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

[monique5]

How much is a one day MM? We will also be at the party that friday...

$59. See Post #1, Magic Shots.

 

[lindsayjs]

Never fear I have your rainy costume needs handled!
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Twister-Hooded-Rain-Poncho/48963933

 

[FoxC63]

The party itself is only 5 hours long though - 7pm to 12am. Until 7 pm all the day guests are in the park as well.

If that's how you want to look at it but here's the thing, top Characters are out starting at 5:45, food and merchandise can be purchased before 7pm, SotMK card can be picked up at 4pm are these not part of the party? It's an 8 hour event not 5.

 

[Disfan454]

Anyone else here going to the 10/17 party? I am super excited as this is our first Disney parks party. We are not planning anything. We are just going and will probably try to do rides early while everyone is in line for stuff. Then towards the end of the night, get pics and trick or treat. My kids will be 12 and 10 at the time so they are more into rides and candy then anything else. Looking forward to the parade and Hocus Pocus show the most.

 

[Bex258]

@Bex258 I like simple clean designs and I know you could make these. You're very talented.

Haha thank you but I'm a bit behind on projects had a few birthdays before I go away and a few other projects to complete so I doubt I'll have time for this one.

 

[Kindermouse]

That sentence I put in bold is presented as fact, but no one knows that to be true.
Sorry you didn't have fun at your party. We were at a sold out party in 2014 and found it to be really fun and while it was crowded in the areas of people waiting for a parade, etc. the rest of the park was amazing!

I feel the same. Our first party was eight years ago in Disneyland and it was obviously less crowded than the party we went to there last year which was sold however I still really enjoyed it and my perspective was that it was only crowded in the bottle neck areas and at the first parade and fireworks but otherwise totally managable and fun. Other people that I knew were at the same party and they went on and on about how horribly crowded is was and how they didn't enjoy it. Same party-2 different opinions.

Personally I think that they would have enjoyed it and found it to be not too crowded at all if they had followed my plan. It's a simple plan and it goes like this-see crowded area/long line, determine the wait to be long or the area to be less than enjoyable, turn around and walk away until you find a short line or uncrowded area, enjoy it, check on the former area/line during the last parade or show time, enjoy! This will make for a fun time and should work on everything but the longest wait characters-which I don't do anyway.

 

[MissMaryQC]

Your magic bands are enough, assuming they are linked to the same MDX profiles as your party tickets.

There was a previous post with regard to a guest having issue using their ticket on the MB. I'm curious, if the worry wart in me wanted to get a hard ticket, instead of using just the band (even though it's expected to work just fine) could that be done onsite? My party tickets are linked but we've had multiple IT issues on our reservation. Thanks for your insight; you're a trusted DISer.

 

[Farro]

I feel the same. Our first party was eight years ago in Disneyland and it was obviously less crowded than the party we went to there last year which was sold however I still really enjoyed it and my perspective was that it was only crowded in the bottle neck areas and at the first parade and fireworks but otherwise totally managable and fun. Other people that I knew were at the same party and they went on and on about how horribly crowded is was and how they didn't enjoy it. Same party-2 different opinions.

Personally I think that they would have enjoyed it and found it to be not too crowded at all if they had followed my plan. It's a simple plan and it goes like this-see crowded area/long line, determine the wait to be long or the area to be less than enjoyable, turn around and walk away until you find a short line or uncrowded area, enjoy it, check on the former area/line during the last parade or show time, enjoy! This will make for a fun time and should work on everything but the longest wait characters-which I don't do anyway.

Yeah, it's crowded in the parade and fireworks area! Of course it is, it always is. The wait times for characters has always been long, as long as I've been reading about parties.

As long as I can watch the parade and rides the rides, I'm gold. And with the wait times for rides being reported for the parties this year, sounds like it's going to work out just fine!

Some people will still find value in the party, some won't. Everyone just needs to decide for themselves.

 

[Farro]

There was a previous post with regard to a guest having issue using their ticket on the MB. I'm curious, if the worry wart in me wanted to get a hard ticket, instead of using just the band (even though it's expected to work just fine) could that be done onsite? My party tickets are linked but we've had multiple IT issues on our reservation. Thanks for your insight; you're a trusted DISer.

We just printed the paper tickets and will have those just in case the magic bands don't work. But they worked for us last time.

 

[JacknSally]

Where did you read this, can you post a link. Thanks!

It was in Kenny the Pirate's Facebook Group, from a thread during the first party night. I'll see if I can find the comment again, but it came from Kenny while he was at the party.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

If that's how you want to look at it but here's the thing, top Characters are out starting at 5:45, food and merchandise can be purchased before 7pm, SotMK card can be picked up at 4pm are these not part of the party? It's an 8 hour event not 5.

That's not from Disney published info and could be changed in a day with no leg to stand on by party goers as published party time is 7PM. No real reason to argue what the official party start time is as it's on the website as 7PM.

 

[FoxC63]

I attended the 8/25 party and can I just say, if that was the party to have the least attendance, then those of you with tickets for Sept, and especially Oct...I feel for you. The place was PACKED on 8/25. We didn't get any candy because we refused to stand in a line for 15 minutes just to get candy. We got no pictures with the characters, because again, the party is only 5 hours long,,,we would have been in lines all night getting pictures. the bridge to Tomorrowland was wall-wal people.

