Halloween at DL

[Disney_Canada]

Hi, Disney_Canada! Well, you are pretty much correct. The party - which used to be called the Trick or Treat Party (TOTP) was always expected to happen during HalloweenTime, as it has for the last few years. The thing is, we all expected it to be at DCA (Disney California Adventure), as it has been for the last few years. I personally don't think that when 2010 began, Disney was planning to have the TOTP in DL (Disneyland). I suspect they were still expecting it to be at DCA. But, when the plans for World of Color (fondly known as World of Chaos) got underway and they realized they would have some logistical problems with the set-up of the viewing and holding areas for WoC, Disney realized they had to rework some things in DCA, and the TOTP became a sudden casualty of that reworking process. The TOTP has now been moved over to DL and is beiing called Mickey's Halloween Party.

So, with MHP being in DL, it will be happening on the dates I listed in my post above. On the Tuesday nights it is happening, Disneyland will close at 6 p.m., as you said. What will happen is that guests who go to DL earlier that day - but choose not to do the MHP - will have to leave at 6 p.m. On Friday nights (or on Halloween night), they will have to leave at 7 p.m. The MHP will start at 3 p.m. on Tuesdays and at 4 p.m. on Fridays, so there will be some overlap time where the party guests and the regular DL guests will be there at the same time. We assume a wristband system of some kind will be implemented to ID the party guests and the non-guests.

The good news is that the only days that the MHP will be happening during your DLR trip are: Tues., Oct. 5th, and Fri., Oct. 8. So unless you want to buy tickets and attend MHP, you will have to leave DL at 6 p.m. on Tuesday and at 7 p.m. on Friday. But DCA will be open, so you can go over there and still have things to do and see (like World of Color).

MHP guests will have exclusive access to the Halloween Screams fireworks. The tickets to MHP will be available for pre-sale this coming Friday and on sale to the general public on July 16th.

I think it will be fine - no need to worry! If the MHP were happening every night of your trip and DL was going to kick you out early every night, that would be a different story. But you will have a fairly long trip, it sounds like, so I think it will be okay. In fact, do you think your son would want to attend Mickey's Halloween Party?

Thanx for the info Sherry,
I do believe my son and daughter would like to go to the party but wasn't sure on how many tickets would be available and the cost. We will have tickets for 7 days at the park but paying for a full day then having to buy another ticket for the rest of your full day is upsetting. I am not a passport holder as i had planned to trade my ticket in when i arrived to upgrade to one. It seems if you have a pass you can buy the tickets this friday. If i bought my pass online would I be eligible to buy the tickets in advance?
Do you know the hours of operation on the tuesday and friday? The party starts at 6 but when would it end?

Thanx
DC

 

[disneymum58]

We were wondering what time the TOTP ended last year? Do you think it will end after the 9 PM fireworks or will we have even longer to spend in the park?

 

[iKristin]

it ended at midnight last year I think, I didn't make it past 9:30 haha I was tired

 

[Sherry E]

Thanx for the info Sherry,
I do believe my son and daughter would like to go to the party but wasn't sure on how many tickets would be available and the cost. We will have tickets for 7 days at the park but paying for a full day then having to buy another ticket for the rest of your full day is upsetting. I am not a passport holder as i had planned to trade my ticket in when i arrived to upgrade to one. It seems if you have a pass you can buy the tickets this friday. If i bought my pass online would I be eligible to buy the tickets in advance?
Do you know the hours of operation on the tuesday and friday? The party starts at 6 but when would it end?

Thanx
DC

You're very welcome!

You're certainly not alone. The price of having to buy an extra ticket for the party is what's holding a lot of us back (includng me), I think. It is upsetting. I have to hear exactly what kind of price we are dealing with before I make up my mind, but as iKristin said, it will probably be around $50-ish.

The party - when it was the TOTP in DCA - ended at, I think, 11:00 p.m. or so - maybe another DIS-er here can confirm that (Vala, are you out there??). I would imagine they would do the same thing at DL. Maybe on Friday they would keep it open later than on Tuesday.

That's an excellent question about being able to pre-order the MHP tickets if you buy your AP online. I have no idea for sure, but I would assume that the AP has to be activated first before you can actually purchase the MHP tickets with it and get the discount. I could be wrong on that, however.

