does anyone know when the 2017 halloween offerings will be released im going on the 2nd and just wondering when they will announce the shedule
Sorry don't have an answer but I'm also wondering!! on the Disney site atm it just says "Disney Characters are currently preparing their tricks and treats for the next Halloween Festival, from 1st October to 5th November 2017. Before revealing their spook-tacular program, we invite you to (re)discover all the terribly funny activities from 2016!"
I think the question everyone is asking is how well will Halloween run alongside the 25th celebrations as it's the first 'season' event they've had since the celebrations began. Hopefully it'll be out soon through!!
I'm hoping to go on the 31st but it's a ticket only event.
It's normally normal hours until about 5pm or just after then it's ticket only but you can buy a ticket for the event to attend it
From 1 October 2017, Disneyland Park will give you chills with two special experiences: Halloween with the highly-anticipated return of the famous Disney Villains, and "Goofy's Skeletoon Street Party", a colourful new event at Frontierland where skeletons and Goofy will party together...
Welcome to Goofy's Skeletoon Street Party
Who said October was just for fright? Imagine a colourful skeleton party that's full of fun. That's exactly what Goofy wanted to create for the new season. This year, dressed up all in bones, he'll set the tempo at Frontierland with his troupe. They will invite you to party with them in a setting where you will find yourself face to face with colourful and funny skeletons.
We're also pleased to announce the arrival of two friends who we rarely see at Disneyland Paris: José Carioca and Panchito Pistoles, Donald's sidekicks in the film The Three Caballeros.
Lastly, Mickey and Minnie will also make an appearance for truly splendid meet 'n' greets.
The return of the Disney Villains and Halloween thrills
Want to meet the Disney Villains you love to hate? The Disneyland Park will delight you with an all-new, previously unseen parade: Mickey's Halloween Tricycle Gang. Happening every day on Main Street, U.S.A, Disney Villains and many other Disney Characters will entice you along the Halloween spirits' route, perched on their quirky tricycles.
If you want to face them and strike a pose with them, you will love the encounters with the Disney Villains. Fantasyland has a treat in store for you with the witch from Snow White, The Queen of Hearts (Alice in Wonderland) and, of course, Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty), who'll be making a spine-chilling appearance in the Castle Courtyard – which has been overrun by a huge bramble... Jafar (Aladdin) and Captain Hook (Peter Pan) will also be there, in Adventureland, and Cruella (101 Dalmatians) will be making an appearance at the Walt Disney Studios Park.
Frontierland will also be packed full of ghosts and pumpkins – making it the perfect place to celebrate Halloween this year. And if you like witches, you'll love Daisy's costume!
Come to Disneyland Paris from 1 October to 5 November 2017 for a new season and twice more fun with Halloween and Goofy's Skeletoon Street Party. More information available soon on news.disneylandparis.com.
bron: https://news.disneylandparis.com/en/201 ... and-paris/
Has anyone got Twitter? It's all kicked off within the DLP Community about the Halloween announcement ::) ::) :P
Personally, I think that they have done really well to keep the balance of the 25th anniversary goings on as well as celebrating Halloween.
Only 1% of park goers are going to be hardcore DLP fans with annual passes at Halloween, the other 99% is just your average family who have probably paid to see the 25th shows considering it's a big anniversary rather than just celebrating Halloween.
Quote from: stormflm595 on August 24, 2017, 01:17:48 PM
Has anyone got Twitter? It's all kicked off within the DLP Community about the Halloween announcement ::) ::) :P
Personally, I think that they have done really well to keep the balance of the 25th anniversary goings on as well as celebrating Halloween.
Only 1% of park goers are going to be hardcore DLP fans with annual passes at Halloween, the other 99% is just your average family who have probably paid to see the 25th shows considering it's a big anniversary rather than just celebrating Halloween.
I agree. I've never been at halloween before so was really excited to see it becuase I LOVE halloween, but if I missed out on the 25th shows I would have been dissapointed. I'm also 25 this year so wanted to go to the anniversary because why not! haha.
