Its Halloween 2011 in Disneyland Paris and there are no big decorations in the park.
What are we missing this Halloween in Disneyland Paris:
- Decorations Main Street
- Decorations Frontierland
- Decorations Fantasyland
- Decorations Phantom Manor
- Decorations Woody's Roundup Village
- Photo set at Woody's Roundup Village
- Pumpkin man in the street
- Halloween pre-parade
Does anyone know why the big change this year??
And will it be like this next year?
Now Halloween is just boring! :cry:
Does anyone know why the big change this year??
It's a bit far fetched, but my guess is they redeveloped some sense of taste and style...
I think there is nothing wrong with the style and taste of old Halloween.
...I always have lots of fun every year.
Over the past years, I have seen the decorations and activities become less, until in 2010 where the first step in this change was made by not decorating Main Street.
I miss the classic Halloween!
While I was never a big fan of the Orange paint, having lots of halloween characters (giants, pumpkin men, zombie dancers etc.), pinatas, trick or treating, halloween parades and fireworks, Halloweenland etc. was very cool. This year, what is on - 2 stage shows? Is that it?
For entertainment it is 2 stage shows, yes.
For decorations it's a garland at the pavillion and some pumpkins scattered around the pavillion and the large stage, plus a huge pumpkin on the castle stage. Pueblo Trading Post (the pin store that's not open often) did have some spiderwebs (may have been cobwebs). There's been some sort of backdrop when you walked over the castle draw bridge, Chip and Dale stealing candy. Some character shaped pumpkins were out in front of the Frontierland store and in front of one of the Disney Village stores, along with two "Happy Halloween" signs.
That's what I saw Sunday.
No special addition to the parade and on Friday they didn't even have the villains float out.
I was never a really big fan of the orange either. But yeah, what they have now is very boring.
Wow - that really is poor. 10 years ago even, there were 2 stages with shows in Halloweenland, a decorated Frontierland and Main Street, a giant pumpkin in the hub, Pinata and trick or treat near Cowboy Cookout, a full halloween parade down MSUSA to Phantom Manor, lots of halloween characters in Main Street and Frontierland - it was amazing and my fav time of year. The Silver spur had a special halloween menu including coctails with dry ice fog. And the Lucky Nugget had a halloween show.
The Party was epic with large chart acts, fireworks, DISCOveryland had lots of entertainment on. It was amazing and well worth the money.
Now, although the asthetics may be nicer, these are significant cuts. Glad we opted for Legoland (Scooby Doo Fireworks)and Chessington this year. Let's hope the 20th anniversary makes up for this. The hub show and entertainment were a waste of space this year too. Wonder what Christmas is going to be like this year.
Our last Halloween visit was 2 years ago, it was already feeling more sparse then (but Jack and Sally still had a pre parade)
Quote from: "pfspock"Does anyone know why the big change this year??
It's a bit far fetched, but my guess is they redeveloped some sense of taste and style...
I know some people seem to like this (lack of decoration) and I respect that. But...
Disney built it's name on talking mice,dogs and everything so far out there, that over the top decorations is fitting. I just loved the whole "in your face" Halloween theme because that is what it is about (for me). Over the top of make believe, and the wonderful world of fantasy.
Whilst the understated dress of DLP may seem nice as an autumn theme, I went for Halloween season not autumn. I can look at leaves in my garden if that is what I wanted.
Ok, so this post seems like I am trashing what you have said, and that is not what I am intending (so please don't think I am). All I am saying is, that for me and my kids Halloween and all the decorations and colour at DLP made it our favourite time of year to visit. I think they could put a little more back into it and maybe leave out just some aspects instead of removing all feeling of Halloween. :(
i totally agree kiki....we went because it advertises 31 days of halloween fun...there is not theming...a few nice pumpkins but no witches parade no halloween fun. I love disney a huge amount but I understand that there is budget restraints all round but if you going to be more authentic with there decoartions please put up some decorations...no villiams in the parade...it just lacked that certain thing the french say but damed if i can spell it lol ...bring back the spark that is halloween...if not its a season that I dont think then I will go for. We went in april and there was nothing going on but then I didnt pay for anything to be going on. So it will be low season for me or please dont let them ruin christmas [-o< . I only hope there keeping there budget for next year. Not sure if i will go back next year ....but if they run the 20th anniversary for as long as they did the 15th well then I dont think I will miss much...Not to go off topic but have you seen the prices for the 12th of April for the anniversary....all i can say is omg....
Was there not similar feelings when it went from Pink Witches to Pumpkinmen? I liked the Pumpkinmen as characters, but the static models just weren't the Disney quality a park coming into it's 20th Anniversary deserved. I'm glad they've got them out and are trying something new.
The whole park is designed to be in your face fantasies of themes, so putting even more in your face decorations over that just made it (and particularly Frontierland) too cluttered in my eyes. The newer 'less obvious but nice atmosphere' decorations look nicer I think, as they work with the original theme, and don't clash with it.
As for the parade not having anything, that is a little dissapointing! Even switching out the first and last set of dancers to Pumpkinmen would work nicely, and if they made that Villains float last year, why not use it this year too!
I agree, the Halloween feeling didn`t kick in as much as last year. I missed some decorations. I`m not saying, it has to as much as last year in Frontierland, but the black cats on the roof or something like that would have been great. :pumpkin:
Was also disappointed about not having the villains float.
