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

[Grmnshplvr]

We went to the party on 8/29. Weather was fantastic! No rain. We were bummed to find the wait times for the characters were 2-3 hours even though it was a low attendance party but we didn't let that stop our fun. We got on some rides with 5 minute waits, saw the Hocus Pocus show, Hallowishes and then watched the second parade. By then the park was noticeably less busy. We had a great time. We wouldn't do it again but we don't regret seeing it once.

 

[anricat]

Does one need to have seen the Hocus Pocus movie in order to enjoy the show at the party? We haven't seen it and I'm not sure DD is old enough to see the movie.

 

[sunshine1]

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

if you pay to sign up with Character Locator it lists all the details of the characters at the MNSSHP there.

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Does one need to have seen the Hocus Pocus movie in order to enjoy the show at the party? We haven't seen it and I'm not sure DD is old enough to see the movie.

You will enjoy the show whether you have seen hocus pocus or not, they have Disney charters added in, it's real fun show... Those that know the Hocus Pocus characters will understand some of their lines better but as a whole I would say it's great for all.

 

[Grmnshplvr]

Does one need to have seen the Hocus Pocus movie in order to enjoy the show at the party? We haven't seen it and I'm not sure DD is old enough to see the movie.

Some other villains make an appearance during the show as well.

 

[Disney_Fanatic]

Looks like there is going to be rain/ storms tomorrow evening - I hope the party will go smoothly!!

 

[Aron1012]

This is probably a dumb question, but is the specialty food listed for the party free of charge?? My first thought was no way they give it away (it is Disney after all), but it seems to suggest that with description. This is our first trip to the party and can't wait.

 

[kizmet311]

This is probably a dumb question, but is the specialty food listed for the party free of charge?? My first thought was no way they give it away (it is Disney after all), but it seems to suggest that with description. This is our first trip to the party and can't wait.

It is not free, unfortunately.

 

[Aron1012]

It is not free, unfortunately.

Yeah I thought that seemed way too good to be true.....thanks for clarifying. I'm surprised they don't charge a trick or treating fee to be honest!

We are AP and DVC, but unfortunately picked travel time that successfully missed both discounts for party.

 

[jamdisney]

We went to the 8/29 party. It was beautiful weather, we were really pleased about that. Some thoughts:
*The fireworks and Hocus Pocus shows were great! I was surprised at how many people were still there for the second show but leaving the park was much easier than on a normal night in my experience.
*The parade was OK. I felt it was pretty short. I got to see the headless horseman, though!
*My DD and her husband stood in line for two hours to see Jack Sparrow and then PhotoPass added the picture of the people behind them in line instead of their picture to our account. I'm not sure if that's fixable? She's just glad that they asked someone to take pictures with her cell phone as backup.
*The line at the Haunted Mansion for the magic shots was long until after the second parade. I really wanted that ghost driver shot and I'm glad we kept checking back (DH doesn't do long lines). My focus was to get as many magic shots as I could and I'm pleased to report that we did so with minimal waiting in lines.
*It was a 'low crowd' night but was still more crowded than I expected.
*The best costume we saw was a young guy with a chef's hat on his head. It was lit up and you could see the shadow of Remy in it. Such a great idea!
*We walked on to Buzz Lightyear, It's a Small World, and Journey Under the Sea with no wait. Pirates of the Caribbean had a posted time of 20 minutes early in the night but it took us at least 40 minutes to go through. Later in the night we rode again and the posted 15 minutes was accurate.
*My recommendation is to eat dinner before 7pm if you can, so that you won't miss any of the party activities. We didn't experience any shortages of the special treats. I can say for sure that Sleepy Hollow had the Jack Skellington and pumpkin Mickey waffles with ice cream after 8pm and the Main Street Bakery had the Mickey cinnamon bun after 9pm.
Overall, we had a good time despite it being a very long day for us. We got to the park around noon and got back to our room after 1am.

 

[HHMcG]

TONIGHT IS PARTY NIGHT!!!

I'm back from my trip and catching up on The Dis. I did a quick trip report of just our MNSSHP day. In case anyone is interested. https://www.disboards.com/threads/our-first-mnsshp-august-29-2017.3630786/

 

[missangelalexis]

*My DD and her husband stood in line for two hours to see Jack Sparrow and then PhotoPass added the picture of the people behind them in line instead of their picture to our account. I'm not sure if that's fixable? She's just glad that they asked someone to take pictures with her cell phone as backup.

