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Spooky season is upon us…and we could not be happier!

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Magic Kingdom Halloween

Whether you’re a pumpkin spice person, or more of a glow cube fan, there’s something for you! Want to know ALL the Halloween things going on around Disney World? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Welcome to your ultimate guide to Halloween at Disney World!

2020 HALLOWEEN Guide 🎃

Food and Drinks

Let’s be real…we’re just here for the food and drinks! Okay okay, we’re here for ALL the Disney things, but Halloween food and drinks in Disney World are some of the most creative and delicious things around!

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Pumpkin Spice Sundae

If you’re headed to the parks and you want to make sure you don’t want to miss any of the amazing seasonal snacks, check out all of the offerings you’ll be able to try!

Magic Kingdom

The Pumpkin-spiced Mickey Waffle Sundae is available at Sleepy Hollow Refreshments. The Pumpkin-spiced Mickey waffles are topped with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream, then drizzled with caramel and doused with seasonal sprinkles.

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Pumpkin-spiced Mickey Waffle Sundae sign

Check out our full review of the Pumpkin-spiced Mickey Waffle Sundae here!

Over at Liberty Square Market, you can grab Constance’s For Better or For Worse Wedding Cake which is a Citrus cake with raspberry Bavarian cream, whipped cream flowers…and a chocolate axe!

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Constance’s For Better or For Worse Wedding Cake

Check out our review of Constance’s For Better or For Worse Wedding Cake here!

Looking for a fun float? The Headless Horseman Rides Again is available at Sunshine Tree Terrace. This float features Strawberry Dole Whip with Fanta Strawberry.

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Headless Horseman Rides Again

See the Headless Horseman Ride Again with our review of this new float here!

If you’re more of a milk shake fan, you can head over to Auntie Gravity’s Galactic Goodies for the Pumpkin Spice Milk Shake! This Pumpkin Spice Milk Shake comes topped with whipped cream, caramel drizzle, sprinkles, and a Mickey-shaped marshmallow straw.

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Pumpkin Spice Milk Shake

Did the Pumpkin Spice Milk Shake deliver all of the fall flavors we wanted? Find out here!

Also at Auntie Gravity’s Galactic Goodies, you can find a Pumpkin Spice Soft-serve Sundae topped with whipped cream and sprinkles and drizzled with caramel. YUM.

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Pumpkin Spice Sundae

Click here to check out what we thought about the Pumpkin Spice Sundae!

The Poor Unfortunate Souls is new and improved. This float is now made with cream cheese soft-serve, black raspberry syrup, and Coke and is available at Storybook Treats. And yes, you read that right — cream cheese soft-serve.

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Poor Unfortunate Souls

Click here to check out our thoughts on this treat!

Over at Pinocchio Village Haus we found a JUMBO Not So Poison Apple Cupcake is a spiced apple cupcake with pecan crunch under all that buttercream.

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Not So Poison Apple Cupcake

Click here to see why we LOVE the Not-So-Poison Apple Cupcake! 

Looking for a savory treat? Hades Nachos features black bean nacho chips with buffalo chicken, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, salsa, and jalapeño and cheese. You can find it at Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn & Cafe.

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Hades Nachos

Is Hades really serving up the heat with these nachos? Click here to find out!

The Churros have gotten in on the Halloween fun with some orange and black sugar! And you can even get them in a Mickey Pumpkin or Oogie Boogie Popcorn Bucket at select Popcorn and Snack Carts.

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Black and Orange Churros

Check out the Halloween Churros here! 

At Pecos Bill, you can find Mini Churros with the same orange and black sugar!

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Mini Churros from Pecos Bill with Halloween Sugar

Click here to read all about the Mini Churros!

Pecos Bill is serving up some serious Halloween fun! You can also find the Cinnamon Donut Holes here. But these are no ordinary donuts. They are Ricotta-dropped Mini Doughnuts rolled in Cinnamon Sugar.

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Cinnamon Donut Holes

You can purchase them alone or in a Hitchhiking Ghost Novelty Container.

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Gus Dessert Bucket

Are these a MUST-TRY treat? Click here to find out!

Sometimes there’s nothing better than a good Mickey-shaped Cinnamon Roll. For Halloween, this treat has received a spooky makeover as it is drizzled with orange and white icing! You can find it at the Main Street Bakery.

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Main Street Bakery Cinnamon Roll

Click here to find out more about the Halloween Mickey Cinnamon Roll!

Ready to do the Monster Mash? This Mickey Monster Mash Burger features Meunster cheese, potato barrels, bacon, and sriracha aïoli. You can find it over at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe.

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Mickey Monster Mash Burger, Drink, and Fries from Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe

See our review of the Mickey Monster Mash Burger here!