I'm really happy with the comprimise, although would love to have seen the cavalcade. I'm hoping they will have a version of that at the Sioree anyways. dissapointed that Mainstreet isn't decorated for halloween as that would have been a nice mix.
Quote from: Jbop123 on August 25, 2017, 12:37:28 PMI agree. I've never been at halloween before so was really excited to see it becuase I LOVE halloween, but if I missed out on the 25th shows I would have been dissapointed. I'm also 25 this year so wanted to go to the anniversary because why not! haha.
I'm really happy with the comprimise, although would love to have seen the cavalcade. I'm hoping they will have a version of that at the Sioree anyways. dissapointed that Mainstreet isn't decorated for halloween as that would have been a nice mix.
I wonder if they will have the calvacade in the Chapperel since Forest is finishing next weekend? Or at least something similar and as big?
I do think it's a shame Main Street won't be decorated - I think they did miss a thing there - they could have swapped the tinks along the street to Halloween style ones with orange dresses, maybe try and change the colour theme or incorporate it somehow so you get the best of both worlds. Hopefully there will be stuff like pumpkins though still.
I just think it's a shame on some of the reactions - people are up in arms saying that they will never visit DLP again and stuff and forgetting the bigger picture - it's DLP's Anniversary. Halloween happens every year - it's not the end of the world if it isn't made as big a deal for 1 year. They are lucky that they have the means to go so often unlike others who can either go every so often or not at all.
I think they've tried really hard to give a good Halloween compromise (moving lots of it to Frontierland is a really good idea imo as it fits there particularly well, especially with Phantom Manor there!).
The only major thing missing is the Cavalcade and tbh it is only a mini parade and as much as I like the song they've got plenty of characters elsewhere. They seem to have shifted nearly everything else around and worked with the existing 25th entertainment - the only reason the cavalcade isn't on is there aren't enough performers available.
I do wonder however what they're going to do with Christmas as I can't see them forgoing the decorations for that down Main Street.
Quote from: claire2281 on August 25, 2017, 03:55:47 PM
I think they've tried really hard to give a good Halloween compromise (moving lots of it to Frontierland is a really good idea imo as it fits there particularly well, especially with Phantom Manor there!).
The only major thing missing is the Cavalcade and tbh it is only a mini parade and as much as I like the song they've got plenty of characters elsewhere. They seem to have shifted nearly everything else around and worked with the existing 25th entertainment - the only reason the cavalcade isn't on is there aren't enough performers available.
I do wonder however what they're going to do with Christmas as I can't see them forgoing the decorations for that down Main Street.
Blasphemy!
The Halloween daily parade is magic. The song Vive the Vie is one of the best parade songs in my opinion.
I am glad i didnt book a Halloween trip this year as the main reason would be to go see the parade.
The decision to not have enough performers is Disney's decision! Ridiculous.
Get rid of the princess show and problem solved.
Quote from: sunshine1 on August 26, 2017, 11:24:36 AM
Quote from: claire2281 on August 25, 2017, 03:55:47 PM
I think they've tried really hard to give a good Halloween compromise (moving lots of it to Frontierland is a really good idea imo as it fits there particularly well, especially with Phantom Manor there!).
The only major thing missing is the Cavalcade and tbh it is only a mini parade and as much as I like the song they've got plenty of characters elsewhere. They seem to have shifted nearly everything else around and worked with the existing 25th entertainment - the only reason the cavalcade isn't on is there aren't enough performers available.
I do wonder however what they're going to do with Christmas as I can't see them forgoing the decorations for that down Main Street.
Blasphemy!
The Halloween daily parade is magic. The song Vive the Vie is one of the best parade songs in my opinion.
I am glad i didnt book a Halloween trip this year as the main reason would be to go see the parade.
Sorry! ;D
Tbf I do really like the song and it's on my DLP playlist but I think the parade itself is nice yett not a deal breaker. The Christmas one is better imo
Quote from: Ggfergy on August 26, 2017, 01:16:05 PM
The decision to not have enough performers is Disney's decision! Ridiculous.
Get rid of the princess show and problem solved.
It's not a decision, it's simply too expensive to hire and train that many extra dancers and performers for the few weeks of Halloween.
