"Official" 2017 Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party - Boo to You!

[Jerseylocks]

For anyone who has already attended the MNSSHP do you need to print out the tix or can use the Magic Band to enter the party?
thx

 

[disneyAndi14]

We went last night, used our magic band. It was a great party, not real crowded and so much fun.

 

[disneyAndi14]

We are going for the first time this Friday. We keep hearing the parties have been crowded. What are the wait times for rides like?

thanks

We were at the party on 8/29/17. It was not real crowded and most rides were walk on, 7dmt was 30 minutes. The longest lines were the characters, some of those lines were 2-3 hours long. We had a great night, weather was hot but no rain and we got tons of candy and enjoyed the parade and fireworks!

 

[Neverbeast]

Does anyone know how late the firehouse stays open to hand out SotMK cards on party nights?

 

[disneyAndi14]

On 8/29/17 the 7 dwarves came out at 6:00pm and Jack and Sally came out at 5:00pm. I suggest lining up at 5:00 for 7 dwarves and at 4:00 for Jack, you really can't do both unless you spend the whole party waiting in line, Moana meets at 7:00 and her line was 1-2 hours all evening and this party was not crowded.

 

[ChrisNY2]

For anyone who has already attended the MNSSHP do you need to print out the tix or can use the Magic Band to enter the party?
thx

Magic band is fine, assuming you linked your party tickets to your mydisneyexperience account.

 

[ChrisNY2]

So they pulled the Mystery Pin Boxes last night because of sorting issues from the first party (people were buying many boxes and getting the same pins, they were not packed "randomly"). One manager said they were sent to the vendor to be re-sorted and when they return, we can show proof of party entry and buy them during the day. Since all of these are made in China, we are not quite sure what "return to vendor" means... If the manager was just telling us something, to make us go away, or if they really do expect the mystery pin boxes to return.

Did anyone else hear anything?

I didn't hear that from a cast member, but I was at the Pin Trading event at Epcot last weekend, and heard many complaints about those mystery pin boxes.

 

[cuteandfluffy626]

So, one of costume tees I ordered came in all wrong. Wrong size, terrible print job etc. Now I'm worried about the others I ordered. I feel like I need a backup costume plan.
Would disneybounding the fab five be too common? Any other group disneybounds I should think about?

Hmm so for ideas, some have already been mentioned in previous replies, but here's a few...

• The Original Gang
• Disney Primcesses
• Inside Out
• Aliens from Toy Story
• Toy Story Gang
• The Aristocats
• Peter Pan Gang
• Winnie the Pooh Gang

Why do I say Gang so much?

 

[Tinkerbell8956]

Does anyone know how late the firehouse stays open to hand out SotMK cards on party nights?

I haven't been this year, but last year we tried going at 11:30 and they told us they had just closed. Wouldn't let us get the special card.

 

[MissMaryQC]

Does anybody know what ride wait times were like for last night in comprising to Friday? How was the crowd? What do you guys guess Sep 7 crowd will be?

From what I've seen the party on a Tuesday was much less crowded than the first one. BUT a Friday party, before Labor Day may have some local crowds. I actually have a few buds in Orlando who are attending Friday's party. We're going on the 7th as well. I'd say have a plan but prepare to change it, lol!

So, one of costume tees I ordered came in all wrong. Wrong size, terrible print job etc. Now I'm worried about the others I ordered. I feel like I need a backup costume plan.
Would disneybounding the fab five be too common? Any other group disneybounds I should think about?

LOVE the bounding idea! We did it in 2015 for our party, we were Lock, Shock and Barrell from Nightmare. I like the fab 5 idea, and it'd be executed pretty easily. You could do Peter Pan too! Or Pooh and friends. Or go more generic and be pirates, zombie tourists, fairies. Either way it'll be great, but I'm sorry about your shirts.

 

[dancingtodisney]

Can anyone tell me what time you can start picking up the wristbands inside the park? Is it also 4pm? Thanks!

 

[stickeymouse]

So many questions about party crowds! Do not stress, there will be fewer people in there than on a normal park day. Relax, and have fun!

 

[Cluelyss]

Can anyone tell me what time you can start picking up the wristbands inside the park? Is it also 4pm? Thanks!

Yep!

 

[dancingtodisney]

Yep!

Perfect thank you!

