Will Dr. Facillier be confined to the exclusive event then? I was really hoping my son would have a chance to meet him, but the $350 cost for the event seems a bit steep in addition to the party tickets we've already purchased.
Good question! Seeing that the Parks Bog has not yet done a piece about this Mystical Spirits/Blue Bayou event, and all we have to go on is what popped up on the
Disneyland Resort website, it's anyone guess about Dr. Facilier. I really hope that he is not exclusive to that event, but seeing how Disney has been handling other things -- making the characters in Halloween attire exclusive to MHP, for example -- I would have to guess that he will probably be exclusive to the Blue Bayou event. They have to throw something in there (in addition to Halloween Screams viewing) to make the price worthwhile.
I booked it... Can't believe I booked it, but I booked the BB special dinner... we are doing two parties and I talked to dd and explained that it would mean less park time but we would get good seats for HS for sure. We were doing dinner at BB another night so I just swapped things around so we would only have the one BB dinner. I am getting pretty excited. Have all our sit down meals booked. Have tentative park hours... A lot of 7 am EEs... And only 50 more days to wait!
Cool! Let us know how the whole thing goes when you get back (although, hopefully, we will begin to read reviews before you go).
Well I guess I should start preparing myself for busier crowds than were used to. Hopefully I'll find it to be less busy than I'm expecting.
I have a question about costumes, my son really wants to go to on of the parties as a storm trooper, but I know they have strict guidelines regarding masks. Do you know if the storm trooper mask will be allowed?
Edited to fix spelling
I think that the mask should be allowed if his eyes are visible. From the guidelines:
•Guests may wear masks. However, masks must not obstruct vision, and eyes must be visible at all times.
•Guests that dress like Disney Characters may not pose for pictures or sign autographs for other Guests.
Will his eyes be visible? I know that the Storm Troopers generally don't show their eyes!
I doubt it will be New Year's Eve-level busy, of course, but with all of those things going on at once (as well as CHOC Walk on 10/11, Columbus Day on 10/12 and various other school breaks and things), I expect it to be pretty busy.
A $150 hard ticket event inside of a hard ticket event is absolutely ridiculous.
And I totally just booked it.
Here's why.
A) I've done the party. Lots. I'm good. Plus there's no calvacade to worry about this year and I've seen paint the night 3 times. B) I've always missed the cadaver dans no matter how hard I try to catch them (they'll be performing during the event according to the booking page) c) I've always had a lousy view of Halloween screams. d) wdw's up sell event looked pretty cool. E) I'm a sucker for an exclusive gift no matter how lame it usually turns out to be.
It just hit all the right little buttons for me. It's still ridiculous though. But doing ridiculous overpriced things comes with the park fan territory I guess.
True. I mean, the whole Disney experience is not inexpensive in and of itself. Many people across the planet don't think it is worth it, and many of us think it is. And then, beyond the basic price, any extra costs are up for debate as to whether or not they are worth it. It just boils down to the fact that some people will have the money or not have the money, and some people will think it's worth it and some will not (even if they have the money). There's nothing wrong with either opinion or either way of thinking.
By the way, did you get all of your other Halloween activities booked and lined up for your special Halloween-themed trip (Universal, Knott's, Queen Mary, L.A. Haunted Hayride)??
These premium events kind of remind me of those experiences you could only otherwise win in a contest, like the family who got to have dinner and spend a night in the Haunted Mansion a year or two ago or the VIP character experiences offered up as prizes in the Diamond Days sweepstakes, which people always wish they could buy if only there were a price. Well now you can. Complain about the price if you want, but if it was cheap then just about everyone would jump on it and you'd complain that there's not enough space to accommodate everybody.
Yes -- they do seem very reminiscent of contest wins or Diamond Days prizes. In fact, I think that there have been 2 different 'spend a night in the Haunted Mansion' contests in the last 6 or 7 years -- haven't there been?
I should point out that just because something is cheap (if it were cheap) or even free does not mean that everyone would jump on it. You have no idea how many of the Diamond Days weekly prizes I have not entered to win, because they didn't appeal to me. Different strokes for different folks. The Blue Bayou thing honestly is not that interesting to me on a whole (meaning interesting enough for me to want to do it), even if it were $100 cheaper than it is. The Jungle Cruise thing is only a bit more interesting to me to begin with, and certainly much less so for $300.
The BB thing sounds like a much better deal to me... Unless you have always wanted to be a skipper on one of those boats, then you may disagree... But the meal alone is worth $50 pp at BB, plus entertainment, plus the HS seating.... Compared to what I used to pay for dessert seating for F! $150 pp isn't outrageous. Another thought I had, if PTN starts at 8:50 and they are escorting us to our seats at 9 pm, it is possible we will be in the HS seating as PTN goes by, they would have to pre-cordon off that area...
$150 doesn't sound that bad to me -- if the MHP prices were not higher than I thought they should be too. The two events combined make for a very expensive evening that doesn't even count the regular cost to get into the park on a non-MHP day. But it's subjective -- as I mentioned above, people will either think it's worth it or not, and they will either pay it or not. To some, this Blue Bayou experience will be a great deal and a fantastic time! I can't wait to hear about it from the people who do it!
So, if we're doing BB during the party should I switch my Fantasmic dinner to RBT or eat at BB twice? It looks like the menu will be different enough if we did go twice...
Personally, I would switch the Fantasmic dinner to RBT so that I had one experience at RBT, and one experience at BB. But, that's just me -- you may want more than one BB experience, especially if the menu is a bit different.
. When my DD got home from school, I told her about this option. Even with the high price tag (there went $600!) and the fact that it takes so much Halloween Party time, she still said she realllllllly wanted to do it. She's done the party before, so she said there would still be plenty of trick or treat time, which is the high point for the party for her. We're going 10/7, so I could report back, but I think there will be plenty of people before me to do so.
, i'll be raring to go...not, doesn't take me long to adapt to the time zone difference lol
