Beware Of Hitchhiking Ghosts!

It was so fun to see the Hitchhiking Ghosts from the Haunted Mansion during Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party in 2024. They could be found in Frontierland "practicing their terror with ghoulish delight"!

Beware Of Hitchhiking Ghosts!

The Hitchhiking Ghosts from the Haunted Mansion appeared in Frontierland during Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. I suppose they were "practicing their terror with ghoulish delight."

These Haunted Mansion 50th Anniversary POPVinyls Are Spooktacular

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Disneyland's Haunted Mansion is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and Funko has created a spooktacular collection of POPVinyl figures to celebrate. Fortunately for those of us unlucky enough not to be heading to Disneyland this year, most of the collection is available at Target, Hot Topic, and Box Lunch exclusively.

The POPVinyl figures include:

• Madame Leota, who is also available as a glow-in-the-dark Disney Parks exclusive
• Mummy
• Opera Singer
• Bride 
• Groundskeeper, a Box Lunch exclusive
• The Harp Guy, a Hot Topic exclusive

A 3-pack of chrome Hitchhiking Ghosts: Phineas, Gus, and Ezra is available exclusively at Target.

A super-sized, 10-inch Ezra is also a Target exclusive. The Hitchhiking Ghosts are also available as keychains.

Mini Vinyl figures exclusive to Hot Topic and Box Lunch include:

• Singing Bust
• Bride
• Mummy
• Madame Leota glow-in-the-dark 
• Gus glow-in-the-dark 
• Phineas glow-in-the-dark 
• Ezra glow-in-the-dark 

Mini Vinyl figures exclusive to Target include:

• Singing Bust 
• Opera Singer 
• Mummy
• Madame Leota 
• Gus glow-in-the-dark 
• Ezra glow-in-the-dark 
• Phineas glow-in-the-dark 

And finally, Target will have two awesome T-shirts: one with the Haunted Mansion logo and one with POPVinyl Hitchhiking Ghosts. The release date hasn't been announced yet, but they should arrive in stores soon. Is it bad that I kind of want all of them?

This Hallmark Hitchhiking Ghosts Ornament Is A Ghoulish Delight

When I saw this ornament in the Dream Book from Hallmark, I knew I had to add it to my collection. It is so much fun to see the ghosts light up and hear the Ghost Host welcome guests to the Haunted Mansion. It's the perfect ornament for reminiscing about one of my favorite rides at Disney World. 

Haunted Mansion Hitchhiking Ghosts

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It seems that the Hitchhiking Ghosts in the Haunted Mansion know a bit more about you now. The ghosts may cause a headstone to appear with your first name on it. Or they may hold up a sign that says "(Your home state) here we come!" This is made possible by the RFID chip in your MagicBand. As long as you've set up your profile in My Disney Experience or the app, the ride can read your name and home state. It's a little spooky and a great surprise!

The Haunted Mansion at the Magic Kingdom

One of my all-time favorite rides at Disney World is the Haunted Mansion. Located in Liberty Square, the mansion looks over the square from a hill. The atmosphere is just spooky enough to be fun and the cast members are to die for. Each Disney park around the world has a Haunted Mansion ride themed to the area of the park. The exterior of the Mansion in Disney World is styled after the Gothic mansions of the northeast.

The queue for the Haunted Mansion was always fun, but the new interactive queue is wonderful. You approach the mansion through wonderfully Gothic gates, adorned with bats. A horse-drawn hearse, with an invisible horse, has been parked in front of the Mansion, as if waiting for a funeral. As you near the entrance to the Mansion, you have a choice of paths. One leads directly to the Mansion, a good idea if you're in a hurry. The other leads to the cemetery, full of crypts and headstones to play with. I know it sounds kind of morbid, but I love the cemetery! All of the headstones from the old cemetery have been moved to this new area, including the Madame Leota stone. The old headstones, including Leota, are all references to the original Disney Imagineers who created the Haunted Mansion. When you find Leota, be sure to watch her face closely for a slightly creepy surprise.

