Anaheim Fall Festival

A good place to go to celebrate the fall season and Halloween for free. There were merchandise booths, plenty of food to chose along the way. They had four food trucks and Anaheim Packing district is nearby. There were plenty of parking but get there before the parade starts. The parade was okay I can’t help but
compare it to the others I been to. But still, it’s a good event to to celebrate fall season.

Suckiest parade ever. Can’t find parking either. I missed the first half just trying to find a spot to park. The parade consisted of elementary kids, advertisements, and old people showing off their cars. Nothing to see. The kids didn’t enjoy as they preferred eating at the Carl’s Jr. down the street. But we weren’t the only ones. The family behind us was griping about how bored they were. I mean, if you like to stand on the street and wait for the elder folks to roll down their window and wave at you, then this is the place for you. The most disappointing part was how they managed to incorporate so much endorsement into the parade. Yeah, the kids and I really enjoyed reading all the advertisement banners as they passed by. I knew this event wouldn’t be spectacular, but it was way worse than I expected. Actually got us out of the Halloween mood. Took us a half an hour drive and we only stayed for 20 minutes. What a bust.

Its was the 89^th Anaheim Parade! Major Chaos! You would think that they had 88 years to perfect it… People came early to save a good spot everyone tried to go for the side of the street where the parade came down the previous year. The parade came down the other side of the street. It wouldn’t be a big deal till APD made it a free for all and let people run into the middle of the street and stand on the island. With people standing on the center of the island that blocked the view of the early birds who had a front view sitting room making room for standing people to see behind them.
With people standing on the center island everyone decided to stand in the waiting lane in the middle of the street. Every so often a motorcycle cop would come and tell people to get back on the sidewalk and then they do and he leaves and everyone would run back. It was major chaos people were just running around and kids all over the place and motorcycle cops driving back and forth through the crowd some little kid almost got ran over.
Hey City of Anaheim! A suggestion for next year, no one should be able to stand in the street during the parade, island or not! Everyone was pretty friendly so I was glad a riot didn’t break out.

Great place to stop by for free entertainment, food booths and food trucks. I was not very impressed with the haunted house and it did freak out the little kids.
Every year the festival has been getting better. The parade this year was very well done. They also did not charge us for parking in the structure. I am not sure if this is every day of the festival.
The festival runs through the weekend after Halloween.
Overall, I am a fan.

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These posts are old! This is an amazing event. I was so inspired by it that I became a volunteer! Come early because it is packed by the afternoon. Super cute children and doggie costume contests in the morning, a pumpkin patch, tons of games, storytelling, trick or treating and great live entertainment.
The parade starts at 6:00 and gets bigger every year. Grab a spot early cuz the streets are packed.
The haunted house is amazing. The line is totally worth it. It isn’t violent but it totally makes grown men Unilocal like little girls. The illusions are super cool. The graveyard is my favorite. No spoiler alerts here but there is a head on a table cheerfully greeting people and a huge spider with a person in it’s web asking for help as the spider jumps to protect its prey.
Totally worth it. Can’t wait for this year! Even bigger and better than ever!

First time going and it wasn’t that bad!
Ummm, Free parking & Free cupcakes…
Then yeah, you can count me in next year!

Last year I took my son and he won 1^st Place in the costume contest (approx 200+ participants)! There are many booths and activites for children 12 and under. I remember everything was free and the prize was awesome, $ 25 cash, a certificate, and a disney goodie bag filled with mickey cups, straws, etc.
I recommend but you must arrive early because it got packed around 1pm. Costume contest was at 10am.

This place was SUCH a waste of time! I was trying to find a family friendly event for Halloween and this LOOKED promising online.
It took us awhile to get there and arrived at 6pm only to find that EVERYTHING was already shutting down! The flyer said it was supposed to last until 9pm! Packing up 3 hours early? UGH.
Anyway, the only thing left to do was stay for the parade that was scheduled to start at 6 and end at 8. Oh goodness. there were maybe 2 floats worth seeing and an elephant in a tutu. everything else was painful. Afterward, we tried looking for the «Haunted House» to no avail. We finally left feeling defeated.
This place was DEFINITELY not worth it. I guess if you have super tiny small children, it’s «ok» since there’s some trick or treating. but I personally could do without. Some of the kids were in regular clothes, holding a bag, and were expecting to get candy. BUT it was quite amusing watching one family (of about 7) walk up to a pizza place saying, «Trick or treat! We don’t get no pizza?» and walked away looking irked. LOL. Honey, if that worked, I’d be walking up to the bank every five minutes.