Trip Report Disneyland and Mickey's Trick or Treat Party Photo Heavy!

[RPDigger]

Just got back to Reno from a week long trip to Disneyland. I had planned on doing a somewhat "live" TR while I was at the park, but the hotel's internet connection had other ideas. So, about a week late, here are some of the photos from days 1 and 2 (Saturday and Sunday) I shot with my new camera:








Of course, anyone visiting this time of year must pay a visit to:















I decided to play with the f-stop and took these two photos of the waterfall at Tarzan's Treehouse exit:








People started "reserving" spots for Fantasmic! over 2.5 hours before the show on Saturday.....crazy! :





I stopped by the MiceChat meet on Sunday. Most everybody was keeping occupied with some fake mustaches, so I said a quick hello to Dusty, then went on my way:








Took a trip on the Jungle Cruise, where someone was obviously expecting some trouble:







Of course, no day at Disneyland is complete without saying "howdy" to Billy!!! Obviously, this is a very popular show:







Coming up: Mickey's Trick or Treat Party, Fantasmic!, and some night-time shots of Disneyland......Here's just a peek......

[Dan_92]

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A very nice trip report. Looking forward to the rest

[royaldisneyfan]

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Can't wait for the rest! Very nice HMH shots!

[I Heart Disneyland]

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Beautiful shots!

[Stitchy]

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VERY cool!

[penguinsoda]

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Great pictures!! Can't wait to see the rest!

[winder*wonder]

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awesome pics!

you live in reno???? i live in fallon! howdy neighbor!

[Alice in Wonderland]

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Oh, what great pictures! I can't wait for more

[RPDigger]

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On we go with our week long report. Before hitting Fantasmic! on Sunday, we spend a little time at Woody's Halloween Roundup. On the way in I saw what must be tour guides in training:



Once inside we were treated to some great carved pumpkins:

















Here is a little before and after. Before added color:





After added color:





There was also a magician at the roundup who entertained the kids and the adults:






There were also some paper bats to color. They were pretty addicting, to the point that quite often the moms and dads present jumped in and colored a few:




Here are some examples of the bats themed to Monsters Inc.:






And an evil queen bat:




The bats were so popular that Disneyland ran out by Tuesday. Not ran out for the day.....ran out. We'll end this portion of the trip report with a couple of photos of the Halloween decorations at the roundup and pick it up again tomorrow with Fantasmic! photos:

[royaldisneyfan]

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All these pumpkins are amazing but this Davy Jones ^ is rediculously good.

[ZomBats]

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Oh my lord, what kind of camera did you get? These shots are gorgeous! Especially the night one D:

[leslie_537]

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Oh I am so happy you got this shot. She was still carving it out Sunday Morning when we went through there I was curious how it turned out! I will be posting a in progress shot of this sculpting sometime today in my trip report!

[RPDigger]

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Welcome back, and thanks for all the great comments. I bought a Nikon D90 camera and a couple of lenses (35-70mm and 80-200mm). The second of those lenses came into play during Fantasmic!. We walked along the Rivers of America about 3 hours before the show started and saw that quite a few people were already lining up. Of course, there were the inconsiderate few who decided it was okay to just leave their stuff out and "reserve" a spot without even being there:




Hey George, if you happen to read this, how about having some of your folks gather up this abandoned property so that people willing to spend the time waiting for a show get a good spot.

Anyway, I decided I better grab a spot so I could get some shots without anyone in the way. While I was waiting the 3 hours for the show to start I got to see a lot of the prep work I had never noticed before. I got some photos of the pyro folks setting up all the fireworks to be used later in the night:



A close up of some of the fireworks:






Finally, it was on with the show! :


















































That about does it for Fantasmic! and for the weekend. We still have Disneyland at night and Mickey's Trick or Treat Party photos to come. Here is just a glimpse:

[royaldisneyfan]

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Geez. Stunning Fantasmic shots! Very nice work!

[Micoofy Duck]

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breath taking trip report!

[Stitchy]

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Great pictures! I can't believe those people setting up those strollers and blankets! I would be SO tempted to move them. SOOOO wrong and selfish!

And what great pumpkins! I love the headless horseman!

I always wondered why the tour guides carry riding crops. Are they to whack the bad guests with?

[Lolo]

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GREAT PICTURES!!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

[Baloo]

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awesome pictures i can't wait to see more.

I wish Disney would do something about allowing people to leave items for hours in the viewing area for fantasmic. If people want to wait fine but don't take up huge areas and walk away. I have seen this happen more and more near the ROA as well as the hub and benches along the parade route and firework viewing areas.

Disney should start using the rules every other major public place uses for safety reasons people can not leave unattended packages. The Cm's prepping the area could easily tell guests that if items are left unattended that they will be collected and sent to lost and found.

[RPDigger]

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