HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread #4

[violentlyserene]

I just checked the Disneyland site for sold out tickets and it says that Halloween night is Sold Out!!! I don't know if that's right or not. That is super super fast if that's correct.

It says the same for me. Im a bit concerned abput waiting to get tickets forvthe 22nd now. Its not halloween week but thats so much faster than last year!

 

[Sherry E]

I actually noticed the sold out -- because I was in the middle of trying to revise a post on page 1, and I had the DLR MHP ticket page open. I was updating the dates to add in the sold out and many other things... and my tab closed and I lost EVERYTHING I had changed in the post. I have to now make the changes in MS Word all over again and then re-copy them to the post on page 1. I don't trust trying to make detailed, extensive changes in the actual post itself.

Soooooo angry.........

 

[Dee2015]

Oh Sherry, I so hope you were able to get tickets before it sold out. After all the help you have been to everyone here it would be terrible if you missed out.

I can not believe it has sold out 10 days after being released to the public (have I calculated that right?!). I wonder how many tickets were made available for this night.

I guess it has also answered the question of how busy it will be Halloween night - it will be VERY busy.

 

[Sherry E]

Oh Sherry, I so hope you were able to get tickets before it sold out. After all the help you have been to everyone here it would be terrible if you missed out.

I can not believe it has sold out 10 days after being released to the public (have I calculated that right?!). I wonder how many tickets were made available for this night.

I guess it has also answered the question of how busy it will be Halloween night - it will be VERY busy.

No. I didn't get any tickets -- the last time I checked the calendar before today it was not sold out yet. I had a feeling that a Saturday night party was going to be popular. It's okay -- honestly, I really didn't like the idea of paying that high price (which, to me, is not really worth it when there are cheaper nights available).

I am really just angry because I did soooooo much revising of one particular post on page 1 over a couple of hours -- to the point where I was about to save it, then come here and mention that 10/31 was sold out, and then move on to the next post to revise -- and the tab closed out for a split second and I couldn't get the screen with my edits back, and now I have to do it all over again. That burns me more than missing out on the Halloween night MHP. I could have bought my ticket last week, but I kept second guessing whether or not being there on Halloween night was really worth over $80.

Yes -- 10 days since the tickets went on sale to the general public (7/29)!

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By the way, folks -- if you were planning on going on Halloween night and you hadn't gotten your tickets yet, call Disneyland's ticket number -- sometimes they still have very few tickets available over the phone, even after the online calendar says sold out!!!! Those over-the-phone tickets will not be available for long, but it's worth a try if the 10/31 tickets just got logged as sold out within the last day.

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Okay, I finally got finished revising only one post -- I would have had two posts revised by now if I hadn't had to redo this one!! Anyway, here is the revised Days/Dates to Remember post from Page 1 - http://www.disboards.com/threads/ha...een-night-mhp-sold-out.3270919/#post-51326911.

Not only did I add in all of the new MHP nights and make note of the 10/31 sellout, I also kept the sellout info from last year as well. AND... I also went back through the Historical Halloween Party dates over the last 20 years, and I referenced how many party nights there were in each year, going back to 1995! So, you can see how the Halloween Party has evolved over the years and how many more nights were added each year (depending on which park the party was being held in, the nights may have been fewer or greater).

I also added links to the two check-in threads, for anyone who wants to give their dates.

Now... I have to revise the actual MHP FAQ post! And it's done -- ttp://www.disboards.com/threads/halloweentime-at-dlr-superthread-4-halloween-night-mhp-sold-out.3270919/#post-51326916.

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[Kilala]

I will be sooo lucky if the 25th dosen't sell out by the 3rd of September. If it dose I can still get tickets for the 12th and or the 16th

 

[Oswald23]

Thank you for your help I think I Will do 2 parties.

1 solo and 1 with the family. I don't mind waiting 40 minutes for a character my girls is a whole different story

 

[Dee2015]

Sherry, that is technology at it's worst - been there a few times and it almost makes me cry!

Let us know if you decide to try and get tickets for the 31st or if you've taken it as a sign and chose another night. We'll keep our fingers crossed for you either way

 

[PinkBudgie]

Need help for NOT going to the Halloween Party. So I put in at work to take off Sept 28 and 29. My thinking is drive down Sat morning. Go to the parks Sun and Monday. Drive back Tuesday. We plan to take our college age boys with us. There is a party on Monday night but I'm thinking we won't go. We'll already have to pay for the boys since they don't have APs. Plus their food! The amount they can eat is scary! And we just took an Alaskan cruise in addition to spending a week at DLR this summer. So not sure I want to spend extra money on the party right now. Will DCA be full of people who won't be in DL for the party? I wanted to see the fall offerings at DLR since I never have before. It isn't easy for teachers to leave work in September but we are going to try this year! Any advice on touring in 2 days in the fall? One son hasn't seen Carsland yet. The other has been more recently. My goals are to see HMH (again) and Ghost Galaxy on Space.
Or do you really really think it is worth it to go to the party on Monday? And why? Just needing some fall help here. Thanks!

