A Colorful Halloween Time at Disney

Orange-you glad to see the bright crisp colors of fall? Yes, I know Halloween also has its dark side with witch blacks, monster purples, and beast browns but I much prefer the bright yellows and oranges of smiling Jack O' Lanterns and fall foliage. Frank and I took Alex to Disneyland last week. This was the first time we have been there during this season of the year. Disney decorates right! This Halloween Day post is a pictorial tribute to the sites and colors of Disneyland at Halloween. Yes, we rode lots of attractions (the topic for another post about this trip), but even if we did not, the trip was worth it for the sights alone.

Once inside The Magic Kingdom is a huge pumpkin Mickey greeted the guests.
Frank, Alex and I posed for the professional photographer, who, by the way,
was also very agreeable to snapping us a few shots with our own cell phone.

Above the entrance gates to the Magic Kingdom of Disneyland, huge Jack O' Lantern carvings of the core Disney characters watch over the guests filing in. Hmmm... I wonder where Disney stores those heads the rest of the year...

Goofy sports his classic green hat, formed from green gourds, of course.

The Mickey Mouse Jack O'Lantern is perched center stage.
Each iconic ear is made from a pumpkin.

Donald Duck wears a pumpkin hat with the ribbons made of pumpkin vines.
His orange and yellow bill is formed of pumpkin side sections.

The buildings along Main Street, USA were festooned with candy-corn colored buntings.

Here is the Main Street Train Station viewed from within the park. 

City Hall had several rows of buntings at varying heights.

The Emporium at the corner of Main Street was decked out with buntings and pumpkins.

Buntings along the eaves and railing, pumpkins on the balconies, and banners on the lamp posts in front of the stores all created a festive fall atmosphere.

Scores of grinning pumpkins peer down at you from above the doorways into the stores.

Since this store was the Mad Hatter, the Jack O' Lanterns above it all wear jaunty hats.

At the train station end of Main Street we waited for a horse drawn carriage to take us to the castle end. Even the horse's tail was decked out in orange. Alex held his Disney-themed Visitor's Guide tightly throughout most of the trip. I think he really liked the pumpkin Mickey on the cover - orange, of course.

Alex waits for the horse drawn carriage to arrive.
He is ready to start his day. Have guide, will travel!

I love that even the horse's mane and tail are decorated.

At the far end of MainStreet, just in front of the Sleeping Beauty's Castle, the lamp posts were draped in broad streamers of soft orange and golden yellow and the mini-park area had more planted and hanging flowers.

Autumnal colored leaves at the top of these posts
let even Californians enjoy fall foliage.

The park bench area was just a pleasant place to sit.

 A ring of Jack O' Lanterns encircled the bronze statue of Walt Disney one for each land of the Magic Kingdom. There was Winnie the Pooh for Critter Country, Woody from Toy Story for Frontierland, Jack Skellington from the Nightmare Before Christmas for New Orleans Square, Tarzan for Adventureland, Buss Lightyear from Toy Story for Tomorrowland, Roger Rabbit for Toontown, and Tinker Bell for Fantasyland.

I took close-up pictures of every one of these intricately carved pumpkins.
They lit up with a soft warm yellow glow at night.

Winnie the Pooh was my favorite.

Although The Nightmare Before Christmas is not one of my favorites,
I could not omit Jack Skellington at Halloween time!

We visited all seven of these lands during our three days at the Disney parks. Here are Frank and Alex on their way into Toontown.

The train bridge spanning the entrance to Toontown was festooned with buntings.

The hearse outside the Haunted Mansion in New Orleans Square was also bedecked for Halloween.

There are glowing Jack O' Lanterns within this horseless drawn hearse.

I loved our time at the parks. Little details would bring a smile to my face as I delighted in them. Who else but Disney has seasonally decorated disposable popcorn boxes?

It is a very grey afternoon here in Livermore as I write this. The rain is gently but steadily coming down and we really need it with this drought. That is OK. I am getting my color dose from these pictures.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

These lush chrysanthemums (see, I can spell it) decorated Main Street.