HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread #4

[spragueito]

1 hour and 25 minutes, but I got through. I asked if I could have tickets emailed, but said mailing them with the $5.00 processing fee was the only option.

 

[Jkpark]

As DVC I can buy 8 tickets. But I have to wait on hold. I can buy online as an AP, but the website says
Price for Passholders
Item(s) are priced for Passholders only. For each ticket or pass purchased at the Passholder price, you must show a valid Passholder ID at the park entrance. For room reservations, you must show a valid adult Passholder ID at Resort check-in.

I was buying 4 for my immediate family and 4 for my sister's family - no APs. Is this okay or do I need to wait on hold?

UPDATE
I tried calling but wasn't getting anywhere. I called DVC MS just to see if I could buy through them - nope. I went online to Disneyland.com and acted like I wanted a hotel reservation until chat popped up and then I asked her to confirm the above language just means one AP for that group of tickets - which she did. PHEW. So I bought my 8 tickets for Sept 25th. Now to work on costume ideas...

 

[Hmsmolen]

As DVC I can buy 8 tickets. But I have to wait on hold. I can buy online as an AP, but the website says
Price for Passholders
Item(s) are priced for Passholders only. For each ticket or pass purchased at the Passholder price, you must show a valid Passholder ID at the park entrance. For room reservations, you must show a valid adult Passholder ID at Resort check-in.

I was buying 4 for my immediate family and 4 for my sister's family - no APs. Is this okay or do I need to wait on hold?

I just got off the phone for the exact same reason, not all in my party have AP's, after an hour and 50 minute wait they told me that I could buy up to 8 and not everyone in the party needed an AP and they would not be checking any ID at the gates the day of the party so you should be good to go online

 

[tehvalerie]

1 hr 19 minutes on hold, just got two tickets for the party on 9/30! Now to figure out what to wear...

 

[stephanie22]

So this is my first post. The first thing I want to say is thank you to everyone who posts for all the help and info you've all provided.

Second I got off the phone about 20 minutes ago, we purchased tickets for the parties on Oct 12, and Oct 14. The CM i spoke to said that part of why its taking so long is that they are having to call in the cards for the purchase due to the high volume of sales they're doing.

 

[Glendamax]

Hey DISers......I'm going to Disneyland for the first time EVER, the week of September 13th. Since the Halloween season starts the 11th, does that mean that I will get to see the Halloween theming inside the Haunted Mansion and Space Mountain? Or does that only take place during the Halloween Party? Please let me know! Thanks!

 

[chttyangel]

Okay; question and maybe it is in here but I missed it. I am in town for a conference the last week of Sept. My DD and DMIL are coming on 9/30 and 10/1. Just got the email on the Halloween party and one of the nights is on the 9/30. DMIL hasn't been to the parks in over 20 years. DD and I are going because we are in area and its the 60th. So bottom line; we don't care about the party and don't want to buy the extra ticket. So how does that work; at around 6 will they just make us leave DL and head to DCA or...?? Seems like that would be hard to control and just wondering how it all works. THANKS!

 

[smchristy]

I have an odd question...

DD 7 and I will be visiting 9/24 through 9/27. I am considering buying tickets to the party on 9/25, but here is the catch. We are in town for a wedding that weekend and have to attend a family dinner at 5:30 on 9/25 down in San Juan Capistrano. We will be in the park all day on the 25th until about 3:30/4:00 when we leave to head down to SJC for dinner.

How terrible do you think traffic will be coming back from dinner? If the party starts at 7:00 pm, do you think it will be worth trying to rush to get back?

The main reason I am trying to make all of this work out is because my DD has NEVER been to DL. She and my DH have been reading the Kindgdom Keeper books and the first book talks about the Halloween overlys and the Mickey parties. It all just fits so well.

Any thoughts or advise is appreciated. THANKS!

 

[Sherry E]

I'm glad to see that so many of you have gotten your tickets now! I did warn that the phone lines can jam up. Everyone is frantically calling (or trying to order online) at the same time, because everyone is either excited, or worried the tickets will sell out, or thinking that they will somehow not get another chance to order. And then, on top of that, the CMs have to process each phone order, and they are also getting inundated with calls about glitches in the online system as well. It can be a mess.

