Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Memories of Halloween Honeymoon!

My wife and I shared our honeymoon at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and after spending about a week there, we had wayyyy too many pictures (about 400) but not all of them were Halloween themed, so we thought we'd share a few of the more seasonally themed ones here at HalloweenOverkill for your viewing pleasure!  The Magic Kingdom was decked out for the holiday and looked beautiful.  How the Halloween celebration works at the Magic Kingdom is anyone who has access to the parks on designated days can pay an extra fee to stay after hours in the park to enjoy the festivities (otherwise known as Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party)  included free face painting, after hours rides, trick or treating throughout the park, live shows and parades, and a special fireworks show.  It took cast members about a half hour to transform the park from autumn themed to a total Disney Halloween Kingdom.  I mean every building in the park was lit up with halloween lights and they modified all the street lights to look like Mickey ghosts, and then they.... well just look at the pics you'll get the idea.
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This was the view as we entered the park the day of the Halloween celebration
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Lovin it!
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A Mickey doll in a Main Street shop window
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A few shots of the Sleepy Hollow refreshments stand which is actually a year round feature in the Magic Kingdom
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A sign outside the park letting you know the dealeo
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A Main Street island decorated for the holiday
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Me standing by one of the Halloween bronze statues that they put out for the celebration
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A Mickey pumpkin in Toontown Fair
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A shot of Cinderella's Castle from down Main Street
(sorry about some of the shoddy camera work, we were still learning how to use some of the lens since we had just received it as a wedding gift the day before)
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A scarecrow on Main Street
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Another scarecrow on Main Street
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My wife and I after getting our faces painted at the Pirates of the Caribbean Halloween station
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These designs were projected on the streets by some special Disney voodoo magic
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A shot of one of the Mickey lamp ghosts withe the beautiful castle in the background
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A better shot of one of the Mickey lamps
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A good shot of the main attraction!!!
Here are some shots of different signage throughout the park during the Halloween after hours
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A few shots of Main Street while waiting for the Halloween parade to start
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I like how this one turned out so blurry, ads an eerie feel to the picture
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The Main Street train station as we left the park


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Spooky
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This was the bag that you could purchase to Trick or Treat with (another $10, expensive trip)
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This was our Trick or Treating candy haul from the Magic Kingdom
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This was a bonus shot from inside the Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant at Downtown Disney after the party at Magic Kingdom
Let us know what you thought and if you want us to post some of the short videos we took also by commenting in the comments down below!

4 comments :

Sharon Day said...

That is sooo fantastic! Definitely the right time of year to be there. That would make double cool memories--honeymoon and spooky stuff!

Jeremy [Retro] said...

that is the coolest thing disney does... thanks for sharing...

Halloweenman666 said...

Glad you fans liked em!

Anonymous said...

Love it. I will be spending my honeymoon at WDW in Oct 2010 & we are going to Mickey Halloween Party too.