Disneyland just dropped two new glass Halloween pieces. One of them is going to quietly cost people twice as much as they planned to spend.
Some context.
Look, Halloween has completely swallowed the parks, and it is still August. Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party has been running for weeks at Magic Kingdom, with nights already sold out. Oogie Boogie Bash is going on at Disney California Adventure. Halloween Time opened at Disneyland Resort on August 21. Halloween Horror Nights starts at Universal later this week.
Two-month season now. And the merch pulls just as hard as the parties.
Full transparency. If these were in Florida, I would be sprinting.
The Mickey Pumpkin
$126.
Bright orange jack-o'-lantern. Big oval eyes, wide grin, a swirling curlicue green stem and leaf up top, all sitting on a cylindrical brown base.
Here is why it works. It reads as a Mickey pumpkin, not a Mickey head glued to a pumpkin. The face is carved the way an actual jack-o'-lantern would be. And that curling stem gives the whole piece motion that a straight stem never would.
It is also cheerful rather than creepy, which is a bigger deal than it sounds. This thing can sit out from September through November instead of getting one week of shelf time.
The Poison Apples
$65 each. Sold individually.
Miniatures of the apple that the Evil Queen hands Snow White while dressed as the Old Hag. One sparkles red. One sparkles black. Both carry the dripping skeleton face from the poisoned apple in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, finished with a short gold stem and a single leaf.
Now, “sold individually” is doing a lot of work in that sentence.
Yes, technically, you can buy just the red one. But releasing a red and a black at the same time, same size, same stem, same debut? That is not a choice. That is a dare.
That is $130 for two miniature apples, and a whole lot of people are going to hand it over without blinking.
The black is the more interesting piece, for what it is worth. Black glass with sparkle is not a finish Disney reaches for often, and it photographs nothing like the red does.
Where to Get Them
Crystal Arts at Disneyland Park.
That shop has been a Main Street, U.S.A. fixture for decades, and it is where people go specifically for blown glass instead of general merch. Seasonal pieces land there first. They also move fast.
One more thing. Blown glass means no two are the same. Stems swirl differently. Faces sit differently. If you are particular about it, ask to see more than one.
Bad News for Florida
This part is genuinely irritating.
Disneyland and Walt Disney World do not run identical Halloween merchandise. Some items cross coasts. Plenty never do. Blown glass, in particular, tends to stay tied to the shop producing it.
Walt Disney World has its own glass program, but the Mickey pumpkin and the poison apples are Disneyland pieces right now. Nothing announced about either one heading east.
Not flying to California this fall? Options are limited.
Everything Else Happening Right Now
These landed in the middle of a fully loaded season:
- Character and attraction pumpkins all over Main Street, U.S.A.
- A dedicated Disneyland Park Halloween Time map at the entrance
- Fall menus and Halloween treats across both parks
- Mickey and Friends Halloween Cavalcade running down Main Street daily
Honestly, one of the strongest seasonal packages Disneyland does, and the merchandise is a real part of it rather than a bolt-on.
Buy It When You See It
Seasonal glass does not restock on a predictable schedule. If you want it and it is there, that is the moment.
Prices are firm. $126 pumpkin, $65 per apple.
And if you are stuck between the two apples, look at them side by side in person. Red and black catch light in completely different ways, and no photo is going to settle it for you.
I will be over here on the wrong coast, staring at pictures of that pumpkin.
Source: WDW News Today for the debut of the glass Mickey pumpkin and poison apples at Disneyland Resort.
