October is one of my favorite times to visit Disneyland. It helps that my family has lots of birthdays in October (mine and my daughter's included) so it makes it a little extra special when visiting the Happiest Place on Earth!
If you love to dress up, this is a great party for you! It's the one time of year that adults get to arrive in costume as well as the kids! Just make sure you follow the costume guidelines - it needs to be child friendly and can't obstruct/ offend other guests. Disney has a complete set of guidelines to follow, but if you keep it kid-friendly (you are at Disneyland after all) it shouldn't be hard to stick to the guidelines.
If you are dressed up as a Disney Character, expect all the cast members to call you by your character name - My husband (dressed up as Captain Hook) was even scolded for trying to get into Pixie Hollow to see Tinkerbell! (they were kidding, of course) My daughter thought it was hilarious that they thought he was the REAL Captain Hook - my daughter still talks about this, even a year later.
Mickey's Halloween Party is a separately ticketed event. This mean that Disneyland closes early to the general public that purchased the daytime tickets. Depending on what time the party starts, Mickey's Halloween Party ticketholders get to enter the park 3 hours early. So if your party starts at 6pm, be sure to show up a bit before 3pm to start lining up to enter! You'll get plenty of time to enjoy the park before the party officially gets started.
Why attend the event? Mickey's Halloween party is a fun time to see the special Halloween Parade and Fireworks show, as well as take advantage of some serious Trick or Treating! The last couple of years my family has been we've walked away with way too much candy - my kids LOVED it! My husband loves that the lines are usually pretty quick during the party -so while I go trick or treating with the kids, he can zoom from ride to ride and then catch up with us later.
What is different about the park during Halloween time? Disneyland is transformed with hundreds (maybe thousands?) of Pumpkins and Jack-o-lanterns throughout the park. They really do a fantastic job getting the place ready! Jack Skeleton, of Tim Burton's
The Nightmare Before Christmas hosts the Halloween party and takes over the Haunted Mansion. This is a great time to visit the Haunted Mansion if your kids are a little afraid of the original version of the Haunted Mansion. One ride that also transforms for Halloween time is Space Mountain - this transforms into Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy - which in my opinion is a scarier version - it has ghosts flying by and loud screams.
You are sure to find some extra special treats at the parks that you won't find other times during the year!
Even if you don't go to Mickey's Halloween Party, Halloween Time in the parks is a lot of fun! You get to see more Villains out in the parks, and the fall décor is amazing!
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After you sit, at least 4 princesses will come and visit you at your table - each one is officially announced upon their entrance, and the anticipation of them arriving at your table is often hard for the little ones to contain. On this particular afternoon, we were visited by Jasmine, Aurora, Snow White and Tiana.
The princesses are present for Breakfast, lunch and dinner - but they are not present for the World of Color dining package option. 