 

[Sherry E]

Oh, okay, great! iKristin just answered the question about when the TOTP ended last year!! Midnight, eh? That helps a lot (I blanked out on that).


Well, disneymum58, I would guess that the MHP will still be going on for a while after the fireworks happen. If the TOTP ran until midnight last year, more than likely that's what will happen this year with the MHP. It would go at least until 11:00 p.m., I would think.

When we did the TOTP in 2008, we got tired at close to 10 p.m.!! (Then again, we had no kids with us to demand that we stay longer!!)

 

[iKristin]

IDK I bought my AP online and am able to log into the AP site and the link that the blog gave out for AP holders as well so I really hope they let me buy mine on Friday

 

[Sherry E]

IDK I bought my AP online and am able to log into the AP site and the link that the blog gave out for AP holders as well so I really hope they let me buy mine on Friday

Excellent! That will be good for Disney_Canada to know!!

 

[iKristin]

Yeah I don't think it's a problem since you already paid for the pass itself

 

[Disney_Canada]

Well it seems I will buy buying an AP tonight and hoping for the best. Wondering if if i am able to .. if i should buy the party ticket for tuesday or friday. When i buy my ap online i am guessing I just get stuck with my park hopper pass or will they refund me a bit when i get to DL?

Thanks
DC

 

[3Minnies1Mickey]

Midweek parties ended at 11 and Friday parties ended at 12. I would guess Tuesday will be 6-11 and Friday/Halloween will be 7-12.

 

[Disney_Canada]

I do wonder what they are going to say come 6pm ;-). Hello everyone if you haven't paid to stay the rest of your full day... please leave.... and I mean now.
Then have CM's run after people with no wristband.

It seems that people are taking it pretty well though... considering. Disney has always been great for me as you pay once and you get to see everything they offer inside.

Not worried anymore its growing into annoyance.


:-(
DC

Thanks for all the info

 

[Diznygrl]

I do wonder what they are going to say come 6pm ;-). Hello everyone if you haven't paid to stay the rest of your full day... please leave.... and I mean now.
Then have CM's run after people with no wristband.

Haha, yep that's pretty much how it works for private parties at WDW.

 

[Vala]

I'll post the prices Friday morning when I buy mine Do we know if they go on sale at midnight or later in the morning??

They showed up around noon my time last year, so very early morning for you.

 

[iKristin]

yeah that's around 4AM or 3AM my time

 

[3Minnies1Mickey]

IDK I bought my AP online and am able to log into the AP site and the link that the blog gave out for AP holders as well so I really hope they let me buy mine on Friday

Well it seems I will buy buying an AP tonight and hoping for the best. Wondering if if i am able to .. if i should buy the party ticket for tuesday or friday. When i buy my ap online i am guessing I just get stuck with my park hopper pass or will they refund me a bit when i get to DL?

Thanks
DC

I thought you had a certain amount of time before you have to activate the AP? If the AP price goes up before you activate in October you may have to pay the difference.

 

[iKristin]

I bought mine in like...February and my trips not until October but it says I have until January 2011 to redeem it. They'll still allow you to redeem it after that though you just have to pay any price differences. Since prices for AP's just went up a few months ago it isn't likely to go up until next year.

 

[iKristin]

They should make a PREMIUM PLUS PASS which would be a little extra and include the stuff like Halloween Party and all that so that you're kinda paying for that ahead of time wouldn't that be cool?? I bet if they offered that people wouldn't have so much of a problem with the party cost and all the other stuff

 

[MattsPrincess]

Just for clarification-

We're going to have 4 day hoppers for our trip. We're planning on going in the parks the day we get there (monday), then tues-thurs. If we buy tix to the MHP, will we not be able to go into DL that tuesday UNTIL the party? Or because we have regular tix too we can just stay all day and night?

 

[iKristin]

you use your park hopper ticket on Tuesday then I would recommend at the earliest time they start allowing the party people in go get your wristband from the front gate so that once the party starts you won't have to go wait in line to get it, you'll already have it.

 

[iKristin]

Buuuuuuuuuump!!!