There are several new busts in the cemetery, each alluding to the death of a member of the family who lived in the Mansion. As you continue on, you'll pass a giant crypt covered in stone instruments. Be sure to touch them as each one changes the music coming from the crypt. At the end of the crypt is an organ keyboard, a Ravenscroft. Thurl Ravenscroft, the voice of Tony the Tiger, is the main singer of the classic Disney song "Grim, Grinning Ghosts." Play a few notes on the organ for a soggy surprise. On the other side of the crypt, the instruments have been warped. Touching them will make the music sound strange and off-key. Next up is the grave of Master Gracey, one of the original ghosts. As you round the corner, you will see the massive watery tomb of Captain Culpepper Clyne. Beware touching his dismal grave! The final tomb is that of a poetess who's tomb says "Her plaintive pleas can still be heard 'O Muse, provide the perfect word!'" You can hear her trying out different words as she attempts to complete her final poem. Both sides of her tomb are covered in books that pop in and out and can be pushed. As you pass the back of Captain Clyne's tomb, be sure to peak over the fence and see if you can spot the Bride's ring in the pavement. The ring used to be a fun Disney myth, but when they built the new cemetery section, they added a real ring to the concrete.

The Bride's ring can be difficult to spot.

Upon exiting the cemetery, you will enter the Mansion and a cast member will direct you into the antechamber. The antechamber features a fireplace with a changing portrait on the mantle. When the next door opens, you will move into the dead center of the Stretching Room. Your "Ghost Host" will give you a glimpse of what's to come. the room begins to stretch, revealing the true nature of the portraits and a spooky surprise. The Stretching Room can be rather frightening for young children. The darkness and screams can be quite shocking if you're not expecting it. Bean would always close her eyes and cover her ears in this room until she was about 7 years old.

As you exit the Stretching Room, you will enter a very crowded area that funnels down to single file as you enter your Doombuggy. Be sure to keep hold of your  party as it is easy to become separated in this room. Each Doombuggy can holdup to two adults and one child comfortably. Once safely inside, sit back and enjoy the ride, and be sure to turn off your camera as bright lights frighten the ghosts.

The evil Bride herself

There are 15 rooms in the Haunted Mansion, including a portrait gallery with changing pictures, a library, a room full of MC Escher type stairs, long hallways of creaking doors and spooky eyes, and a funeral parlor. A giant, demonic grandfather clock, with clawed hands and 13 hours, winds backward as you glide by. You pass through Madame Leota's seance room, which I think is one of the best in the Mansion. Leota's head appears in a crystal ball that floats above the table as she conducts her seance. The special effect of her floating head is absolutely fantastic! As you glide past the Ballroom, be on the lookout for hidden Mickeys. You'll find one on the table of the birthday party. In the past, if you rode through with the Pal Mickey doll, he shivered and said something about there being ghosts over by the organ.

After you exit the Ballroom, you'll enter the Attic, home of Constance, the black-widow Bride. This is probably the creepiest part of the ride as Constance seems truly evil with her smirking comments, glowing heart, and magically appearing hatchet. The last room is the most fun: the Cemetery. Here the music changes to "Grim Grinning Ghosts" and the mood is lighter. Keep an eye out for the groundskeeper Dick O'Dell and his frightened dog, and the singing busts. the broken bust is Thurl Ravenscroft. As you exit the cemetery, your Ghost Host will warn you to "Beware of hitchhiking ghosts." There are new hitchhiking ghost effects with several different possibilities. These include a ghost that swaps the heads of the passengers in your Doombuggy. That one is Bean's favorite. Once you've acquired a ghost, you'll see a mini Leota waving and calling out "Hurry Back! Be sure to bring your Death Certificate!"

After exiting your Doombuggy, be sure to take a moment to view the crypts outside to your left. All of Bluebeard's wives have been entombed together, which is rather funny if you know the story. We love the epitaph, "Six of them were faithful, but the seventh did him in!" Just past Bluebeard's tomb is the pet cemetery. Be on the lookout for Mr. Toad of Toad Hall, a reference to a ride that no longer exists at Disney World. And there's a fun new photo opportunity, too. As the epitaph says, "These stately headstones represent two friends lost by accident. Side by Side their heads repose. Where's the rest? No one knows."

