Chapter 4
Haunted Carrousel

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Since Tracy had already met Pluto while I waited in line for Mickey and Minnie, we swapped next.

I thought that the cast member we asked to take our pictures with him was just a terrible photographer, but now I’m pretty sure that he was trying really hard to make sure that Pluto’s Dog House was in the background of every photo.

Tracy had actually moved a little farther in the line than I thought she would, but it was still questionable whether we’d get to meet the mice before they were replaced by the chipmunks. I snapped a couple more pictures of them, just in case.

We knew we wouldn’t get to meet Donald in his wizard costume, so I took some pictures of him too.

At the last second, it seemed like Chip ‘n Dale must have been running a little late because Mickey and Minnie were the last characters from their set to be replaced. It worked out perfectly for us, and I think we were the second-to-last group to get to meet them.

Within seconds after we got our picture taken, we saw the chipmunks coming out from Toontown City Hall.

It was getting to be my favorite time of day in Disneyland—dusk.

Something about the sunset always makes for the prettiest views of the park.

Even though there was a bit of a line, Tracy and I waited to get a picture with the Mickey’s Halloween Party sign.

And now we headed out into Fantasyland, where the party had officially started.

Since we weren’t Halloween Party newbies anymore, we had some idea of which treat trails were best, and we remembered that the one through the Village Haus Restaurant had been memorable at our last party. It didn’t disappoint this time either.

As we walked through Fantasyland, we couldn’t help but notice that they had all these spooky red lights on King Arthur Carrousel—which we couldn’t remember having been there the previous year!

There wasn’t much of a wait, so we decided to take a spin.

Spooky Jingles!!

I got to ride her!

Tracy had the next horse over.

Even though we were basically done with Fantasyland, we loitered until it was just dark enough for them to turn on the lights and projections at “it’s a small world.”

I love that they do this because it’s such a fun way to make use of the facade, even though the attraction is pretty much always closed during the Halloween season for the installation of the holiday overlay.

I’m also a sucker for all the random projections on the sidewalks throughout the park.

Tracy was hanging out with the cat.

Now that the party was in full swing, the castle had its lights on.

We walked through the Treat Trail in Pixie Hollow—a location we’ve still only ever seen during the Halloween party.

I don’t know if/when the lines will ever be short enough for us to actually meet the fairies, so I had Tracy take a picture in front of this house while we were already back here.

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