Be sure to visit the site on Halloween, and pick-up your treat. A link will be on the splash page, and on the news page (right here). You only have 24 hours to get your goodie, so be sure not to miss it!

Well, despite my initial intentions, my vacation is officially over, not that I didn’t enjoy the break. I found that I just couldn’t stay away for very long.

I’m getting back into the habit of decorating and giving out candy at home this year. I stopped doing for a few years, and I always loved doing it (the neighborhood kids loved it, too), so I’m making a come-back. As a result, I’ve gotten into the Halloween spirit, which has spilled over to a new Haunted Experience design.

To make up for yet another year without the long-promised interactive Haunted Mansion, I’ve carried the haunting theme throughout the site. You’ll find HM icons, HM cursors, and an HM wallpaper. You can even expect an HM-themed Halloween treat.

I’m a little confused about the ‘icns’ icon format for Macs. All of my sources say that is a valid, standard Mac icon format. Yet, the instructions on the Disney Experience say otherwise. The person who submitted the instructions says the files have to be converted with a program. But every Web site that I come across (including the site of the icon program that I use) all say that the ‘icns’ icons that I’ve been designing should work just fine. And, I’ve never had a single complaint about compatibility issues.

So, my question is this: do any of you Mac users (especially OS X) out there have any problems with my icons? Do you really have to convert them before using them? Am I using a bad format, and should switch to either ‘bin’ or ‘rsc’? Let me know of your experiences, and be sure to include which OS you’re using/have used.

Maleficent has taken over the Haunted Experience! She’s transformed it into a wicked and frightful place for the Halloween season, and has greedily taken over the icons, mouse cursor, and wallpaper.

The Haunted Experience is taking a little vacation from the happy haunting grounds of the Haunted Mansion this year. The restless spirits have so much to do; they simply couldn’t finish in time, and they want everything to be dead-on.