Miss Carlotta at MNSSHP

The Haunted Mansion is always fun, but some special magic occurs during Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. You can have your photo taken near the hearse. After some Disney PhotoPass magic, a ghostly driver will be added to your photo. This is the only time of year that you can get this special photo. Also during the party, one of the ghosts, Miss Carlotta,  will sit on the lawn near the queue and tell stories of her life and death. It's a fun, spooky twist on Disney storytime.

The Haunted Mansion is a great not-too-spooky ride. With the new interactive queue, it's a great place for a little ghostly fun. And remember, the Haunted Mansion is home to 999 Happy Haunts, but there's always room for one more...

Halloween Treats At Disney Springs & Resorts

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Halloween is my favorite time of year at Disney World. The decorations and parties, and especially the sweets and treats. There are so many spooky delights to taste that it's hard to know where to begin. Here are the tempting dishes that can be found at Disney Springs and the Resorts beginning tomorrow, September 1.

Disney Springs 

Amorette’s Patisserie

• Jack Skellington Éclair: Pumpkin cream éclair 🎃🦇
• Sally Éclair: Caramel-chocolate éclair 🎃🦇
• Oogie Boogie Cream Puff: Cream puff filled with cookies ‘n cream mousse and topped with whipped cream 🎃🦇
• Maleficent Petit Cake: Layers of vanilla chiffon, caramel, shortbread crumble, and milk chocolate mousse 🎃🦇
• Mummy Mickey Mouse Dome Cake: Layers of peanut butter-milk chocolate mousse, chewy caramel, peanut crunch, and dark chocolate glaçage 🎃🦇

Dockside Margaritas

• Frozen Black Cherry and Apple-Lime Margarita: Patrón Silver Tequila, Grand Marnier Liqueur, sweet-and-sour, lime juice, black cherry purée, and Granny Smith apple garnished with an orange wedge and a cherry 🦇

The Ganachery

• Donald Candy Corn-Chocolate Piñata: White chocolate piñata filled with pumpkin-spiced marshmallows and crisp pearls 🎃🦇
• Pirate Mickey Chocolate Piñata: Milk chocolate piñata with crisp pearls, chocolate treasure coins, and marshmallow treats (Available October 15-31) 
• Jack Skellington Dark Ganache: Grand Cru medium-roasted, custom blend 🎃🦇
• Poison Apple Ganache Square: Sour apple ganache enrobed in 65% dark chocolate 🦇
• Pumpkin Chai Ganache Square 🦇
• Minnie Trick-or-Treat Chocolate Pop: Caramel ganache pop enrobed in 65% dark chocolate 🦇
• Caramel Ganache Chocolate Skulls: 65% dark chocolate skulls filled with caramel ganache 🪦
• Haunted Mansion Portrait Bars: Ganache bars with flavors of raspberry, salted caramel, chipotle, and passion fruit 
• Hitchhiking Ghosts Chocolate Chiller: A chilling blend of three chocolates, malted milk, and cream 🧋⚰️

Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar 

• Witch’s Potion: Tito’s Handmade Vodka, St. Augustine Gin, Bols Blue Curaçao Liqueur, sweet-and-sour, splash of grenadine, and a splash of soda water garnished with a lemon wheel and hibiscus flower 🎃🦇
• Cinnamon-Pear Cocktail: Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, pear nectar, lemon juice, and cinnamon simple syrup garnished with a cinnamon stick 🍂

Marketplace Snacks 

• Halloween Minnie Waffle Sundae: Bubble waffle filled with chocolate soft-serve, orange sauce, chocolate cream cookies, candy corn, and chocolate sticks 🎃🦇

Swirls on the Water 

• Haunted Mansion Cone: Pistachio and purple cheesecake soft-serve swirled in a black vanilla cone with a Hitchhiking Ghosts chocolate medallion 🎃🦇
• DOLE Whip Sampler: DOLE Whip and vanilla soft-serve with pineapple wedge, pumpkin and salted caramel soft-serve with caramel sauce and caramel crisp pearls, and pistachio soft-serve and purple cheesecake soft-serve with roasted salted pistachios 🎃🦇
• Apple Cider Slush with Pumpkin Soft Serve: Apple cider, pumpkin soft-serve, and an apple slice 🎃🧋🦇 (Alcoholic version available with Fireball Cinnamon Whisky) 

