Disneyland Decorated For Halloween

In addition to all the fabulous Halloween foods and the fun Halloween photo ops Disneyland and California Adventure are all dressed up and decorated for Halloween.

As you stand at the entrance to California Adventure you are greeted by Oogie Boogie. In addition to looming over the entrance he also speaks every few minutes just to add to the spooky factor.  It looks cool during the day but you really can't beat the night view of the entrance.

As you walk down Buena Visa Street you will see the bell tower of Carthay Circle with spooky bats coming out of it.  Again it looks cool during the day but you really have to see it at night to get the full effect. I love purple so I was a big fan of all the purple twinkle lights in the trees.

In addition to all decorations as you enter California Adventure there are tons of decorations in Carsland.  The entrance billboard is all done up for Halloween.  There are so many details in Carsland that it is hard to notice them all. The cones of the Cozy Cone are done up like jack-o-lanterns, there are spooky faces made out of tires hanging and the posters on the left side are all Halloween movie spoofs. Both the Mater and the Luigi ride have special Halloween songs playing instead of their normal songs which makes them extra fun.

Hollywoodland isn't really decorated for Halloween per say but the Guardians of the Galaxy ride turns into Monsters After Dark at 5 PM every evening.  The music is different, it is super dark and the whole ride has a new storyline.  It is really good but if you have never ridden the regular ride during the day I would recommend doing that before riding it at night because the storyline is really like a part 2 to the regular ride.

The decorations in Disneyland are a little more focused on cute and a little less focused on spooky.  Pumpkin Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy greet you as you go through the turnstiles into the park.

As you walk down Main Street in addition the the giant jack-o-lantern in the town square there are tons of fun details on the lampposts, balconies and windows of all the shops. On the nights that there is a Halloween party they even put up Mickey ghosts that glow at night.

I didn't manage to take a picture of it but in Frontierland there is a "Halloween Tree" that has all kinds of pumpkins hanging from it.  It is really neat looking especially at night. 

The Haunted Mansion transforms into The Nightmare Before Christmas right before Halloween and it stays that way until the Christmas season ends during the first week of January. I actually slightly prefer the regular Haunted Mansion but I do enjoy seeing what the Disney imagineers do each year for the gingerbread house in the ballroom scene. The ride that transforms for Halloween that I really don't like is the transformation of Space Mountain into Ghost Galaxy.  I just don't need to see bloody heads and hands flying past me while I go on ride.

The parks aren't the only things at the resort that get all decorated for Halloween. Downtown Disney has all kinds of Fall and Halloween decorations in the planters throughout the area.

I didn't go into Paradise Pier or The Disneyland Hotel but The Grand Californian had some fun fall and Halloween decorations in its lobby. All the flower arrangements had fall leaves and all sorts of gourds in them. The main attraction in the lobby was the giant candy/cake pumpkin display. One afternoon I was sitting in the lobby resting and an acapella group came out to perform Halloween songs which made the experience even better.



All the Halloween decorations will be up for another week or so and then it is time for Christmas.

As much as the Halloween decorations are fun I am a Christmas girl through and through so I can't wait to see what Disney has in store for Christmas.