UPDATED September 3, 2024

Something SPOOKTACULAR happens in Disneyland Resort each fall when HALLOWEEN TIME brings haunting delights to Disneyland park and Disney California Adventure! FRIGHTFUL amounts of FUN can be had throughout the Resort, and the Spooky Season is BACK from August 23rd through October 31st, 2024!

Halloween Time delivers special events, spooky decorations, “scary” snacking, and MORE to Disneyland Resort!

Let’s check out all the frightfully festive FUN for Halloween Time!

Disneyland Park

Main Street Pumpkin Festival

As you stroll along Main Street, U.S.A., you can take in all the hand-carved pumpkins of the Main Street Pumpkin Festival!

The giant Mickey pumpkin welcomes you to the whimsical scene…

Disney Characters in Costume

Look for Disney pals in their very own Halloween costumes in the park, including a NEW Halloween look for Mickey and Minnie this year!

In fact, the whole Mickey and Friends gang will be available for photo opportunities at Disneyland Park in new festive attire featuring skeleton inspirations and colorful patchwork patterns.

How adorable!!

Halloween Screams

Throughout the season, you can enjoy Halloween Screams, a supernatural projection and special effects show on Sleeping Beauty Castle each night.

The WEEKENDS feature the addition of FIREWORKS to the family-friendly show!

Haunted Mansion Holiday

The return of Haunted Mansion Holiday presents some not-so-subtle nods to The Nightmare Before Christmas thanks to some extra decorations placed by the Pumpkin King himself, Jack Skellington!

Step inside… IF YOU DARE!

Every year, the Haunted Mansion Holiday in Disneyland is complete with a new gingerbread house in the ballroom.  And for 2024, Disney shares that “Jack Skellington, or should we say Santa Jack, has recruited Dr. Finkelstein, Halloween Town’s resident mad scientist, to conjure up some ideas for this year’s creation.”

The themed gingerbread house has been a tradition of Haunted Mansion Holiday for 23 years. Remember, Haunted Mansion Holiday stays throughout the Holiday Season, too, so you can catch this tradition through the end of the holiday season in Disneyland!

Please be aware that, for 2024, Haunted Mansion Holiday is utilizing a Virtual Queue for entry to accommodate construction work in the attraction’s queue.

Entertainment

You never know, you just may be treated to some Halloween tunes performed by none other than the Dapper Dans!

That’s Main Street’s own Barbershop Quartet!

Dia De Los Muertos

Visit Frontierland to celebrate Día de los Muertos!

As Disney shares, “the holiday is a time to remember loved ones that have passed, while we embrace our eternal connections.” Take in art, cuisine, and special cultural displays at El Zócalo Park for the Day of the Dead.

Visit Rancho del Zócalo Restaurante to dine on Mexican cuisine while you’re in Frontierland.

Happy Haunts Guided Tour

The Happiest Haunts Guided Tour of Disneyland offers a two-hour tour complete with fall decorations, spooky stories, and Lightning Lane entry to a select attraction. Participants also have the opportunity to have their photo taken with some special backgrounds — including one with the Hitchhiking Ghosts. Guests also score reserved seating for Halloween Screams on the day of their tour, and receive a Disney’s Happiest Haunts Guided Tour Pin and Trading Cards.

Reservations for the tour can be made on Disneyland’s website up to 60 days in advance. Same-day bookings up to 20 minutes prior to the tour may be made if availability allows. Tour prices are $120.00 per guest.

Disney California Adventure

Oogie Boogie Bash

Oogie Boogie Bash is an extra-ticket event held on select nights during Halloween Time at Disney California Adventure! On 27 select nights (more than ever before!) from August 25 – October 31, 2024, the one and only Oogie Boogie — along with some of his fellow Disney Villains — is once again hosting the Oogie Boogie Bash!

Guests are invited to wear costumes and experience Bash-exclusive entertainment including rarely seen characters and Treat Trails along with access to the park’s attractions and MUCH more.

And don’t forget the magic words — “Trick or Treat!” — for all the CANDY along the Treat Trails!!

And that’s just a glimpse… You can find everything included at the Oogie Boogie Bash HERE!

Click HERE for all of the details for the Oogie Boogie Bash!

Entertainment

Mickey’s Trick and Treat is an interactive show that is available as a daily offering for the first time in 2024!

Disney shares that the show “encourages younger guests to join in a not-so-spooky sing and dance-along with Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse at the Disney Theater in Disney California Adventure Park. With colorful projections and a lively host dressed as a mad scientist, it’s a happy haunting you’ll not soon forget!”

Decorations and Overlays

Be on the lookout — if you dare! — for spooky decor around the park.

Similar to Disneyland, Mickey Mouse and friends are out and about in Halloween costumes and seasonal decor is in place as well — like a stunning 10-foot-tall statue of the Headless Horseman.

Attractions and lands and even a few restaurants feature spooky makeovers, too. For instance, Carthay Circle is decked out for the All Hallows’ Eve Celebration, complete with bats flying through the upper windows to set the haunting scene during the day…

… and SPOOOOOOOOKY projections after the sun goes down!

And in Cars Land, Radiator Springs turns into Radiator Screams!

THIS is where the cars get in on the “Haul-O-Ween” fun… complete with their very own “car-stumes!”

Look for the transformations of Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree into Mater’s Graveyard JamBOOree, and Luigi’s Rolickin’ Roadsters into Luigi’s Honkin’ Haul-O-Ween!