The tickets are not going to sell out instantaneously, so it won't hurt to just wait it out for a few hours and try again later -- or even wait until tomorrow. The dates won't sell out by the time the tickets go on sale to the general public next week either. The Halloween night ticket unavailability thing is just some kind of weird glitch.

We're interested in doing the Party (either on Wed., Sept. 30 or Fri., Oct. 2) but primarily to enjoy lower wait times for rides. What average wait times can we expect on those dates? Is it worth shelling out money for tickets if we are primarily interested in shorter wait times? Thanks in advance to anyone who can share their personal experience.

I don't know what the average wait times are -- they will be different for each ride -- but some of them are walk-ons, while some of them still have a bit of a wait (such as Haunted Mansion Holiday and Ghost Galaxy). One time I saw next to no line for Splash Mountain -- the queue was so empty I thought that it was closed, but it was actually open and just empty! I think that if shorter lines are the most important factor, It might be worth the price just as long as you know that certain rides will still have some lines.

As DVC I can buy 8 tickets. But I have to wait on hold. I can buy online as an AP, but the website says
Price for Passholders
Item(s) are priced for Passholders only. For each ticket or pass purchased at the Passholder price, you must show a valid Passholder ID at the park entrance. For room reservations, you must show a valid adult Passholder ID at Resort check-in.

I was buying 4 for my immediate family and 4 for my sister's family - no APs. Is this okay or do I need to wait on hold?

I'm glad you got it figured out, but I was going to say that, since 8 tickets can be purchased by AP holders, there's no way Disney is going to require that each one of the 8 people has an AP, or even a separate Hopper. People buy tickets for their guests all the time, I am sure.

Jealous (but happy for) of all you AP and Disney Visa folks getting your tickets today! I'm anxiously staring at the 29th on my calendar!

Your time is coming! But do note that you will run into some of the same frantic madness that today's batch of ticket buyers is encountering, in terms of phone wait times. Everyone scrambles to order at the same time, so there is no way to avoid it!

Someone commented on Erin's post that they waited on hold for 45 minutes only to be told that Disney Visa tickets haven't been loaded into the system yet and to try back later. I've been trying to get through on and off since about 10am EST but haven't gotten past the busy signal yet, but I'm trying to buy Visa tickets so now I don't know if I should just wait until later or what. Has anyone successfully bought tickets as a Disney Visa cardholder?

Lots of people buy tickets using a Disney Visa, but sometimes the process is delayed for whatever reason. Some kind of glitch happens every year. It all ends up working out.

Woooo whooo got ours online just now for the 25th. Can't wait!

Do AP holders get a special gift, or no? I see last year they did, but didn't read anywhere where we do this year...

Last year there was a special AP treat trail/line at MHP, and the AP holders got bags and a treat. We don't know about this year yet. Only the very basic details have been released -- dates, prices and MHP tickets. More details will probably be filled in later, closer to when MHP begins in September. We're still 2 months out from the MHP start right now!

Okay, trying again..... 25 mins now.

You would think that DL would figure out a way to let all entitled users (AP holders, DVC, Disney Visa) to order online. Like registering the AP's, others could register DVC account numbers and Visa cards. Anyway, just me thinking out loud.

Good thing work is slow today, lol.

Visa folks can order online next week, when the general public's tickets go on sale, but they would not get a discount that way. They can only get the discount if they order over the phone. You're right -- there should be a special link set up so that the discounted tickets can be purchased online by Disney Visa and DVC people. It is the 21st century, after all.

So this is my first post. The first thing I want to say is thank you to everyone who posts for all the help and info you've all provided.

Second I got off the phone about 20 minutes ago, we purchased tickets for the parties on Oct 12, and Oct 14. The CM i spoke to said that part of why its taking so long is that they are having to call in the cards for the purchase due to the high volume of sales they're doing.

Welcome to the Halloween Time at DLR Superthread! Thank you for joining us! I'm so glad you got your tickets!

