The cool 90° temps, bright green leaves, and tourists in shorts means that it’s now the fall season at the Disneyland Resort. Well, that’s what you might think if you visit any of the shops at the Disneyland Resort this week. Halloween has been moving into stores throughout the Resort. Merchandise in many of the shops now feature pumpkins, Haunted Mansion, and Jack Skellington. And an ambitious roll-out of Halloween foods is also set to launch by September 7th. Add ride refurbishments, major construction projects, churros, churros, churros, and Star Wars land and you have today’s update from Disneyland.

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Haunted Mansion Conversion

There’s a little extra going on at the Haunted Mansion Holiday installation this year. Construction walls are up along the main pathways outside the attraction and some obstructions will be removed. The mansion is on the road to Star Wars Land and this area could get even more congested come next spring. And those Fastpass scanners and return queue are located in one of the resort’s most uncomfortable pinch-points. Sadly, they aren’t being removed.

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A quick look at the site shows that the lawn has been ripped out (it will be back) and pumpkins and candles are prepped for exterior install.

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A giant black widow is set to terrorize this year’s gingerbread mansion in the ballroom.

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Halloween Merch

The stores are ready to serve you up some not so scary holiday cheer. But how many people buy this stuff in August?

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The merchandise in Frontierland looks a lot like the stuff we showed you on Friday from DCA and Downtown Disney.

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In Tomorrowland, mannequins display some family Halloween costume ideas. The force is meh with this family.

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But then there’s the stuff like everywhere else.

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And on Main Street, there’s more of the same . . .

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And they are still setting up the swap meet on Main Street, but they’ve cleaned the table up a bit since last week.

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Disneyana still has the Hatbox Ghost plush and the AP shirts. The wooden tray has sold out.

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There are so many Halloween Treats on the way to the Disneyland Resort (starting Sept 7th) that it almost sounds like a food festival.

According to Disney:

Disneyland Park Churros

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  • Churros near Big Thunder Mountain – Orange Sugar Churro with Candy Corn Sauce
  • Churros near Haunted Mansion – Pumpkin Spice Churro with Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Hungry Bear Restaurant – Churro Bites Cereal Sundae with fruit cereal-dusted churros, cereal milk anglaise, strawberry ice cream, and raspberry sauce
  • Golden Horseshoe – Churro Sundae with cookie butter gelato garnished with a cinnamon sugar-dusted churro and topped with cajeta and whipped cream
  • Churros near Sleeping Beauty Castle and Town Square – Maleficent Churro covered with chocolate cookie crumbles blended with colored sugar (you can even add Marshmallow Dip!)
  • Churros near Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters – Sour Apple Churro (with the option to add Caramel Sauce to this one!)Disney California Adventure Park Churros
    Willie’s Churros – Purple, Green, and Orange Sugar Churro; Pumpkin Spice Churro
  • Churros near Redwood Creek Challenge Trail – S’mores Churro with graham cracker, chocolate chips, and a marshmallow drizzle
  • Churros near Goofy’s Sky School – Purple Sugar Churro
  • Cozy Cone Motel – Pumpkin Spice Churro with Cream Cheese Dipping Sauce

Halloween Candy at Disneyland Resort

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  • Minnie Witch Apple
  • Jack Skellington Apple
  • Skull Apple
  • Evil Queen Apple
  • Jack Skellington Cake Pop
  • Bat Cake Pop
  • Mickey Mouse Mummy Crispy Treat
  • Oogie Boogie Crispy Treat
  • Maleficent Crispy Treat
  • Mummy Marshmallow
  • Pumpkin Fudge

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Disneyland Park – Restaurant Special Items

Red Rose Taverne
Black Rose Dessert – black truffle mousse with raspberry compote and crunch center with a candy spider

Troubadour Tavern
Cookie Decorating Kits

Rancho del Zocalo
– Orange Sugar Skull Pot de Crème
– Frozen Abuelita Horchata – frozen Mexican hot chocolate layered with frozen horchata and topped with whipped cream

Café Orleans
Crab & Corn Chowder

French Market
– Halloween-Themed Dessert Trio – with worms & dirt, salted caramel pudding, and pumpkin pie
– Mansion Spider Bundt Cake – chocolate Bundt cake with green icing and a chocolate spider

Mint Julep Bar
– Pumpkin Spice Mickey Beignets

Bengal Barbecue
– Musubi Special – spiced ham musubi with lemongrass jasmine rice and pineapple teriyaki sauce and served with pickled daikon and carrots topped with furikake flakes

