DISNEY FIX: HALLOWEEN TIME AT THE DISNEYLAND RESORT

The Disneyland Resort is officially out of their Summer season, and it’s now time for Halloween, officially called Halloween Time! The parks are all dressed up and the store shelves are stocked with new merchandise. Let’s take a stroll through the parks, shall we?

DISNEY FIX: HAPPIEST HAUNTS ON EARTH

Whoa, did anyone else just see that??? Hey everyone! Time for another blog entry with your resident Disney fanatic and HoJo family member. Since it’s Halloween Time at the parks, it seemed fitting for this entry to be dedicated to something a little more spooky. Let me first say up front that I have not […]

DISNEY FIX: THE DISNEYLAND MONSTER MASH

It’s the Spookiest Time of the Year! Only one week until All Hallows’ Eve. The ghosts and ghouls have been busy around the hotel preparing for HOJOWEEN! Costumes are being prepared, candy is being purchased, OH… and music is being made. Our own singing group, THE HOJO TONES, have put out a terrifying tune to […]

NEWSDAY TUESDAY: THE SKIES, THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’

This past Sunday marked the death knell for the Halloween Screams fireworks show [BOO!] . But starting this Friday, November 6th, the ‘Remember…Dreams Come True’ comes back for three nights [YAY!], and then the Holiday Season officially commences in the Parks the following Friday, November 13th [Double YAY!] . And you know what that means, […]

NEWSDAY TUESDAY: TRICKS & TREATS

Can you believe Halloween is almost here?! Where did October go?! This is the last week that the immensely popular Halloween Screams will be lighting up the night over the Disneyland Resort, so make sure that you get your fill before it’s gone, gone, gone, whoa-oh-oh! Disney, Disney! I’d get down on my knees for […]

DISNEY FIX: THE BANANA BOAT

Sooooooo…I don’t like getting on water rides. Because I don’t like getting wet [shrugs]. I know! I know! It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense- but I feel very strongly about it. Then one day, I’m reading a thread on MiceChat about what the ‘storyline’ for Splash Mountain is, and I’m reading all the […]

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY: DISNEY FIX

The Matterhorn, originally uploaded by kyle.tucker95. Toad Manor uploaded by HoJo Anaheim Wonderland Lights uploaded by HoJo Anaheim An Aura of Foreboding uploaded by HoJo Anaheim Ready to Ride! uploaded by HoJo Anaheim Mark Twain uploaded by HoJo Anaheim Oogie Boogie Topiary uploaded by HoJo Anaheim Creepy Cobwebs uploaded by HoJo Anaheim Haunted Mansion Holiday […]

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: PIRATE’S LAIR

Yesterday, I went to Disneyland with my younger sister and her best friend. They are both Disney purists- they hate the Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay and even some of the changes that have been made to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride over the years- but when I mentioned the change from Tom Sawyer’s Island […]

DISNEYLAND NEWS: HALLOWEEN TIME TIPS

I’ve been to the Parks a few times this October, and I’m not claiming to be an expert or anything- but I do want to pass along a couple of things that have helped make my time in the Parks more thrilling! 1. If you don’t feel like spending three hours of your time in […]