I thought there was some sort of Halloween thing at Big Thunder Ranch?

I saw some decorations at the Mansion. Is something going on there?

Yeah, Big Thunder Ranch is currently Woody's Halloween Roundup.

Well, the hoopla started out great. Smelly pumpkin thing given out at the parking booth, tram route decor, amazing front gate decor and wonderfuly whimisical "floral" Mickey and floral pumpkins at the front, big Mickey pumpkin at town square, lots of decor in all of the Main Street windows, character pumpkins at the Hub......then........nothing.

HMH is up, but that doesn't count as Halloween decor as it is really Halloxmas.


Maybe there IS someting going on a BTR, but since I rarely take that route, I woldn't know. I love the first part, but where's the rest?

I haven't been to DCA yet.

You're not going to find much more there. Apparently it is mostly contained to Golden Screams and the area around ToT.

Golden Screams?! lol!
Hysterical.
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Well, I do count it. It may be both at the same time, but it is still both.

I heard rumored (By Al I think) that they will expand the amount of decorations over the next few years. They will budget and purchase more each year. It may be sparse now, but should get better with time. And it's much better than last year!

Whether it will get better depends on the reaction this time around. Rarely in modern Disney history is the response to an underwhelming response "lets make it better and try again!"

But the current rumor I've heard is that Frontierland is on the slate for next year.

That's just the point, if it is all a big build-up to nothing, I don't think reaction will be all that good.

What they have is charming, but it's all seems designed to lead-up to something ... that ultimately isn't there.


I mean - NEVER has there been decorations featured along the Tram Route. It's all a tease with almost no substance.

So, the first weekend of HalloweenTime at the Disneyland Resort has passed, and the homepage on www.disneyland.com still does not mention HalloweenTime or any of the related decorations and activities. Why? Perhaps an internal business strategy could be to not create too many high expectations about HalloweenTime before arriving at the Disneyland Resort? Or, is the marketing department suppose to hype the start of "Year of a Million Dreams" (which began Oct. 1) instead? However, Mickey's Halloween Treat at Disney's California Adventure has been mentioned for months, and some dates are already sold out.

Sorry for all the speculating. In the end, my observation is that HalloweenTime 2006 is being used as "filler" in between the end of the 50th and before the start of the busy Christmas/holiday season. But, I'm not complaining--I love all the decorations and temporary "pluses" to both Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure.