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[rfx45]

decide and get them quick, I'm surprised all of the Fridays are gone already and only one date left for the cheapest tix for Sep (I think this might be the only date available with an AP discount too, not sure)

 

[migu420]

Yes sir, they dont trick or treat in our neighborhood so it's really my kids way of doing halloween.

 

[stuntman mike]

this trip was my first time at disneyland since i was a little kid and i didn't remember much of it. i've been to disney world also and about 5 years ago, i went to tokyo disney (rode 2 rides and left lol) and my opinion of the whole disney experience was that it's kinda corny.

i've done a complete 180. the whole vibe of happy groups of people (wedding groups with shirts, huge family groups with shirts, little girls in their princess outfits, people from all over the world, etc). hearing about locals that drive there just to eat and chill after work. the incredibly friendly and attentive workers and pretty much zero rude people on staff. i actually really liked cars land. it was straight out of the movie and the radiator springs ride was kinda inspirational. the whole experience was great and i see why you guys are fanatics. i did like DCA better myself.

 

[Mister Mon]

By DCA, you mean California adventure? You like it better than disneyland? Glad you had an enjoyable experience man.

 

[st1llundftd]

decide and get them quick, I'm surprised all of the Fridays are gone already and only one date left for the cheapest tix for Sep (I think this might be the only date available with an AP discount too, not sure)

I didnt really think the tickets would sell out this fast. When i went to go buy mines last week, most of the days were gone! Luckily i was able to grab mines for me and my girl.

Cant wait to go in 2 weeks. I still need to ride the guardians ride.Ill try to post some pics, still trying to get use to my camera lol

 

[stuntman mike]

By DCA, you mean California adventure? You like it better than disneyland? Glad you had an enjoyable experience man.

yeah i liked california adventure more than disneyland but they were both great.

 

[niketalker23]

Goin early October for five nights, staying at the Disneyland hotel, sucks Big Thunder will be down.

 

[nawghtyhare]

120 days in a year?

damn, I think I could only do that if I was living 5 minutes away but even then, a third of they year is a lot of visits

and if I were to even attempt to do that, I'd be one of those Disney vloggers on YT or something

It got so bad we were thinking about moving down there, but it wasnt realistic. I have too much invested up here, and it isnt efficient to have to travel for work, as opposed to travel for fun.

bruh for the past 3 years me and my have been debating on transferring there so we could live by disneyland
we have been looking at surrounding cities
even decided on fontana
since it nice big cheap houses
we still in the process on deciding

 

[nawghtyhare]

We dont really leave the vacinity too much, so they made bread from us. We use the **** out the discount. I dont think we got halloween tix yet, i have to ask my wife whats up.

i haven't decided if I'm a do halloween yet
i want to
just not sure
probably won't
since halloween on a monday
we only do it on halloween
and i know this year i cant get it off
so......

 

[migu420]

Same boat bro, we'll see. Trying to get stuff out now so we can play later. I dont think the kids have any days off in october, but my wifes and i birthdays and anniversary are in october, so we'll be there. But when is a totally different question.

 

[DonRafa]

hypeband @ epcot and hollywood studios today

 

[lazyj10]

Headed down to Disneyland w/ the family weekend before Thanksgiving. Rented a house a short distance away - we have a 2 YO and my wife is pregnant so this will be interesting. Parents and other family going too. Looks like I need to do a lot of reading in this thread.

 

[fc1114]

Going to Walt Disney World in October with my four year old son. Hope everything's ok down there.

 

[DonRafa]

fc1114 everything seems to be fine, got here last night. parks reopened yesterday. went to epcot and hollywood studios and everything seemed fine. i’ll let you know about the other parks if i notice something. but other than a couple down trees at the hotel (which were gone by this morning) everything else seems fine

 

[nawghtyhare]

Disney Parks Sweet Treats: September 2017

by Alex Dunlap, Food & Beverage Content Relations Coordinator

With the official last day of summer approaching, The Ganachery at Disney Springs is preparing for the fall season with some chocolate treats that will tempt your taste buds!

First off is a sandwich-inspired PB&J S’more! This back-to-school treat features house-made graham crackers smothered in peanut butter ganache, topped with raspberry jelly, and finished off with a vanilla bean marshmallow that is roasted to order.

