Adventures through Photography: Last 2013 Post! (Maybe!) ~Disneyland Mickey's Halloween Party~TFW

I think... Maybe??? I just might have finished all of my 2013 photos. Possibly...

~Shocked Face~

Here is the last installment from the fabulous University of Southern California Trojan Family Weekend (+ two days for us).

On Thursday night, which was the only night that Adrienne didn't have a ton of homework, we headed down to Anaheim to go to Disneyland and Mickey's Halloween Party. I really recommend this event. For us, it was definitely more bang for the buck. Here's how it worked:

For $56 per person (more this year and depends on the date you attend), you get free parking at Disneyland ($16 value then) and entrance into the main park (no California Adventure). The actual event, during which the park is closed to everyone not having the special ticket/wristband, was from 6:00 - 11:00 p.m. I believe. The event ticket allows you to enter the park up to 3 hours before the event without paying for the full day.

So basically, you get one day (8 hours) with less people and free candy. And Craisins. #WorthIt

Yes, I said free candy and Craisins. There were trick-or-treat stations throughout the park where one would walk through a brief line and be given whatever goody that station had. And there were two trick-or-treat paths with 6-8 stations.

And there are some Halloween-themed parades, etc., but I'm not sure if these are also during the regular hours. Have some parade photos.

My boyfriend. I'll let you think about that for now.

There are no fast passes during the Halloween Party, but it's really not needed. It was crowded...especially around the Haunted Mansion and Pirates rides. But most of the other rides were less than 20 minutes wait.

And the park looks sooooooo cool. If you love Halloween, as I do, it is definitely a must-do.

Keep in mind that this was at 3:00 p.m. when the park was full of the regular peeps.

We, as I stated previously, got there just before 3:00 which meant that we left L.A. as soon as Adrienne finished classes that day. She pretty much had nothing to eat and neither did I. In honor of her attending USC, I had planned something we hadn't done before and that was to eat at the Blue Bayou restaurant inside the Pirates of the Caribbean.

It was a fun experience although we didn't have the best table. The food was delicious although a bit overpriced. Upon review, I think it's worth it once in awhile for a special occasion IF you get a good table. I don't regret it and we had a great time.

Food porn!

Adie had the salmon and I had beef. Really big portions! This is before...

And this is pretty much mine after. To be honest, we forced ourselves to finish as much as we could because PRICE but it was hard.

After eating, we proceeded to work off all that food by walking the entire park at least three times over the next several hours. We rode every ride that was open at least once. And most we did twice. The only land we didn't fully hit was Fantasy Land and that was because I was overruled by my daughter. haha

This is not a real elephant.

But this is a real duck. Cute! He's standing on his own foot.

Me and C3PO!!! This is an actual C3PO that was in the Star Wars movies for those of you who didn't know.

Magic Mountain is another must do. It was creepy though!! It's got ghosts and other things to scare you. We rode that three times. We were lucky because on our second ride, there was some issue with the people getting of the car ahead of us and it was taking too long. So the ride operator just asked our car "Do you all want to go again?" And luckily everyone cheered so she just put us through.

They had these cool fog-pictures that were coming out of various crevices around the park. I tried to get photos of them, but couldn't really get one to be clear. This one was the closest. And it's not clear. It says Mickey's Halloween Party. Funny, you can see the projector in the photo, but I didn't even notice it when taking the picture. lol