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Well Davewasballoo, this weekend Belle's Christmas Village was already assembled and the Chapperall theatre was ready decorated for Mickeys Winter Wonderland, so there's two things you will definitley get!
It is a shame though, Christmas and Halloween used to be as equally as awesome. No longer by the sounds of things (shame, I prefer Halloween to Christmas).
What strikes me as strange is that the area of Belles Christmas Village is fenced off so this seems to indicate that Casey Jnr and Story Book Boats (which is drained and being worked on) may not be open at weekends during Halloween this year,another defficiency this year!
its gonna be my first halloween visit and i feel its gonna be rubbish now :( do you reckon they'll be anything different on actual halloween, do they do a big show? Ive asked a few times on here and no one has answered any of my topics about halloween! :(
It is unlikely they will be answered because they have really cut down this year. I know in years past, halloween day time has been like any other day in October, but super crowded (one of the 5 most crowded days of the year). It is at night at the party things get awesome.
I have night passes too! can you tell me what to expect andddd the terror night the night before? :D will i be able to tell its halloween in the park? urghhh toooo busy! lol in summer one day when i went it was rammed i couldnt move anywhere, i hated it, it was about 30 degrees though.
Nothing is wrong imo. I thought the park looked lovely and god riddance to all them tacky decorations from last year.
I agree that the park is looking great, but we should expect this to be the norm and not just because they are gearing up for the 20th. We all have our opinions concerning the decorations, I think they are pathetic this year, but in my opinion the park is really really struggling to have any sort of Halloween feel about it and I feel let down that Halloween has been "downgraded" this year over the last few. I can only express my opinions by not visiting at Halloween again until the decorations etc improve over this years impoverished offerings. Disney won't lose out though, I will just go at another time, maybe bonfire time next year after my visit for the 20th birthday in April.
I would have preferred a little bit more Halloween decoration in Main Street, too, I especially missed the Pumpkinmen...But it was quite cool to see Frontierland in its original state, without any huge orange pumpkintower etc. There were years when they, in my opinion, put too much Halloween stuff in the park. Especially the fact that every second song in Frontierland was the Halloween theme song really got on my nerves...But I have to admit, this year, the Halloween theme was very boring. Close to nothing isn't too good ;)
Well, we just got back from some awesome Halloween celebrations if anyone is interested in the pictures and trip reports?
In short, legoland had Halloween music everywhere (including DLP music, lol), characters, a scooby doo fun house, a Halloween themed building workshop, a mad science workshop, a scooby doo scavenger hunt, and of course, the amazing scooby doo fireworks, better than any at dlp, and even beating wdw and my beloved Disneyland in Anaheim..
Hampton court palace brought 1541 to life with a jester, alchemist, astrologer, Catherine howard, the arch bishop and other courtiers to life while we all wore velvet gowns as we interacted.
And chessington was amazing with trick or treating, more Halloween music, decorations everywhere, an Halloween themed animal show, a headless horseman riding, a halloween puppet show, and three excellent halloween mazes, all suitable for over 7s.
We had a blast.
Quote from: "davewasbaloo"Well, we just got back from some awesome Halloween celebrations if anyone is interested in the pictures and trip reports?
Always interested in reports :-)
Well here is the start of the trip report with pictures in the link:
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Good to hear about Legoland Dave. People keep advising me to go there with my little boy. Do you know if they go all out for Christmas too? I'm guessing yes if they make such an effort at Halloween.
Hi Steve,
They tried a christmas celebration a few years ago and it was very good. But, it was too cold. So now the park is closed between November and march. To be honest ,the only theme park i would consider in winter would be port aventura as northern european parks are too cold in winter.
Wow, Just Wow, we come every year especially for Halloween to EuroDisney, we come from different countries, Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland especially for this event, and oh boy what was I disappointed when i walked down mainstreet this morning.
I even wonder if i am going to renew my annual pass this year and so do some more of our family, this is really sad. Well tonight we go to the party, see if they maybe make it special enough in the evenings, but it better be good.
Disney if you read this, bring back the Halloween theme to the park; it is NOT there. It looks like every other month with a few small changes, which do not even come near to previous years.
Wondering if the Christmas themes are going to be disney characters with only a warm shawl and a cup of hot choco. I think someone really messed up this year, and the management should really wonder if this is the route they want to go on.
A very disappointed regular !
But it really does seem as though they had a fresh start and a new approach to their decorations this year. Did anyone see the coverage for our Halloween this year on the Disney Parks Blog? There's even a video on how they made their own real Mickey pumpkins especially for the event! XD
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The pumpkin carvers at Frontierland just came to my mind. It was really cool what they could create of vegetables :D
The pumpkin carvers have been a regular fixture for well over a decade, and yes, they are good.
Thanks Dave - no Christmas Legoland for us then!
I was a big disappointed with DLP Halloween at first, from what I had seen and been told. However, when I saw what they did towards the end of the Halloween season for the Terrorific Nights and the shows in Disney Village and also in Disneyland Park on Halloween night it made me want to really be there and I'm thinking of going next year. The shows looks spectacular and Terrorific Nights look amazing. While there maybe not so much for the Halloween visitor before the end of October, what they do at the end looks fantastic.
I'd guess this is a transition year with money saving in mind, which is why we have seen a modest Halloween for most of the month. The feeling that the old Halloween scared small children will probably take a bit more time to modify the season for, and with the 20th Anniversary next year I'd bet on them having sorted that out by October 2012.