The 25th anniversary shows are this year only (there's even a rumour it'll end in January) so they're going to take priority. Besides, it's not the princess show which is the problem but Happy Anniversary Disneyland Paris as that was designed to have lots of characters on stage but then of course takes up a huge amount of their performers as well.
Merry stitchmas has just removed the current shows off the castle stage.
So they can do it for Xmas just not Halloween. It was clearly a decision but decided finances were against you.
Poor show DLP. You can do it - you just couldn't be bothered.
Quote from: Ggfergy on August 30, 2017, 10:15:39 AM
Merry stitchmas has just removed the current shows off the castle stage.
So they can do it for Xmas just not Halloween. It was clearly a decision but decided finances were against you.
Poor show DLP. You can do it - you just couldn't be bothered.
Maybe they do this because the Halloween season lasts only for one month, while the Christmas season for some months?
That's what I was thinking plus as claire2281 says hours are shorter, days are darker and they got to get a lot in. It's a shame for all who have booked Halloween expecting what you usually get. I'm going at Christmas and was worrying (I booked last October) as to what we were going to get. My brother is going Halloween.
Quote from: princesspiggy on August 30, 2017, 10:19:53 AM
Quote from: Ggfergy on August 30, 2017, 10:15:39 AM
Merry stitchmas has just removed the current shows off the castle stage.
So they can do it for Xmas just not Halloween. It was clearly a decision but decided finances were against you.
Poor show DLP. You can do it - you just couldn't be bothered.
Maybe they do this because the Halloween season lasts only for one month, while the Christmas season for some months?
Yup. Halloween is half the length of Christmas season. People still get to see lots of Halloween stuff - including several new things - they're just keeping the 25th offerings running too. So it's a compromise of both worlds whereas the 25th has given way a bit for Christmas.
I think it's the parade that's the big factor here - the Christmas parade is returning and if it does twice a day like last year with Stars on Parade running too that limits the amount of time they have for shows on the Castle stage.
It's better to do one show several times than 2 shows once each.
They're putting a lot of new stuff on this Christmas so I don't think they're cutting back much!
Besides, Christmas will always be a bigger deal than Halloween in Europe.
However it's clear it's a decision as I said from the offset.
Really really poor.
Quote from: Ggfergy on August 30, 2017, 12:18:11 PM
However it's clear it's a decision as I said from the offset.
Really really poor.
I don't think it was a 'we can't be bothered' or poor on their part. It's about being smart. There's still LOADS of Halloween stuff going on, including new things and people still get to see the 25th offerings. Lots of M&Gs too which people love.
Some people are saying they're disappointed they won't get to see the anniversary stuff at Christmas so you can't make everyone happy.
We all know the resort isn't flush with cash and I'd rather them make smart decisions. Obviously with their pool of performers it's an either/or situation. Halloween went one way, Christmas went another. Training and hiring a load of extra performers for just a few weeks (with all the added costs that comes with) simply isn't worth it when they can do a really good Halloween regardless.
Disney announced Christmas in the last few days at the same time as Halloween.
If they weren't afraid of the negative reaction from Disney fans it would have been done much sooner. It's a complete sham to get people to book on the hope there will be something good, and then scale it down.
They could have announced it months ago.
When have they EVER announced the Halloween offerings months in advance?
The fact is, there's just as much going at DLP for Halloween this year as last year, it's just a mixture of Halloween and 25th stuff.
But if you've got an annual pass, seen all the 25th stuff, then no there isn't.
The M&G that have been advertised are mostly characters that are always out in any case.
Halloween for all other parks has been known for 1 month plus.
Quote from: Ggfergy on August 31, 2017, 11:55:45 AM
But if you've got an annual pass, seen all the 25th stuff, then no there isn't.
The M&G that have been advertised are mostly characters that are always out in any case.
Halloween for all other parks has been known for 1 month plus.
They were probably still deciding what they could do based upon the fact that last year's plans weren't viable.
They don't plan things based upon annual pass holders. The majority of visitors are still those who are visiting for their one trip per year - the only reason they sold so many annual passes before was because they were often cheaper than a week's holiday, something that's now been rectified.
