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#DisneyMagicMoments: Favorite Recipes for Your #Halfway2Halloween Celebration

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Fri, May 15, 2020

#DisneyMagicMoments: Favorite Recipes for Your #Halfway2Halloween Celebration

by , Food & Beverage Content Relations Manager, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

#DisneyMagicMoments: Favorite Recipes for Your Halfway to Halloween Celebration

For many of us, the Halloween season is a favorite time of year with all the creative costumes (for humans and pets!), festive parties, over-the-top decorations, and, of course, fabulous food!

In honor of our #Halfway2Halloween celebration, I was excited to feature a couple of my favorite Disney Halloween and fall recipes from years past. (Full disclosure – I love anything pumpkin!)

The challenge? I could not decide which were my top two favorites so I turned to my team to select their favorites. The challenge? We had a six-way tie!

So here you go – in no particular order – our favorite autumnal Disney recipes (plus a just plain adorable sugar cookie!) to celebrate Halfway2Halloween. And a bonus – the Pumpkin Crème Brûlée recipe is new and exclusive to Disney Parks Blog. Click the links below each photo for the downloadable recipe. Happy Halfway2Halloween!

Halfway to Halloween Pumpkin Twists from Disney Parks

These twists of pumpkin delight are super easy to make with frozen puff pastry. The pumpkin pie filling is what makes this delicious hand-held snack so special … for all you Halloweenies out there! Click here for a print-at-home version of this recipe.

Scrumptious Pumpkin Pancakes slathered with butter and syrup. ‘Nuff said. Click here for a print-at-home version of this recipe.

Halfway to Halloween Vegan Pumpkin Soup from Disney Parks

This gluten- and vegan-friendly Pumpkin Soup is a warm hug in a bowl. Great as a side dish or a main meal. Yes, please! Click here for a print-at-home version of this recipe.

Halfway to Halloween Jack Skellington Sugar Cookies from Disney Parks

Of course, we give Halloween icon Jack Skellington his own cookie! Have fun baking and decorating this treat any time of the year. Beverage choice – milk, of course! Click here for a print-at-home version of this recipe.

These Pumpkin Bars are bites of pumpkin heaven complete with a graham cracker crust. What’s not to love? Click here for a print-at-home version of this recipe.

Everything about this Pumpkin Crème Brûlée will “wow” family and guests. This French classic with a nod to the Halloween season is actually easier to make than you think and definitely worth the effort – promise! Click here for a print-at-home version of this recipe.

Keep checking back to the Disney Parks Blog for more #DisneyMagicMoments that include delicious Disney recipes. And be sure to share the magic with other Disney fans using the hashtag #DisneyMagicMoments. Happy cooking!

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#DisneyMagicMoments: Finding Love in the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland Park

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Fri, May 15, 2020

#DisneyMagicMoments: Finding Love in the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland Park

by , Public Relations Director, Disneyland Resort

#DisneyMagicMoments: Finding Love in the Haunted Mansion

In honor of last year’s 50th anniversary of the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland park, the Disneyland Resort Line — a magazine published exclusively for Disneyland Resort cast members — featured a variety of commemorative stories in its Aug. 1, 2019 issue. One such story, written by Editorial Manager Lisa Greathouse, shares how two Haunted Mansion cast members fell in “love at first fright” in 1989.

Enjoy this #DisneyCastLife story below!

Senior Stage Manager Dave Atkins will never forget the day in late 1989 when, as part of the opening crew on Splash Mountain, he began cross-training on Haunted Mansion and spotted a new hire who was part of a different training group.

“It was love at first fright,” Dave says with a laugh. Eve, that “new hire” who caught Dave’s eye 30 years ago, rolls her eyes. “That is such a dad joke,” she says.

The couple, who began dating a few months after first meeting, recently celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary and have two sons, ages 16 and 19. “They think it’s pretty cool that their parents met at Haunted Mansion,” says Eve, who left the company in 1994 for a career in Human Resources.

Dave, who works in Disney Photo Imaging, says the couple’s circle of friends include many Cast Members (past and present) they met working in New Orleans and Critter Country during the 1990s. He even recalls sitting in a circle in the mansion’s expanding room with fellow Cast on Halloween night after the park closed, telling ghost stories late into the night.

