Completed my tour yesterday. They ask you to check in 30 minutes early, which I thought was silly, but when I got there I saw that the check in line moves very slowly. They had me sign something that says I understand that things change on the tour and what we get could change and there aren't any guarantees. There were 2 groups going at the same time. My group had 22 people.
We walked around
Disneyland and listened to stories about the history of Disneyland and all things Halloween. It was a little history lesson on how things started like Jack O Lanterns, trick or treating, etc. My group rode the Haunted Mansion early into the tour. We basically used Fast Pass entrance and we did not have our own elevator like a previous poster did. We were still jammed packed after the elevator, but did see several people in wheelchairs pass by us and figured the ride probably had to stop for unloading.
When we were in the Day of the Dead section of Disneyland, they gave us sweet bread. My husband is gluten intolerant and didn't grab a bag of bread, but other people who weren't on the tour were walking up and grabbing the bread. When it was all gone, our tour went along. I think this is probably part of the reason why we have to sign something that says we may not get everything that other people get. If we weren't quick, someone else would have taken our bread.
We did cross over to DCA and looked at decorations and listened to more stories and history. On our way out, we stopped at Trolley Treats and got a piece of pumpkin fudge. That part was a little more organized and I don't think anyone who wasn't on the tour could have taken a piece of our fudge.
Afterward, we went back to Tour Gardens and were taken into a small room that had a couple of the original hitchhiking ghosts. Our tour guide, Sam, took our picture with our own camera. It was dark in there and had black lights so it was nice and creepy. Then, they gave us a Key pin and we were all done.
There weren't any children on our tour and I think it would have been long and boring for children. All in all, it was a good tour and our guide, Sam, was excellent. We felt like we got our money's worth ($85 each) but at the same time, wouldn't do it again. It was a satisfying one and done type of thing. I think we generally like to go at our own pace and we have been to Disneyland many times. It was a different thing for us to do, which was great, but I think if we didn't go to Disneyland so often, we would have preferred to spend the 2 1/2 hours doing something else.