Vivoli il Gelato 

• Pumpkin Cheesecake Bomboloni: An Italian doughnut stuffed with pumpkin cheesecake filling 🎃
• Pumpkin Cheesecake Bombashake: A milkshake made with pumpkin and cheesecake gelato, caramel sauce, and a Pumpkin Cheesecake Bomboloni on top 🎃
• Jack-O-Lantern Float: Vanilla gelato, Fanta Orange, and whipped cream 🧋
• Monster Shake: Mint Chocolate Chip gelato, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and chocolate chips 🧋
• Vampire Float: Vanilla gelato, Sprite, strawberry sauce, and whipped cream 🧋

Outdoor Bars 

• Apple Cider Cocktail: Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey, Stoli Vanil Vodka, apple cider juice, red cranberry juice, and grenadine 🎃🦇
• Halloween Rum Punch: Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, Bols Blue Curaçao Liqueur, sweet-and-sour, cranberry juice, and grenadine 🦇 
• Sour Apple Margarita: Patrón Silver Tequila, Cointreau Liqueur, DeKuyper Pucker Sour Apple Liqueur, sweet-and-sour, lime juice, and Granny Smith Apple garnished with a lime 🦇

Resort Hotels 

All-Star Resorts - World Premiere, Intermission and End Zone Food Courts 

• Chicken Adobo Nachos: Blue corn tortilla chips with grilled chicken adobo, toasted pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, roasted corn pico, and a zesty pumpkin cheese sauce finished with a cilantro-lime crema and yellow corn tortilla strips 🥖🦇
• Mickey Pumpkin Cheesecake: Pumpkin cheesecake-chocolate-ginger torte with almond crumble 🍂
• Plant-based Monster Cupcake: Allergy-friendly chocolate cupcake with a ghoulish swirl of vanilla buttercream  🎃🥕🥖🦇

Animal Kingdom Lodge - Boma – Flavors of Africa, Sanaa, Sanaa Lounge, and Victoria Falls Lounge

• Doom-ela South African Margarita: Margarita featuring Patrón Silver Tequila with a South African Excelsior Cabernet Sauvignon floater ⚰️

Art of Animation and Pop Century - Landscape of Flavors and Everything POP Shopping & Dining

• Chicken Adobo Nachos: Blue corn tortilla chips with grilled chicken adobo, toasted pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, roasted corn pico, and a zesty pumpkin cheese sauce finished with a cilantro-lime crema and yellow corn tortilla strips 🥖🦇
• The Whoopie Monster: Apple and caramel whoopie pie with marshmallow buttercream 
• Plant-based Monster Cupcake: Allergy-friendly chocolate cupcake with a ghoulish swirl of vanilla buttercream  🎃🥕🥖🦇

Caribbean Beach - Centertown Market

• Pumpkin-Hazelnut Tart: Chocolate tart shell filled with hazelnut ganache and spiced pumpkin cheesecake garnished with chocolate décor and candied pumpkin seeds 🎃🍂
• Plant-based Monster Cupcake: Allergy-friendly chocolate cupcake with a ghoulish swirl of vanilla buttercream  🎃🥕🥖🦇

Port Orleans – French Quarter - Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory

• Tombstone Sweet: Chocolate cake, chocolate-coffee mousse, caramel-milk chocolate mousse, and ganache 🦇
• Plant-based Monster Cupcake: Allergy-friendly chocolate cupcake with a ghoulish swirl of vanilla buttercream  🎃🥕🥖🦇

     Scat Cat’s Club – Café

• Ghoulish Delight Beignets: Three Mickey-shaped beignets dusted with cookies and cream powdered sugar and a ghoulish marshmallow crème drizzle 

Port Orleans Resort – Riverside - Riverside Mill Food Court

• Tombstone Sweet: Chocolate cake, chocolate-coffee mousse, caramel-milk chocolate mousse, and ganache 🦇
• Plant-based Monster Cupcake: Allergy-friendly chocolate cupcake with a ghoulish swirl of vanilla buttercream  🎃🥕🥖🦇