Fill out the missing photo form, they should be able to find your photo. https://mydisneyphotopass.disney.go.com/help-and-support/lost-media

 

[kizmet311]

I'm back from my trip and catching up on The Dis. I did a quick trip report of just our MNSSHP day. In case anyone is interested. https://www.disboards.com/threads/our-first-mnsshp-august-29-2017.3630786/

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Disfan454]

We went to the 8/29 party. It was beautiful weather, we were really pleased about that. Some thoughts:
*The fireworks and Hocus Pocus shows were great! I was surprised at how many people were still there for the second show but leaving the park was much easier than on a normal night in my experience.
*The parade was OK. I felt it was pretty short. I got to see the headless horseman, though!
*My DD and her husband stood in line for two hours to see Jack Sparrow and then PhotoPass added the picture of the people behind them in line instead of their picture to our account. I'm not sure if that's fixable? She's just glad that they asked someone to take pictures with her cell phone as backup.
*The line at the Haunted Mansion for the magic shots was long until after the second parade. I really wanted that ghost driver shot and I'm glad we kept checking back (DH doesn't do long lines). My focus was to get as many magic shots as I could and I'm pleased to report that we did so with minimal waiting in lines.
*It was a 'low crowd' night but was still more crowded than I expected.
*The best costume we saw was a young guy with a chef's hat on his head. It was lit up and you could see the shadow of Remy in it. Such a great idea!
*We walked on to Buzz Lightyear, It's a Small World, and Journey Under the Sea with no wait. Pirates of the Caribbean had a posted time of 20 minutes early in the night but it took us at least 40 minutes to go through. Later in the night we rode again and the posted 15 minutes was accurate.
*My recommendation is to eat dinner before 7pm if you can, so that you won't miss any of the party activities. We didn't experience any shortages of the special treats. I can say for sure that Sleepy Hollow had the Jack Skellington and pumpkin Mickey waffles with ice cream after 8pm and the Main Street Bakery had the Mickey cinnamon bun after 9pm.
Overall, we had a good time despite it being a very long day for us. We got to the park around noon and got back to our room after 1am.

Thank you for the report. How much are all of the special treats? Or a ballpark for them please?

 

[HHMcG]

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 had not heard this. The CM at Big Top just told me "We didn't get any." They didn't have any on the sheet she showed me. I assumed that included the first party too but maybe I misunderstood. At Frontier Trading Post the CM didn't seem to understand what I was asking for at all.
I'm disappointed to piss out on those pins.

Did anyone say what time they were let in?

Gates opened at 3:48 on 8/29.

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

Wait times were short. Space was 10 min, pirates was a walk on, haunted mansion was a walk on, SDMT was 20-30 minutes later in the evening (posted time/actual time was less) most things were 10 min or less. Viewing for the Hocus Pocus show wasn't difficult without planning.

Just got caught up with the thread and I am surprised to see reports that 8/29 was so low crowd. It didn't feel that way to us but maybe our expectations were wrong.
We must have hit rides at the wrong time. Space was post 20(@10:30), was longer; HM was posted 20 (@7:30), was shorter; we saw SDMT posted at 70 (@8ish) so we skipped it.

Does one need to have seen the Hocus Pocus movie in order to enjoy the show at the party? We haven't seen it and I'm not sure DD is old enough to see the movie.

None of my family has seen Hocus Pocus and we very much enjoyed the show! May have to go watch the movie now.

 

[anricat]

May have to go watch the movie now.

I'm avoiding it because I understand it uses the word "virgin" on more than one occasion. Not sure I'm ready for that talk yet!

 

[wenpop]

The movie was really awesome, and when they say virgin just ask your kids a question and they won't even hear the word... lol...

 

[Lesley Wake]

The best costume we saw was a young guy with a chef's hat on his head. It was lit up and you could see the shadow of Remy in it. Such a great idea!

I've seen those on etsy! So cute! I considered getting one but realized-I really hate hats, so it would probably end up just sitting on a shelf!

 

[jamdisney]

Thank you for the report. How much are all of the special treats? Or a ballpark for them please?

The Jack Skellington was just under $5 and the Mickey waffles with ice cream was $6.50. My DD wasn't with us when she bought the Mickey cinnamon bun, so I don't know how much she paid for that, sorry.

 

[jenhelgren]

The Jack Skellington was just under $5 and the Mickey waffles with ice cream was $6.50. My DD wasn't with us when she bought the Mickey cinnamon bun, so I don't know how much she paid for that, sorry.

The Main St bakery was open past midnight and still had the Mickey Head cinnamon bun and cupcakes left? It is our plan on the way out for snacks