While this isn’t food, you can eat food IN IT. You can find Phineas, another one of the Hitchhiking Ghosts in this Premium Popcorn Bucket.

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Phineas Popcorn Bucket

Click here to see where we found him!

You can also get another Hitchhiking Ghost in a Novelty Sipper!

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Ezra Sipper

Click here to see where we spotted him!

You can also grab a Madame Leota sipper in Magic Kingdom! She’s come to us from regions beyond.

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Madame Leota Sipper Cup

Click here to read more about her.

Want to grab one with NO LINE! Click here to see where you can purchase her in Magic Kingdom!

We’ve also spotted some spooktacular Halloween Popcorn buckets around Disney World. This Halloween Popcorn Bucket is one, in particular, we spotted in Magic Kingdom and in Disney’s Animal Kingdom and EPCOT as well.

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2019 and 2020 Halloween Popcorn Bucket

Click here to get a better look at this Halloween Refillable Popcorn Bucket!

If you love The Nightmare Before Christmas, you’ll LOVE these Oogie Boogie Light-Up Dice Novelty Cubes! We’ve found them at several places throughout Magic Kingdom.

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Oogie Boogie Light-Up Dice In Fountain Drink At Disney World

Click here to check out the Oogie Boogie Novelty Cubes!

We were POPPING for joy when we spotted the Mickey Pumpkin Premium Popcorn Bucket back in the park.

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Mickey Mouse Pumpkin Balloon Popcorn Bucket

See where you can get one of these Mickey Buckets!

But, Oogie Boogie is not to be left behind! We spotted the Oogie Boogie Premium Popcorn Bucket in Magic Kingdom as well and we just had to roll the dice and get one for ourselves! You can also find the Oogie Boogie Premium Popcorn Bucket in EPCOT at the Canada Popcorn Cart and Fife & Drum Tavern.

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Oogie Boogie Popcorn Bucket

Take a look at the Oogie Boogie Premium Popcorn by clicking here!

What’s this? We can’t believe our eyes! It’s the Jack Skellington Souvenir Sipper!

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Jack Skellington Sipper

Check out where you can get this sipper in Magic Kingdom!

Now, back to edible goodies! Over at select popcorn carts in Magic Kingdom we’ve also found some Halloween Cotton Candy featuring Grape and Tangerine flavors!

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Halloween Cotton Candy

Click here to see what we thought of this sweet treat!

EPCOT

Over at EPCOT, we’ll be getting lots of specialty snacks on Halloween only!

There will be a Halloween Cupcake (Available on Halloween Day Only at Sunshine Seasons) with your choice of a vanilla or chocolate cupcake with buttercream and a Mickey Pumpkin garnish.

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On Halloween day, you’ll also find:

  • Nemo & Squirt’s Noggin Concoction which is a Chocolate brownie stuffed with a chocolate chip cookie topped with white chocolate-covered pretzels and a Mickey Pumpkin Garnish;
  • Halloween Sugar Cookie which is a Sugar cookie topped with Halloween Sprinkles; and
  • Liquid Nitro Cake Pop which is a liquid nitro chocolate cake pop with Halloween sprinkles
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Liquid Nitro Chocolate Cake Pop with Crushed Twix

To find out where you’ll find these snacks — click here!

But, aside from those Halloween day only treats, there are some other spooky snacks you’ll find around EPCOT right now! First, EPCOT is where you can find the Green Cauldron Premium Popcorn Bucket.

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Green Cauldron Popcorn

Click here to see where we found the Green Cauldron Popcorn Bucket!

We’ve also had some pumpkin-spiced things that aren’t necessarily Halloween themed exactly, but are definitely part of the fall fun — like the Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream Mac-Tini at L’Artisan des Glaces in EPCOT’s France pavilion. This is a Martini featuring one scoop of Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream, a Pumpkin Spice Macaron, and a shot of Spiced Rum, topped with a Caramel Drizzle!

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Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream Mac-Tini

Click here to check out our review of the Mac-Tini!

Also at L’Artisan des Glaces, we found a Pumpkin Spice Macaron Ice Cream Sandwich.

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Pumpkin Spice Macaron from L’Artisan des Glaces

Click here to check it out!

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

We went on a WILD adventure with these Halloween treats in Disney’s Animal Kingdom!

First, there’s the Scar Cupcake is a red velvet cupcake filled with toasted marshmallow and topped with chocolate marshmallow frosting, chocolate krispies, white chocolate flames with green coloring, and a SCAR made of edible icing!

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Scar Cupcake

Be Prepared! Click here to see our review of the Scar Cupcake!

