Disney Halloween Trip 2007
Day 3: Night: Disney Halloween Party

The evening and night of Halloween saw the main reason for us making this trip, the chance to attend the Disney Halloween celebrations. Having read about them in the guide books we were looking forward to them, and we're glad to say they didn't disappoint. There is some great entertainment laid on including a special night time parade and a firework display, plus the atmosphere at the park is absolutely great.

We arrived in time to see the Candlemagique light show in front of the castle.

It's a spectacular light show themed around fifteen candles held by the statues on the castle lighting up for the fifteenth anniversary.

It being Halloween, we naturally headed towards the Phantom Manor. Luckily  the queue was a lot shorter than the previous day, with only a wait of about fifteen minutes to get in.

The gardens and queue area had been especially decorated for Halloween.

You might have noticed this ride is called Phantom Manor, unlike other Disney parks where it's called The Haunted Mansion. This is because they've chosen a name that's recognisable in both French and English.

Here we are at the doors of Phantom Manor.

After the Haunted Mansion we headed to Big Thunder Mountain. At this point they had people at the entrance of the queues for checking for the Halloween event wristbands. It was quite funny seeing a large number of people being turned away who didn't have Halloween wristbands being turned away from the ride as we were allowed to go past.

We got quite lucky on this ride, as we got on as the fast pass closed, so they opened up a second queue lane so we got on this ride very fast. We were also lucky to get a place on the front seat of the train.
This is a coaster that's almost made to be ridden after dark, as it really enhances the atmosphere of the theming, creating a great ride experience.

Next we went to the Witches Academy where a lot of the celebrations were taking place.

We went to the Cowboy Cookout Barbecue to get something to eat. We were a little disappointed to discover there was no barbecuing involved, and it was just selling fast food, all be it in a very well themed restaurant.