Anyone at Oct. 20 MNSSHP?

[Marthasor]

Would love to hear from anyone who was at MNSSHP on Oct. 20 - just want to hear how crowded a sold-out night was. Thanks!

 

[DisneyWisher]

I'd like to know too. We have tickets for Oct 27 which is not sold out as of yet. This will be my first Friday night event. All the others were either Sundays or Tuesdays.

 

[TigrLvsPooh]

We were there on a sold out Oct. 31st a couple of years ago. The kids had a ball dressing up and trick or treating, and we enjoyed the parade, but we didn't really ride many rides because of the lines. I think you have to go knowing its crowded and plan to just enjoy soaking up the atmosphere. Its much easier to ride the rides on another day in your trip.

 

[lake queen]

We arrived right at 7:00 from Chef Mickeys, it was crazy with all the people going in and out of main street at the same time, however, the CM's were doing a great job of keeping everyone organized.

To get out of the mob, we went to adventureland using the cut thru by Caseys. We went to the Character meet and greet/Trick or treat station- not crowded, saw Baloo, Rafaki, Jane and her Monkey(not sure of his name).

Then rode Magic Carpets with no wait-walked right up.

We then did a few more candy trails and saw Jasmine and Aladdin.
From there we did BTMRR and Splash with no wait. People were lining up for the 8:00 parade at this time, it was about ready to start, and there were plenty of front row seats in Frontierland.

WE rode some more rides, watched the Villian show, did both dance parties for awhile, then found a place to watch wishes around 9:15 and found a perfect spot ot the back of the hub. We did the trick or treat trail then found a seat on the curb at the hub at 10:00 for the parade. We watched the villian show again while we were waiting. From 11-12 we rode rides with out a wait. The park seemed to really clear out alot after the 10:30 parade.

 

[Marthasor]

We arrived right at 7:00 from Chef Mickeys, it was crazy with all the people going in and out of main street at the same time, however, the CM's were doing a great job of keeping everyone organized.

To get out of the mob, we went to adventureland using the cut thru by Caseys. We went to the Character meet and greet/Trick or treat station- not crowded, saw Baloo, Rafaki, Jane and her Monkey(not sure of his name).

Then rode Magic Carpets with no wait-walked right up.

We then did a few more candy trails and saw Jasmine and Aladdin.
From there we did BTMRR and Splash with no wait. People were lining up for the 8:00 parade at this time, it was about ready to start, and there were plenty of front row seats in Frontierland.

WE rode some more rides, watched the Villian show, did both dance parties for awhile, then found a place to watch wishes around 9:15 and found a perfect spot ot the back of the hub. We did the trick or treat trail then found a seat on the curb at the hub at 10:00 for the parade. We watched the villian show again while we were waiting. From 11-12 we rode rides with out a wait. The park seemed to really clear out alot after the 10:30 parade.

Thanks for the report!! It sounds like you had a really good time!

 

[justKim]

We were there too, and I was nervous when we spotted the "sold out" sign -- but we had a grea time! Yes, it was brutally hot. I wimped out and wore a MNSSHP t-shirt from last year, but my friends had long sleeved Star Trek shirts and were willing to suffer 'cause they looked really cool.

We had 5:45 ressies at Crystal Palace and our area wasn't crowded at all. We had lots of attention from the characters and one CM had all the kids sign her autograph book. My three year old took this very seriously. We didn't do much candy, but we walked on to lots of rides...the only lines were at Haunted Mansion and Pirates. We watched the fireworks and had a good spot for the second parade. Last year we attended a party that didn't sell out, and I honestly couldn't tell a difference.

 

[Marthasor]

We were there too, and I was nervous when we spotted the "sold out" sign -- but we had a grea time! Yes, it was brutally hot. I wimped out and wore a MNSSHP t-shirt from last year, but my friends had long sleeved Star Trek shirts and were willing to suffer 'cause they looked really cool.

We had 5:45 ressies at Crystal Palace and our area wasn't crowded at all. We had lots of attention from the characters and one CM had all the kids sign her autograph book. My three year old took this very seriously. We didn't do much candy, but we walked on to lots of rides...the only lines were at Haunted Mansion and Pirates. We watched the fireworks and had a good spot for the second parade. Last year we attended a party that didn't sell out, and I honestly couldn't tell a difference.