There is always some sort of glitch or delay every year, and they always get flooded with calls. It's really no different this year. Either the people buying tickets should just wait it out for a day or two, until things calm down, OR Disneyland should get more Cast Members on the phone lines just for days when special hard ticket events go on sale, to handle the call volume! However, it doesn't seem like either of those things will happen!

Hey DISers......I'm going to Disneyland for the first time EVER, the week of September 13th. Since the Halloween season starts the 11th, does that mean that I will get to see the Halloween theming inside the Haunted Mansion and Space Mountain? Or does that only take place during the Halloween Party? Please let me know! Thanks!

Hello, and welcome!

Yes, yes, yes! You will, indeed, get to experience Haunted Mansion Holiday and Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy, as well as whatever else is going on for Halloween Time. Hopefully, the Halloween Carnival will be back in Frontierland. Hopefully, the Pumpkin Festival will be back on Main Street. The Dia de los Muertos display in Frontierland will be back, along with the Ray Bradbury Halloween Tree.

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[courtneybeth]

Hey DISers......I'm going to Disneyland for the first time EVER, the week of September 13th. Since the Halloween season starts the 11th, does that mean that I will get to see the Halloween theming inside the Haunted Mansion and Space Mountain? Or does that only take place during the Halloween Party? Please let me know! Thanks!

Haunted Mansion Holiday and Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy overlays stay up for the duration of the Halloween time... so you can see them without going to Halloween.

 

[DisneyLuver2013]

Okay; question and maybe it is in here but I missed it. I am in town for a conference the last week of Sept. My DD and DMIL are coming on 9/30 and 10/1. Just got the email on the Halloween party and one of the nights is on the 9/30. DMIL hasn't been to the parks in over 20 years. DD and I are going because we are in area and its the 60th. So bottom line; we don't care about the party and don't want to buy the extra ticket. So how does that work; at around 6 will they just make us leave DL and head to DCA or...?? Seems like that would be hard to control and just wondering how it all works. THANKS!

Disneyland has a very organized system for getting the nonparty guests out of the park. Everyone who is in attendance to the party will have a wristband with a different color for each night of the parties. They will start telling people who don't have wristbands to exit the park at around 6 p.m. (when the party officially starts on select nights). Eventually, they don't allow anyone who doesn't have a wristband past certain points in the park. It's a pretty organized system, and I've seen a couple of people who didn't have wristbands waiting for the Halloween parade get kicked out of the park before when the line of CMs did their sweep down Main Street checking for wristbands.

 

[Nicolette11785]

Has anyone got tickets for 10/31 yet? I don't want to wait on hold forever if they still don't have those available

 

[Sherry E]

Okay; question and maybe it is in here but I missed it. I am in town for a conference the last week of Sept. My DD and DMIL are coming on 9/30 and 10/1. Just got the email on the Halloween party and one of the nights is on the 9/30. DMIL hasn't been to the parks in over 20 years. DD and I are going because we are in area and its the 60th. So bottom line; we don't care about the party and don't want to buy the extra ticket. So how does that work; at around 6 will they just make us leave DL and head to DCA or...?? Seems like that would be hard to control and just wondering how it all works. THANKS!

All non-party guests have to leave the park at 6 p.m. or 7 p.m., depending on when the party begins. Shops on Main Street may stay open for a bit longer, but the rest of the park is considered closed to non-party guests. Cast Members begin sectioning off areas and checking wristbands. It's not as hard as you would think -- they do a pretty good job of making sure that no one is staying in the park without a ticket and wristband, and the wristbands will probably have to be shown at various spots throughout the night. They've got it down to a science. California Adventure stays open, though, so if you have to leave Disneyland at 6 p.m., then you can still go to DCA, or just wander around Downtown Disney and the hotels.

I have an odd question...

DD 7 and I will be visiting 9/24 through 9/27. I am considering buying tickets to the party on 9/25, but here is the catch. We are in town for a wedding that weekend and have to attend a family dinner at 5:30 on 9/25 down in San Juan Capistrano. We will be in the park all day on the 25th until about 3:30/4:00 when we leave to head down to SJC for dinner.

How terrible do you think traffic will be coming back from dinner? If the party starts at 7:00 pm, do you think it will be worth trying to rush to get back?

