Disney's Halloween Makeover

This is an interesting piece of the "historical" account of Disneyland's acceptance of Halloween as a major "holiday" deserving a makeover of the theme park.

In the past the local Disney Resorts had been lagging in fully acknowledging the popularity of the October holiday but is now evolving an alternative to the Buena Park attraction's spooky blockbuster annual event.

Disneyland Resorts first committed to their "Halloween Time" makeover in 2001 with Haunted Mansion Holiday. The conversion of the Haunted Mansion to it's holiday splendor was inspired by filmmaker Tim Burton's popular "The Nightmare Before Christmas."

Disney's full-scale "Halloween Time" debuted in 2006.

It is too bad that nothing is done to the Haunted Mansion at The Magic Kingdom for the Halloween festivities. I'm not saying that it should be re-themed with Nightmare Before Christmas, but it would be nice of they make substantial changes for Halloween just to keep it interesting and to keep the fans coming back.

Zz.