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Photo Essay: 2010 Halloween Costumes at Tokyo Disneyland

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After finishing up whirlwind trip last month that took me to all the Disney Theme Parks in the span of one month, I can honestly say that nothing compares to the Halloween costumes at Tokyo Disneyland.  If you only visit Tokyo Disney once in your life, I recommend doing it during the Halloween festivities (perhaps I am a bit biased though given Halloween is my favorite holiday).

I was at Tokyo Disneyland for opening weekend of the 2010 Halloween festivities and pretty much spent the entire day on Friday photographing guests costumes!  It’s one thing to see the amazing outfits they make for the Duffy Bears, but it’s quite another to see the attention to detail and magnificent creativity that goes into their own Halloween costume designs.  An interesting note about Tokyo Disney Halloween celebrations — the rules are quite different from the US Parks.  At TDL, you must dress as a Disney character.  Many of the costumes I saw were based on seasonal events or outfits donned by Mickey and Minnie or Donald and Daisy at various events and celebrations.

Without a doubt, my favorite of the day were the two dressed like the 2010 Mickey and Minnie outfits for DisneySea’s Mysterious Masquerade.  I spotted these two when I was hunting down pins in the store next to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.   The girl in the elaborate Minnie dress indicated she made all the costumes, including for the Duffy Bears!  My Mom, who is a seamstress, said the costumes here look as though the spiderweb designs were hand cut and appliqued (or a fusible material was used to adhere them to the black fabric).  Given that this was only the second day of the Halloween festivities – much of her review and preparation came before she could ever see the Mickey and Minnie 2010 costumes in person!


TDL was filled with nearly every Disney character costume imaginable.  Some included groups going as the same character, while others included rather ingenious interpretations.  Many girls were dressed as Easter Bunnies – these outfits were adapted from the 2010 Easter parade that was part of the Easter Wonderland celebration earlier this year.  There were also tons of Disney princesses — a few complete with matching Duffy or Shellie May costumes as well.

Here is a look at a few of my favorites from the day (be warned – photo heavy post):

After spending most of the afternoon photographing costumes and Park decor, I started to head out and finish shopping when I spotted the best costumes – Duffy and Shellie May!!!

I turned around and caught up with them to ask if I could get a couple photos of them.  Super cute outfits and quite ingenious!  I was rather surprised these were the first Duffy costumes I had seen.

I wish I had been able to spend more than one day at Tokyo Disneyland on this trip and definitely plan to make the Halloween trip a 4 day excursion for sure.  Take a look at the rest of the Halloween costumes in the gallery below.  Enjoy!

All photos copyrighted by Erin De Santiago and PoohsTravels.com

Other related 2010 Tokyo Disney Halloween posts:

Halloween 2010 at the Tokyo Disney Resort: Opening Day at DisneySea

Tokyo DisneySea Halloween 2010: Seasonal Decorations

WDW: Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party Recap and Photos

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On the fourth stop of my “round the world” Disney Parks trip in September, we arrived at Walt Disney World just in time for this year’s Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party.  I have never attended any of the events at Walt Disney World so this was a completely new experience.  We arrived around 5pm and were surprised to find Magic Kingdom was not that crowded (granted it was a Thursday afternoon).

We managed to hit every ride we wanted — Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, and Space Mountain were our top 3.  I was shocked to see Haunted Mansion does not get the regular holiday makeover that the Disneyland and Tokyo Disney Resort attractions do.  Outside the Haunted Mansion was the “dead” woman interacting with guests in line, which was absolutely hilarious.  We managed to capture most of her act in video, which I will post here as well.

After coming from Tokyo Disneyland, I have to say I was rather disappointed in the costumes (or lack thereof).  Tokyo Disneyland was filled with some of the most amazing and unbelievable costumes you could dream up, whereas I only saw a few people dressed up at WDW’s Magic Kingdom.

We attended the Villains show, the Halloween Parade and enjoyed a few treats around the Park.  In this post, I will share the photos from the Magic Kingdom Park decorations.  Stay tuned for posts on the Halloween Parade and Villains show!

Tokyo DisneySea Halloween 2010: Seasonal Decorations

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During seasonal events, Tokyo Disney Resort definitely pulls out all the stops with the multitude of decorations and themed elements that make each visit so magical.  During my two visits to DisneySea on Thursday and Saturday (Sept 9 and 11), I took a ton of photos of the decorations for the “Mysterious Masquerade” event.

Other Tokyo 2010 Halloween related posts:

Photo Essay: 2010 Halloween Costumes at Tokyo Disneyland

Halloween 2010 at the Tokyo Disney Resort: Opening Day at DisneySea

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Halloween 2010 at the Tokyo Disney Resort: Opening Day at DisneySea

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Halloween is my favorite time of year and the inspiration for my crazy idea to fly to all the Disney Theme Parks in the world during  the month of September.  Although I was unable to work Disneyland Paris in during the Halloween festivities, seeing the new Toy Story Playland made up for it.

I flew from Amsterdam to Tokyo just in time to arrive for Thursday’s opening day festivities at the Tokyo Disney Resort.  After a nightmare at the airport, between getting groped by the female customs agent (guessing it was because my flight originated from Amsterdam, who knows) to finding out I had just missed the airport limo bus and needed to wait for over 3 hours in the Narita airport for the next one, the trip was not off to the best start!

Eventually I made it to the hotel by taking a different bus and a taxi (I spent a lot more, but I got in much sooner than I would have had I waited for the other bus) only to find out my room wasn’t ready yet. LOL!  After killing a few minutes, I got settled and it was off to Tokyo DisneySea to try and get all the new Duffy Halloween releases before they sold out.

I got inside around 3pm and was surprised to find the stores relatively empty and the park itself quite manageable.  The first shop as you start to enter the Mediterranean Harbor had Duffy Halloween stuff in the window.  Rather than race back to Aunt Pegs, I ran inside.  Low and behold, DUFFY JACKPOT!

The shelves were fully stocked and they had everything available.  Well over $400 US later, I walked out with nearly every single Halloween item they brought out.  Perhaps I was a little overzealous since this was my first time at the beginning of an event and certainly the first time I was able to get seasonal Duffy stuff, but I figured I deserved it since I had a rough day. 🙂

I wandered around the park for several hours more, taking photos of all the merchandise, seasonal decorations, and of course, the food available.  On my quest for all things Halloween Duffy, I did something I hope I never have to do again – I ordered 4 desserts by myself!  Since the release of Shellie May, they are bringing out a souvenir plate and cup for each!  Four desserts and only one me!  I did not eat them all – just downed one of the milk puddings and brought the two sweet potato tarts back to my room in case I needed a snack later.

By the time I arrived, there was no hope for the Masquerade show lottery, but I did manager to sneak a glimpse of two of the shows.  It looked pretty cool so hopefully whatever they do next year I can check out.

I was pretty jetlagged from the flight as I didn’t sleep much so I opted to leave the park around 8pm and watch the fireworks from my hotel balcony.  The show seemed awfully short and not as good as some other fireworks displays, but watching it from the balcony in my pajamas was pretty hard to beat.

Since I am quite photography happy, I am going to do separate posts for all the Duffy merchandise, food, decorations, and other Halloween merchandise.

Other Tokyo Disney 2010 Halloween related posts:

Tokyo DisneySea Halloween 2010: Seasonal Decorations

Photo Essay: 2010 Halloween Costumes at Tokyo Disneyland