Do the AP holders get notified when they go on sale? How will it be announced?
Michelle -
Last year (as, I think, nicolispicoli mentioned) the Mickey's Halloween Party dates were released in May, like mid-to-late May.
What happened was that the dates just suddenly and quietly appeared on the Annual Pass section of the
Disneyland website, in regards to the early purchase option. One of our helpful DIS'ers -
smile4stamps - was the first one to spot the dates and post about it.
The party dates did
not go up on the main Halloween Time section of the DLR website for quite a while, however.
If I recall - and someone correct me if I'm wrong - I think that the AP holders got e-mail alerts from Disney about the party dates well after they appeared on the website. It was not right away.
So the best thing to do is to keep an eye on the AP section of the site, and if you don't have an AP, have someone else check for you.
The AP holders, Disney Visa Card holders and DVC owners will all have the chance to pre-purchase the party tickets before they go on sale to the general public (which will probably be in July), at a discounted price.
The party dates will probably stay the same - all Tuesdays and Fridays in October, with maybe a Monday party in place of one of the Tuesdays. Halloween will be on Wednesday.
The only thing I can't figure out is whether the party will begin on Friday, September 28th or Friday, October 5th. I think it will depend on the actual season dates, and when Halloween Time starts - which will be either 9/14, 9/17 or 9/21.
The first night of the party - whichever date that may be - will sell out
as far as the discounted tickets are concerned. However, if there is a date you have in mind and you can't go on any other night, even if the discounted, pre-order tickets sell out, you will probably still be able to buy 'same day' or 'day of event' tickets on that date at the ticket booths.
Last year, fellow DIS'er funatdisney (Liza) and I were planning to attend the first night of the party but by the time we were ready to get our tickets, they were sold out. We could have still gone on that night and gotten the tickets at the ticket booths, but we didn't want to pay the full, non-discounted price so we chose the next party night instead.
I wanted to say
thank you to everyone who has been pitching in and answering questions, volunteering information, etc. I have been having an extremely difficult time getting onto the DIS lately - it's a combo of the DIS' technical issues and my computer, but mainly my computer. I have not been able to attend to most of my threads. I can't get the pages to load for me much of the time, and when it takes too long I have to give up and move on to other things. It took several tries before I was able to get on today. So if I disappear for chunks of time, you'll know why!
I seem to have better luck with the private messages and getting those to load. So if ever you ask a question and it doesn't get answered here in the thread or anywhere else, you can always drop me a PM and that should work!
Thank you, also, to everyone who has been sharing the wonderful pictures! Corpsebride, I love that picture in front of the Castle! It's awesome!
In any case, those of you who have also followed my Disneyland/Christmas Superthread in the past know that last year we did a fun "theme week" countdown leading up to the start date of the holiday season. I began the theme weeks in late August, and carried them through to mid-November. Each Monday I focused on a different aspect/highlight of the holiday season at Disneyland, with a little description, some information and photos. Everyone else then joined in with their own photos fitting that theme, all week long. In the last 7 days leading up to the season start date, there was a different theme each day.
I did a little tiny mini-countdown in this Halloween Superthread, but not on the same scale.
This year, I want to do another Theme Week/countdown for Halloween Time - like the Christmas countdown. As soon as we find out what the official season start date will be, I will have a better idea of when to begin the theme weeks and countdown (meaning, will it be 2 months in advance, one month in advance, or whatever). There are not quite
as many categories from which to draw for the Halloween festivities, so there will not be as many theme weeks for Halloween Time as there were/are for the holiday season, but there
are definitely enough to keep it going for a little while!
I expect that the Halloween Time at Disneyland Theme Weeks/countdown will
probably begin in late July or early August (again, there are not as many categories to use for themes as there are for the holiday season, so there is not a need to start as early).
Everyone keep those Halloween Time photos handy so you'll be ready to go when the Theme Week Countdown begins this Summer!!
and give this a read in full.
