I was there last night. This is our 13th year of
MNSSHP. The first 10 years we did 2 parties each year, the last two and this year are 1. I keep saying no more, I said it last night, but am sure DS will beg to go and I'll go. I do think I'll go the end of October like I did two years ago and felt it was a better experience even though it cost me more.
Anyone know why Hall of Presidents and Monsters Inc Laugh Floor are closed for MNSSHP ?
What time will they be open until on a party day, 6:00 PM ?
Monsters Inc is a candy trail, I imagine most show style attractions like Presidents are not popular and just close.
I believe they are trick or treat trails.
One for sure. I did that one.
I have heard from a friend currently at the party via text, she was able to pick up the Oogie Boogie PC bucket at 5:41 at the hub location ONLY. Also saw this on #MNSSHP
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There is thunder.
Now where exactly is the hub popcorn stand? I am drawing a blank!
They were at multiple places. That location had super long line but you could go elsewhere. We got ours in Storybook Circus in front of Dumbo.
go to guest services now!
I see no reason for Disney to refund when most of what is part of the party happened. Parades, Fireworks, Hocus Pocus Show, Trick or Treat, Character Meets - even saw the Headless Horseman. They provided the party elements that were the main part of the ticket. There will always be folks disappointed, I would say not my favorite year for this event, but there was no cancellation of the main parts of the event.
In terms of weather ........... it's Florida during hurricane season, it's going to rain, be ready. One party in all I went to did they openly refund because it was torrential for hours, they CANCELLED parades, shows, characters .... so much of the experience did not happen.
UPDATE: My friend met Jack & Sally and waited 3.5 hours!
We waited 3 hours the first year. It was worth it to us, we did it once and won't again.
Are they both closed permanently? Looking at the app, they both say "Temporarily Closed". A ride can go down for a number of reasons including mechanical failure, a safety sensor being triggered, or a guest doing something on the ride they shouldn't whether intentional or not. I've read that the latter happens more often that you'd think. I remember being on Magic Carpets of Aladdin and a kid stood up on the ride and it instantly shut down. The CM told us we could be the first to ride it once they got it going again, but we didn't want to wait. But I agree that if two of their three featured attractions are down for the night, I completely understand if someone wanted to pay a visit to guest services.
Just as I was about to post this, it looks like Space Mtn is back up and running.
Pirates they said they were having technical issues and it came back up later. The plus is when Pirates opened everyone got in line and Jack Sparrow had NO line.
When did it rain tonight? We got back from Epcot a little while ago didn’t see one drop of rain sorry to hear the party wasn’t great tonight I’ve got tickets for next Tuesday and May go onother night or two before we leave hopefully it was just a fluke and they got everything together quickly
We had rain about 3 times all the first half of the evening. But not enough for us to put on our ponchos and my DS is a poncho on or freak out kind of guy. He was fine, so I know it wasn't bad.
If I bought tickets on Friday for a Sunday party, would I still get the AP discount or is that too close to the party?
I bought my tickets Saturday for Tuesday and got discount. I don't think there is any time limit, just using the link.
Anyone else having issues getting there Photopass pictures?
I have no access to mine or any from today either .... just Mickey saying some kind of construction. They better show up!
UPDATED: My character shots showed up but none of my magical shots.
I ran in to someone at Epcot Thursday I had been in line with for a character and she said same for her, no magical shots.
The common thing I keep hearing with trip reports is that the party is getting more and more crowded and people are complaining that they sale too many tickets.
Would everyone be more happy if they raised the prices and allowed less people in? If you wanted to attend the parties and they were all sold out then would you feel that they should have sold more tickets to accommodate more guest? I just wonder with Disney as a business how they can win in this situation. Sale to many tickets and its over crowded. Sale to few of tickets and people get upset that it sold out. On top of that a business see a spike in demand so they add more parties and sale more tickets. I believe that's what most business owners would do in that situation. If people didn't go then they wouldn't keep expanding it.
