Is this True Re: MNSSHP

[SamIAm21]

Another podcaster mentioned in a recent podcast that if you are attending a MNSSHP and you arrive early at about 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. that you are sort of corralled into one area of the park as they clear the rest of the park. He mentioned Liberty Square. Is this true? I have never heard this before and has me rethinking arriving early. I really don't want to spend a couple hours in Liberty Square. I could do that easily in Fantasyland, but not Liberty Square.

DISCLAIMER: I may have totally misunderstood him, but this is what I thought he was saying.

 

[TSWJan78]

When we went a few years ago we had dinner around 4:30 at Peco's Bills and then went to the party.. I did not feel coralled

 

[Halloweenqueen]

No, that is wrong. The ticket allows you to enter at 4pm. The party starts at 7pm. You get a colored wrist band for the party. You can go anywhere you want.

 

[spaddy]

I entered the Christmas Party at 4PM in 2007 and was not corralled at all. They do sort of corral the people to make them leave the park when the party starts.

 

[WaltD4Me]

No, I went to MNSSHP last year. With your party ticket you can enter the park at 4pm and you can go anywhere in the park. They do not make you wait in Liberty Square for 3 hours. Or any other land for that matter.

 

[cathie1327]

We went on the 15th of this month, and nope, you get in at 4 and get your wristband and an go wherever you want!

 

[bosox2001]

Not to sabotage the thread, but, in a related question, how do they escort guests out of the park who are not attending the party? Let's say a guest is eating dinner at Columbia Harbor House at 7pm and is not attending MNSSHP...will they allow the guest to eat dinner here? Just curious how much flexibility a guest would have who wants to spend a few extra minutes eating dinner or visiting Main St. shows on a party night?

Thanks!

 

[Madisonsmom45]

Hi,
We went on Sept 15 to the party. They let us in at 4:00. Much to our amazement, there were plenty of folks that stayed in the park. It seemed as long as you weren't trying to get on a ride or collect candy, CM's looked the other way. There were many people around us that didn't have the wrist bands that were there watching the parade. It was a fun party, but now that we've done it once, I don't think I would do it again. The parade and characters were cool, as was the music.
Bonnie

 

[aspen37]

Not to sabotage the thread, but, in a related question, how do they escort guests out of the park who are not attending the party? Let's say a guest is eating dinner at Columbia Harbor House at 7pm and is not attending MNSSHP...will they allow the guest to eat dinner here? Just curious how much flexibility a guest would have who wants to spend a few extra minutes eating dinner or visiting Main St. shows on a party night?

Thanks!

In order to stay in the park you must have a wrist band. I did see them ushering out guests that did not have a wrist band last year.

 

[bosox2001]

Hi,
We went on Sept 15 to the party. They let us in at 4:00. Much to our amazement, there were plenty of folks that stayed in the park. It seemed as long as you weren't trying to get on a ride or collect candy, CM's looked the other way. There were many people around us that didn't have the wrist bands that were there watching the parade. It was a fun party, but now that we've done it once, I don't think I would do it again. The parade and characters were cool, as was the music.
Bonnie

Hmph. So, ostensibly, even if you don't have a ticket, you could stay in the park and take in the atmosphere and/or eat dinner/shop?

 

[SamIAm21]

I did attend a MVMCP a few years ago, but arrived at the park at about 6:30 p.m., which isn't extremely early. I did notice many CM's around telling those without party wrist bands that they needed to make their way to the front of the park and leave. This happened all throughout the night as we moved from one land to another, especially Fantasyland to Liberty Square where you go under the overhang for Columbia Harbor House. They had people turn around and head back to the castle. They seemed pretty firm about this back in 2006, but with all the CM cutbacks, it might be easier to escape notice.

 

[zulemara]

as far as I know, they still slowly start ushering people out of the park after the party starts.

 

[PrincessPaisley]

On the advice of a CM we used our MNSSHP tickets to enter the Magic Kingdom at around 2:00pm (Halloween Night 2008) even though the ticket stated entry started at 4:00pm. Entering early provided for an awesome evening, as we were able to spend the first couple of hours enjoying the rides, and the remainder of the evening partaking in all of the parties events.

 

[Paul in CT]

Not to sabotage the thread, but, in a related question, how do they escort guests out of the park who are not attending the party? Let's say a guest is eating dinner at Columbia Harbor House at 7pm and is not attending MNSSHP...will they allow the guest to eat dinner here? Just curious how much flexibility a guest would have who wants to spend a few extra minutes eating dinner or visiting Main St. shows on a party night?

Thanks!

Last year we arrived around 4:00 PM for MNSSHP with the idea of eating dinner at CHH, but it was already closed for the evening and being set-up as a candy distribution location. That may likely be the same this year.

I am sure they will let people finish their meals, but they do direct you out of the park afterward and you cannot do any rides without the wrist band. You may be able to shop in the stores on Main Street for a little longer, but they will not let you back to the sections of the park with ride attractions.

 

[*NikkiBell*]

This is why I don't listen to other Disney podcasts.

 

[bosox2001]

Well, it will be interesting to see how it plays out. We don't have tickets for any night, but we will try to stretch out our visit to MK for a few extra minutes if we don't get the sense that CMs are pushing people out. Is this bad?

 

[Minnie Lor]

Well, it will be interesting to see how it plays out. We don't have tickets for any night, but we will try to stretch out our visit to MK for a few extra minutes if we don't get the sense that CMs are pushing people out. Is this bad?

What do you think?

 

[Sammie]

MNSSHP is a very expensive special ticket event, much like a concert, therefore without a ticket/wristband then yes, guests should exit the park at closing time.

 

[WaltD4Me]

Well, it will be interesting to see how it plays out. We don't have tickets for any night, but we will try to stretch out our visit to MK for a few extra minutes if we don't get the sense that CMs are pushing people out. Is this bad?

CM's aren't going to throw you out. If you are eating dinner somewhere and it's 6:55pm, they aren't going to run in and escort you out of the park. You can finish your meal and then head toward the exit, CM's will start looking for wristbands and let people without wristbands know that you need a party ticket to stay in the park past 7pm pointing you towards Main Street and the park exit.

I went to MNSSHP last year, who knows what has changed since, but I was sort of looking and can't recall seeing anyone without a wristband. I wasn't looking that hard, but everyone around as at the parade and things seemed to have one.

 

[dizneydiva2005]

In years past, yes we were lead to a certain area... but last year this did not happen.