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- The exit to the Mickey and Friends Structure still has just the 60th Anniversary Banner.. guess no Halloween Banner this year.
- The back hills of Toontown look really faded.. even in this overcast lighting. Guessing nothing is being done because of upcoming Star Wars Land work.
- Speaking of Star Wars Land.. in a few months we should start to see clearing here.
- Some work has started in the Tram parking area of the Pinocchio Lot.
- They are removing asphalt and some trees. My understanding is some support facilities will be relocated here from backstage as part of the Star Wars project.
- The windows at the tram stop now advertise Aladdin on Home Video and the Good Dinosaur coming to theaters in November.
- Today is a Halloween Party night. Signs up for those guests.
- No Halloween banners in Downtown Disney this year.
- The word of the day. Has anyone every won anything? I have not really heard of any winners. The do not seem to publicize it much.
- More walls up around trees near the ticket booths.
- Speaking of tickets Annual Pass prices have increased substantially since my last visit.
- Plenty of signs for the party telling guests what is going on. Seems something more show ready could be done.
- First stop for me today DCA.
- Oswalds car is still MIA.
- Buena Vista Street has a fair number of guests on it for this hour of a Friday.
- A look in the Trolley Treats window.
- A Fall edition of the Buena Vista Bugle is on news stands.
- A closer look at the Bugle
- A noteworthy story.. the new Luigi attraction backstory and says opening early next year
- Walking through the airfield.
- The Coke specific merchandise is not here anymore.
- Pop Secret signage is up on most of the popcorn carts now. Anyone try it? Any difference in the popcorn?
- A closer look.
- Looks like the one remaining tree at the point is dying at GRR.
- Signage at the FastPass machines now saying what show they are for and time. This is in preparation for Christmas when they will be running both Celebrate and Winter Dreams. Anyone know if they are allowing a choice of times early in the day now? All were 10:15 when I was there.
- Some work going on in the riverbed between the park and Grand CA.
- Paradise Park
- Paradise Bay
- It is too bad the projector housings do not submerge/hide anymore. The fountains were submerged at least.
- The boardwalk is looking great with the new boards.
- Still several areas to go.
- The Cove Bar is expanding. The Meet and Greet has been removed and that will be additional seating for the bar. The line is for the bar.
- The check in podium.
- The work on this joint appears to be finished.
- The pier poles stood out today.. were those repainted recently?
- A look at the Cove Bar work from the other side. Looks to be re-planking and new barrier.. no changes to the footprint.
- More boardwalk that is left to replace.
- Screamin was down when I walked by.
- Another angle of the work. Wonder where the Pier Christmas tree will go this year? Maybe where the Duffy Meet and Greet was? Or Paradise Gardens? Still have the Maliboomer area that is under utilized too.
- Mr Potato Head was behind his curtain this afternoon.
- The Halloween Mickey popcorn bucket.
- Long waits for the Fun Wheel. 60 min non swinging and 45 for swinging. I had wanted to go but I was not going to wait that long.
- Goofy water art.
- The finished piece. Always fun to see.
- Wow Little Mermaid was using a good portion of the queue this afternoon
- More renovation work going on in Paradise Park
- Even with the queue in use they still had a posted 10 min wait.
- Remember a decade ago and you could look at a large empty walkway here...
- Dinosaurs have moved into Bugs Land
- A sneak peek of the Good Dinosaur is playing in the Bugs Theater now.
- The sign for the preview
- Warnings.
- No changes to the queue.
- Nothing inside either except a different background track playing. Guessing from the film.
- The preview was about 10 minutes long and featured a series of clips and an introduction from the director.
- DCA wait times around 2:20pm
- Stopped by the Grand Californian. The lobby has a Halloween Tree-t Cake on display.
- The lounge is closed and a temporary beverage/snack location is set up in front of it.
- The menu of the temporary location.
- Heading toward the cake.
- Some stats on the cake.
- A closer look around the cake.
- The light coming through the upper windows was just in the right spot to mess up my pictures...
- A quick cell phone video looking at the cake/tree.
- Heading back to the parks via Downtown Disney. A random picture of a shirt in the World of Disney window.
- Another tree in a box.
- Arrived at Disneyland. Hard to believe it has been almost a month. Time flies..
- The Main Street USA pumpkin.
- Pop Secret signage here too and Halloween popcorn buckets at most if not all carts.
- A new Emporium window has been unveiled recently featuring Toy Story. Here are a couple pictures I check back later when the glare was better..
- A video clip of the Toy Story window in action. This clip is a fairly tight shot of the dance segment due to the reflections/lighting. Better video later in this picture set.
- Wait times just before 3pm
- Duffy in Adventureland.
- Jafar was hanging out near the Oasis for pictures and autographs.
- Adventureland crowded as always.
- Out in New Orleans Square the artists that worked between the drinking fountains and Club 33 entrance are gone.
- Speaking of Club 33 a couple of planters showed up several weeks (guess months) ago in front of the doorway to the courtyard.
- The 2015 Halloween Party shirt.
- Random shot overhead.
- the Rivers of America this afternoon. Enjoy the views before the walls go up and it is drained for the next year. Hopefully they come up with a workable solution to reopen this front portion earlier.
- Early closure of the Mark Twain because of the Halloween party.
- No Fantasmic today. Surprised they leave the mobile carts out when there is no show.
- Claude Frollo in Fantasyland.
- Walls up around this tree near Dumbo.
- Lights are being installed on the Small World Facade for the Holidays. They kick off in less than a month.
- Soundsational making its way through the park.
- Toontown hosts a kick off for the Halloween party.
- Because of this it closes early for day guests.