For those who want to skip the graham crackers and get straight to the fluff, try a Madagascan vanilla bean marshmallow. This bite-sized sweet is dipped in creamy milk chocolate and garnished with a dash of crispies to add that extra ‘crunch.’

If you’re anything like me, though, you’re getting excited for all of those classic fall flavors. This year, the chocolatiers at The Ganachery have created several new fall-inspired recipes, starting with a tasty take on a traditional drink–hot cocoa. This classic sipping chocolate is topped with vanilla bean whipped cream and dark chocolate crispy pearls. For the adults, this drink is also offered with a dash of Bailey’s liqueur to add that extra warmth!

In addition, you’ll also find pumpkin spice latte-flavored and maple pecan-flavored chocolate ganache squares. These squares are decorated with fall and Halloween-themed designs that add a spooky flair to your tasty experience.

Lastly, these spine-chilling skeleton skulls are just the thing to get you in the Halloween spirit! These decadent dark chocolate skulls come in two sizes. The smaller bite-sized chocolate skull is filled with salted caramel ganache, while the larger skull is served hollow. Both skulls are made with 65% dark chocolate and brushed with bronze deco powder.

Be on the lookout for all of these delicious chocolate treats starting September 29 and throughout October at The Ganachery located at Disney Springs!

 

[nawghtyhare]

Wed, September 13, 2017
Your Guide to Treats and Eats Galore During Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort, September 15 through October 31

by Pam Brandon, Food Writer, Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort

Disneyland park, Disney California Adventure park and the Hotels of the Disneyland Resort are all in on the frightfully delightful family fun during Halloween Time at Disneyland Resort, September 15 through October 31.

There are plenty of ways to celebrate this happily haunted season, so we’re giving you this compendium of Halloween-inspired treats and eats to help you navigate both parks and the hotels. There’s everything from Mummy Macarons to candied apples and Creole-spiced shrimp with cheese grits. Chart your course!

Disneyland Park

Main Street, U.S.A.

• Main Street cappuccino cart: Assorted Halloween-inspired donuts
• Carnation Café: Spicy Chicken Sandwich – Sriracha-glazed fried chicken topped with Pepper Jack cheese and slaw on a brioche bun
• Jolly Holiday Bakery Café
  • Mickey-Shaped Mummy Macaron – A white chocolate macaron with white chocolate drizzle and chocolate-salted caramel filling
  • S’mores Bar

Fantasyland

• Red Rose Tavern: Enchanted Maize Flatbread with mozzarella, roasted corn, pickled red onions, Parmesan, spicy lime aïoli and chopped cilantro

Frontierland

• Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante: Barbacoa Torta and Chips with seasoned beef, guacamole mayo, refried beans, tomato, lettuce and cotija cheese
• The Golden Horseshoe: Chocolate Cowboy Bark
• Stage Door Café
  • Chocolate Cowboy Bark
  • Campfire S’Mores Funnel Cake with chocolate-chile ganache and toasted marshmallow sauce, garnished with graham cracker crumbs and crushed peanut butter candy

New Orleans Square

• Café Orleans: Shrimp & Grits with Creole-spiced shrimp and cheese grits, spiced sausage-fava bean-corn relish and shrimp sauce
• French Market Restaurant: Oogie Boogie dessert – A dark chocolate cup filled with layers of dark chocolate mousse, green pound cake and chocolate cookie crumbles with gummy worms
• Mint Julep Bar: Dreamsicle Beignets

Critter Country

• Hungry Bear Restaurant
  • Bison Blue Cheese Burger with candied bacon, sautéed mushrooms, baby kale and blue cheese tarragon sauce on a whole wheat ciabatta with fries
  • Milk and Hunny Funnel Cake

Adventureland

• Bengal Barbecue: Lamb Kofta – Lamb with tzatziki sauce, spinach and pickled onions on grilled pita bread

Tomorrowland

• Galactic Grill: Spider Parfait
• Redd Rockett’s Pizza Port
  • Meatball Pizza with sliced meatballs, marinara, olives, roasted red peppers and pepperoncini
  • Spider Parfait

Disney California Adventure Park

Buena Vista Street

• Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Café: Sleepy Hollow Cupcake
• Clarabelle’s Hand Scooped Ice Cream
  • Bat Wing Raspberry Sundae -White chocolate-raspberry swirl ice cream with raspberry splatter, blood-red sprinkles, whipped cream and Bat Wing cookie
  • Spider Silk Ice Cream Sandwich – A black macaron with charcoal-tart cherry spun ice cream topped with popping candy and raspberry sauce
  • Carthay Circle Restaurant and Carthay Lounge: Poison Apple-Tini – Crown Royal Apple, Dekuyper and cranberry juice with Green Poison Apple glow cube

