Crowd level in the AM during EVENT evenings - ??

[Luis Rodriguez]

Things to consider:

1. Crowds and wait times will be much lower all day until 4pm, when party guests are allowed in with their party tickets. Fewer hours, but you can get a lot done.

2. You won’t be able to see fireworks from inside the park on a party day. It closes to non party guests at 6 or 7 (I forget which).

3. Most people who take advantage of this strategy have park hopper tickets so they can hop to another park after 4pm. Without them, this will be a short day for you.

4. Nonparty days during party season have obscene crowd levels because of the longer hours and point 2. HEA only runs on nonparty days which also increases crowds. (Party nights have the holiday fireworks.)

Only you can decide based on your group’s priorities. But personally with only 1 MK day I would do it, trading fireworks for a much more pleasant experience and ability to get more done in a shorter period of time is a no brainer to me especially on a shorter trip.

Kylenne:

Thanks for your post.
Again, my apologies for maybe not being very clear on my posts. English is not my first language and I'm afraid that on Sunday mornings my translating circuits aren't fully awake

Two questions:
Is the Halloween event (the one you pay extra for) considered a party day?

2) Would a Halloween event on Sunday be a lot more crowded than the same event on a Tuesday?

Again, thanks a lot for your comments.

 

[Ghost Host 998]

Point #2 - Are you sure about that? For the Special Event parties I attended in 2021 and 2022, I could have sworn that the park closed to day guests AFTER the fireworks.

Yes. You are talking about Disney's After Hours Events, which start after regular park closing. They are talking about Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, which is run from 7PM to Midnight. On those days the park closes at 6PM for day guests without party tickets.

 

[kylenne]

Point #2 - Are you sure about that? For the Special Event parties I attended in 2021 and 2022, I could have sworn that the park closed to day guests AFTER the fireworks.

Holiday parties always see the park close to day guests long before fireworks. After Hours events are not parties. They will let event ticketed guests in early like the holiday parties but they are not kicking day guests out. 2021 was a little weird because they didn’t have MNSSHP or MVMCP, they had themed After Hours events that followed the standard AH procedures. Meaning regular park hours were in place for day guests.

Kylenne:

Thanks for your post.
Again, my apologies for maybe not being very clear on my posts. English is not my first language and I'm afraid that on Sunday mornings my translating circuits aren't fully awake

Two questions:
Is the Halloween event (the one you pay extra for) considered a party day?

2) Would a Halloween event on Sunday be a lot more crowded than the same event on a Tuesday?

Again, thanks a lot for your comments.

Don’t worry your English is great!

1) Yes. When we say “party day”, this is a day that Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party is scheduled to take place.

2) Crowds are so low during party days that there isn’t a difference between a Sunday or a Tuesday. We went the day of a Sunday party once and it was still very low.