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Just thought I would write a quick post about our experiece as there had been many questions/comments in the last week or so.
We arrived at the party at 6:10pm (flight landed at 3, than ME, than boat over from VWL so that was as soon as we could get there.)
Getting in (and our wrist band) was really easy, no wait at any of the turnstyles. Had to enter to the right as that was the "in" ad the left side was the park exit.
As you cam around the circle it was lined with 4 CM's holding signs that each had one word "See you real Soon". They basically made a human wall to force those leaving MK to go their right. Main Street was wonderfully decorated and lined with CM's. The CM's were approxiametly every 5 feet. They had two sided signs. For those of us coming in they said things like Boo To You, Happy Halloween, etc. The other side was a good night for non-party guests. The flow on Main Street was great!!! You could see lots of people being moved very quickly. We headed to Pecos Bills for a quick dinner, almost no lines though the dining room was about 90% full. We finished eating at about 6:45pm and went to buy our Halloween pin. Although our wristband was on, we were told they had to wait until 7pm, no big deal. We headed toward Haunted Mansion. Every 20-30 feet we found CM's checking wristband for those heading toward the mountains and turning around those that did belong (a very small percentage IMHO).
We ended up skipping HM and getting our picture with the Hitch Hiking Ghosts. From there we did our pic with Cindi's Carriage. Fantasyland was filled with managers and CM's doing wristband checks. I found the park as clear of non-party goers as we did for MVMCP last year. We rode IASW (walked right on) and than went to do the Dance Party with Perla & Suzy. From there we did a few character pics (Piglet & Tigger) and Trick or Treating. Went to Toon Town, more Trick or Treating, face painting line was about 20 people so we skipped it. Minnie was an hour wait for a Pic and Mickey was 40 minutes so we skipped it. More Trick or Treating in Toon Town and The path toward space mountain. Did SM - walked on, Trick or Treating by CofP, rode Buzz and than headed off to the parade. oh, more Trick or Treating (can you see where DD's head was). Thought the parade was great (we watched from by LTT), we can't stop singing the toons and than LOVED Hallowishes. Did more Trick or Treating and pics (love the huge Simba). Headed to Toon Town for Mickey and Minnie, got a pic with Snow White and all the dwarfs along the way.
Overall it was great. The two main comments I have read are about candy and decorations, so here is MHO. Candy seems to have no rhythm or reason. Some stops had 2 CM's to a barrel, sometimes both gave you candy, sometimes just one - happened when crowded and empty. We recieved as little as 1 piece and as much as 2 heaping handfuls (this was at 10pm, so it was not like they were emptying for the end of the night). They offered more T or T bags as you went along and DD each had 2 almost full bags. The snickers topper at the end was very light.
Decorations, as others said, it is certainly not Christmas but than most of our house decorations are probably much lighter now too. I thought it was well decorated and lots of decorations. Banners, blow ups, pictures projected on pathways, etc. I figured the projections were for the Party but did not realize how many decorations came down at the end of the night until we went back on Saturday. There is a set up by the boat docks that stayed and pumpkins in the windows above Main Street but I think that is about it.
Ask away if I left anything out.
Boo To You
Sandy
We arrived at the party at 6:10pm (flight landed at 3, than ME, than boat over from VWL so that was as soon as we could get there.)
Getting in (and our wrist band) was really easy, no wait at any of the turnstyles. Had to enter to the right as that was the "in" ad the left side was the park exit.
As you cam around the circle it was lined with 4 CM's holding signs that each had one word "See you real Soon". They basically made a human wall to force those leaving MK to go their right. Main Street was wonderfully decorated and lined with CM's. The CM's were approxiametly every 5 feet. They had two sided signs. For those of us coming in they said things like Boo To You, Happy Halloween, etc. The other side was a good night for non-party guests. The flow on Main Street was great!!! You could see lots of people being moved very quickly. We headed to Pecos Bills for a quick dinner, almost no lines though the dining room was about 90% full. We finished eating at about 6:45pm and went to buy our Halloween pin. Although our wristband was on, we were told they had to wait until 7pm, no big deal. We headed toward Haunted Mansion. Every 20-30 feet we found CM's checking wristband for those heading toward the mountains and turning around those that did belong (a very small percentage IMHO).
We ended up skipping HM and getting our picture with the Hitch Hiking Ghosts. From there we did our pic with Cindi's Carriage. Fantasyland was filled with managers and CM's doing wristband checks. I found the park as clear of non-party goers as we did for MVMCP last year. We rode IASW (walked right on) and than went to do the Dance Party with Perla & Suzy. From there we did a few character pics (Piglet & Tigger) and Trick or Treating. Went to Toon Town, more Trick or Treating, face painting line was about 20 people so we skipped it. Minnie was an hour wait for a Pic and Mickey was 40 minutes so we skipped it. More Trick or Treating in Toon Town and The path toward space mountain. Did SM - walked on, Trick or Treating by CofP, rode Buzz and than headed off to the parade. oh, more Trick or Treating (can you see where DD's head was). Thought the parade was great (we watched from by LTT), we can't stop singing the toons and than LOVED Hallowishes. Did more Trick or Treating and pics (love the huge Simba). Headed to Toon Town for Mickey and Minnie, got a pic with Snow White and all the dwarfs along the way.
Overall it was great. The two main comments I have read are about candy and decorations, so here is MHO. Candy seems to have no rhythm or reason. Some stops had 2 CM's to a barrel, sometimes both gave you candy, sometimes just one - happened when crowded and empty. We recieved as little as 1 piece and as much as 2 heaping handfuls (this was at 10pm, so it was not like they were emptying for the end of the night). They offered more T or T bags as you went along and DD each had 2 almost full bags. The snickers topper at the end was very light.
Decorations, as others said, it is certainly not Christmas but than most of our house decorations are probably much lighter now too. I thought it was well decorated and lots of decorations. Banners, blow ups, pictures projected on pathways, etc. I figured the projections were for the Party but did not realize how many decorations came down at the end of the night until we went back on Saturday. There is a set up by the boat docks that stayed and pumpkins in the windows above Main Street but I think that is about it.
Ask away if I left anything out.
Boo To You
Sandy
We ended up with one very full bag though between the 3 of us.
We didn't even hit every candy stop either. 
