Mickey's Halloween Party....Tuesday or Friday?

[CapnJacksGirl]

We're making our first (and most likely only) trip to DLR October 12-17. We plan to do full park days Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with likely a stop in when we arrive Monday afternoon. Then we planned to do the Surf's Up character meal and swimming on Friday morning before going to MHP that night. Back to reality on Saturday

At least, that's the current plan. I noticed on figment_jii's awesome list (thanks for the work on that!) that Utah schools are out Thursday and Friday that week. Now I'm wondering if we should plan to do MHP on Tuesday instead. We had preferred to have the late night MHP be at the end of our stay since who really cares if you're tired at the airport?!?

I guess my main question is this.....do all the MHP dates generally sell out? If so, there's likely not much difference crowd-wise between Tuesday and Friday, right? I'm starting to talk myself into thinking I'm making too much out of nothing.

Any advice on past experiences is appreciated! Thanks!

 

[Plutos Mommy]

I think the way you have it planned is great. You are likely to see an increase in the crowds during the day on Thursday and Friday. They only sell so many tickets to the party and when they are gone they are gone, and they generally do sell out so plan on buying them when they become available (I believe they start selling them sometime in July) . The tickets do allow you into the parks a few hours before the party starts and you will be given a wrist band. If you enter early you will likely encounter crowds but when the party starts only those with wristbands are allowed to stay in the park.

 

[Sherry E]

In this post (from my Halloween Time at DLR Superthread), scroll down to the bold red text - http://www.disboards.com/threads/ha...ut-halloween-time-2015.3270919/#post-51326916

(Excuse any weird punctuation or crazy font issues you may encounter -- those are a result of the recent switch of this board from one hosting platform to another!)

You will see all of the MHP dates for last year, and exactly when each night sold out -- this will give you an idea of which nights sold out first and last (meaning the ones that were the most popular and least popular, basically), and which nights took longer to sell out. You will also notice that there was one MHP night that did not sell out last year -- which was interesting, as that same party night (the second MHP of the season) had sold out in previous years.

Near the top of the same post you will see a link to MHP reviews and reports -- again, that link/reviews post may lead to a bit of disarray in the wake of the recent transition from one hosting platform to another, but you should be able to get a sense of lots of people's experiences with the MHP that way.

If the same number of tickets are sold for all of the MHP nights, regardless of what night of the week it is, then the crowds should not be too different on any given night. The thing is, we don't know -- no one knows -- how many tickets are sold for each night and if there is a difference. Also, I think there is some logic to the belief that a lot of folks will leave the early weeknight parties before they end, as they have work and school the next day. That means that the crowds could thin out sooner during a Tuesday party, whereas the people may hang around until the very end of a Friday party.

 

[CassieF]

Most parties do you sell out, so it doesn't really matter which day you go. In theory there should be the same amount of people at both

 

[JadeDarkstar]

I would chose Tuesday party over Friday. Why not switch make arrival day swimming and relax before the party, then Friday a full park day?
Tuesdays will be lost better crowd wise. That's what i have heard and have seen. Fridays will be bonkers.

 

[Imdboss]

I would definitely do MHP on Friday. The crowds will be less busy during the week (although still busy that week) so I would take advantage of that when I can and do the party on a day that's going to be busier since its controlled by a limited number of tickets. FYI - Monday is a holiday for some and it was crazy busy last year, that was our final day in the park and all the lines at DL were 45 min or more for what we wanted to go on.

 

[CapnJacksGirl]

Thanks everyone for the input! I think I will leave things as we have them. If we do Tuesday night, we'll want to stay until it's over and that will kill our chances of being up for EMH on Wednesday morning. I'm going to take advantage of what I hope will be lesser crowds on Tuesday and Wednesday so that Thursday will be left for hitting what we want to do again. Friday we will be ready for a little rest before MHP and it will be fun to anticipate getting back in there that evening.

Again, thanks for help and reassurance!