MNSSHP- start at 4?

[Mamato2cutekiddos]

So I've never done the MNSSHP before and this is our first year. I've read everywhere that you can gain entrance at 4 and the party starts at 7. Unfortunately nothing on my tickets or the receipt with instructions included say anything about 4pm. Is this a DIS best kept secret? How would "outsiders" know about this if it isn't printed on the tickets/instructions?

I just don't want to show up and be disappointed if they turn us away until 7pm.

 

[smitch425]

So I've never done the MNSSHP before and this is our first year. I've read everywhere that you can gain entrance at 4 and the party starts at 7. Unfortunately nothing on my tickets or the receipt with instructions included say anything about 4pm. Is this a DIS best kept secret? How would "outsiders" know about this if it isn't printed on the tickets/instructions?

I just don't want to show up and be disappointed if they turn us away until 7pm.

It has been policy for years, just not in official print. Don't stress about it. If everyone came and left at 7:00, it would be chaos. Plus, the 4pm entry helps sell more same day tickets. People see others in costume looking like they are going to have a blast, and then decide to buy a ticket and stay. Lol

 

[SueM in MN]

Yes - you can enter anytime after 4 pm. As the other poster mentioned, it's always been that way. Trying to get everyone in at 7 would take too long.

 

[melidy]

Yep, as the others have said it's a crowd control measure. If they wrote 4pm on the ticket then everyone would show up at 4 and they'd be left in the same situation with crowding just 3 hours earlier. So it works out well for the "outsiders" too, since they are much more likely to get in on time when they show up, rather than being faced with a huge queue.