Riviera Resort - Le Petit Café

• Pumpkin Napoleon: Pumpkin diplomat cream, spiced diplomat cream, and dark chocolate 🎃🍂

     Primo Piatto

• Pumpkin-Hazelnut-Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake: Pumpkin cheesecake with hazelnut-chocolate swirl, vanilla whipped panna cotta, and a milk chocolate pumpkin coin 🍂

   

 Topolino’s Terrace – Flavors of the Riviera

• Apple Tarte Tatin: Praline noisette, apricot jelly, and Chantilly cream 🎃🍂

Old Key West and Saratoga Springs - Good’s Food to Go and The Artist’s Palette

• Mini Pumpkin: Pumpkin mousse, caramel, dulce crunch, and chocolate décor 🎃🍂

Various Resort Food Courts

• Plant-based Monster Cupcake: Allergy-friendly chocolate cupcake with a ghoulish swirl of vanilla buttercream  🎃🥕🥖🦇

🎃 ‐ New

🧋 - Non-alcoholic

🥖 - Gluten/Wheat-Friendly 

🥕 - Plant-based

🦇 - Available September 6-October 31

⚰️ - Available September 15-October 31

🪦 - Available October 1-31

🍂 ‐ Available September 1-November 30

Haunt Your Home With These Printables From Disney

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Disney has a fun new series of Paper Parks printables to haunt your home. The black and white images are designed to be cut out and colored before turning them into amazing 3-D models. 

Part I includes:

• a miniature version of Disneyland's pumpkin topped gates
• a "Welcome Foolish Mortals" sign
• Haunted Mansion paper chains 
• bat stanchion decorations
• ghostly shadow puppets

Part II is perfect for a Haunted Mansion party:

• a placemat inspired by the gate sign
• phantom five cup sleeve
• napkin rings
• gargoyle place card holders
• Doom Buggy snack box

Part III is a model of the Magic Kingdom's Haunted Mansion complete with:

• entrance gates
• hitchhiking ghosts
• conservatory
• and portrait chamber

Part IV includes more rooms for your Haunted Mansion model, including: 

• Madame Leota's seance room
• ghostly ballroom dancers
• cemetery accessories 
• As well as Hitchhiking Ghosts masks

These printables would be a fun activity for the whole family. Just click on the links to download them from the Disney Parks Blog. You'll have a hauntingly good time.

Going Our Way?

It was so fun to see the Hitchhiking Ghosts from the Haunted Mansion at Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party last year.

Haunted Mansion Wishables Have Arrived In Disney Parks

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The latest batch of Wishables to arrive in Disney Parks are quite a ghostly bunch. In case you don't know, Wishables are a delightful assortment of adorable little stuffies representing characters, mostly from Disney rides. They are available as blind bags with one open edition figure from each set. Previous collections include Pirates of the Caribbean, Toy Story, the Little Mermaid, Nemo, Splash Mountain, Stitch, Mickey, Minnie, and some truly adorable Parks Food. And now there are Haunted Mansion Wishables as well.

The five ghosts in this set include:

• Phineas the traveler
• Gus the prisoner, the one open edition from this set
• Ezra the skeleton
• The Hatbox Ghost
• Constance the bride

These Wishables are available in the Disney Parks and will arrive on shop Disney on August 14. And you can share your Wishable adventures with the hashtags #DisneyParksWishables and #WishablesWednesday. Which one of these Hitchhiking Ghosts will follow you home?

Halloween Treats at Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party

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The Magic Kingdom has an incredible assortment of spooky treats that will be making their way into the park this Halloween. These delightfully frightful desserts and snacks, including several gluten-friendly options, will be available exclusively at Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. The party runs on select nights from August 17 - October 31.

At the Main Street Bakery - Pumpkin Cheesecake: a gluten-friendly treat with vanilla pecan cake, pumpkin cheesecake, caramel glaze, and chocolate Mickey pumpkin

At Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe -

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Hades Nachos: black bean nacho chips with fiery buffalo chicken and your choice of toppings

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Worms & Dirt: another gluten-friendly dessert made with chocolate pudding, cake crumbs, gummy worms, and a chocolate headstone (I tried this one last year and it was delicious!)

