Halloween Time at Disneyland

Laurie and I made a special trip to Disneyland this weekend to see all the goings on for Halloween. I have some photos on my website - http://www.mypalal.com/Halloween2006/index.cfm

Here's a few things that we got to experience:
  • Tower of Terror - The lobby is decked out with Halloween decorations from a party that took place long ago. The ghosts from the ride are wondering the Hollywood back lot and they has a story session in front of the Hotel.
  • California Screams - We have not been able to get in yet, but these is a show there in the afternoon.
  • Haunted Mansion - The Nightmare Before Christmas overlay is in place and the ride is as fun as ever. We think there are a few changes. For example, there's Gingerbread house on the Banquet Table that's being eaten from the inside.
  • Main Street USA - The entire street and stores is ready for Halloween. There is a giant Mickey pumpkin in the Town Square and carved pumpkins and decorations line all of the stores. Central Plaza has carved pumpkins representing each land.
Let me know if you see other things.
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