Over at Isle of Java and Flame Tree Barbecue, you can find a non-alcoholic Poison Apple Punch which features a combination of Sprite and Monin Apple Syrup. Oh, and you can also get ALL the Poison Apple Glow Cubes too!

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Spooky Apple Punch

Check out our review of the Poison Apple Punch here!

Also at Flame Tree Barbecue, you can order a Rotten Apple made with Angry Orchard Hard Cider and Fireball Whisky.

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Rotten Apple

Check out our thoughts on the Rotten Apple here!

Got to get some popcorn? Get it with a Purple Cauldron Premium Popcorn Bucket for an extra spooky snack experience!

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Purple Cauldron Halloween Popcorn Bucket

Check out where we spotted the Purple Cauldron Bucket here!

If you want to make your drinking experience a little more spooky — check out this Tire Pumpkin Novelty StrawWe’ve spotted this in Animal Kingdom and EPCOT as well!

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Tire Tread Jack-o-lantern Straw

Click here to see where we spotted this item in Disney’s Animal Kingdom!

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Over at Hollywood Studios, we spotted the Poison Candied Apple which is actually an apple and caramel mousse covered in a red glaze with a crunchy candy base. You can get this one at The Trolley Car Cafe.

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Poison Candied Apple at Hollywood Studios

Did we fall under this treat’s spell? Check out our review here!

Looking for more apple treats? You can get some Frozen Apple Cider on its own or spiked with Crown Royal Regal Appleat Rosie’s All-American Café, Backlot Express, and PizzeRizzo.

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Frozen Apple Cider

Check out our thoughts on this drink here!

After all that apple, we need some pumpkin in our lives! You can try the Pumpkin Cheesecake Cannoli which is Pumpkin Cheesecake mixed with Hazelnut Praline Crunch in a Cannoli Shell over at PizzeRizzo.

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Pumpkin Cheesecake Cannoli

See what we thought of the Pumpkin Cheesecake Cannoli here!

Over at Rosie’s All-American Cafe, you can treat yourself to more pumpkin with the Pumpkin Tiramisu.

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Pumpkin Bread Tiramisu

Is this pumpkin treat a must-get? Click here to check out our review!

Sick of pumpkin? Want some chocolate? Check out the Box of Bones Chocolate Eclair available at Backlot Express. This is a chocolate eclair with dark chocolate mousse and white chocolate bones.

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Box of Bones Eclair

See what we thought of this dessert here!

Orange you glad it’s Halloween? You can grab an ORANGE version of the Cauldron Premium Popcorn Bucket at Anaheim Produce and select popcorn carts in the park!

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Orange Cauldron Popcorn Bucket

Click here to get a closer look at this popcorn bucket!

We also spotted the Tire Pumpkin Straw here at Rosie’s All-American Café, Backlot ExpressPizzeRizzo, and Anaheim Produce)

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Tire Tread Jack-o-lantern Straw

Disney Resorts

Disney’s Pop Century Resort

Over at Disney’s Pop Century Resort, you can find Pop’s Potion at Petals Pool Bar in Pop Century Resort which features coconut rum, Midori, pineapple juice, orange juice, Sprite, and Blue Curacao.

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Pop’s Potion

Click here to check out our review of  Pop’s Potion!

Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort

At Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, we found another spooky drink — the Poisoned Apple Drink — which is made of Svedka Vodka, Midori Melon Liqueur, Blue Curacao, and Pineapple Juice.

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Poisoned Apple

Click here to see what we thought of this drink!

Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

Just recently, we spotted some non-alcoholic Halloween drinks available on mobile order at Gasparilla Island Grill in Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa.

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Screenshot from My Disney Experience Mobile Order Menu for Gasparilla Island Grill

Click here to read all about these drinks!

At Grand Floridian Cafe, we also spotted some Poison Apple glow cubes, the Pumpkin Tire straw, and the Oogie Boogie Glow Dice.

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Glow Cubes at Grand Floridian Cafe

Click here to see more about them!

Disney’s Contemporary Resort

We also shared that some Halloween drinks were coming to The Wave…of American Flavors at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, and we just got the chance to try them earlier this week.

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Harvest Punch and Witch’s Brew

Click here to read our review of the spooky drinks we tried!

Disney Springs

Some special treats were also set to come to Disney Springs today, and we stopped by today to sample some of them!

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Black Flame Candle Cake from Amorette’s Patisserie at Disney Springs

Click here to check out our review of the Halloween Candle Petit Cake from Amorette’s Patisserie!

We also got to try the Pumpkin Pie Gelato Shake at D-Luxe Burger in Disney Springs.

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Pumpkin Pie Gelato Shake

Click here to check out our review of this item!

