HalloweenTime at DLR Superthread- 9/14-10/31; Mickey's Halloween Party starts 9/28!

[D23Ry]

Can anyone tell me the price for the halloween tickets if you are an annual passholder? Was thinking about renewing, and curious how much they charge for this event if you are a AP.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Can anyone tell me the price for the halloween tickets if you are an annual passholder? Was thinking about renewing, and curious how much they charge for this event if you are a AP.

Here are the dates and prices for MHP AP holders this year. Some dates are only $44 and could go up to $64.

2011 Party Dates Advance Annual Passholder
Ticket Price Annual Passholder Price at the Door
Friday, September 30 $44.00 $59.00
Monday, October 3 $44.00 $59.00
Friday, October 7 $59.00 $59.00
Tuesday October 11 $44.00 $59.00
Friday, October 14 $59.00 $59.00
Tuesday, October 18 $44.00 $59.00
Friday, October 21 $59.00 $59.00
Tuesday, October 25 $44.00 $59.00
Friday, October 28 $64.00 $64.00
Monday, October 31 $64.00 $64.00

 

[KCmike]

 

[D23Ry]

Thanks for the info!

Here are the dates and prices for MHP AP holders this year. Some dates are only $44 and could go up to $64.

2011 Party Dates Advance Annual Passholder
Ticket Price Annual Passholder Price at the Door
Friday, September 30 $44.00 $59.00
Monday, October 3 $44.00 $59.00
Friday, October 7 $59.00 $59.00
Tuesday October 11 $44.00 $59.00
Friday, October 14 $59.00 $59.00
Tuesday, October 18 $44.00 $59.00
Friday, October 21 $59.00 $59.00
Tuesday, October 25 $44.00 $59.00
Friday, October 28 $64.00 $64.00
Monday, October 31 $64.00 $64.00

 

[iKristin]

specialks -

I'm not sure if you remember, but when you were asking a couple of weeks ago about getting the tickets with your Disney Visa (and thus, getting a discount), I was saying that you can call the main ticket phone number (which is what I think you did, right?) and order them with your Visa that way. That was the same phone # used by AP holders and DVC members to pre-order tickets and get their discounts. But I also said that if you got the discount, there would be a shipping fee of some kind which would cancel out some of the discount.

Ordering over the phone means there will be a shipping fee involved. But there was no way to get the Disney Visa discount online, as I understood it - and also as you were told by a CM online. (Didn't you say that you had chatted with a Disney person on the DLR website and they told you that you could not get a Disney Visa discount? And then I subsequently called the ticket phone # and spoke to CM Amy, who said that if you called the number you, indeed, could pre-order tickets and get the Disney Visa discount.)

So, basically, you can order online with whatever form of payment you want to use and get e-tickets and no shipping charge. However, I don't think you can apply a Disney Visa discount to online orders (someone correct me if I'm wrong), which was confirmed by that CM you spoke to. But when you order over the phone - and in your case, get the Disney Visa discount - there will be a shipping charge.

I don't know if that all makes sense, but I think that's what the explanation would be for why you were charged shipping and what it means!

Yep Sherry, ordering over the phone requires shipping. They only allow eTickets for over the computer purchases

 

[DisneyFairytale]

Yep Sherry, ordering over the phone requires shipping. They only allow eTickets for over the computer purchases

Apparently it's not an issue to have etickets, because it says right under the options, that you can take those etickets right to the front gate with you when you go in.

 

[Sherry E]

Yep Sherry, ordering over the phone requires shipping. They only allow eTickets for over the computer purchases

Exactly. eTickets are online tickets (I've ordered them myself). In specialks' case, she was wondering how the other DIS'er got eTickets when she had ordered hers over the phone and had incurred the shipping charge. But she had to order over the phone in order to get the Disney Visa discount - she couldn't get the discount online with eTickets. So a phone order was necessary for that Visa discount, but the shipping negated some of the discount.

Apparently it's not an issue to have etickets, because it says right under the options, that you can take those etickets right to the front gate with you when you go in.

Yep, it's easy. I've done that myself - printed the Halloween Party tickets at home and brought them to the turnstiles (except in that case they did not replace my eTicket with a real ticket. They didn't give us any kind of ticket to even keep as a souvenir!).

