Boo Bash tickets -- Only $10 discount

[thptrek]

We have mid October trip plan and arrive on Monday and Boo Bash is on Tuesday night. Perfect. Will go to AK during the day and then Boo Bash at night. We stay at BLT so it is very convenient. Cost is a bit high but costs for everything right now seems high.

 

[RebelScum]

There is a big difference between $129 and $199, particularly for a family of 5. I have not seen specific pricing by date yet. Does that exist? Historically, with MNSSHP pricing was less expensive earlier in the season and mid week. We have a trip planned for late August and would have no problem with the $129 (minus $10 discount), but cannot justify $199 ($450 extra for my family).

 

[Elke1234]

I agree, this is an After Hours event with a Halloween theme. We went to a before hours event for Toy Story Land a few years ago and it was great! We went on all three rides over and over again with no lines and were in the park to be the first for TOT. Expensive, yes, but when you cannot travel yearly, it is worth it to have an emptier park. When released, where can I buy them? Do I have to wait on the phone or will they be available on line? Thank you.

 

[Leight19]

Do they ever announce capacity limits for these things? The first time I ever did mickeys not so scary halloween it was walk on for almost every ride and worth every penny. Idk if I just got lucky the first time but subsequent times I did the Holliday parties the park was way to crowded to justify the extra costs.

I could see potentially paying this premium to go if attendance is limited to allow walk on for most rides but issue I would have buying this is until it starts how do we know it will actually be less crowded (other then assuming it has to be given how expensive it is)?

 

[HashberryOTG]

We know how long, but we don't really know the offerings, do we? Heck, I would think even Disney is only guessing at some of it with mask rules loosening so quickly lately. Agreed tho, the early close is annoying. I assume the low discount is both a financial decision and the fact that so much is booked up already they may simply not need to offer a discount to sell out. Or perhaps capacity is going to be so much lower it's worth it to some? No way to know.

 

[we"reofftoneverland]

We get our universal Halloween party tickets free with our annual passes! Thanks for pushing us to try Universal, Disney!

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

I just don't see the attendance being limited in any significant way and especially not to the levels of the after hours events. It's going to be tremendous Disney inflation for less.

 

[Mle8308]

I thought it was 3 hours? I remember for one MVMCP that we could enter at 4 pm although the event started at 7 pm.

For the Boo Bash it is 2 hours early.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Any ticket holder for MSSNHP or MVMCP could get in at 4pm, it was not restricted to DVC or AP's.

For a a couple of the last years DVC could enter at 2PM.

 

[ScarSimone]

I just don't see the attendance being limited in an significant way and especially not to the levels of the after hours events. It's going to be tremendous Disney inflation for less.

Thats what I am thinking too, so its just an after hours party because the marketing dept says so, but I hope I am wrong, and its rather limited.

 

[MomOTwins]

I agree, this is an After Hours event with a Halloween theme. We went to a before hours event for Toy Story Land a few years ago and it was great! We went on all three rides over and over again with no lines and were in the park to be the first for TOT. Expensive, yes, but when you cannot travel yearly, it is worth it to have an emptier park. When released, where can I buy them? Do I have to wait on the phone or will they be available on line? Thank you.

We did the "before hours" event at MK too but that at least was a more reasonable price considering it also included a hot breakfast later in the morning after rope drop. I believe it was around $80 per person. When you considered that it was about $40-60 for a PPO breakfast at BOG/CRT respectively, and those only got you ONE fantasyland ride without a wait at rope drop, EMM was a lot easier to swallow with small kids who can't wait in long lines but love 7DMT and Peter Pan. Didn't hurt that my kids are always up at 6am anyway.

What strikes me odd about after hours is that the hours make it effectively a no go for any families with small kids--ours have never made it past 10pm in the parks and that is REALLY pushing it. So we are talking adults and families with teens as the main demographic. And those are the people who can more easily handle waiting an hour in line. Locals are likely out on the weekday ones, so that limits the pool even more.

I joked elsewhere that maybe their plan is to cater exclusively to vloggers and instagrammers who have to get the photo of the special cupcake. Seriously straining my head to imagine there is a huge population that wants to do this.

To the original question, it doesn't surprise me too much that the DVC discount is not as much as the prior VAH. Disney is banking on people who really want MNSSHP back accepting this as a consolation prize, so they are anticipating higher demand than VAH. For the reasons given above, I am skeptical that will happen, but who knows, we're all pandemic crazy spending money left and right on the things we couldn't do last year, and maybe that is enough to make people jump on this very bad deal.

 

[CSLucas]

What strikes me odd about after hours is that the hours make it effectively a no go for any families with small kids--ours have never made it past 10pm in the parks and that is REALLY pushing it

That's what is killing it for us. Honestly I would be willing to pay the $129/person to be able to take my small kids for a few hours of uncrowded parks (we went in September when there was pretty much nobody in the parks and I would pay a very high price to repeat that experience) especially since we could do the rest of the day as a resort day, but I just can't do a 9 PM start (even with 7 PM entry). If they let people in at 4 then I would do it, since we could leave the park by 9 or 10 (still pushing it, but do-able).
Guess I'll just hope some sort of early morning magic comes back soon (or make the most of that whopping 30 minutes resort guests are apparently going to start getting in the morning)

 

[thptrek]

For the Boo Bash it is 2 hours early.

I wonder if for DVC members they will allow entry into MK before the 2 hours early?

 

[limace]

If they had confirmed attendance levels would be like the before park opening parties or after hours, and if it included a meal and wasn’t $200, you could probably convince me it was a decent deal...

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

If they had confirmed attendance levels would be like the before park opening parties or after hours, and if it included a meal and wasn’t $200, you could probably convince me it was a decent deal...

Agreed!

 

[MomOTwins]

I wonder if for DVC members they will allow entry into MK before the 2 hours early?

Even so, those first two hours wouldn't be particularly useful. Before park reservations, MK was quiet on party days, so an extra 2 hours was nice even though it overlapped with the regular park guests. Now with MK park reservations selling out each day, the period of time where regular and boo bash guests overlap will be doubly crowded with long waits.

 

[Best Aunt]

For a a couple of the last years DVC could enter at 2PM.

I wonder if for DVC members they will allow entry into MK before the 2 hours early?

Disney is marketing it as an After Hours event, not as the MNSSHP. So for comparison purposes, I think you should be asking how early DVC people were allowed into the park for After Hours events, not how early DVC people were allowed into the park for MNSSHP.

 

[MomOTwins]

Disney is marketing it as an After Hours event, not as the MNSSHP. So for comparison purposes, I think you should be asking how early DVC people were allowed into the park for After Hours events, not how early DVC people were allowed into the park for MNSSHP.

True.

By the way, did anyone else see this? I just noticed at the bottom of the parks blog announcement it says "Some event nights in August and September will be from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m." Yeesh, no way am I buying this with three kids under 10!

 

[princessfionasmom]

Pricing is up.

 

[Grumpy by Birth]

Pricing is up.

Very apropos choice of words.