 

[tjcrabb]

I have been looking into doing the happiest haunts tour again and it looks like the price has gone up on that too. Thankfully it isn't as much as the party, just 5.00 per person. I understand that prices go up and that it is a natural progression but it is getting to the point that I am getting priced out. Anyway assuming that they do things relatively the same as last year they will do it every night starting 9/11 people can start booking on wednesday (30 days out) just FYI. I am not sure why the disney blog doesn't start promoting it until a few days before halloween starts.

 

[Kiotzu]

Curious how things work for people who are in the park on the days of the party but do not have tickets. Are attractions still open to people without the party tickets or no?

 

[Sherry E]

Need help for NOT going to the Halloween Party. So I put in at work to take off Sept 28 and 29. My thinking is drive down Sat morning. Go to the parks Sun and Monday. Drive back Tuesday. We plan to take our college age boys with us. There is a party on Monday night but I'm thinking we won't go. We'll already have to pay for the boys since they don't have APs. Plus their food! The amount they can eat is scary! And we just took an Alaskan cruise in addition to spending a week at DLR this summer. So not sure I want to spend extra money on the party right now. Will DCA be full of people who won't be in DL for the party? I wanted to see the fall offerings at DLR since I never have before. It isn't easy for teachers to leave work in September but we are going to try this year! Any advice on touring in 2 days in the fall? One son hasn't seen Carsland yet. The other has been more recently. My goals are to see HMH (again) and Ghost Galaxy on Space.
Or do you really really think it is worth it to go to the party on Monday? And why? Just needing some fall help here. Thanks!

Well, the truth of the matter is that the fall/Halloween Time offerings are thin -- unless something new is going to be added in to surprise us all this year. The Halloween Carnival appears to not be returning -- but worse than that is the fact that some of the individual elements of the Carnival don't appear to be returning either (even in different locations), such as Pirates League, the Pumpkin Carvers and the Conjure a Villain tent (even though I'm sure that at least a couple of Villains will be out and about in the daytime, somewhere in DL).

We really don't know how much the 60th anniversary is going to impact the Halloween Time decorations on Main Street, or event the usual Halloween-themed window displays on Main Street. There are supposedly going to be "sparking" new Halloween/Diamond decorations somewhere, but I guarantee that those will not be all over Disneyland, and they may be nothing more than sparkly pumpkins on the lampposts. Ordinarily, once you get past Main Street you have to go to Frontierland before you find more decorations, or to NOS for HMH, and even then the biggest concentration of Halloween décor in Frontierland was at the Carnival/Round-Up. Even if the Carnival s not open, I hope that there will still be some décor in that general area. Other than that, you have the Dia de los Muertos display and the Ray Bradbury Halloween Tree. And SMGG in Tomorrowland.

So, I guess my point is that, by removing more things from the daytime array of Halloween fun, the Halloween Party becomes more necessary to have a complete Halloween experience! Paint the Night is not a party exclusive, but you'll see the Cadaver Dans, Halloween Screams, some characters who are less common, etc. I don't think that the price of MHP should have gone up so much for what is being offered, but the MHP becomes more important and valuable when the daytime pickings get slimmer, unfortunately.

DCA does get more crowded with people who leave DL when the party begins, but DCA can handle extra people much better than DL, so I don't think it ever feels packed to the brim like DL can feel.

Curious how things work for people who are in the park on the days of the party but do not have tickets. Are attractions still open to people without the party tickets or no?

Yes -- you can ride Haunted Mansion Holiday and Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy during the day without going to the party, but if you don't have an MHP ticket you'd have to leave the park when the party starts (at either 6 p.m. or 7 p.m.). Cast Members will begin diligently checking for wristbands.

 

[StyledSugar]

I would get the MHP tickets now or as soon as possible, before they sell out for whatever night you want. A discounted hotel room may not come along until next month, and the MHP night you want could be gone by then. The onsite hotels will probably have a very limited number of tickets available to guests on the mornings of the actual parties, but they wouldn't be discounted.

Yes, I have booked onsite hotels and then changed my reservation when a discount came along. I have changed the number of nights I was staying. I've changed hotels. I've changed from one type of discount to another. I've changed from one weekend to another. Disney honored the discounts and changes after I booked, but every year they could do something different and stop allowing those changes. I think that, more than likely, as long as you book a room-only reservation (don't include tickets with it or anything), they should be able to easily apply a discount if one comes along after the fact. It's when you book a package that things get a little trickier.

There are usually discounts for AP holders and for the general public on hotels every year (with the exception of 2012). Some people on this board have recently said that they were told that there are no more AP discounts on rooms, and that the discounts are just going to be available to everyone. I don't know if that was bad information given to them, or if it is true. Last year there was a special AP Fall rate, and a different Fall discount rate for the general public (the former was a slightly larger savings than the latter). However, these discounts are covering fewer dates and time frames. I would imagine that a Fall discount will come along in September, and will cover very specific time frames in October, November and December, but it will also exclude a lot of dates.

