Disneyland Resort During Halloween: Trip Report

By Beemerboyz803

Recently, we went to Disneyland for the Halloween event they were hosting. It was fun. Everything was decked out in orange and black, and there was a big, fat pumpkin in the center of Main Street. We watched the Disneyland Band, which, along like Disneyland, changed its uniform colors, and performed a special service honoring the Navy, which was celebrating over 200 years of service that day.
 

Next, we got on Space Mountain: Ghost Galaxy. The line had to be at least 80 minutes long (Fastpass, anyone?). We got on the ride, and there was the usual stuff, but it was different music, and it was VERY SPOOKY AND VERY LOUD. Then, when we got into the main area of the ride, there was the usual track layout, but there were holographic projections that displayed spooky figures' faces. At the end of the ride, in the picture tunnel, this gigantic face of a spooky goblin that appeared on the ride's logo flashed on the tunnel's side wall next to us.

 

Next, we went over to Splash Mountain. Even though we were about 10 minutes away, it took us an extra half hour to get out of the way of the people boarding Haunted Mansion, oddly enough, pre-decorated for Christmas (???). 

Nothing about Big Thunder, still undergoing refurbishment, changed, except for the fact that trains have begun testing, and the original reopening date has been delayed from October 30 (this Wednesday) to February 14, 2014.
 

 

Lastly, the Halloween party was amazing. Even though I didn't go to the Halloween event, my sisters told me they had fun trick-or-treating at the different booths dotted around the park. 

The Disneyland transformation into Mickey's Halloween Party goes on until this Thursday (Halloween). As a result of the park's Halloween transformation, Space Mountain will be closed November 4 to remove its Halloween overlay. King Arthur's Carrousel will be reopening from its refurbishment also on November 4, and the holiday version of It's a Small World is scheduled to open three days later, on November 7. During that four-day period (November 4-7), California Adventure's newest attraction, Radiator Springs Racers, will also be undergoing minor modifications to enhance the ride.