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9/13/2023

HalloweenTime 2023 at the Disneyland Resort - September 13, 2023

Last weekend we headed out to the Disneyland Resort for half day of fun and checking out some of HalloweenTime including Haunted Mansion Holiday (still too soon) and Monsters After Dark (the best Tower). 

I will say, it seemed to us that the Halloween offerings at Disneyland have been greatly reduced, and even as the sun set, it didn't seem very "Halloweeny' at the park. While at California Adventure, it seemed like a very lively time with Halloween music, incredible lighting and more. 

I have no problem with them making DCA the "Halloween" park, and wish that would only expand. 

​Let's head in for some Halloween fun! 
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Even though we went into Disney California Adventure first, let's check out the Disneyland portion of our day!
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Haunted Mansion Holiday is now open, and it's Christmas Time in September.
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While I absolutely love this layover, I do feel it's around too long.
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We got stuck in the stretching room so was able to get a few pics.
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I really do love that this is back.
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Hera and Chopper are now out in Galaxy's Edge. Love seeing more Rebels out and about. It's way past time to ditch the set timeline in the land and get all of the characters out here.
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Somebody did something on the Mark Twain, and now the bow is closed off, a CM is stationed there, and the chairs that are normally in that spot are now in the middle of the bottom deck. Anybody know what happened?
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A quick look at Tiana's Bayou Adventure.
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Over at California Adventure, the park is fully decked out for Halloween.
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Not a new treat for this year, but one of our favorites!
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Hairy Baby!!
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We love Monster's After Dark SO much.
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I just wish it was all day during Halloween, it's a shame to miss an hour of the attraction every day.
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As night falls on DCA, the amazing lighting is all around.
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No Oogie Boogie Bash for us this year, but we're always happy to get a little taste of it.
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Cars Land is, IMO, the best interpretation of the source IP of any land at any park. It's just perfect.
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Happy Haul-O-Ween!
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Just perfection!
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Best land entrance is best!
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Caramel Banana Shake!
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Ocean Beach Sundae!
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We always used to measure our kids height at the White Rabbit Door near the Tea Cups, now there's a new spot for parents to measure their kids! Very cool!

We'll be back at Disneyland in a couple of weekends for more Halloween Fun! 

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10/11/2022

Halloween Time 2022 at Disneyland Resort

Happy HalloweenTime everybody, we have our long anticipated (not really) update from our Disneyland visit last month. 

And when I say last month, I truly mean it.

We visited Disneyland the opening weekend of Knott's Scary Farm, and just, well, we're not a Disneyland update site and it just kind of didn't get posted until I was going through pictures on my phone yesterday and said to myself "oh yeah, we have Disneyland Halloween pics".

We leave for vacation tomorrow so it was either today or never, so here you go. 

Our original plan was to do 1 morning at Disneyland and then a full day/evening at DCA and Disneyland, unfortunately we were exhausted and didn't stick around for nighttime stuff. But we still have lots of great stuff to show you. 

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If I remember correctly, this was a super hot weekend
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Always great to see live music on Main Street, USA
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Of course this was our priority for the day
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Jack sure did wreck the halls this year. Always a fun time!
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We also hadn't done Pirates since it's most recent refurbishment. It's a refurb, nothing really noticeable from what we could tell. Still my favorite Disneyland attraction.
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Single Rider on Splash Mtn FTW!!!
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Donald is my favorite Disney character, so you know I had to get this!
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Donald and I then decided to have some fun around the park!
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Galaxy's Donald!
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Millennium Donald!
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It's a Small Donald!
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The Three ... oh, wait. =)
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We had a super fun time, Donald and me that is, but it was time to take a nap before going back to Scary Farm.
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The next morning we started our day at Disney California Adventure
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Construction stuff
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Ooooh, Aaaaah
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If you're not watching She-Hulk you're really missing out
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Who else thinks they should just do Monsters After Dark all day during HalloweenTime?
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Our favorite silly ride!
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Neither of us had ever noticed this before. LOL!
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Luigi makes us laugh
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We broke down on Monsters, added to a long list of Disney rides we've gotten evacuated from.
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Sadly we weren't any further in the ride
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A Slo-Brew CaliSqueeze while in the single rider line for Racers (like a boss)
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Who else thinks this should just here permanently? And add a Coco dark ride too!
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The decorations are spectacular
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I think we did Philharmagic twice while waiting to do Monsters After Dark at 3:00
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Now the best tower, I don't make the rules.
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Before we left I had to get a pic in Toady with my Mr. Toad shirt!

We'll have a lot of fun stuff for you over the next week and a half or so. We'll be doing some Toronto stuff on Thursday and Canada's Wonderland Haunt on Friday. Next week we get back to Universal Orlando Resort for the first time since 2006 (seriously) and our first ever visit to HHN Orlando (after at least 4 cancelled trips). And then next Saturday we have a day at Epcot, our first visit there since 2007 (yes, seriously). Stay tuned! - Gregg 

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9/24/2021

Disneyland Update: HalloweenTime, Jungle Cruise and Spooky Food

Last week while down in OC for Scary Farm, we spent the morning/early afternoon at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. Our goal was to of course see this years version of Haunted Mansion Holiday, but also finally experience the updated Jungle Cruise (somehow we missed it on our last trip) and see about getting our first ride on Monsters after Dark! 

​Happy to say we were successful on all 3! 
Written by Gregg Condon
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Welcome back to Disneyland!
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We're ready for some fun!
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Love the Halloween decorations!
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We finally got to see the Jungle Cruise udpates! And we loved them! Also had an amazing skipper!
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Time for Haunted Mansion Holiday!
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Can't believe it's already been 20 years! I still have my 2001 shirt, which I wear only once a year.
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Always one of the favorite things to check out!
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We got stopped in the graveyard so got a few good pics!
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Time to join the resistance!
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A wow moment each and every time
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Backside of Walt and Mickey
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Pulled Pork Fries: The Pork and Cole slaw were great. The fries could have been a bit warmer.
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The blood orange slushie was fantastic! Could have used a bit o' Rum though. =)
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It's 1:00pm, time to head over to DCA! The 1:00 thing is so arbitrary, hope they change that soon.
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PBJ & W: PB & J Raspberry Jam Hard Cider with Peanut Butter Whiskey. It didn't need the Whiskey but it was still tasty.
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Single Rider FTW! Love when you can do single rider and still ride in the same vehicle!
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Cars Land decorations! Click the pictures below for a larger version of each.
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Pepper-Jack Cheese Stick. It looked REALLY spicey.
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But it could have been a bit spicier for me.
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After our snack we wanted to see what time Monsters After Dark started and if we had time to ride before heading to Scary Farm!
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We happened to catch it just as they started letting the line in and waited about 10 minutes! And it was AWESOME! This may be our favorite version of this attraction.
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It also happened to be Gay Days, moved from it's traditional first weekend in October.
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We had a great few hours at Disneyland, it's so great to be able to drop in again!

Thanks for reading! We'll be back at Disneyland in a few weeks for a multi-day visit (a make up from our cancelled Florida trip) and will be checking out all of the nighttime Halloween magic at both parks! 

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