The main reason I am trying to make all of this work out is because my DD has NEVER been to DL. She and my DH have been reading the Kindgdom Keeper books and the first book talks about the Halloween overlys and the Mickey parties. It all just fits so well.

Any thoughts or advise is appreciated. THANKS!

That will be a bit of a drive and a lot of rushing. But the party is going on until midnight. Your dinner begins at 5:30. When would you begin driving back to Anaheim?

The tickets are a lot of money. I don't know when your drive would begin, but I am not sure it's worth it unless you can be there at 7 p.m. Is 9/25 your only day to be in DL? In other words, you can't be there on 9/26 or 9/24 too? I think it's up to you -- you will get Disneyland time earlier in the day, but driving to SJC and back is going to eat up a chunk of time for such expensive party tickets.

 

[CassieScraps]

Yay!! It only took 2 long holds, but I have my tickets. I wasn't given the option for eTickets either, which is a bummer. I don't trust my post office, they can't seem to figure out that I do indeed live here, even after 3.5 years, lol.

I cannot wait for Oct 12th!!

 

[smchristy]

That will be a bit if a drive and a lot of rushing. But the party is going on until midnight. Your dinner begins at 5:30. When would you begin driving back to Anaheim?

The tickets are a lot of money. I don't know when your drive would begin, but I am not sure it's worth it unless you can be there at 7 p.m. Is 9/25 your only day to be in DL? In other words, you can't be there on 9/26 or 9/24 too? I think it's up to you -- you will get Disneyland time earlier in the day, but driving to SJC and back is going to eat up a chunk of time for such expensive party tickets.

We will be in the parks all day 9/24 (we get in at 8:30 am and will head straight over) and all day 9/26. My gut feeling all along has been that we will have to miss the party, but it is such a huge bummer. I honestly can't say how long the dinner will be. It is hard to tell and I'm not even sure how many people will be there. I feel like a jerk for saying it, but I am really annoyed that the dinner is cutting into our Disney time

Thanks for your thoughts!

 

[Sherry E]

We will be in the parks all day 9/24 (we get in at 8:30 am and will head straight over) and all day 9/26. My gut feeling all along has been that we will have to miss the party, but it is such a huge bummer. I honestly can't say how long the dinner will be. It is hard to tell and I'm not even sure how many people will be there. I feel like a jerk for saying it, but I am really annoyed that the dinner is cutting into our Disney time

Thanks for your thoughts!

I totally understand! It's great that at least you will be in the parks on 9/24 and 9/26 as well, but seeing that 9/25 is the only party night during your trip, I can't blame you for being annoyed at the family dinner! It's not like you have a choice of 2 parties during your trip. It's too bad it couldn't have been a "family breakfast" that day instead of a dinner!

 

[PlutoRocks]

I'm glad my sister is a night owl...she got our tickets online at about 12:15am for Sept. 25th...she said it was super quick and easy...I was dead asleep at that time of night. Good luck to all those waiting on hold...I hope they can clear the backlog and get you guys through quickly.

YAY!!! I'm going to Mickey's Halloween Party for the first time ever!! I'm ridiculously excited about that!

 

[Glendamax]

Haunted Mansion Holiday and Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy overlays stay up for the duration of the Halloween time... so you can see them without going to Halloween.

YAY!!!!!! Thank you!!!!

Hello, and welcome!

Yes, yes, yes! You will, indeed, get to experience Haunted Mansion Holiday and Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy, as well as whatever else is going on for Halloween Time. Hopefully, the Halloween Carnival will be back in Frontierland. Hopefully, the Pumpkin Festival will be back on Main Street. The Dia de los Muertos display in Frontierland will be back, along with the Ray Bradbury Halloween Tree.

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YAY!!!! Thank you!!!!

 

[kath00]

Hi there. What number are you guys calling? When I log in to the online account, it give me an error for a different AP member even though I have repeatedly associated my AP number with my account. And I try to call the number it gives me and it is busy.

• This pass or ticket is already linked to an account. Please enter a different ID number or call (714) 520-6222 for assistance. Guests under 18 years of age must have parent or guardian permission to call.

 

[Alohadan]

Just got off the phone. It was just under an hour. Total time on hold and to purchase tickets was 57 minutes.