Thank you Sherry. I think I will just go ahead and book it but keep checking the prices for a discount to apply later. I will make sure to ask if they will honor a new price down the road.

 

[Brancaneve]

Hello my Halloween Friends...... Has anyone recieved their tickets? I purchased mine on the first day of the AP/DVC discount and everyday I check the mail hoping to find them and NOTHING.

 

[Kiotzu]

Yes -- you can ride Haunted Mansion Holiday and Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy during the day without going to the party, but if you don't have an MHP ticket you'd have to leave the park when the party starts (at either 6 p.m. or 7 p.m.). Cast Members will begin diligently checking for wristbands.

We will only be at the parks for one party day so would it be smart to go to DCA during that day? or will we face absurd crowd levels? We also have a day at Universal that maybe would be smart to use that day.

 

[Spyral]

Hello my Halloween Friends...... Has anyone recieved their tickets? I purchased mine on the first day of the AP/DVC discount and everyday I check the mail hoping to find them and NOTHING.

I too ordered the first day. Received them in the mail this past Friday (I'm in AZ).

 

[Sherry E]

We will only be at the parks for one party day so would it be smart to go to DCA during that day? or will we face absurd crowd levels? We also have a day at Universal that maybe would be smart to use that day.

So you will have another day at Disneyland that is not a party day, or would that be your only day at Disneyland? if you have another day to do Disneyland without a party cutting the day short, then you could go to DCA on the party day (it will be a bit crowded, but not absurd in DCA) -- but you may not need a full day in DCA. A lot of people don't see DCA as a full-day park, but I guess it all depends on the person. Universal might be a good idea for that day.

 

[Kiotzu]

So you will have another day at Disneyland that is not a party day, or would that be your only day at Disneyland? if you have another day to do Disneyland without a party cutting the day short, then you could go to DCA on the party day (it will be a bit crowded, but not absurd in DCA) -- but you may not need a full day in DCA. A lot of people don't see DCA as a full-day park, but I guess it all depends on the person. Universal might be a good idea for that day.

We are staying at the Fairfield Inn by Marriott from the 16th - 22nd of October, DTD the evening of the 16th, then 3 days at DLR, one day at Universal with the option of a second but will probably be driving down to San Diego for a day and since we have 3 day passes for DLR, we will have more than one day at Disneyland . I think that we probably spend the day at Universal then.

 

[PinkBudgie]

Thanks for your help Sherry. Sounds like of the all years to pick going in the fall, I picked a not as good year. Do you think PTN will be just crazy packed crowds during the party as they are on a regular day? I would think people would not want to spend the entire party sitting on Main Street but who knows. Do they say yet what time the party ends?

I will check with the boys. Maybe if they want to go, they can pay for the party themselves. That might help. If we do go, it may have to be only if tickets are still available mid September. Before that their schedule may be a little iffy and can't commit.

 

[Sherry E]

Thanks for your help Sherry. Sounds like of the all years to pick going in the fall, I picked a not as good year. Do you think PTN will be just crazy packed crowds during the party as they are on a regular day? I would think people would not want to spend the entire party sitting on Main Street but who knows. Do they say yet what time the party ends?

I will check with the boys. Maybe if they want to go, they can pay for the party themselves. That might help. If we do go, it may have to be only if tickets are still available mid September. Before that their schedule may be a little iffy and can't commit.

On the nights that MHP starts at 6 p.m., it ends at 11 p.m. On the nights it starts at 7 p.m., it ends at midnight.

I think you're right -- a lot of people won't want to spend their party time waiting for a parade, especially a parade that can be seen on any other night outside of the party, and that is not exclusive to MHP. At the same time, I can see some people thinking, "I'll wait to see Paint the Night at Mickey's Halloween Party, when it's less crowded." And, therefore, a lot of people will end up waiting to see it during MHP because they will assume it will be less crazy than on a regular non-party night.

I don't think the crowds would be the same as they are on a regular night -- let's hope not since those tickets are not cheap! -- but the party did not seem as un-crowded as I would have hoped it to seem. In other words, it's not going to be crazy like New Year's Eve or something, but there are more people at the party than I think there should be for an expensive hard ticket event. A lot of those people congregate and wait for the Halloween Screams fireworks, and I suppose that many of them will also wait for the parade.

 

[Self-Rescuing Princess]

First thank you everyone for all the info.

For years I have read but not participated. This year I decided it was time to say 'Hi"

I have the dumb question of the day. How tickets per night for each are sold for the Halloween party . I mean compared to an average day, how ham people will be there once only ticketed people are left? We are taking our 5 year old to Halloween night( got our tickets already) and we are just curious.

We went last year in the end of Sept and got more candy then we knew what to do and didn't even hot every line. Had a blast.