Carnation Café
– Haunted Firehouse Chicken Sandwich – red pepper coulis, white cheese sauce, crispy pancetta, and arugula on yellow sliced bread

Gibson Girl
– Apple Pie á La Mode – vanilla ice cream with warm spiced apples, crumble topping, and caramel drizzle

Jolly Holiday Bakery Café
– Sweet Potato Hand Pie – sweet potato pie filling topped with orange white chocolate glaze and toasted mini-marshmallows
– Cruella de Vil Brownie – brownie in a spotted cup with black dark chocolate mousse, white chocolate mousse, and a Cruella de Vil logo
– Graveyard Cupcake – chocolate cupcake with cherry filling, dark chocolate mousse, Halloween sprinkles, and a chocolate tombstone
– Spice Bundt Cake
– Pumpkin Layered Cheesecake
– Pumpkin Muffin
– Mickey Mummy Macaroon

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Refreshment Corner
– Halloween Hot Dog – with spicy meatballs, cheese sauce, and oven-roasted tomatoes

Plaza Inn Restaurant
– Main Street Mickey’s Pound Cake – pound cake filled with blueberry compote and cookie crumbles surrounded by whipped cream and garnished with black sugar and mint
– Halloween Minnie Mouse Cake – cinnamon-praline Bundt cake with an apple center and finished with an orange glaze and sprinkles

Galactic Grill
Spider Parfait – chocolate cake, vanilla and chocolate pudding, and a thick layer of ganache

Alien Pizza Planet
– Cosmic Chili Pasta – pinwheel pasta, chili, cheese, and green onion
– Alien Spider Parfait – chocolate cake, vanilla and chocolate pudding, and a thick layer of ganache

Disney California Adventure Park

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Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Café
Sleepy Hollow Cupcake – red velvet cupcake with Headless Horseman chocolate piece

Clarabelle’s Hand-Scooped Ice Cream
– Purple, Orange, Green, and Black Sprinkles to Dip
– Spider Silk Macaron Sandwich – black macaron with charcoal-tart cherry spun ice cream topped with popping candy and raspberry sauce
– Bat Wing Raspberry Sundae – white chocolate raspberry swirl ice cream with raspberry splatter, red sprinkles, whipped cream, and bat wing cookie

Mortimer’s Market and Boudin Bread Cart
Mickey Bread with Fangs

Smokejumpers Grill
Green Apple Spell Lemonade – lemonade with sour green apple syrup, cherry popping pearls, and raspberry sauce

Pacific Wharf Café
– Pumpkin Bread Pudding
– Mickey Bread with Fangs
– Bacon Cheddar Ale Soup

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Pacific Wharf Beer Truck
Karl Strauss Oktoberfest Beer

Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta
Anti Vampire Pizza – roasted garlic sauce, marinated chicken smoked gouda, mozzarella, roasted red peppers, and a tomato-harissa sauce drizzle

Bayside Brews
– ACE Pumpkin Hard Cider
– Karl Strauss Oktoberfest Beer

Corn Dog Castle
Spicy Pepper Jack Dog – dipped in corn batter, drizzled with blackberry sauce, and topped with sweet pineapple salsa, pickled serranos, and crushed cheese puffs

Award Wieners
– Pumpkin Spice Funnel Cakes Fries (starting mid-September) – funnel fries dusted with pumpkin spice sugar, pumpkin spice sauce, and pumpkin spice whipped cream
– Cookies and Cream Funnel Cake Fries – funnel fries dusted with crushed chocolate cream cookies and topped with cream cheese, chocolate cream cookie pieces, and whipped cream
– Anaheim Brewery Oktoberfest Beer
– Oktoberfest Dog – kielbasa sausage topped with caramelized onions, sauerkraut, beer cheese, and green onions

Schmoozies
– Croissant Donut – filled with peanut butter and jelly
– Caramel Apple Smoothie – apple, caramel, and ice cream
– Whoopie Pie – filled with espresso chip ice cream

Hollywood Lounge
– Bone Chilling Apple Cider (non-alcoholic)
– Spitfire Cider – apple cider with cinnamon whiskey
– Stone Vengeful Spirit IPA
– Elsyian the Great Pumpkin Imperial Ale
– Ballast Point Dead Ringer Oktoberfest Lager
– Mystical Michelada
– Sour Apple Slush with Vodka
– Green Apple Slush (non-alcoholic)
– Supernatural Spirit – cotton candy lemonade with vodka
– Ghoulish Delight (non-alcoholic) – cotton candy lemonade
– Pizza Port Graveyard’s Pale Ale