Looking for a cheat-cheat? Check out our Halloween Snack Checklist. Our printable checklist breaks down the seasonal treats at each of the four theme parks: Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom. With this checklist in hand, you’ll be able to keep everything organized and make sure that you don’t miss any of your favorites.

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Headless Horseman Rides Again

Headless Horsemen Rides Again float? Check! Cinnamon Donuts? Check! Black and Orange Churros? Double-check (because you’re totally getting 2 churros, right?).

Click here to print out the DFB Exclusive 2020 Halloween Snack Checklist!

We’re still munching our way through Disney World so be sure to check back with us often to see what new snacks we’ve been able to try! 

Decorations

If you’re looking for some decoration inspiration (we WISH our homes could look as cute as Disney World at Halloween) then you’ll LOVE all of the fall and Halloween decor that’s made it’s way to Disney World.

We spotted some of it early on in Magic Kingdom, and some of it even started popping up earlier this week in pieces — but as of yesterday, the iconic Mickey Jack-O’-Lanterns are UP in Magic Kingdom (truly, we got a bit teary-eyed seeing it all).

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Halloween at Magic Kingdom

Click here to check out the Mickey Jack-O’-lanterns that are up in Magic Kingdom right now!

Over at Disney Springs, we got a glimpse of the fall decorations today, but a fan-favorite piece was missing!

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Fall Decorations at Disney Springs

Click here to check out the decorations at Disney Springs and what piece of decor wasn’t up!

We’ve also spotted some smaller fall decorations over in hotels like Fort Wilderness.

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Meadow Trading Post

We’re always on the lookout for more Halloween decorations, so come back for all the latest updates!

Entertainment

Let’s rip this one off like a bandaid — Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party has in fact been canceled for this year.

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Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party

To read our post about that — you can click here.

Over on the entertainment front, we may or may not have cried when we heard the Boo-To-You soundtrack play as some of our favorite characters strolled down Main Street, U.S.A. in their Halloween costumes in the new Halloween cavalcades.

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Mickey’s Happy Halloween Cavalcade

There is a Nightmare Before Christmas cavalcade, one featuring Mickey and friends, and another with some of your favorite Disney Villains.

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Disney Villains Cavalcade

Pooh and his friends also made their way down Main Street in the trolley looking spookier and cuter than ever! And, we spotted characters on the train station and Chip ‘n’ Dale in costume in Frontierland!

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Pooh in Costume in Disney World

To see photos and videos of ALL the Halloween cavalcades — click here!

Soon, we’ll also be able to see the Dapper Dans, as their alter egos the Cadaver Dans, performing in Disney World.

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Cadaver Dans!

Click here to read all about the Dapper Dans’ upcoming return to Disney World!

Some of the Cast Members are even in on the entertainment in Magic Kingdom.

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Magic Kingdom Cast Members in Costume

Click here to check out our post all about these Cast Member costumes!

Themed PhotoPass photos are also being offered during this spooky time, so be on the lookout for that!

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Pluto and a PhotoPass Photographer

If you want to join your Disney friends with costumes of your own, you’ll be able to dress up in the park this year! For the first time, guests of all ages will be able to wear Halloween costumes during Magic Kingdom’s regular operating hours.

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Rey Costume

To read more about wearing costumes during Halloween in Disney World this fall — click here!

Merchandise

Over on the merchandise front, it would be nearly IMPOSSIBLE for us to share ALL of the Halloween merchandise we’ve spotted in Disney World and online in one spot! But, here are a few of them:

Halloween face masks are now available around Disney World in some seriously adorable designs! We spotted them in Disney World but also online!

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Halloween face masks

Click here to check these out!

Yesterday we found some spooktacular pins featuring Max and Roxanne from A Goofy Movie; Huey, Dewey, and Louie; the CUTEST Pooh and Piglet we’ve like ever seen (!!), and more! Is that Orange Bird as a pumpkin? Oh man — our wallets are in serious danger.

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Halloween Pins

Check out all of these pins here!

We also found some insanely cool Halloween decor recently. Like, did you know you can buy a Poison Apple Statuette? This is the stuff Halloween dreams are MADE of!

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Poison Apple Statuette

Check out this awesome piece of decor here!

If you’re more of a Pandora charms person, then you’ll LOVE the new Mickey Pumpkin Halloween Charm.

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Mickey Pumpkin Halloween Charm

Click here to read more about where you can find this!

We’ve also spotted Halloween goodies like jack-o’-lantern soap in Basin, Halloween pins in EPCOT, a Disney Halloween Harveys collection, TONS of Halloween items available online, and SO MUCH MORE!

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Soaps at BASIN

WOW. That was a LOT of Halloween. And it’s only SEPTEMBER! The Halloween fun is truly just getting started, so be sure to come back to DFB for ALL the Halloween updates!

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