 

[kizmet311]

On 8/29/17 the 7 dwarves came out at 6:00pm and Jack and Sally came out at 5:00pm. I suggest lining up at 5:00 for 7 dwarves and at 4:00 for Jack, you really can't do both unless you spend the whole party waiting in line, Moana meets at 7:00 and her line was 1-2 hours all evening and this party was not crowded.

Moana came out at 6:45 for the first party, but on the 29th she came out at 5:45. We'll see how it goes for the September parties. I'm watchiing this one closely.

 

[missangelalexis]

I have heard mention of a main street bypass, what/where is this?
Thanks

When you enter the park, it is in Town Square on the right near Tony's. It won't be hard to miss, the gates will be open and there will be some signage.

 

[Kindermouse]

To all who are noting down the times characters appear.

If the WDW party is like the DLR party for the first few parties they keep tweeking things so you shouldnt plan your night around the time of something based on the times given for things at the first party. A lot will stay the same sure and having a flexable schedule is good but one of those but her from 6:15-6:37 type schedules it might not work out.

At DLR last year the changed the time of the first parade 2 weeks in . And it was the first year of a new parade so it was a very crowded on main street pretty early to view the parade. I ended up having to cancel a dining reservation I had that night because I wouldnt have been able to get a spot for the parade otherwise now that it was 20 minutes earlier.

maybe focus on the times of things a week before your party only and still be open for changes so that your plan doesnt go sour on you with shifting times.

 

[lindsayjs]

How about the emotions from Inside Out? Or Winnie the Pooh and the gang?

How many people are you going with?

Hmm so for ideas, some have already been mentioned in previous replies, but here's a few...

• The Original Gang
• Disney Primcesses
• Inside Out
• Aliens from Toy Story
• Toy Story Gang
• The Aristocats
• Peter Pan Gang
• Winnie the Pooh Gang

Why do I say Gang so much?

LOVE the bounding idea! We did it in 2015 for our party, we were Lock, Shock and Barrell from Nightmare. I like the fab 5 idea, and it'd be executed pretty easily. You could do Peter Pan too! Or Pooh and friends. Or go more generic and be pirates, zombie tourists, fairies. Either way it'll be great, but I'm sorry about your shirts.

I know I can always count on the brilliant DISers to come up with great ideas!
My yoga pants and t shirts only DD has decided she'd like to wear a dress?!?! So I think I should totally take advantage of this rare opportunity. Her hair is currently blue and I'd do inside out so she could be Sadness or maybe dye it green for Disgust. But then how do I do all the boys in the party's outfits? I should get to googling. She's the only one of my kids that even knows about the trip so she gets to offer all the opinions. She likes the idea of being Daisy Duck too. Decisions, decisions. Now to scour labor day sales and what might work.

 

[MissMaryQC]

I know I can always count on the brilliant DISers to come up with great ideas!
My yoga pants and t shirts only DD has decided she'd like to wear a dress?!?! So I think I should totally take advantage of this rare opportunity. Her hair is currently blue and I'd do inside out so she could be Sadness or maybe dye it green for Disgust. But then how do I do all the boys in the party's outfits? I should get to googling. She's the only one of my kids that even knows about the trip so she gets to offer all the opinions. She likes the idea of being Daisy Duck too. Decisions, decisions. Now to scour labor day sales and what might work.

I really like the Inside out idea. There's a Diser I follow who is doing that one with her fam. of four. She's color coded the outfits; blue sadness, red anger, etc. Even if you buy stuff off color Michael's has great coupons out for clothing dye, which is really easy to use (wear gloves) and then color hair spray for the boys, which you can find at any Party City. Can't wait to see pics!!

 

[camnhan]

So I have been trying to keep up....but have a couple questions. I saw someone mention a 'map of all maps' or something to that extent that might have listed the M&G times/sets/breaks for the characters? Is there such a thing and where would you get it? Also, saw someone mention seeing Mickey during the parade? is he not in the parade in costume? I would love to get pics with some of the other characters that are only out for the party but we are just bringing our youngest who has some special needs and he is NOT one for waiting in lines. I would like to try and get a picture with Mickey if he is dressed up. We are under the 30 day mark, have to get our second off to college, travel to MSU for family weekend and THEN we can finally go on our trip for his 17th birthday.....starting to seriously stress about the entire trip!
Thanks for all the amazing information....I can't wait for our first party! I think there is only us and 2 other DIS'ers that are on the list for our party!!! Hoping that is an indication of the night we will have LOL