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The details are terrific! I do hope to get there myself one day, but there are so many other 'more important' sights in Europe, we haven't felt it was high enough on the priority list. Maybe I'll shoot for the 30th anniversary of the park!
Looking forward to more!
What a great time to visit - Halloween decor plus the 20th celebration. Awesome!
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The details are terrific! I do hope to get there myself one day, but there are so many other 'more important' sights in Europe, we haven't felt it was high enough on the priority list. Maybe I'll shoot for the 30th anniversary of the park!
Looking forward to more!
I don't blame you at all - in your situation, I'd do the same as well. There are so many wonderful cities in Europe and beautiful parts of each country that Disneyland Paris wouldn't be high up my list either.
Glad the tickets worked out! Love the decor. I like the characters trick or treating in silhouette. I'm glad you caught one of the pumpins in a side shot. I thought maybe it was just black marker for the faces on the pumpkin until I saw that shot.
Glad the tickets worked out! Love the decor. I like the characters trick or treating in silhouette. I'm glad you caught one of the pumpins in a side shot. I thought maybe it was just black marker for the faces on the pumpkin until I saw that shot.
I know - there's a heck of a lot of detail in all their Halloween decorations. It's very impressive.
We headed under the arch and into Main Street and wow did this look stunning. Disneyland Paris always does a really good job with their Halloween decorations, that’s why we love it here at this time of the year. Considering how big a holiday this is in the States, it never ceases to amaze us that Disneyland Paris always comes up trumps over both the American parks on this count. We just stood there for a good few minutes, taking all the detail in and taking lots of photos.
This one was situated outside the dentist.... ... and Mark had some sympathy with him!
There was just so much detail to see and all the time we were there, we kept hearing laughter over the sound system, as if from mischievous spooks. As Mark said, you couldn’t help but laugh with them. It was a lovely touch.
After we had finally taken everything in in Town Square, we started to move up Main Street, albeit very slowly, as there was still so much to see. I just loved all the little touches everywhere and the way the spooks all reflected the shops they were on, so those on Casey’s, for example, were playing baseball, while you had a female one on the Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlour. Why on earth Walt Disney World and Disneyland don’t do this is beyond me. It would add so much to the experience.
Not sure it’s me... Hands up who thinks he’s scared?
Wow! The fall decorations are very impressive-- beautiful as well as clever. WDW always looks very nice dressed up for fall, but this just shows how much more they could do.
Wow, the Halloween decorations continue to baffle me! Is it me or have they gotten even more elaborate in the past 5 years (I was last at DLP during Halloween season 2007)?
That's amazing! My favorite is the lady with her poodle. Based on pictures I've seen, Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disney seem to take themeing to a whole new level.
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