Disney's Halloween Time TR

[socalMAN123]

Hey everyone!

My dad and I arrived at the park around 4:00 and headed straight for California Adventure. Walking in, we noticed the decorations already. Some nice orange plants scaterred around the main plaza and banners everywhere. Nice little touches here and there too. First order of business was Tower of Terror and walking towards it we noticed a large sign made out of bats with little red glowing eyes and a sign saying HTH. Also, on every light pole there were some cobwebs made out of glass with different colors. Wait time; 10 minutes.

 

Alright. You notice changes as soon as you walk into the lobby, you start to notice changes. There are little boxes of candy and Trick-or-Treat jars. There is a big sign hanging over the Concierge's desk that says Halloween Bash. And the biggest change of all, is characters walking around inside the lobby. They are dressed like they are from the 1930's. Very nice touch by Disney, they should've done this since the ride's opening day. They also had a show outside which was pretty cool, I wish I could've seen all of it.

 

After ToT, we headed over to Golden Screams to find out we missed the last showing of the day. The building looks very nice and quite a few more people are attracted to it instead of Golden Dreams. Great move by disney. And then we headed to Paradise Pier which is untouched by the Halloween decorations. Nothing new, just the same old Paradise Pier. We hit California Screamin then made our way over to Maliboomer and Mulholland Madness. After conquering PP, we headed over and ate a great dinner at Taste Pilots Grill for a hamburger.

 

Then, we headed to DL. Walking into Main Street, we were already hit by an onslaught of decorations. The giant pumpkin was sitting where they put the tree at Christmas and there were Jack-o-Lanterns in the windows and on the street. It was very nice and the cloudy night really gave you a feeling of Halloween. We headed over to Haunted Mansion Holiday to check the line. The line was way out of the original que and I had been on it the previous night, so we decided to skip it. Instead, we went and did single rider Splash Mountain. Same ride as always, except for one change. It was at the very end of the ride where that owl was talking about your picture that wasn't there. They have fixed that and now, as you are coming into the station you can see your picture. I think it is great that they got it working again and I heard some positive feedback about it.

 

After our Splash ride, we hopped on the train and headed to Tomorrowland. I noticed that the Hatmosphere is still open, but the sign is down and there is little merchandise to buy. For Autopia, they are making you enter and exit the same way, causing some brilliant crashes. I peeked over the fence into the Finding Nemo area, and I saw a sign that said enterance and exit along with the random amounts of dirt piles and pipes. Under the old Peoplemover station, they have removed the construction walls around the new store, and it boasts a pretty cool sign and a sort of garage door.

 

The store is called TomorrowLanding and looks very nice. At this point, we heard a band start to play in the newly renovated Tomorrowland Terrace. It was an awesome band named Suburban Legends and they played a great concert. I should be heading back tonight to see them again. At this time it was about 8:20 so we made a mad dash over to Tower of Terror and got a quick ride in before DCA closed. After this, we got on the tram and headed for home. Overall, a great night with some unexpected things. Looks like Halloween Time has some great potential. Thanks for reading!

---Brent

[munkyknum]

Reading this has caused my eyes to bleed. Paragraphs, please. Dear god please.

[socalMAN123]

^ Sorry about that. Fixed.

---Brent

[Gnome]

After ToT, we headed over to Golden Screams to find out we missed the last showing of the day.

Wow! Thats what happened to me too when I was there on friday. It really kind of erkked me. Ince its been filling up (it probaly hasn't done that since the park first opened) you'd think that they would add more show times. Who knows, maybe they will.

[socalMAN123]

Hopefully I'll be able to head down there again today to catch the last showing at 4:45 and see Suburban Legends at Tomorrowland Terrace. It really bugs me how Disney doesn't see how popular this show is. They need to add more showtimes and possibly think about taking out Golden Dreams and making this the permanent attraction.

---Brent

[Gnome]

^ the popularity of the attraction would die out if they did that. Also I thought Suburbian legends split?