It's The Creepiest Place on Earth

So have you been to Disneyland on Halloween? Well apparently that holiday gives license for all the weirdos and freaks to descend on Disneyland because they can walk around in their horizontal striped tights, black army boots, black trench coat and multiple piercings with out feeling to out of place. I SO should have gotten a picture of some of these people but I was afraid for my life. Anyone that tells you that Halloween in Disneyland is not crowded LIED! It was not as bad as June but WOW! New Orleans Square was PACKED! They redo the Haunted Mansion like Nightmare Before Christmas and apparently it is quite the thing to go on the Haunted Mansion as many times as you can during the course of the day and as close to midnight on Halloween as possible. You also have to wear the black hoodie with the white picture of Jack (from the movie) or you are not part of the club. Hmmm I think I like the princess and pooh bear part of Disney better.
We took the kids out a little early Thursday and drove down to our home away from home-The Anaheim Hilton. The kids had a four day weekend because of Nevada Day and Staff Development Day on Monday so we took another Disney vacation. The weather was lovely this time and we still had fun. They do have a GREAT Halloween show that they do over the castle and we watched that on Friday night. We sat in the road on mainstreet in front of the castle for 3 and 1/2 hours so that we could have a spot to see the show. It was a very long time and we had to take turns saving the spot but the show was fabulous. 30 minutes before the show they made everyone stand up and Cayden could not see so Don held him for the 20 minute show. You do know Cayden is 7 years old and 75+lbs right? They had tons of fireworks and fire and the dog from Nightmare Before Christmas flew down the wire that Tinkerbell always flies on. Friday night we had our "secret" spot for the Fantasmic show and got so see that almost unempeded. We were able to do lots of rides but Small World was down for Christmas remodel. Cayden was a little bummed. We watched some of the shows that we have never seen before and we did some rides that some of us had not done before. Cody and I dragged Caleb on to Indiana Jones and after the first ride he was not thrilled but then he decided that it was his favorite and wanted to go on it alot. Don and Cody love Space Mountain and they had special Halloween effects. We also dragged everyone onto the River Rapids ride at California Adventure. Cayden hated it and I my back was wet almost all day. Connor got to picked to be in the Jedi Training show and he was thrilled! Sometimes is pays to be a little shorter because they think you're younger and you get to eat off the lower price kids menu! Connor still loves the characters and wants to meet them every time he sees them. Cayden on the other hand REFUSES to even be within 20 feet of them. We stayed at the parks for about 27 hours total during the weekend and saw half of Logandale as well. Connor also bought this book about hidden Mickey's all over the park and so we were hunting for those as we went on Pirates and Alice for the 5th time. By Sunday we were about ready to barf Disney but we had fun. This was the first year that we have not done the "traditional" Halloween thing-costumes, trick or treat, trunk or treat and class parties. Since we pulled Cayden out early I did not even have to take a treat in to the class party. No Room Mom for me this year. YIPPEE! I was also glad to not have the huge bowl of candy that sits in my closet and gets picked through until the good chocolate candy bars are gone and until Easter when we gear up for the Easter Bunny and Don takes the candy to the Priests at church. We went home Sunday even though the kids had Monday off from school. Don had to leave on Tuesday for a trip so we went home to recuperate from our vacation. We want to go back again but are rethinking the holidays because of the crowds. The kids have another 4 day weekend around President's Day and THAT time of year is supposed to be much less crowded.