Originally Posted By Princess Gabi I think the Halloween celebration sounds wonderful. Especially the part about villian character in DCA. How exciting!
Originally Posted By tinkerbell77 I love halloween, it is my favorite holiday!! I am trying to plan a quick trip to Dl to see these new decorations and villans. I love that part. But we live in Hawaii, so it woldnt be a super quick trip. We will also be there for the christmas decorations. But I want to try and get there before. But I think that this is a good idea to make a transition holiday.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Recently The Christmas season started to get pushed forward and christmas decorations and one time christmas tree started to appear before thanksgiving. This actually caused some complains. It seamed that Disney was pushing the season to early like your local stores which now have christmas merchandise as early as November 1st.<< And to think that not too long ago people didn't put up Christmas decorations until....Christmas. Of course they didn't start taking those decorations down until well into January (the 12 days of Christmas).
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I believe a few years ago, the tree showed up on Halloween. That may have bene last year, I'm not sure. I just remember everybody was quite upset about it. Personally, I won't start until the day after Thanksgiving, but I really have no problem with DL having everything set up so the Thanksgiving crowds can see the decorations. However, the Halloween crowds (is there such a thing...well, maybe now) should not see any Christmas decorations.
Originally Posted By DlandJB Sounds great -- Hadn't read this before today. We already have our tickets for Mickey's Halloween Treat -- had a great time last year. This sounds like even more fun. And, if I'm counting correctly, it will dovetail into the end of the 50th anniversary celebration and the launch of the "Million Dreams Come True" promotion.
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Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I wanted to go this year for Halloween, but my family and I might go for Labor Day weekend.
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>Recently The Christmas season started to get pushed forward and christmas decorations and one time christmas tree started to appear before thanksgiving. This actually caused some complains. It seamed that Disney was pushing the season to early like your local stores which now have christmas merchandise as early as November 1st.<< Christmas decorations at DL have been going up before Thanksgiving for quite awhile now. As stated before me, there were complaints when the decorations for Christmas started showing up before Halloween. And if you look really closely, Christmas decorations start appearing in some stores as early as the end of Sept.
Originally Posted By miceland So does that mean the Nightmare-ized Mansion will be up on Sept 29th? Also sounds like there will be villian photo opportunities? -mice
Originally Posted By PrncssCinderAlly I persoanlly cant wait. The time of year from halloween to christmas is always my favorite. Plus i think it would be nice to have a transition from summer to autumn instead of them putting christmas up so darn early. Not that i dont love those decorations too, but i like getting in the spirit at the right time.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>What's next? Disney's Groundhog Day celebration, or "Disney's salute to St Patrick" month long celebration.<< I imagine that the suits in the TDA building are concerned about the post 50th attendance rampdown. Of course, the best way to increase attendance is to add new attractions, but those cost big $$$ and take time. I expect that we will see more of these "celebrations", at least until they are no longer deemed effective in bumping up attendance. This is perhaps the biggest downside (for TDA) of having an event like the 50th. Not only is the hype stale, but they have no doubt cannibalized futiure sales wit it. Kind of like when the automakers had their "employee price" sales last year. Sales soared, then plummetted.
Originally Posted By monorailblue Additionally, they want the AP crowd to visit to spend money, not just ride rides. A fall event with flashy decorations, special food offerings, decent merchandise, and a large contingent of contract photographers to capture all the glory will be attractive to APs AND may induce them to spend money. Remember, the park makes no money on an AP visit if no money changes hands. And you don't pay money just to board a new Attraction. But "Disney's HalloweenTime" is about the lamest name they've come up with in a while. First, why does everything have be "Disney's"? Will Disneyland Guests not make the connection between Disney and Disneyland if it isn't plastered everywhere? And I HATE the TwoWordsAreOne trend. It is awful. The best named Attractions in the Park are, to me, "Autpia", "Space Mountain", "Splash Mountain", "Haunted Mansion" and so on. Make it simpler, and it is more endearing. Who remembers "Animazement!"? Do you know that its real title was "Disneyland Present . . . Animazement! the Musical"? (Yes, with the "Disneyland Present . . . " included!) <breathe> <breathe>
Originally Posted By monorailblue ^^^ though each time, I meant "Presents", not "Present". <flogs self>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I remember that I didn't make the connection between Disney and Disneyland until I was abuot 6 or 7. It was one of those epiphany moments where suddenly everything made sense to me. Maybe they are trying to push that age back a little earlier and get the little kids really hooked into the whole Disney thing. Or maybe they just want to shove it down everyone's throats.
Originally Posted By mickeynewe I cannot wait to see what they are doing for Halloween! Many years ago they had a great Halloween celebration where the kids went trick-or-treating in the park, people dressed up, etc. and it was a wonderful event! Unfortunately, they stopped doing it much to my daughter's dismay. We live in No. Cali and would have been happy to make the 7 hour drive down each year for the event, it was THAT good! I'm really hoping that this new event will equal the experience. We really missed this event!
Originally Posted By miceland So I heard there will be special Villian character opportunities this Halloween. Anyone have any info on who, when and where? -mice
Originally Posted By stampinshock maybe everything has to be "Disney's" so that when you are at work or school everyone knows what you're talking about???
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs <<miceland: So I heard there will be special Villian character opportunities this Halloween. Anyone have any info on who, when and where? >> I can't believe I didn't ask that question when this thread started.