 

[DisneyFairytale]

Ah perfect, thanks so much for confirming that Sherry. I know we've done many times for regular park tickets in the past, but despite having read you can those party tickets to the turn still, I have read different information on the forum-so thank you for confirming that.

 

[kkmcan]

Can you use an unactivated AP to get the discount? I have one but we won't activate it until October. I also have a Disney Visa but I don't want to have shipping cost cut into our discount.

BTW, how much is the shipping cost?

 

[Sherry E]

Can you use an unactivated AP to get the discount? I have one but we won't activate it until October. I also have a Disney Visa but I don't want to have shipping cost cut into our discount.

BTW, how much is the shipping cost?

I think the shipping when you order over the phone is $5 (someone correct me if I'm wrong on that), whether you use a Visa or any other form of payment and discount. As long as the order is placed on the phone, it incurs shipping.

You know, I'm not sure an AP that has not been activated yet would work for a discount. Hmmm.... Good question. My first guess would be no, because if you ordered tickets online to get your AP discount (I think online orders will accept AP discounts but not Disney Visa or DVC discounts, as I understand it), they would want your AP number and if it has not been activated yet the DLR system wouldn't recognize it. You can always double check with Disney to be sure, but I would think the AP has to be activated first.

 

[ConnieB]

Can you use an unactivated AP to get the discount? I have one but we won't activate it until October. I also have a Disney Visa but I don't want to have shipping cost cut into our discount.

BTW, how much is the shipping cost?

Have never been to the Halloween Party (yet).....but in years past for the Christmas Party at WDW (and so I suspect it's the same for Halloween) you have to have a VALID AP....by phone they required me to give them not just my AP number but each of the kids as well.......I'm sure online it's a matter of logging into the AP section to purchase so you'll need it then as well..........but, remember that these prices are good EXCEPT for the day of the party you want to go to. So, when you arrive go purchase your tickets.

Now...two things can go wrong with that stategy......you arrive on the day of the party so no chance to buy them early.....or the date you want to go sells out. Not sure how to resolve either, except to say be sure to arrive at least one day early, and maybe be sure that your stay includes more than one party date in case one is sold out. I don't recall a lot of dates selling out, but I'm sure there were some.

 

[DisneyFairytale]

Slightly off topic, but how do the disneyland park hours work on Halloween day? and how do the park hours work out with the Halloween party? is it normally really busy during the party? do they have a lot of people go?

 

[Ms. Toad Esq.]

I was so excited to find this thread! My DBF and I have decided to go to Disneyland in October for my birthday!!!

I've been to Disneyland once before during Halloween but that was before the new Space Mountain overlay. One thing I didn't do last time (because I didn't know about it) was go meet the villains near ISAW, which I hope to do this time! Are they out there all day? Or only on certain days?

So excited!

 

[Sherry E]

Slightly off topic, but how do the disneyland park hours work on Halloween day? and how do the park hours work out with the Halloween party? is it normally really busy during the party? do they have a lot of people go?

DisneyFairyTale -

Not off topic at all! If it has to do with what goes on during HalloweenTime, then it's on topic in this thread.

I haven't been to DLR on Halloween itself (that's on my DLR bucket list) so I can't answer that, but I would imagine that party days might see pretty substantial crowds (though not necessarily awful) earlier in the day because people who are not attending the party will want to get in all their rides, etc. before they have to leave DL.

Friday night parties will start at 7 p.m. and non-party guests will have to leave then. Party guests will be allowed in at 4 p.m., so I would imagine that those 3 hours of overlap time (with both party guests and non-party guests in DL) will be very crowded. Monday and Tuesday parties begin at 6 p.m., and party guests are allowed in at 3 p.m.

I tend to think that Tuesday parties are less crowded than Friday parties. The party I went to a couple of years back (when it was still in DCA) was quite busy, but it was a Friday and it was the first night of the parties for the year. People who attended the party in DL last year said the crowds (especially on Fridays) were pretty big, and that it wasn't the 'low crowd' scenario they had been hoping for. I found the lines for rides to be just as long as they would have been otherwise on my party night. Some folks echoed that same sentiment last year, while others said the lines for rides were good, but the lines for the treat stations were horrible!