“Haunted Mansion is still my favorite attraction — and not just because I met this incredible woman there,” Dave says, glancing at Eve. “It’s an attraction that is better than it needed to be, full of so many little details and incredibly rich storytelling. Anyone who has trained on that attraction has stories that build on the lore. There’s always a little bit of mystery.”

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#VoicesFromHome: Dapper Dans Harmonize to ‘Grim Grinning Ghosts’

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Fri, May 15, 2020

#VoicesFromHome: Dapper Dans Harmonize to ‘Grim Grinning Ghosts’

by , Public Relations Director, Disneyland Resort

#VoicesFromHome: Dapper Dans Sing "Grim Grinning Ghosts"

“Goblins and ghoulies from last Halloween,” listen up! We are pleased to bring another special and “spirited” #DisneyMagicMoments video to you. A few weeks back, the Disneyland park Dapper Dans materialized from their homes with their rendition of the iconic song, “Grim Grinning Ghosts.” Of all the Disney Parks attractions with catchy theme songs, this Haunted Mansion anthem is surely a fan favorite, and one that you requested to hear!

We hope you enjoy this #VoicesFromHome performance:

Keep checking the Disney Parks Blog for more #DisneyMagic Moments stories like this, as Disney cast members continue to bring magic into our lives.

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#Halfway2Halloween: Where Can You ‘Sea’ It?

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Fri, May 15, 2020

#Halfway2Halloween: Where Can You ‘Sea’ It?

by , Cruise Director, Disney Cruise Line

Disney Parks Blog Where Can You “Sea” It? #Halfway2Halloween Edition

#Halfway2Halloween has arrived and we have a mystery graphic that may stump you! Can you get to the root of this grinning portrait?

Scroll down to find the answer.

If you guessed the Pumpkin Tree aboard the Disney Dream, you are spot-on! This wooded creature is part of a very special collection of enchanted trees that adorn the Disney Cruise Line ships during Halloween on the High Seas.

Every year, from early September through October, the entire Disney fleet transforms into a ghoulish wonderland filled with frightfully fun events and activities, special decorations, unique menu items and themed parties. During these special voyages, each ship boasts a signature Pumpkin Tree in the atrium. On a special evening, a storytelling caretaker enlists families to help ignite a magical transformation of the tree.

Check out this video to discover the story behind the Pumpkin Trees and their names:

Keep checking the Disney Parks Blog for our next “Where can you ‘Sea’ this?” challenge and more #DisneyMagicMoments from Disney Cruise Line.

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#DisneyMagicMoments: Dress Up and Join Our #Halfway2Halloween Costume Challenge

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Thu, May 14, 2020

#DisneyMagicMoments: Dress Up and Join Our #Halfway2Halloween Costume Challenge

by , Editorial Content Director, Disney Parks

Disney Parks Blog Halfway 2 Halloween Costume Challenge - Tag 3 friends to share the fun

Having just passed the halfway mark to Halloween, Disneyland Resort Ambassador Justin Rapp caught our attention today with a fun #Halfway2Halloween Instagram post dressed as Captain Hook.

Justin also challenged his friends to share their favorite #Halfway2Halloween costumes- and they’re Spook-tacular!

Lifestyle influencer Courtney Quinn @colormemagic, who is known for her videos that combine colorful fashion with storytelling, accepted the challenge with a series of bewitching #Halfway2Halloween looks.

The Walt Disney World Ambassador team also accepted Justin’s challenge and added to the fun with some past Disney-inspired costumes for Halloween.

Disney Cast Member Liz Stowell, who makes her amazing Halloween-inspired costumes by hand, shared a few fun homemade Disney outfits for the challenge.

And Disney Cast Member Courtnee Collier joined the #Halfway2Halloween costume challenge with a treasured family memory dressed as favorite characters from “The Little Mermaid.”

We also have some more #Halfway2Halloween costume inspiration from our friends at Radio Disney. 

LIVE with Kelly and Ryan Halloween Costumes

And here’s some more costume inspiration from our friends at “LIVE with Kelly and Ryan!”

Now, it’s your turn to DRESS UP!  Share a past family costume memory or have everyone dress up and create a new one for the challenge. And then show us your creations with #DisneyMagicMoments and #Halfway2Halloween.