We went to a MNSSHP back in the early 2000's. 2004? It was SWEET! Walked on every ride, walked up to every character and got a picture, and walked up to every candy station and got candy. In any given area it would be us with maybe 15 other families in that area. The park felt empty. Disney sold this event as limited admission and that was what it was. They went up on the price over the years and they also went up on the maximum number of tickets to be sold.

I was told that the party on 8/25 was not sold out. If that was truly the case, I would hate to be at a sold out party.

That's not from Disney published info and could be changed in a day with no leg to stand on by party goers as published party time is 7PM. No real reason to argue what the official party start time is as it's on the website as 7PM.

The original poster stated they could not do this, that and the other due to lines that they didn't want to wait in. OP also stated that the party, their party was 5 hours long. It wasn't, it was 8 hours long that night. Disney didn't pull the rug from under them.

In the following days, weeks, months sure Disney can change how they run the party, but I doubt it. They tried this years ago and it was an epic fail. No one's arguing here, you have your point of view and I have mine. Purely conversing.

 

[garthbarth1]

Tonight is our party night! Finishing a great dinner now at Skipper's. Weather looks ominous, but we are ready! I'll try to post later. If you're at the party, say hi, we're in Haunted Mansion costumes.

Would love to see costume pics!

 

[garthbarth1]

Oh wow. I think I will just use my card for entry into the party. This is the first year in a while I haven't had an AP so this makes me nervous.



We haven't done it yet, but this is our plan for this year. I've done it for the Christmas party in the past and essentially just followed the parade out to secure my spot for fireworks.

If you are entering on only a party ticket can you make FP for the 4-7 window still? How does that work?

 

[sheila14]

Anyone else here going to the 10/17 party? I am super excited as this is our first Disney parks party. We are not planning anything. We are just going and will probably try to do rides early while everyone is in line for stuff. Then towards the end of the night, get pics and trick or treat. My kids will be 12 and 10 at the time so they are more into rides and candy then anything else. Looking forward to the parade and Hocus Pocus show the most.

I will be there and hoping to find someone from the disboards to wait in line with for Jack n Sally

 

[mamapenguin]

Do you know if they can change the tickets at your resort concierge window?

I don't know, but I would ask.

 

[PolyRob]

I attended the 8/25 party and can I just say, if that was the party to have the least attendance, then those of you with tickets for Sept, and especially Oct...I feel for you. The place was PACKED on 8/25. We didn't get any candy because we refused to stand in a line for 15 minutes just to get candy. We got no pictures with the characters, because again, the party is only 5 hours long,,,we would have been in lines all night getting pictures. the bridge to Tomorrowland was wall-wal people.

We went to a MNSSHP back in the early 2000's. 2004? It was SWEET! Walked on every ride, walked up to every character and got a picture, and walked up to every candy station and got candy. In any given area it would be us with maybe 15 other families in that area. The park felt empty. Disney sold this event as limited admission and that was what it was. They went up on the price over the years and they also went up on the maximum number of tickets to be sold.

I was told that the party on 8/25 was not sold out. If that was truly the case, I would hate to be at a sold out party.

I have to say, last year I went to MNSSHP (sold out, 10/30) and MVMCP (12/9) and the sold out Halloween party seemed less crowded to me.

I was with my friends and we took it easy with little to no planning and entered at 6pm. We got pictures with the Dwarfs, Buzz, Lotso, and Aladdin and Abu. We did every special magic shot, saw Hallowishes front and center and the second Boo-To-You parade on Main Street. I also personally collected 10lbs of candy (I used my luggage scale when packing to go home). The lines seemed to constantly move! Much easier than the holiday treats at MVMCP. We only rode Haunted Mansion, but we were not there for the rides!

This year I am going with my family and plan on structuring it a bit more. I am hopeful we will get everything accomplished on a Tuesday!

 

[stickeymouse]

As others have said, crowds during parties behave differently than crowds on a normal park day. The party crowds tend to gather in areas where they are more noticeable, such as public walkways, "exclusive" events such as candy/cookie lines and character greetings, and on main street. Therefore, it's easy to conclude (although often mistakenly) that the park is crowded on a party night. On a normal park day, crowds are more dispersed in the line for Space Mountain, 7DMT, etc., in addition to the common areas, restaurants, and shops. I think people would be surprised if they saw the difference in attendance numbers between a party night and a normal park day.

 

[AladdinJay]

Does anyone know if they are doing Philharmagic as normal on Halloween party dates? I saw on a blog last year that they were showing The Legend of Sleepy Hollow instead on party nights but that is the only reference to it I have ever seen. Just curious since it may affect our plans!

 

[alisonslp]

If you are entering on only a party ticket can you make FP for the 4-7 window still? How does that work?

As long as the ticket is linked to an MDE account, you would make the FP choices through that.

Does anyone know if they are doing Philharmagic as normal on Halloween party dates? I saw on a blog last year that they were showing The Legend of Sleepy Hollow instead on party nights but that is the only reference to it I have ever seen. Just curious since it may affect our plans!

Someone who posted a video showed that the theatre was showing old movies/cartoons