Personally I am going on Oct 16 and I like many hope to get my money's worth. That being said that if it is too crowded to where I don't believe my money is well spent then I will simply not go again but I am also not someone who would stand in line over 10 minutes to get a photo with a character and I don't plan on waiting an hour to get a place to watch the parade or fireworks. I will do as much as time allows and I will see the parade and fireworks from somewhere in the park. I just want to have a good time and see the different costumes that people wear and go on some rides and grab some candy for my Grandson. Everything else is just a bonus to me. I have been going to
Disneyland's Halloween Parties for years and find them far superior to WDW and you will find Space Mountain with an hour and half wait sometimes even longer.
I hope everyone who still has there parties coming up have a great time and to those who are posting their experiences of the parties thank you very much at helping us all plan our own evenings. Much appreciated.
They have raised the prices plenty and each year am sure they raise the number of tickets sold. I used to get my AP discounted tickets for about $48 .... I think it was $70 this year. Honestly it was more crowded at the party than it was this afternoon at the park on a beautiful day.
Disney is clearly selling more tickets than it used to for the parties, though they'll never admit it. We did the party on Friday, 9/7, and it was pretty full compared to the crowd levels across WDW that week. The parks were generally low crowds in my opinion, but the party certainly wasn't. It wasn't as bad as the one we did on Halloween night a few years back, but it was much busier than expected. It may be the last one we do for awhile - we did have fun, to be sure, but it didn't feel like an "exclusive" event until after Hallowishes ended and most of the crowd left.
YUP on the ticket part, but we found there were still long lines after Hallowishes. Our only break came during the fireworks when character lines dropped. The second parade was 5 deep at the curb where we were in hub and there were LOTS standing back a few feet leaning on fences etc.
The last few years the party numbers have changed, the lines for everything has changed, the organization of some things like candy lines has improved but character lines has gotten worse. The special treat lines were long so this year we got none. The special photo spots were not marked, the photographers had no help so folks were clustered around them. The hub closer to fireworks/parades was very poorly staffed and the walkways had filled in with guests. There was clearly a lack of CMs working the party, which is sad given what everyone spent. When numerous were asking questions, they had no answers. I saw many just standing around doing nothing while some some busting it trying to keep lines in order (optimal night for line cutting) etc.
I do think they need to acknowledge weather in hurricane season (the whole reason they added FD and parties ... to fill rooms) is ever changing and all character meets need to be set up under cover to begin with. That way we can find them on the maps rather than guessing or asking where they went.
We used to be able to meet so many, trick or treat, see the parade, fireworks and show - and enjoy special treats ... enjoy some dance party time and take it all in. There are too many people to do that now ...
you have to pick your priorities and do those. We put a focus on a few things and even that was tough.
I loved this group of 4 young people in front of us in an attraction; costumes and long cheat sheet they were marking things off. It seem like they were NOT trick or treating, but hitting all the special things of the night and some short lines like PP where you could see the queue without dedicating an hour plus of time. Lucky them, no backpacks, strollers or other things .. but they had the list well scratched out.
Did I get my monies worth ... compare it to a Dessert Party or EMM and then yes, I for sure got my monies worth so my biggest issue is ............ Disney, get your self organized, think bigger picture on planning ahead and avoid all the pitfalls, bring in more CMs and give them jobs to stick to and help efficiency.
ADDED: Eating before party started was a nightmare at Columbia Harbor House. If the park is closed at 6 pm, they should only let party guests eat in there to help with the chaos. TWENTY MINUTES from joining the cashier line to checking out. Literally moved an entire 3 feet in that time. Folk EAT BEFORE YOU ENTER THE PARK.
ADDED FOR CHUCKLES: I spent Thursday at MK and was constantly saying how strange that there would be a party on Thursday too .... according to post #1 there wasn't .... but there were quite a few adults in costumes ......... like legit costumes. So weird.