If practically they had to choose between a bigger Halloween or Christmas then I'm glad they chose Christmas as it's a much more important holiday in Europe.
Personally I'll be interested to see what they do with this Frontierland focused Halloween and looking forward to hopefully PM being the star of the show before it closes for its refurb.
Halloween used to be based in Frontierland with only a small amount of décor elsewhere. It used to have a huge banner strung across the entrance and was called Halloweentown instead. This is where all the themed shows were and all the baddies used to congregate there for M&G. It was great. The Molly Brown was decorated with webs and ragged sheets/bandages with ghosts/mummy's and skeletons walking around during the sailings. Giant webs, pumkins and bats decorated the land and character spiders chased people up and down the street. Once a night around 5pm there was a Halloween parade with characters dressed up and Mickey/ Minnie driving a boneshaker hearse drove down main street. The Electric parade would follow later in the evening. It was brilliant!
Is the Halloween merch out yet? Seems to have hit WDW last week!
Quote from: AJDisney on September 02, 2017, 07:25:26 AM
Is the Halloween merch out yet? Seems to have hit WDW last week!
The WDW halloween season has already started if you can believe it! they started their halloween parties last week. I think I've seen a few bits from the ED92 twitter page (just pins I think) but other than that they usually have a alot of nightmare before christmas merch.
Quote from: Slimy yet satisfying on August 31, 2017, 01:01:58 PM
Halloween used to be based in Frontierland with only a small amount of décor elsewhere. It used to have a huge banner strung across the entrance and was called Halloweentown instead. This is where all the themed shows were and all the baddies used to congregate there for M&G. It was great. The Molly Brown was decorated with webs and ragged sheets/bandages with ghosts/mummy's and skeletons walking around during the sailings. Giant webs, pumkins and bats decorated the land and character spiders chased people up and down the street. Once a night around 5pm there was a Halloween parade with characters dressed up and Mickey/ Minnie driving a boneshaker hearse drove down main street. The Electric parade would follow later in the evening. It was brilliant!
Yeah I'm really looking forward to seeing what they do with Frontierland - I do think it's the perfect backdrop for Halloween. I know many years ago PM used to have a projection show on it. I wonder if this will return at some point?
Quote from: Jbop123 on September 02, 2017, 09:19:25 AM
Quote from: AJDisney on September 02, 2017, 07:25:26 AM
Is the Halloween merch out yet? Seems to have hit WDW last week!
The WDW halloween season has already started if you can believe it! they started their halloween parties last week.
That's nuts!
But yeah like I said, Halloween is MUCH bigger in the US than in Europe. I can't ever see Paris extending the celebration that long.
Quote from: Ggfergy on August 31, 2017, 09:54:15 AM
Disney announced Christmas in the last few days at the same time as Halloween.
If they weren't afraid of the negative reaction from Disney fans it would have been done much sooner. It's a complete sham to get people to book on the hope there will be something good, and then scale it down.
They could have announced it months ago.
I would have mainly gone to DLP for Halloween to see the daily Halloween Cavalcade/parade - the song 'Vive La Vie' is magic. I am glad that I didnt book the trip before it was announced that the daily parade wouldnt be happening this year.
Ive been in touch with Dlrp via Twitter today about this carry on and they sent this reply you can see in the attached photo and this link :
http://www.disneylandparis.co.uk/events/halloween-at-disneyland-paris/.
Now correct me if im wrong here but when you click on that link the first thing you see is a picture from the Halloween cavalcade parade and then scroll down you see pictures of central plaza decorated with pumkins and stuff, underneath it reads : Skip through the fun-filled Halloween ambiance at Disneyland® Park bewitchingly bespoke with two types of spooktacular surprises - from jolly Jack-o'-lanterns to ghoulish ghosts on Main Street, U.S.A.®.
Now if their is no cavalcade or no Halloween decor other than Frontierland this year well Disney are misleading people and engaging in false advertisement.
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Quote from: irishbhoy1888 on September 13, 2017, 02:20:00 PM
Ive been in touch with Dlrp via Twitter today about this carry on and they sent this reply you can see in the attached photo and this link :
http://www.disneylandparis.co.uk/events/halloween-at-disneyland-paris/.