Studio Catering Truck
Fire Dragon Tacos – pork belly tacos with kimchi slaw, Korean BBQ sauce, and Sriracha crema

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Flo’s V8 Café
Candy Cone Pie – cream pie with vanilla, butterscotch, and white chocolate pudding
Pumpkin Spice Shake

Cozy Cone Motel
– Slow-Burnin’ Mac and Cheese Cone – fresh-cooked pasta with spicy red pepper cheese sauce topped with crushed chile-cheese puffs and served in a bread cone
– “Spokey”-Cone Macaron – filled with marshmallow buttercream and candy corn

Hyperion Cart
– ACE Hard Pumpkin Cider
– Sam Adam’s Oktoberfest

Adventureland Construction

The Adventureland project takes up a huge space on the far east end of the land. The redo of Aladdin’s Oasis also has the Tiki Room down for improvements. The good news is that the ugly lift at the west end of the tiki garden, exit walkway and stairs will all be removed to make way for more interior space. The attraction will exit out to a common walkway into the new Tropical Hideaway.  The two tight Tiki Room bathrooms will be replaced with a single disabled-access unisex bathroom.

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The Dole Whip stand remains open on both sides for now and continues to draw long lines.

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Pirates – Hold the Ticket

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After installing the infrastructure for Pirates Fastpass/Maxpass, Disney is finally thinking the situation through. While they are busy removing planters and obstructions throughout the resort to ease traffic congestion in preparation for Star Wars land, they continue to plug up New Orleans Square with overflow queues in public walkways and sitting areas. Thankfully, the Pirates Fastpass remains on hold for now. We can only pray that they’ll do the same with the Haunted Mansion machines.

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Speaking of obstructions. The park is busy removing some of the elevated viewing platforms in the area to ease congestion. They were added when the area was rebuilt for Fantasmic. And while they help provide better views during the show, they obstruct the flow of traffic when huge Pirates and Mansion lines choke off the flow of guests through the area during the busy seasons. It is still unclear to me how this will make things better for either Fantasmic or daytime crowd control . . . but we shall see.

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Star Wars Construction

This week’s Star Wars construction photos are from on high. I played Tarzan for you to get the overview. Then I hopped aboard the soon to be refurbished Mark Twain (although the top deck was closed).

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Now to the Mark Twain. They’ve been restricting access to the top deck to only when there are lots of guests. One cast member said it was to help get folks on and off the boat quicker and another said it was to make it more difficult for guests to get Star Wars construction photos. And it’s true . . . from the middle deck, it is very hard to see many of the details in the land that we’ve already documented.

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Looks like someone was up a creek without a paddle.

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While taking a swing through ToonTown, I noticed something sticking out of the Star Wars rocks . . . yes, that appears to be a strange little tree. . .

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Refurbishments

Matterhorn is closed for an undisclosed period of time. Substantial work is being done to the mountain, including rock work and clearance expansion.

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The bobsleds sit covered on the tracks.
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Because the attraction uses water to help break the speed of the vehicles, the tracks are prone to rust.

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  • The Enchanted Tiki Room is closed through mid-September.
  • Haunted Mansion is closed through September 6th and will reopen as Haunted Mansion Holiday
  • Space Mountain will have a quick closure on Sept. 6 and return the next day as Space Mountain: Ghost Galaxy , Disneyland Update – Things That Go Bump In The Light
  • Mickey’s House closes September 2nd and doesn’t have an announced return date.

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  • The Sailing Ship Columbia will have a brief refurbishment from September 10th through 13th.

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  • Then the Mark Twain will close from September 17th until an undetermined date.

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  • There are also some exterior facade refurbishments underway on Main Street.

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Perhaps while they have those scaffolds up, they can sweep the pine needles off the roof of the lockers building.

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Around the Park

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Flags are flying at half-staff for Senator John McCain.

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We are curious about how much of Pixar Fest might remain. Will the Tomorrowland Theater go back to showing Star Wars clips? Will Pizza Port retain its minimal Pizza Planet overlay?

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We’d be fine with Pizza Planet sticking around if they’d upgrade the signage and interior decorations.

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The Tomorrowland mural we showed you last week has been repainted black. This is likely just a base coat.

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More seating removal underway. The seating around the base of the Peoplemover is being removed.

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A previous support was altered last year.

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Now . . . what about those rocks at the front of the land . . . .

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