Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Thought those of you who do not venture to the DL boards might find this of interest: <a href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/MsgBoard-T-100814-P-1.asp" target="_blank">http://mb.laughingplace.com/Ms...-P-1.asp</a>
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt We are planning a trip to DL maybe '09 or '10..I allready bought my Birnbaum guide & I was so surprised to see that Fantasy Land @ DL had so much more to offer!! I've heard Indy is the GREATEST!! If Caribbean Queen ever posts again, she'll tell you her story!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Well I think if you like Fantasyland at WDW, you will be blown away at DL.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 I hope you're right Dave. Happy's main reason to go to DL is to see Mr Toad. When she gets back, I'd better hear from her how great DL is, cause Caribbean Queen went there for her honeymoon, and except for the Indy ride, (she and her husband rode it 8 times one day) she wasn't at all impressed with DL.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo That's a huge surprise! Oh well. I think anyone who likes FL in WDW, will love FL in DL. Though DLP's is an even better version IMHO.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 After seeing pictures of it in an old Disney magazine, I really want to see the Castle dungeon in DLP.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Pop over to the DLP threads and check out our pics from the August trip (I didn't take many of that area last weekend sadly).
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 If that's the one with you dancing, I did see it a few weeks ago. What was the hotel you stayed in that trip?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo That was the Hotel New York. I have also just added my photos for this last weekend at the Disneyland Hotel: <a href="http://s388.photobucket.com/albums/oo327/davewasbaloo/DLP%20Halloween%202008/" target="_blank">http://s388.photobucket.com/al...%202008/</a>
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Nice pictures. You got My Gal Mal, love her. Assume that's the Haunted Mansion? It looks rickety and scarey, and that's a good thing.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Indeed that is Phantom Manor, our version (and my personal fav) of the HM
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt WOW...great pics..thanks ...I love all those crazy pumpkin people.. Phantom Manor looks a lot like the Psyco House!!!.....Where Norman??
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I grew up in CA. and went to DL all the time. I know it like the back of my hand. And if compair DL to MK, DL wins on everything hands down! On the other hand, I love that you can do so much more at WDW. Including water parks(yes CA has them but they are not Disney) and miniture golf, and 18 hole golf, and fishing.... you get the point.
Originally Posted By barboy ///Indeed that is Phantom Manor, our version (and my personal fav) of the HM/// Yes, a masterpiece-- one of the finest attractions in any park. PM and its 'brother' Big Thunder Mount. RR show us just how good Disney imagineering can be. What a backstory to discover with its thematical congruence of the two attractions; I've got to get back over there! You guys get all the best renditions of 'Magic Kingdom' style parks' staples: HM, BTMRR, Small World, Pirates, the castle, Space Mnt.---I'm jealous.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Yep. Disneyland has the best cast members and more live music, and more attractions. But most of what is at DLP is pure quality. The Magic Kingdom however is bad on almost every level.
Originally Posted By carribean queen BL9 it was 8 straight hours at indy, great attraction but too many times spoils it quick davewasbaloo- I do like wdw much more than dl, but it could be that i missed epcot when we were in dl, we were there during the halloween festivals and i don't know if its a bad memory but 6yrs ago I know they did not do it up like in your photos (looks like you had a great time!) I just remember the hm being done on the inside only and unfortunately i hated it. I never saw anyone or anyting else done up for halloween like I was expecting. we were there from 10/8/02 -10/14 are all the decorations something new?
Originally Posted By carribean queen okay I'm goon I didn't realize that was paris i guess I should have made the pictures bigger when I looked at them..oops but anyway does dl decorate more now than 6yrs ago?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros This is only DL's third year actually doing anything for Halloween. They've had the Haunted Mansion Holiday (Nightmare Before Christmas overlay) since 2001 (I think), but other than that, there was absolutely nothing in the park for Halloween at all. These days, they do a whole heck of a lot more for Halloween, but it still doesn't really compare to what Disneyland Paris has. They have decorations on Main Street (new costumes for the marching band and Dapper Dans, banners, and tons of jack-o-lanterns), Frontierland (the ranch becomes Woody's Halloween Roundup), and New Orleans Square (Nightmare stuff around the Mansion), but that's about it. They also have some more stuff over at DCA as well. It's pretty fun to see, but I would still say that they have less than half as much stuff as they do for Christmas, which is their primary holiday to celebrate each year. Does anybody know if they're still doing the little Main Street Pumpkin Festival show that they had the first year. It was a really cute show, and seemed easy enough for them to put on that I don't know why they would cut it.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I do love Epcot and DAK - but much of what people love about World Showcase I have on my doorstep living in Europe. But we do enjoy the china and Japan pavillions. I think it depends what you like about Disney parks, but the DL/MK experience is disney to me. So when I find the MK so wanting compared to the DL/DLP experience, it tempers my whole experience.