Grizzly Peak

• Smokejumpers Grill: Green Apple Spell Lemonade with cherry drops

Pacific Wharf

• Pacific Wharf Café
  • Pumpkin Raisin Bread Pudding
  • Bacon Cheddar Ale Soup
  • Anchor Blood Orange Blonde
  • Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest

• Pacific Wharf Distribution Co.: Karl Strauss Oktoberfest Handcrafted Beer
• Boudin Bread Cart: Pumpkin-shaped bread

Paradise Pier

• Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta
  • Cheeseburger Pizza (September)
  • Anti-Vampire Pizza (October)
• Bayside Brews: Karl Strauss Oktoberfest Handcrafted Beer
• Paradise Pier Ice Cream Company
  • Vanilla-orange swirl ice cream
  • Orange ice cream
• Corn Dog Castle: Spicy Pepper Jack Cheese Stick dipped in corn batter, drizzled with blackberry sauce and topped with sweet pineapple salsa, pickled serranos and crushed cheese puffs
• Cove Bar
  • “Ghost”-ly Pepper Nachos – Ghost pepper-marinated flank steak with green tortilla chips, topped with ghost pepper cheese sauce, black beans and avocado-tomatillo salsa
  • Halloween Specialty Cocktail

Hollywood Land

• Award Wieners (beginning September 29)
  • Gladiator Funnel Cake Fries topped with diced mangoes in a passionfruit-orange-guava sauce, whipped cream and chile-lime sugar
  • In celebration of “Thor: Ragnarok” – A hero-size all-beef hot dog on a “lightning struck” black bun with apple slaw, beet & onion slaw and a mighty serving of mustard crema and green onions, served with our “award worthy” Filmstrip Fries
  • North Coast PranQster Golden Ale
  • Barq’s Red Cream Ale (non-alcoholic)

• Schmoozies
  • Monstermallow Donut – Flaky donut with marshmallow filling
  • Mummy Macaron Ice Cream Sandwich – Almond macaron shell with dark chocolate “eyes” drizzled with white chocolate and filled with rainbow sherbet
  • Caramel Apple Smoothie – Fresh apple, caramel and ice cream

• Studio Catering Co.: In celebration of Guardians of the Galaxy – Monsters After Dark, Dragon’s Breath Tacos – Pork belly tacos, Korean barbecue sauce, kimchi slaw and Sriracha aioli

• Studio Bar
  • Limited-time beers of the Halloween season from Stone, Ballast Point and Blue Moon
  • Festive cocktail concoctions, including margaritas, spicy ciders and micheladas
  • Fun non-alcoholic lemonades and ciders for all ages

Cars Land

• Flo’s V-8 Café
  • Car-achnid Pot Pie – Chicken pot pie with dried cranberries and butter-crust spider
  • Grape “Ghoul”-ant Shake
  • Mini Candy Cone Pie – A cream pie with vanilla, butterscotch and white chocolate pudding
• Fillmore’s Taste-In: Vampire Mater Bread
• Cozy Cone Motel
  • Slow Burnin’ Mac & Cheese Cone – Fresh-cooked pasta with spicy red pepper cheese sauce topped with crushed chile-cheese puffs, served in a Black Cauldron Cone
  • Spoke-y Cone Macaron filled with marshmallow buttercream and candy corn
  • Junkyard JamBOOree Mix – Choice of flavored popcorn with optional “nuts and bolts” (e.g., green M&M’s, candy corn, chocolate-covered pretzels, Boston baked beans, etc.)

