--- title: Hoverboard Aladdin Is Winning Halloween description: Aladdin can be seen riding his magic carpet hoverboard down the street, inside of Walmart and even through the drive-through at McDonald's. canonical: https://time.com/4090410/hoverboard-aladdin-costume/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-28T14:53:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:26:24.020Z og:title: Hoverboard Aladdin Is Winning Halloween og:description: "Over sideways and under on a magic carpet ride" og:url: https://time.com/4090410/hoverboard-aladdin-costume/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hoverboard Aladdin Is Winning Halloween twitter:description: "Over sideways and under on a magic carpet ride" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Hoverboard Aladdin Is the Perfect Halloween Costume > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 28, 2015 2:53 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 28, 2015 2:53 PM UTC “Modern Day Aladdin” is the Halloween costume most people never knew they wanted but now desperately need. In a video posted by Mo Khan on [Vine](https://vine.co/v/eYrl3nI5UZT) and [Instagram](https://instagram.com/p/9XKBZTPniv/), “Aladdin” can be seen riding his magic carpet hoverboard down the street, inside a Walmart and even through the drive-through at McDonald’s. The costume is the perfect combination of the Disney character we know and love, and today’s technology-infused culture. See the full footage of Aladdin’s magical outing in the clip below. 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