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Has anyone been to DCA trick-or-treat party

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drewstitch	Has anyone been to DCA trick-or-treat party	Lead	[-]
Dizpins Ohana Member Posts: 151 (10/03/08 01:57 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Has anyone been to DCA trick-or-treat party? I am going on 10/10, and I was wondering what should I expect. Also will cast wear lanyards? I don't want to bring pins to trade, and have no cast wear lanyards.
jennsstuff		#1	[-]
Dizpins Ohana Member Posts: 149 (10/03/08 10:08 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	We have attended this event since it's began - it is a lot of fun! There is Halloween music piped throughout the park, fun lighting and trick or treat stations set up to gather candy and/or healthy snacks such as carrots or sliced apples. Treat bags and maps are provided to everyone who enters the park upon entering the gates. In the past near the Tortilla Factory they have dancing with characters such as Pluto and Chip and Dale - they do the Monster Mash and Hokie-Pokie etc. Further down on Fisherman's Wharf they have carnival games. This is a GREAT time to see characters as they are out by the dozens for photo ops. The villains come out in full force, last year they were located under the theater for Golden Dreams (Screams). Most of the rides will be open but if I recall correctly the park was not in full operation for some of the smaller rides. Bugs Land has been open to the little ones. Some of the CMs wear lanyards but in the past this was not a lucrative night for trading. It might pay-off to contact guest services and hear what they have to say. I will be going to DCA on Sunday so I can ask about that also. I hope this helps! Have a great time! Jennifer
slayersludge		#2	[-]
Dizpins Ohana Member Posts: 392 (10/03/08 12:15 PM) Dizpins Ohana Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I went last year and I believe some cast members were wearing lanyards but not as many as you would see on a normal operating day. I did wear a lanyard when I went but I was not in costume and this year I hope to be in costume so the lanyard and traders will stay at home. Probably. The trick or treating was a blast. I walked out of the park with a bag full of candy. The carnival games on the midway were free as well and you won candy instead of the regular prizes. For the individual games the type of candy got better as you did better. For the group games I can't remember if everyone got candy or just the winner. Getting pictures with the villians was fun, like Jennsstuff said, most of them were hanging out near Golden Screams. It was cool to get pics with the villians as you don't always see them out on regular days. The guy they had as Jafar was awesome, very much in character the whole time, very funny. I'm not sure if they are doing the Golden Screens show but it was pretty lame so I won't be doing that again. Come to think of it, the show they have in there during the rest of the year is pretty lame as well. My GF, myself and two friends are also going on 10/10 this year. I would say, maybe we'll see you there but I don't' think we've met. Doug Wants List Trades List
drewstitch		#3	[-]
Dizpins Ohana Member Posts: 153 (10/03/08 06:14 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	slayersludge wrote: I went last year and I believe some cast members were wearing lanyards but not as many as you would see on a normal operating day. I did wear a lanyard when I went but I was not in costume and this year I hope to be in costume so the lanyard and traders will stay at home. Probably. The trick or treating was a blast. I walked out of the park with a bag full of candy. The carnival games on the midway were free as well and you won candy instead of the regular prizes. For the individual games the type of candy got better as you did better. For the group games I can't remember if everyone got candy or just the winner. Getting pictures with the villians was fun, like Jennsstuff said, most of them were hanging out near Golden Screams. It was cool to get pics with the villians as you don't always see them out on regular days. The guy they had as Jafar was awesome, very much in character the whole time, very funny. I'm not sure if they are doing the Golden Screens show but it was pretty lame so I won't be doing that again. Come to think of it, the show they have in there during the rest of the year is pretty lame as well. My GF, myself and two friends are also going on 10/10 this year. I would say, maybe we'll see you there but I don't' think we've met. Doug I have not met any of the ohana yet....I think. So I hope to see you there
NBCZero		#4	[-]
Dizpins Ohana Member Posts: 75 (10/04/08 11:50 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	ugh.. waited too long to get tickets, now, Halloween and weekends are sold out. They still have the other days available if anyone else was waiting to purchase tickets. I hope you all have a great time!!
MagicalMe		#5	[-]
Dizpins Ohana Member Posts: 121 (10/04/08 03:30 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I went to the party last night and honestly didn't think it was worth the $...I went to the WDW Not So Scary Halloween Party and loved it. DCA not so much. It was super crowded and the lines were really long. The WDW event wasn't crowded at all and we were able to jump on rides without waiting long at all. To me the DCA party is mainly centered around Trick or Treating - we got a ton of candy!! The character calvacade was okay but nothing like the Halloween parade at WDW which was awesome. No fireworks (we left early so I dont know if they did any after we left but I dont think so as we only left 30 minutes early). I think it would be a lot better if they did it at Disneyland rather than DCA and had a parade and fireworks.....and limit the amount of people that can go. We waited 30 minutes for the Monsters Inc ride! I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade but I personally was disappointed with it being my first one and having been to the one at WDW. I just expected it to be much better......plus no one had lanyards (only saw a few with kid only lanyards). I wasnt there to trade really but of course I brought some just in case....oh, and the carnival games were shut down as well as some of the rides. my 2 cents..... My Wants My Trades
rkyam		#6	[-]
Dizpins Ohana Member Posts: 1546 (10/04/08 04:04 PM) Dizpins Ohana Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I have been to both WDW MK MNSHP and DCAs MTOTP. I agree MNSSHP is more elaborate and provides more special entertainment and such over MTOTP at DCA. However, if you look at the price points... MNSSHP = $49 presale, $59 day of event MTOTP = $29 (except for Halloween night - $37) I think for what you are paying between the two, you are getting your money's worth at each party.

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