Disneyland Hotel

• Steakhouse 55: “Trick or Tea” served noon to 3 p.m. from September 30 through October 30
• The Coffee House: Caramel apple cider

And for just a little sweet treat throughout the Disneyland Resort – at the Hunny Spot in Pooh Corner and Candy Palace on Main Street, U.S.A., in Disneyland park; and Trolley Treats at Disney California Adventure Park:

• Candied apples, cake pops, and crispies featuring popular characters such as Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Jack Skellington and Disney Villains including the Evil Queen, Malificent and Oogie Boogie.
• Pumpkin fudge
• Pecan praline fudge

Churro Carts in both Disneyland park and Disney California Adventure park:

• Purple, green and orange-colored churros
• Sour Watermelon Churro (only in Frontierland and New Orleans Square in Disneyland park)
• Graham Cracker Churro with Marshmallow-Chocolate Dipping Sauce (only in Critter Country in Disneyland park)
• Galactic Churro (only in “a bug’s land” at Disney California Adventure park)

Throughout Disneyland Resort:

• Candy corn cotton candy
• Pumpkin muffin
• Pumpkin spice latte
• Pumpkin cheesecake
• Bat cookies
• Mickey Bat cookies

 

[Sneaker P]

I’d demolish two of those PB & J with a big glass of milk

 

[rfx45]

 

[daruma]

thinking of going to disnyeland/dca soon. does the max pass skip all the lines?

 

[stuntman mike]

jeezus.

 

[rfx45]

hypeband @ epcot and hollywood studios today

hope your having fun and enjoy the rest of your stay

thinking of going to disnyeland/dca soon. does the max pass skip all the lines?

just the ones with fastpass which is usually the most popular rides/attractions

it's worth it for the unlimited photopass if you like taking pics or taking those attraction pics

 

[daruma]

just the ones with fastpass which is usually the most popular rides/attractions

it's worth it for the unlimited photopass if you like taking pics or taking those attraction pics

Let's say I go on a busy day (weekend), would I be able to get most of the rides? including guardian? does it give you the early morning pass too (I was trying to find more info and came across this topic)?

 

[rfx45]

That really depends on whether you can get in most rides, you can only get one fastpass at a time and only for a certain timeframe so you kind of have to be there and wing it and see which rides to go to that is more efficient. I do think it will help you getting into more rides as you can sign up for a fastpass while in line instead of physically going to the actual attractions.

I don't think they give you the morning pass/access during the magic hour, those are usually reserved for those staying at Disney resorts.

If you're going on a weekend, that should help as the park closes later (midnight on Saturday and 11pm on Sunday) so you get there early and leave late and you should be able to hit every big attractions.

 

[rfx45]

Is the $2,400 VIP Tour at Disneyland Really Worth It? We Asked Someone Who's Done It Twice

When visiting the happiest place on earth, you go in accepting the fact that you'll be standing in line longer than you'll be enjoying the attractions. But how much would you pay to have your group cut straight to the front? With Disneyland's VIP Tours, guests can enjoy the most magical day ever free of lines, alongside their own "personal concierge," and with many other perks — but with a hefty price tag, of course.

For up to a group of 10 and a minimum of six hours, a VIP Tour reservation starts at $2,400, and that doesn't include admission to California Adventure. To see if the insane ticket price is really worth it, I spoke with a family friend who's done the experience twice with her family and paid $3,200 for their Christmas-Day trip.


The Perks

"The biggest perk is not waiting in line!" Stefanie Howarth told POPSUGAR. "Your guide will escort you through the FastPass line."

In addition, VIP guests also get to enter the park one hour before it opens to the public — which is pretty awesome — as well as preferred VIP parade seating.


Your Personal Guide

From start to finish, your guide will take you through the park and every ride and even help customize an itinerary for you beforehand.

"The guides are really your personal concierge," Stefanie said. "They will escort you to both Disneyland and California Adventure if you have passes for both. They organize the day and tailor it to your specific wants and needs; they can make lunch reservations and recommendations."

Stefanie shared that the best guides are also park historians who are knowledgeable about every detail, down to the hidden messages in design left by Walt Disney himself, so your experience really depends on who you get.

"I must say all guides are not created equal," she said. "Our first year, all our guide did was get us on the rides. Last year, the guide was fantastic and was a park/ride historian."


Is It Worth It?

"Yes, it is worth it, especially if it's a crowded time of year. If we went during an off time, we would not use one, but on Christmas, it's a must."

When you break it down, $2,400 for a group of 10 comes out to $240 per person, a little over $100 more than normal admission. If you and your friends are paying individually, the cost seems more manageable, especially for all the benefits included in the package. There are also plenty of ways you can save at the parks, including bringing your own food. While it's not financially realistic for every group or family, it is an option to explore if you're willing to drop some cash to avoid those lines.

 

[Sneaker P]

Id do it for an extra $100, after all time = money.