The fun frights even extend to Avengers Campus, where the Guardians of the Galaxy – Monsters After Dark seasonal overlay comes to Mission: BREAKOUT!

The Plaza de la Familia brings a celebration inspired by Dia de los Muertos to Disney California Adventure, and it runs through November 2nd, 2024. 

Live music and entertainment (including “The Storytellers of Plaza de la Familia Celebrate The Musical World of Coco”), interactive activities, special decorations and more all come together “to celebrate the everlasting bonds of family and the spirit of the Mexican tradition of Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead.”

Click HERE to read more about the Plaza de la Familia!

Pluto’s Pumpkin Pursuit

Downtown Disney always gets in on the hauntingly fun time with Halloween decorations, TONS of seasonal treats, and a pumpkin hunt — Pluto’s Pumpkin Pursuit! This family-friendly hunt is taking place from August 30th through November 1st 2024. And in 2024, something NEW is happening!

This year, the Pursuit extends to Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure, as well! You can purchase an activity map in several locations at the Disneyland Resort that will aid you in your quest to claim a special collectible keepsake:

Disneyland Park

• Disney Showcase
• Disneyana
• Emporium
• EngineEar Souvenirs
• Eudora’s Chic Boutique Featuring Tiana’s Gourmet Secrets
• “it’s a small world” Toy Shop
• The Star Trader
• Westward Ho Trading Company

Disney California Adventure Park

• Bing Bong’s Sweet Stuff
• Elias & Co.
• Gone Hollywood
• Ramone’s House of Body Art
• Rushin’ River Outfitters
• Seaside Souvenirs
• Trolley Treats

Downtown Disney District and Hotels of the Disneyland Resort

• Acorns Gifts & Goods
• Disney Home
• Disney’s Pin Traders
• The Disney Dress Shop
• Disney’s Fantasia Shop
• STOR-E
• WonderGround Gallery
• World of Disney

To participate in Pluto’s Pumpkin Pursuit, you can purchase a game board and sticker set for $9.99 at any of the locations mentioned above.

Next, it’s time to use the map to search for hidden decorative pumpkins “dressed up” like your favorite Disney characters!

When you spot the pumpkins, place the corresponding sticker on your game board. You’ll then return your game board to a designated location for a “spooky surprise”:

Disneyland Park

• Disney Showcase

Disney California Adventure Park

• Elias & Co.

Downtown Disney District

• Disney’s Pin Traders
• World of Disney

The 2023 prize was your choice of several character pumpkin sippers that could be yours when you completed your search!

CLICK HERE to see our time playing Pumpkin Pursuit (Spoiler Alert: We show where several of the pumpkins may be located in the post)!

The Hotels of Disneyland Resort

Well, well, well… look who showed up at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel? Why, it’s OOGIE BOOGIE! Only this time… he’s EDIBLE!

This HUGE display is made with krispie treats, modeling chocolate, and fondant! 

Meet the Pastry Chef Behind Disneyland Resort’s Oogie Boogie Halloween Time Display!

In 2023, guests visiting the Grand Californian were treated to the sight of this gorgeous Coco display!

Oh, and at Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel, Ursula took over a bit of the lobby in 2021!

Goofy’s Kitchen at Disneyland Hotel will celebrate Halloween once again! During this time, guests will dine with Goofy and some of his friends in their creative Halloween costumes.

You can expect to “enjoy special food items prepared just for the Halloween season—with enhanced menu offerings for brunch and dinner; themed décor and music; Disney PhotoPass digital downloads; and a Halloween-themed button.”

For Breakfast, specialty seasonal items will include:

• Prosciutto and arugula eggs benedict with sun-dried tomato hollandaise
• Orange Mickey waffles
• Pumpkin toast with whipped ricotta, cranberry, bacon and candied pecans

For Dinner, specialty seasonal items will include:

• Farro and apple salad
• Roasted butternut squash panzanella
• Salmon with brown butter and orange butter sauce with tarragon
• Mole roasted chicken with rosemary garlic black beans
• Cheese ravioli with pumpkin cream sauce
• BBQ pork spare ribs
• A carving station with herb-marinated turkey breast and slow-roasted prime rib
• Assorted seasonal desserts and pastries

Additionally, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa is getting into the seasonal spirit with an “all-new autumn-inspired breakfast and brunch, complete with seasonal décor and characters debuting new festive looks” this year over at Storyteller’s Cafe.

On September 3rd, the character dining at Storyteller’s Cafe switched to a fall theme and became Mickey’s Autumn Adventures. The characters you’ll meet are donning some adorable NEW fall-themed outfits.

You’ll also find some fun fall decor inside the restaurant, too. The breakfast buffet will include croissants, danishes, muffins, fruit, Mickey waffles, Bananas Foster French Toast, hand-carved meats, made-to-order omelets, and more. The brunch buffet will include Mickey Waffles (OF COURSE), as well as assorted flatbreads, bread pudding, pork carnitas chilaquiles, beignets, and more.

Disneyland Resort Spooky Snacks

Trick or Treat? Well… how about some Halloween TREATS?!?

We love sharing the Halloween goodies that you can conjure up all over Disneyland Resort!

CLICK HERE to find ALL of our reviews for the Spooky Season!

We’re so happy to scare — I mean, share! –– ALL of the festive fun here on the Disney Food Blog for Halloween Time at Disneyland Resort!

Don’t be scared… just click any of the links below for MORE Disneyland FUN!