- New umbrellas for the Halloween season.
- The Frozen photo op for the Halloween party is located along the Autopia track, near the smoking area.
- Innoventions will reopen in a month as the Tomorrowland Expo Center
- Some writing on the way now indicates Star Wars.. still no coming soon signs or regular signage.
- Random Marvel merchandise as I walked by.
- Pop Secret signage on the Tomorrowland cart.
- A star field on the walls of lower level of the Expo Center.
- Guessing this will be a sign for the Marvel HQ and you will enter up the ramp outside..
- Ghost Galaxy
- Sleeping Beauty Castle on this gloomy afternoon
- Fantasyland crowded as always.
- The Pearly Band was on the Carousel.. I arrived just in time to see them pull up to a stop and finish.
- The ranch was closed as they set up for the Halloween Party this evening.
- Woody was along the Big Thunder trail for pictures.
- When I walked through an hour ago a guest had just spilled popcorn. I remember since I avoided stepping in it. Now an hour later it is still there.. well what had not been tracked elsewhere by guests.
- The Disneyland Band in Frontierland.
- As the evening approached more and more Halloween party items took over the park. One of the things that bothers me with the party is the impact on day guests. At 4:20pm why should I see this in Frontierland. It has nothing to do with the show. The party starts at 7pm. I understand logistically it is a challenge to set up closer but still the impact on regular guests is poor show.
- The Halloween Tree
- No visible progress on the work between Frontierland and Fantasy Faire
- This line stretched back and around the coffee stand in the hub.
- Walking through Frontierland.
- Big Thunder was using the extended queue today.
- Next up a cruise aboard the Mark Twain. Wanted to try and take a wide video from the upper deck. That failed due to them having the top deck closed and by the time I figured that out no spots on the lower two that would work.
- Looks like some painting in Frontierland.
- Time to set sail.
- A couple random pictures from the cruise.
- Some video clips of my trip around the Rivers of America. Nothing new or interesting but figured I would take some video for the archive.
- The Columbia was being pulled out to be used as a backdrop for the Halloween party.
- Happy to have a FastPass and bypass the hour wait.
- Pumpkins have returned to the hill overlooking the queue.
- A couple pictures of the load area.
- A video clip of the singing pumpkins in the graveyard of the Haunted Mansion Holiday.
- Peeps and Halloween.. not a natural association for me.. I hear Peeps and think Easter.
- The Mark Twain was pulled into the Harbour for the evening.
- A check of the waits around 5:30.
- A Flower Market has been installed on Center Street off Main Street USA.
- Back to the Toy Story window for another pass.. as it got darker the photo ops became better.
- More Halloween Party preparations in the hub. Still over an hour till it starts.
- Monsters University takes over Tomorrowland Terrace for the party.
- With the lights on the writing is easier to read.. too bad the building does not rotate anymore.. would be interesting to read as it moved.
- A sub passing by as I walked toward Fantasyland.
- More party prep in the walkways.
- Toontown was open for party guests only as of 6pm.
- Taking the Big Thunder trail. A lot of smoke near the mine shaft across from the BBQ.
- The wind shifted and you could see the mine car and smoke.
- Lights, fog and a soundtrack along the trail for the party. Most effects were on and it was only 6:20pm (still 40 minutes before the start of the party)
- The old tunnel across from Big Thunder.
- Owls haunting the mine shaft across from the Big Thunder Exit.
- A series of clips as I explored the Big Thunder Trail this evening.
- The Fantasmic lights are used for the Treat Trail along the Rivers of America.
- The Pirate Wharf photo op uses the Columbia as a backdrop.
- A ghost haunting the Golden Horseshoe
- One more pass through Tomorrowland.
- A final look at the Toy Story Emporium window now that the glare has gone for the most part.
- A video of the full sequence of the window showing Andy playing and then the toys coming alive.
- The Disneyland Forever projectors are used for the Halloween Party.
- Some projections on the castle too but hard to see from down the block.
- A series of video clips of the projections on Main Street USA for the Halloween Party.
- One last shot before moving on. It was only 7:15pm but cast members seemed anxious for day guests to leave, even though the announcement said an hour of shopping which mean 8pm cast members were telling me I needed to clear by 7:30pm.
- A quick look at the train station on my way out.
- Back to DCA, along with a large number of other guests.
- The Good Dinosaurs at night.
- As I mentioned the park felt very crowded. Lines were long for food and the restrooms.
- A large model from Mattel (looks to be the same one that was at the D23 Expo) has taken over a portion of Sarges (the side closest to Flos).
- A closer look at the model.
- Some neon issues at the Cozy Cone tonight. The tel was nothing lighting on this side of the sign.
- A 120 min stand by wait for the Racers at 7:30pm. The Fastpass return was backed up to the corner.
- Grabbed a drink of water in Bugs Land and noticed the pay phones are gone.
- Hollywood Blvd this evening.
- The Monsters University props and photo spot are gone from Sunset Blvd. (This was removed before I left but I did not get a picture of it).
- Walked through the Mad T Party
- FastPass distribution for the Frozen meet and greet was still going on. Return times of 10:30pm at 8pm.
- The Tweedles on stage to show a video of them visiting Disneyland over the years.
- Disney boutique merchandise at Gone Hollywood.
- Passing through Radiator Springs again.. 40 minutes later and looks the same.
- Ornament Valley
- The line for the Wharf Cafe was long and they had an extended queue taped off leading back toward the bridge (where I was standing).
- Found a spot in the Stand By area for World of Color Celebrate about 30 minutes before the show.
- A couple random pictures from the show to end my evening at the parks.