Disneyland - Disney Halloween Festival 2025: A Bewitching Return to Disneyland Paris

By Mulder, Chessy, Disneyland Paris, 01 october 2025

From October 1 to November 2, 2025, the Disney Halloween Festival makes its long-awaited return to Disneyland® Paris, transforming the resort into a kingdom of playful frights, delicious temptations, and unforgettable encounters. Every year, this seasonal celebration raises the bar with new surprises, but this edition feels particularly ambitious, blending the mischievous spirit of Disney Villains with a host of immersive experiences that confirm Disneyland Paris as Europe’s ultimate destination for both thrills and enchantment. Visitors are welcomed at the gates by smiling pumpkins and fluttering little ghosts, an instant reminder that this is not just about horror, but about fun, family, and a celebration where laughter dances hand in hand with chills.

One of the most striking additions this year is the metamorphosis of The Lucky Nugget Saloon into The Unlucky Nugget Saloon, a culinary and visual tribute to the legendary Phantom Manor. Longtime fans of Frontierland know how deeply the Ravenswood family’s story is interwoven with the park’s lore, and this transformation pushes that narrative even further. Guests step into a haunted saloon where the atmosphere hints at the cursed wedding of Melanie Ravenswood, with eerie decorations, flickering lights, and a carefully designed ambiance blending dining with storytelling. The creation of three vanilla éclairs dedicated to the manor’s ghostly inhabitants is both a culinary wink to Disney aficionados and a testament to how far Disneyland Paris goes to merge gastronomy with imagination. The ability to taste a bite of Phantom Manor history in pastry form is the kind of anecdotal experience that lingers with visitors long after their trip.

The parade, always a centerpiece of the season, returns stronger than ever with Mickey’s Halloween Celebration. Familiar faces like Goofy, Chip, and Dale bring their mischievous energy, while Daisy and less frequently seen characters like Clarabelle and Horace step into the spotlight, reminding guests that the festival is also about rediscovering hidden treasures from Disney’s character vault. This year introduces a special surprise: José Carioca and Panchito joining Donald on his float, a nod to The Three Caballeros that enriches the cultural vibrancy of the procession. Yet the real highlight remains Mickey’s Manor of Illusions float, where costumes shift magically before the audience’s eyes, blurring the lines between trick and spectacle. At nightfall, new Halloween-themed projections along Main Street, U.S.A. add another layer of wonder, ensuring that even the most familiar corners of Disneyland Park reveal fresh mysteries under the cover of darkness.

Beyond the parades and shows, food and merchandise again play a central role in deepening the immersion. Shops and stalls embrace the playful wickedness of the season, offering everything from themed pastries at the Boardwalk Candy Palace to special treats connected to the mischievous spirits and villains that populate the festival. The three Phantom Manor éclairs at Last Chance Café are already being whispered about among fans as a “must-try” for anyone who considers themselves part of the Disney Halloween faithful. Merchandise highlights include Mickey, Minnie, and Stitch plush toys in wizard costumes, along with Bob from Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. reimagined as a cheerful pumpkin, cleverly designed as a magnetic shoulder companion. Even everyday items, like a Halloween-themed table runner decorated with beloved characters, become extensions of the park experience, carrying the celebration back into guests’ homes.

This year’s collaboration with M&M’s® adds another playful twist through a treasure hunt designed to appeal to both children and adults. Armed with a specially designed map, visitors are invited to track down mystical doors hidden across the park, each offering a colorful clue. The journey, guided by Cast Members, builds toward a sweet finale at the Boardwalk Candy Palace, where participants are rewarded with seasonal treats. Such partnerships underscore Disneyland Paris’s talent for transforming corporate collaborations into immersive adventures that feel wholly organic to the Disney storytelling ethos.

Of course, no Halloween at Disneyland Paris would be complete without its thrilling rides. Phantom Manor remains the crown jewel of seasonal chills, with its ballroom of dancing ghosts and haunted lore standing as a rite of passage for daring visitors. Meanwhile, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ continues to send shivers down spines with its plunges into the supernatural, a ride that somehow feels even more menacing when the park is bathed in Halloween’s orange glow. These attractions are not mere rides but cornerstones of the park’s Halloween identity, embodying the perfect fusion of suspense and storytelling.

The climax of the season arrives on October 31, when Disneyland Park extends its opening hours until 11 p.m., giving guests one last chance to revel in the night. Families and friends are encouraged to dress up, creating a carnival of witches, pirates, and creatures of every imagination. The evening culminates with A Nightfall with Disney Villains, a spectacular production staged against the breathtaking backdrop of Sleeping Beauty Castle. Preceded by Disney Tales of Magic, this final performance embodies the duality of the festival—darkness and light, villainy and heroism, magic and menace. For many, this evening show has become the true heartbeat of Halloween at Disneyland Paris, a shared memory that lingers as the ultimate enchantment before the season closes its gates.

What makes the Disney Halloween Festival at Disneyland Paris remarkable is not simply the scale of its programming, but the way it weaves together old traditions and fresh innovations. The mischievous encounters with villains like Cruella, Maleficent, Jafar, and the Queen of Hearts are timeless highlights, but the introduction of new experiences—whether it’s José Carioca and Panchito in the parade or a saloon reborn in Frontierland—remind guests that Halloween at the park never stands still. It’s this balance of nostalgia and novelty that keeps visitors, young and old, returning year after year. This season feels designed not just to entertain, but to surprise those who think they’ve seen it all.

As the festival opens today in Chessy, the sense of anticipation is tangible. The Disney Halloween Festival 2025 is more than an event—it’s an invitation to step into a world where imagination, fear, and laughter intertwine. Whether one comes for the villains, the sweet treats, or the thrill rides, what remains constant is Disneyland Paris’s ability to turn a seasonal celebration into an unforgettable journey, a tradition that grows richer and more inventive with each passing year. This is Halloween as only Disney can conjure it: magical, mischievous, and, above all, monstrously fun.

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(Source: press release)