MNSSHP October 5th Thursday--Are you going??

[macraven]

Any of you Oct 5th MNSSHP'ers going on another night too??? I'm thinking about going on the 2nd as well...anyone else???????????

i am also going on september 29th besides the 5th.

 

[scrappinmom]

Mac - is twice ok you think? I feel like we missed stuff last year, and probably wont get to go in '07 -( ok I know I said the same thing last year)....but I really want to catch everything. If we do a 2nd HP on the 2nd...that means we're stuck doing Epcot on Friday night - DURING F&W...bad right? But I'd really like to do 2 HP's/.....HEEEEELLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

 

[macraven]

Mac - is twice ok you think? I feel like we missed stuff last year, and probably wont get to go in '07 -( ok I know I said the same thing last year)....but I really want to catch everything. If we do a 2nd HP on the 2nd...that means we're stuck doing Epcot on Friday night - DURING F&W...bad right? But I'd really like to do 2 HP's/.....HEEEEELLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

i guess it depends on what your priorities are.
also, how many in your group.

last year i felt rushed , it was a friday i went on. many locals attend the mnsshp on a friday as they do not work the next day and the kids do not have school also. the crowds thinned out after the second parade.

this is my take on it.
i stood in line at 6:45 to enter in the building for the free h'ween pic.
doors opened at 7 and i was about hte 20th person in line.
i left the building at 7:40.........the line when i got out snacked around buzz.

then off to see the headless horseman. stood from 7:45 until it happened, which was about a minute before 8:00 pm.
then the parade. first time i stood on main street as i loved watching the lights dim and see the decorations. (second parade, i stood near the hall of presidents so i could get out earlier and do a few rides and beat some of the crowd.)

so far, i have spent 1 hour 45 minutes to accomplish the above. that is about 2 hours of down time standing around for 2 things to do.

I then hit some trick and treat stations and did no rides.

time to line up in front of the castle area for hallowishes which started around 9:15.

ride time and t & t time for me started at 9:45 that night.

back to see the parade again for the 2nd viewing.
after that, it was some rides and shopping.

i wanted to buy the special halloween mnsshp pins being sold that night.
each night is a different pin.

when you look at the time i had for the evening and i went solo last year, i would say yes, two nights would be better if you wanted to take it all in.

do the pic early as the line gets long after the parade.
eat before the party starts.

if you do 2 nights, skip the parade on the second night.
fw worth a second viewing.


we are meeting up at fw time. have to get there prior to the start of it as it could get crowded.

the one thing in our favor in going on a thursday, less crowds.

if you have many in your group and you can swing 2 mnsshp events, i would go for it.

i did miss a lot of things by taking in both parades, fireworks and treat stations. i missed the costume event in toon town. i missed many rides.
i did limited shopping for mnsshp pins and things only sold for that night.

i missed a lot of the rides and felt rushed.


this is why i am doing 2 nights this year.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

great run down Mac thanks!

 

[iwynlea]

We're going on both the 2nd and the 5th, because we didn't feel like we had enough time last year at just one party. I can't wait!!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

 

[Corryn]

Hi Again...
I thought we would be going on Friday the 6th, but now we're going to Halloween Horror Nights that night. As far as right now, We're coming on the 5th! DH is still going to be a pirate, only he wants to get that Jack Sparrow wig. I'm in the process of making more detailed dreadlocks for the wig.
I still have to figure out exactly what DD's are going to be...and me too!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

 

[HaleyB]

Just reading Mac's rundown and wanted to say that I think the free photo is gone this year. Fine by me, ours was horrible and it took too much time.

Also go early, go early, go early, go early!!!!!!!!!!! You want to be in the park way before 7pm.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

AUGHHH!!!!! no free photo??????? that was our favorite part!

 

[GeorgiaAristocat]

Hey DMM - what??? (about the photo - I need to check on that)

AND, I thought I'd let you know (in case you're still keeping track), that we (okay I) am changing our costumes. We are going to do the 3 musketeers and whatever Princess my little girl feels like dressing as that night (could be Belle, Aurora, Cindy or Snow White. She'll have all the dresses, thanks to Mommy, the seamstress . . .)

ONLY 49 DAYS!!!! (I'm so excited!)

Amy

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

love the costumes!!!

 

[Step]

I finally purchased my tickets for this, lol.

We're thinking of doing some fancy face painting... the idea of a costume in the heat makes me cry.

My mother and I used to face paint together at festivals and such.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

great idea!!

 

[Step]

Actually if anyone wants to meet up and do face painting let me know. We're going to Cali. Grill for dinner... so I'm doing mine just before MNSSHP... but if someone wanted theirs done up before-hand, I could do that.

You can check here for some of the stuff I can likely do. I'm buying some really nice quality face paint for it too.

http://www.snazaroo.us/photos.htm

 

[DramaTech]

We'll be there...we're doing Disney Halloween themed T-Shirts...Pluto and Mike (from Zazzle store...pretty cool stuff) We can't wait!!!

 

[Step]

Yeah I was thinking of getting a zazzle t-shirt

 

[macraven]

from what i have been reading, i think the crowd on the thursday night mnsshp will be one of the lighter ones.


i have my mnsshp tickets for the two dates i am going.
can't wait.....

how about you michelle, getting excited yet?

 

[Corryn]

From what you've been readin' Macraven This thread is 15 pages long! I have a Friday night thread going, and I think I've got 5 people going that night!
Well, I'm glad you took notice. It's nice to hear that we won't be so crowded!

 

[macraven]

what i meant by saying it won't be as crowded wasn't based on the number of people posting on the threads.

i am going on a thursday and a friday.

i know the friday will be more crowded as more locals come then.
no school on friday.
many off work on friday
more families that are local will show up.
some of the weekends are a three day weekend.

that is why i think the friday dates will have more crowds.

on a thursday, how many locals will come to mnsshp.......they have work the next day and the kids have school. less families that are local will be attending.


i was thinking less crowds on a thursday as it would be more of the vacationers attending the mnsshp those nights.