I was so excited to find this thread! My DBF and I have decided to go to Disneyland in October for my birthday!!!

I've been to Disneyland once before during Halloween but that was before the new Space Mountain overlay. One thing I didn't do last time (because I didn't know about it) was go meet the villains near ISAW, which I hope to do this time! Are they out there all day? Or only on certain days?

So excited!

Ms. Toad, Esq. - I'm so glad you found us too!

The Villains are in their photo spot every day during HalloweenTime, starting on the first day of the season. The Villains you will see there rotate, however. When you get in line for a photo, you may see Captain Hook, Queen of Hearts and Cruella, for example. By the time you actually get up to take your photo, one of the Villains may have vanished! That happened to us - we wanted 3 Villains but we only got 2! They trade off - some of them will take breaks and another Villain will step in to take his/her place. Or sometimes they just leave the space empty until someone shows up. You will always see at least 2 Villains in the photo op area, but probably 3.

I don't know if the Villains stay there at night - I've only taken daytime Villain photos unless I was at the Halloween party. It may just be a daytime photo thing, but hopefully someone else can confirm or deny that! I don't think I've seen any nighttime Villains pictures from anyone at the IASW spot so far, unless it was at the actual party.

 

[specialks]

I think the shipping when you order over the phone is $5 (someone correct me if I'm wrong on that), whether you use a Visa or any other form of payment and discount. As long as the order is placed on the phone, it incurs shipping.

Thanks Sherry & iKristin for the clarification on why I was charged shipping , I feel much better and since we needed 4 tickets, we still saved $15 by purchasing them with the Visa via the phone. An interesting note, she asked me if I wanted to pay with my Disney Visa and I had the feeling that I could have chosen to pay with a different card if I wanted. That is different than the parks because on our last trip we were told that in order to get the Disney Visa discount at the park store, we had to make our purchase with that card. I'm actually now wondering how they knew I actually had a Disney Visa...

The $5 was the least expensive option which will get me the tickets in XX # of days (I think it was 10 days??). They offered me higher priced shipping options if I needed the tickets sooner, but I didn't pay much attention to the costs (I think it was like $10 and $20) since I was trying to keep it cheap and knew I had plenty of time for them to arrive.

 

[Ms. Toad Esq.]

The Villains are in their photo spot every day during HalloweenTime, starting on the first day of the season. The Villains you will see there rotate, however. When you get in line for a photo, you may see Captain Hook, Queen of Hearts and Cruella, for example. By the time you actually get up to take your photo, one of the Villains may have vanished! That happened to us - we wanted 3 Villains but we only got 2! They trade off - some of them will take breaks and another Villain will step in to take his/her place. Or sometimes they just leave the space empty until someone shows up. You will always see at least 2 Villains in the photo op area, but probably 3.

I don't know if the Villains stay there at night - I've only taken daytime Villain photos unless I was at the Halloween party. It may just be a daytime photo thing, but hopefully someone else can confirm or deny that! I don't think I've seen any nighttime Villains pictures from anyone at the IASW spot so far, unless it was at the actual party.

That is so cool that they have them there every day for what sounds like a large part of the day! Thanks for the info. I'm so excited!

 

[sassy*girl]

Does anybody know how early they sale out of tickets for the Halloween party on Halloween night?

 

[DisneyFairytale]

Does anybody know how early they sale out of tickets for the Halloween party on Halloween night?

Im not sure, thats why we just bought ours. Im assuming if they are doing it now, is probably because they are expecting a lot of people and are planning a big event. If you are considering it, I would do it now and worst case scenario, try to sell them to someone else who wants to go.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Does anybody know how early they sale out of tickets for the Halloween party on Halloween night?

I didn't go on Halloween night for MHP, but I did buy tickets on Halloween day for my DB on October 8th of last year. I would assume that when it gets closer to Halloween the tickets will be sold out. If you plan on going to MHP on Halloween day, I would just buy them before they sell out. Someone needs to clarify if they have bought MHP tickets on that day.

 

[disneydreamerbelle]

In 2009 they were sold out the day of as we tried to get one more for someone in our party who changed their mind.