It's Halloween Time Again at the Disneyland® Resort
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MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR PASSHOLDER MEMBERSHIP q FALL 2008 IT’S HALLOWEEN TIME AGAIN AT THE DISNEYLAND® RESORT ALSO INSIDE: Mickey’s Trick-or -Treat Party, Passholder Stories, Pixie Pals, and More! ] I FEATURE STORY RESORT SPOTLIGHT RESORT I INSIDER INFO I Time ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT I The not-so-spooky, kinda kooky Halloween TimeTreat at the ® Resort returns September 26! for a Disneyland When you’re talking about a holiday as fun as found a way to grow those sweet kernels on Halloween, one night to celebrate is just not enough. everything from trees to cacti—and in sizes up SHOPPING & DINING I Fortunately, if you’ve got an Annual Passport, we’ve got to two-stories high! Meanwhile, back at the the answer—Halloween Time at the Disneyland ® Resort. ranch—Big Th under Ranch in Disneyland ® Back by popular demand for its third straight year, this Park, that is—Sheriff Woody is inviting magical season features more family friendly fall fun than all his favorite deputies (that means you can shake a broomstick at! you and me) for some boot-stompin’ TRAVEL & LEISURE & LEISURE TRAVEL Beginning on September 26 and running all the way fun at Woody’s Halloween Roundup! I through November 2, Halloween Time at the Disneyland ® Of course, what’s Halloween without Resort features Halloween-inspired décor, food, a good scream? Over in Disney’s California entertainment and attractions—including imaginative Adventure ® Park, Th e Twilight Zone Tower twists on some classic favorites. of Terror™ stands ready to give your throat a FUN & GAMES I If you’ve never seen what happens when Halloween real workout. And the staff there is dying to meet you! and Christmas collide, then you’ve got to check out But remember, Halloween Time at the Disneyland ® Haunted Mansion Holiday. Jack Skellington and his Resort is 38 days long, so pace yourself. Enjoying a small BENEFITS BENEFITS minions from Halloween Town have turned the Haunted taste each visit is the trick to enjoying this festive treat! I Mansion into a mixed-up celebration of the merry and LDER the macabre. Th ink that’s weird? Wait until you see the The Twilight Zone® is a registered trademark of CBS, Inc., and is used with permission crazy crops popping up over at Candy Corn Acres in pursuant to a license from CBS, Inc. ©Disney/CBS, Inc. Disney’s California Adventure® Park! Looks like Farmer Jack Skellington and Haunted Mansion Holiday are inspired by Tim Burton’s PASSH [ Goofy and his crew of Disney Character helpers have The Nightmare Before Christmas. 1 BACKSTAGEPASS I FALL 2008 [ FEATURE STORY I RESORT SPOTLIGHT I INSIDER INFO I ENTERTAINMENT I SHOPPING & DINING I TRAVEL & LEISURE I FUN & GAMES I BENEFITS I PASSH LDER ] 222 PASSPASS I BACKSTAGE I BACKSTAGE FALL 2008 2008 2008 2008 FALL FALL FALL SKELETON CREW Spirited display in Frontierland celebrates “Día de los Muertos” ] If you’ve never experienced “Día de los Muertos” (English translation: “Day of the Dead”), you might be a little surprised by the traditional skeleton fi gurines, or “calacas,” that are a common part of this age-old Latin American holiday. Th e celebration—which includes All FEATURE STORY STORY FEATURE Saint’s Day and All Soul’s Day (November 1 & 2)—dates back to the time of the Aztecs, and is intended to honor the dearly departed as well as celebrate the triumph of love over death. Th is fall, Guests of Disneyland ® Park can enjoy a touch of this colorful holiday with a special display located at Zocalo Park in Frontierland. In addition to the life-sized calacas, you’ll notice a special altar table and a I RESORT SPOTLIGHT I small, festively decorated stage. Th e table is covered with beautiful fl owers, miniature calacas, decorative sugar skulls and other items set out to “coax” the departed back to the realm of the living for a reunion of souls. INSIDER INFO I Be sure to stop by and add a little festive Latin American fl air to your Fall/Halloween celebration at the Disneyland ® Resort! Boo-Ya h! Entertainment subject to change without notice. ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT Family fun is in the bag at Mickey’s Trick-or-Treat Party! I Mickey’s Trick-or-Treat Party is the perfect way to celebrate Halloween Disney style! Th is private costume party lets little ones (and their families) laugh and play with some of their favorite Disney Characters—including Mickey himself—and ride select attractions as they trick-or-treat through Disney’s California Adventure ® Park. SHOPPING & DINING I Th ere will also be lots of interactive games, “spirited” music, a nightly Character cavalcade and special activities. It’s an unforgettable evening of fun for everyone! Tickets for Annual Passholders start at $25* for select nights. For more on available nights and pricing, and to TRAVEL & LEISURE & LEISURE TRAVEL Disneyland.com/ap I buy tickets online, visit . FUN & GAMES I *Savings available until one day prior to event date and based on day-of-event prices. Space is limited and tickets are available while supplies last. Advance purchase savings BENEFITS BENEFITS available with valid Annual Passport for specifi ed event nights only and may not be I combined with other discounts or promotions. Online purchases unavailable on day of event. Limit eight (8) tickets per Annual Passholder, per event date. Each ticket is valid for admission to the event and parking for one (1) vehicle (larger vehicles may LDER require an additional fee) on the specifi ed event date. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be sold or transferred for commercial use. Tickets are not valid for Theme Park admission prior to the hours of the event. All costumes must adhere to any guidelines as determined solely by Disney. Please choose costumes that are not obstructive, offensive, or violent. Guests’ eyes must be visible at all times. Offer and event PASSH [ information and activities are subject to restrictions and change without notice. 3 BACKSTAGEPASS I FALL 2008 [ Passholder STORY FEATURE STORIES Suite Dreams, Baby Mace’s Place I RESORT SPOTLIGHT I Newborn takes detour through Disneyland ® Dream Suite Invitation leads to dream come true for one AP on way home When Wesley Mace registered his email When his family won a night in the Disneyland ® address on the offi cial Annual Passholder website, Dream Suite, Grant Lock cried. Not because he was Disneyland.com/ap, he knew he would receive overcome with emotion at the thought of spending special communication and invitations from the ® the night right in the heart of Disneyland Park, mind Disneyland ® Resort. What he didn’t know was that one you. Grant cried because he had just gotten out of the of those invitations would turn out to be very special INSIDER INFO hospital—where he was born the day before. Allow us to indeed. Wesley, as luck would have it, was chosen at explain: random to enjoy an overnight visit to the Disneyland ® On April 18, while Grant and his mother, Jaime Lock, Dream Suite—simply for being a registered AP! were getting better An experience I acquainted in their this rare, this ENTERTAINMENT hospital room, his magical has to be father, Chris, and shared—which is older brother Austen just what Wesley did. decided to spend Th e rest of the Mace I a little father-son family, along with SHOPPING & DINING time at Disneyland ® girlfriend Priscilla, Park before picking joined him for an up the other half unforgettable night of their AP family. that included a stay Little did they know in the Disneyland ® that the Dream Dream Suite and an I Squad was about to after-hours tour of & LEISURE TRAVEL deliver some good Disneyland ® Park, news of their own— but not surprisingly, the Lock family had very little sleep for won a night in the the excited winners. I private suite located “Th is was an FUN & GAMES above Pirates of the added spark to the Caribbean in New normal Disneyland ® Orleans Square! experience,” said And while Grant Wesley the next day. I may be too young to And it’s probably BENEFITS remember his fi rst safe to say that this visit to Th e Place was also his most I PASSH Where Dreams magical Disneyland ® Come True, it experience in his will no doubt be a 12 years as an AP. memory that the rest LDER of his family will never, ever forget! ] FALL 2008 I BACKSTAGEPASS 4 ] Horsing FEATURE STORY STORY FEATURE Around I (And Around) King Arthur Carrousel is saddled with a rich history If you were lucky enough to be in RESORT SPOTLIGHT RESORT attendance the day Disneyland ® Park opened to an eager public, you may remember taking a spin on the King Arthur Carrousel, but you may not have realized that this classic attraction already had a storied past prior to that historic day. I INSIDER INFO I One of the largest in the world, the carrousel originally featured a menagerie of exotic animals. But when Walt purchased the attraction for his new Park, he decided an all-horse look was more in keeping with ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT I the medieval theme he was going for. So the rest of the creatures were placed in storage, and the search was on for additional equine mounts to take their places. Eventually, Walt and his team were able to assemble a herd of 72 trusty steeds—procured from Sunnyside SHOPPING & DINING I Park in Toronto and Wards Kiddyland on Coney Island—and the race was on! First, Walt had all the “non-leaping” horses altered to a leaping position (for dramatic effect), then he had each of them TRAVEL & LEISURE & LEISURE TRAVEL I painted in one of six colors: black, gray, chestnut, white, tan or amber.