Wow!! That sounds great!! We have tix for this Friday and I keep waiting to hear that it's sold out - guess not! Not yet, anyway! Even if it does sell out, it sounds like we will have a great time! Thanks for the report!

 

[lizfromfl]

We were there on the 20th and it wasn't as bad as I expected. We got there at about 6PM. Main street was busy with all of the non party guests leaving but we were able to get right onto Buzz and Space Mountain.

We got a fairly good spot for the 8:15 parade (one row of people in front of us) by the circle in front of the castle at about 7:50. The parade was great! Our main mistake was heading to the Haunted Mansion right after the parade with all of the other people who just saw the parade but, even still, it was only a 30 minute wait!

After Haunted Mansion the kids went trick-or-treating and got tons of candy. We watched Hallowishes from Frontierland and had a nice view (even though I usually prefer Main Street ). The fireworks were amazing!

We got on the magic carpets with no wait and were on about a 30 minute line for Pirates but the ride broke down about 10 minutes into our wait so we just left.

We got some great shots on our Photo Pass from the Disney photographers. Our favorite one was in one of the little pathways on the side of the castle near adventureland. We got a great shots of all of us with the Castle lit in different colors (in the different shots he took)! The night went by so quick! Have a great time...

 

[jjan]

I was there on the 20th and also the 19th which was a MUCH less crowded night. Was the 20th miserable... not at all. Could we tell that it was sold out... yes. At one point we got stuck in a solid wall of people from the Haunted Mansion to Peter Pan and no one was moving at all. It felt like the busiest day I've ever seen in August. The candy lines were longer, the ride lines were longer... we gave up trying to ride Peter Pan because the line was a good 20-30 minutes for the whole time we saw it, even after the fireworks. We definitely got less done and less candy. BUT,... it was still very fun, most rides had short lines or no lines at all. We still got great seats without a lot of waiting for the parade and the fireworks, tons of candy and had a blast. Don't worry about it, just be flexible and open minded about how much you will really accomplish for the night to be a success. Have fun!

 

[Marie2794]

We were there on Oct 20 and here's how our night went...

Yes, it was CROWDED, but we steered clear of Main St, the dance party areas, and Toontown (until the end of the night) and the rest was definitely manageable.

We got to MK about 4:45. We had planned to take the train to Frontierland and start the evening off on Tom Sawyer Island, but it was HOT HOT HOT, so instead we opted for some a/c and headed straight for the Tiki Room, stopping on Main Street to listen to the Dapper Dans for a few minutes on the way. After the Tiki Room we stopped for icecream, followed by the Jungle Cruise, Ned's R/C Boats, Pirates, and the Treehouse. All were walk-ons except Pirates, which was having technical difficulties, so the 5 minute posted wait time ended up being about 25, but it was air conditioned so we didn't care.

It was close to party time by then, so we headed to Haunted Mansion to start the party off there, and on the way we stopped to listen to a quartet near the Riverboat, not sure who they were. At 7:00 the Haunted Mansion was a walk-on, and on the way out we saw the photopass guy setting up and no one was in line yet, so we got our pics taken in front of the mansion before heading to Fantasyland.

In Fantasyland we hit Small World, Peter Pan, the Carousel, Philharmagic, and Snow White... again, no waits for any of those. Then we headed to Toontown to have our faces painted, stopping at a treat station on the way. The wait for face painting was about 15 minutes, and when we were finished there we hit another treat station then headed for Main Street to watch the fireworks.

After the fireworks we picked up food at Casey's and sat on the curb to wait for the 2nd parade. As soon as the parade was over we walked to Adventureland to do the treat trek. We saw a photopass guy on the way, so we stopped to get our pics taken in front of the castle. Then after the treat trail we headed to the back of the park to ride Big Thunder Mountain, which was a walk-on. It was about 11:30 at that point so we decided to walk back to Toontown to do the treat trail there, stopping at the Riverboat treat station on the way, which was totally deserted, and to ride Barnstormer because it was also a walk-on at that point (it had a 30 minute wait earlier in the night when Toontown was a madhouse). So we ended the night walking through Alice's empty treat trail, then we headed to Main Street for a little shopping.