Originally Posted By belleb We will be heading to DL on Sept 29th and are going to the park for 2 days. I am super excited to take my 3 year old to the parks for the first time (we went to wdw when he was 2 months) I was wondering will the park be decorated for the fall/halloween time? will the haunted mansion be closed or open and will it be redone for halloween? just curious thanks for your input also if you have any other suggestions as to what to make sure we do with our little ones that would be appreciated. I am trying to decide Character breakfast at Plaza inn or Goofys kitchen?
Originally Posted By Sparrow Usually they are up before the last weekend of Sept so they should be up and the Mansion should be running. I don't have little ones so I can't be much help there.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb They will be up by October 1st @ the very latest. I *highly* recommend the Minnie & Friends breakfast @ the Plaza. Good food and excellent character interaction.
Originally Posted By belleb Oh my gosh this makes me so excited! Thank you for the info. I havent been to the land for a couple of years and can not wait to go with my 3 year old son and 3 year old neice. Which characters are usually at the minnie and friends breakfast?
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I also recommend the Plaza Inn unless you are staying at one of the DLR hotels. Sometimes the logistics of getting to the DLH for a meal cuts too much time out of your day. Maybe it's just me? The food at the Plaza is very good. When we were there we saw Minnie, Winnie, Tigger, Eeoyre, Captn Hook, Chip and Dale They don't do any dancing or marching around with the kids, which our grandson missed. He did get Chip and Dale to dance with him though We had a later seating and were a bit rushed but then we had a neat "perk". They were trying to get people to leave so they said "last photos" were being taken in front and we got the best posed photo with our whole family and all the characters
Originally Posted By Tink60 According to the Disneyland website Halloween time starts on Sept. 16th and goes to Oct. 31. So all of the decorations should be up by the time you get there. They start the trick or treat parties on Sept. 30th. We have done both Goofy's and Plaza Inn. Both were a good time. I think the character interaction at the Plaza was a bit better, but the food options at Goofy's were better. Goofy's also has the added benefit that you can schedule an early morning breakfast and still make opening for the park. You can get seating for the Plaza at 8am or later which will be either at or before park opening; depending on when they open the park for the day.