Now correct me if im wrong here but when you click on that link the first thing you see is a picture from the Halloween cavalcade parade and then scroll down you see pictures of central plaza decorated with pumkins and stuff, underneath it reads : Skip through the fun-filled Halloween ambiance at Disneyland® Park bewitchingly bespoke with two types of spooktacular surprises - from jolly Jack-o'-lanterns to ghoulish ghosts on Main Street, U.S.A.®.
Now if their is no cavalcade or no Halloween decor other than Frontierland this year well Disney are misleading people and engaging in false advertisement.
they are just using the picture of the calvalcade to promote Halloween so maybe you are right about false advertisement.
Tbh I find the WORST place to get information about DLP is their website. It's a mess, outdated and they don't change the content often enough.
This isn't an excuse I just don't think their web team know as much about what's going on in the parks as the fans do. I wouldn't be surprised if the people doing the website didn't even know that was a pic of the cavalcade!
Its not just a picture of the cavalcade, also they are using photos of a Halloween dressed central plaza which is not happening and advertising a dressed main street with pumpkins and stuff which also as far as i know ain't happening. Im not too pissed as ive been to Disney plenty of times now and know where to go before I travel to know what's happening, what's closed, refurbed etc.
But the average joe doesn't have a clue what a fastpass even is and just books on the information they are given, and if i where one of them and turned up to see no parade or dressed MK for Halloween id be looking for a refund.
True, but with no word do they suggest that these things happen this year. They clearly state that these are last year's treats. So technically this is not false advertising. Of course, pointing out that Halloween 2017 is still in the planning stage with the press release being four weeks old, just not to admit that sod all is happening isn't exactly truthful... But that's Euro Disney's Marketing and IT departement to you...
I've written a guide here (https://thegrownupmouse.tumblr.com/halloween2017) to what we know about Halloween so far.
If anyone can think of things to add (or knows the exact amount of the AP discount for Soiree tickets!) then please let me know.
Stitch , chesire cat , marie , scrooge and more are all listed as meet n greets for halloween on the disneylandparis.ie website under the characters section . No sign of Jack Skellington on the website but his meet and greet location has been installed in frontierland
Quote from: AaronKing on September 29, 2017, 01:49:17 PM
Stitch , chesire cat , marie , scrooge and more are all listed as meet n greets for halloween on the disneylandparis.ie website under the characters section . No sign of Jack Skellington on the website but his meet and greet location has been installed in frontierland
Nice one with the characters. DLP have so much rarer characters for meet and greets than Florida - and i have never got a proper answer as to why that is.
ED92 have just released the new programme guides ready for halloween. Jack's spot is listed under charascer greets. So happy the shadow man has his own meet and greet! got worried when I didn't see him mentioned anywhere on the website. One of my fave villains.
Just to revisit this, we've just come back from DLP (trip 3 of 4 this year)
The good...
M&G were easy to do, and got a bonus unplanned Aladdin
The weather was ok
The Mariachi band and Mexican day of dead theming good
Lots of rides running given prior year refurbs
The bad...
The lack of Halloween on the castle stage and area is just sad
The 2 "parades" in Frontierland and Main street are just pants. They don't make up for the missing Halloween parade
Ratatouille went down for virtually a whole day and queue times were toppy everywhere
It didn't feel like halloween
Quote from: Ggfergy on October 26, 2017, 07:36:24 PM
The lack of Halloween on the castle stage and area is just sad
The 2 "parades" in Frontierland and Main street are just pants. They don't make up for the missing Halloween parade
It didn't feel like halloween
I totally appreciate everyone is entitled to their own opinion but I have to say I have to disagree. I have just returned from DLP and I thought the 2 parades were absolutely brilliant. I have now been home 2 weeks and am still singing Goofy's song and my mother simply loved Mickey's Tricycle Gang. Frontierland looks better than it has done for many years.
I do agree that it was a shame to see nothing on Main St. but years ago Frontierland was always the hub of Halloween activity and Main St. had very little.
But as I said each to their own.
TTFN