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At the Cider House (Golden Oak Outpost) - try the Apple Cider, Warm Caramel-Stuffed Pretzel, and Cinnamon Donuts

At Sleepy Hollow -

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Zero Waffle Sundae: pumpkin waffles, vanilla ice cream, sprinkles, and caramel drizzle

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Jack Skellington Cake Push Pop: layers of chocolate cake, vanilla buttercream, white and dark chocolate pearl, dark chocolate curls, and a white chocolate Jack

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At Liberty Square Market - Madame Leota Dessert: a vanilla tart she'll filled with toasted marshmallow pastry creme, crispy pearls, chocolate, and a hard candy Leota

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At Aloha Isle - Hitchhiking Ghosts Dessert: a cream puff filled with cookies and cream mousse, topped with chocolate ghosts

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At Gaston's Tavern - Oogie Boogie Meringue: a gluten-friendly pomegranate-cherry gelee with gummy worms and a glow-in-the-dark meringue

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And finally, at Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe Muenster Smash Burger: a burger on a black bun with Muenster cheese, tots, and Sriracha aioli 

Disneyland's Frightfully Fun Parade

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This year, Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland has a brand new parade. The "Frightfully Fun Parade" features all of your favorite spooks and Villains.

The parade begins with Zero and the Mayor of Halloweentown, who announces the arrival of Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King. Next up are some Grim Grinning Ghosts: beautiful Ballroom Dancers, spooky Gravediggers, and Hitchhiking Ghosts, trying to follow you home. Dr. Facilier in his bayou Voodoo parlor holds court with his friends from the other side. Maleficent the dragon watches over a dungeon where Hades, Jafar, Cruella de Vil, and the Evil Queen lurk.

The video below is a behind the scenes look at how the Villains float, the largest in the parade, was created. It looks pretty amazing.

And for the first time at Disneyland, the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow will ride through the park just before the parade starts. The Horseman has always been my favorite part of the Disney World "Boo to You Parade", so I'm glad to see he's been added on the west coast as well.

The "Frightfully Fun Parade" can only be seen during Mickey's Halloween Party, a separately ticketed event held on 17 nights between now and Halloween.

Hitchhiking Ghost Makeup Tutorial

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Disney has been sharing a lot of fun makeup tutorials to help everyone get ready early for Halloween. This week's makeup was inspired by the Haunted Mansion's Hitchhiking Ghosts. It's too spooky and adorable.

Indiana Jones POPVinyl

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I'm horribly addicted to POPVinyl figures. They have a tendency to take over the shelves in front of my movie collection, sometimes to the point where you have to remove several before you can get to a particular film. A recent series from Disney may make my collection even bigger.

Disney and Funko, have worked together to create a line of Parks Exclusive POP! figures. The first set in the series featured the Hitchhiking Ghosts as well as the Hatbox Ghost from the Haunted Mansion. The figure released in July was Indiana Jones holding a machete. It was inspired by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The latest figure, which is also part of the POP! Rides series, features Indiana Jones in his rugged troop transport from the Indiana Jones Adventure at Disneyland.

This set will retail for $40. And if past releases are any indication, it will likely sell out immediately.  This figure will only be available from the Disney Parks online store. Starting October 7, visit DisneyStore.com/IndianaFunko to order.

More Disney Dream Portraits from Annie Leibovitz

I love the photos taken by Annie Leibovitz over the past several years for Disney. She does a fantastic job of capturing the spirit of the characters as well as the celebrities that are portraying them. Today, Disney released two new photos and they are fantastic!

The first features Russell Brand as Hook. And I love the caption, "Where every moment leaves you hungry for more." Peter Pan is one of our favorite movies, so I know Bean will get a kick out of this one.

The second photo features three great comedians: Jack Black, Will Ferrell, and Jason Segel. They represent the three Hitchhiking Ghosts from the Haunted Mansion: Phineas, Ezra, and Gus. And the caption is perfect, "Where you can go on the ride of your afterlife." I love this photo, and the expressions on their faces are just hilarious!

Both photos, as well as additional photos that have not yet been released, will be available as part of a special insert in the fall issues of O (Oprah's magazine), GQ, InStyle, Essence, Vanity Fair, Real Simple, and People. I can't wait to see what's next!