"Official" 2016 Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party - Trick or Treat Fun

[vinotinto]

Hi everyone - do any parents of younger children have opinions on the hocus pocus show? Our daughter is 6 and, while I love the villains, our daughter really couldn't care less about them. I tried to get her to watch the show on YouTube a few times but she was having none of it. This will be her first trip to Disney and my first MNSSHP so I'm wondering if any parents of younger children found their kids to be interested in this show. Our daughter generally likes shows, but I'm thinking this one is not going to be a hit with her and should not be a part of our touring plans for the night. Any thoughts?

We watched part of the show last year with our (then) 8 and 10 year olds and neither found the show that interesting and were begging to spend the time getting candy and going on rides. They've seen some parts of the movie (I bought it prior to MNSSHP last year), as much as they could sit through, LOL. Then again, there was construction near the stage, and there were construction walls between the stage and the crowd. Maybe this year it will be better since the construction walls won't be there. I would like to see it though, so I will have to bribe the kids!

 

[totebagg]

I had a fantastic time on my solo party! I focused on characters and saw 29 between 4:30 and midnight. I also rode the 3 rides I wanted (HM, POTC, and 7DMT), saw the castle projection show, fireworks, and the Hocus Pocus show, and got most of the magic shots. 7DMT had a 10 min wait at 11:30 and I was the last in line to meet the ducks and Minnie. I got a group picture and a group hug. I had printed up signs for the characters for messages to my husband and kids back home and they worked great! Jasmine and the Genie FaceTimed with my kids and I became the coolest mom ever.

I also had no problem getting the 1 day MM for $59. It wasn't very crowded and I was easily able to stand near the stage during the Hocus Pocus show. The cast members and several guests loved my "Wishes" costume, as it ended up being dubbed.

Doing Disney solo was a bucket list item, so I stayed and soaked up the park until 1am. I also was a part of and witnessed many pixie dust moments with guests letting little kids who were tired and cranky move up in the line and see the character faster. So nice to see the magic alive and well!
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Sounds like a wonderful time and how cool that the characters face timed with your kids! Loved your outfit and can't wait for it to be our turn - less than a week!

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Well, one week has passed since my party and I am suffering through some EXTREME Disney blues!

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I can't wait to go back next year. My brother and I will surely be making an annual trip to MNSSHP from now on!

You aren't alone MNSSHP is my favorite Disney event. Sometimes I think having a great, magical night is worse than having a bad or even lackluster party, because the great ones always leave you wanting more.

We leave on Oct 1st and thinking about going October 4th! What are the wait times for rides typically?

Most rides will be walk ons except for the usual suspects like 7DMT and PP. HM can have a half hour wait due to the specialness of the ride for the parties. Even then, those will more than likely be walk ons during the fireworks or parades. Sometimes the line times will be inflated for who knows why, but just peek inside the queue and you'll be able to judge for yourself.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

I had a fantastic time on my solo party! I focused on characters and saw 29 between 4:30 and midnight. I also rode the 3 rides I wanted (HM, POTC, and 7DMT), saw the castle projection show, fireworks, and the Hocus Pocus show, and got most of the magic shots. 7DMT had a 10 min wait at 11:30 and I was the last in line to meet the ducks and Minnie. I got a group picture and a group hug. I had printed up signs for the characters for messages to my husband and kids back home and they worked great! Jasmine and the Genie FaceTimed with my kids and I became the coolest mom ever.

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Sounds like you had a great time! Was it empty? Which all characters did you see, I'm trying to jam a lot into my party coming up and am curious who and when you saw.

 

[Ruth B]

I had a fantastic time on my solo party! I focused on characters and saw 29 between 4:30 and midnight. I also rode the 3 rides I wanted (HM, POTC, and 7DMT), saw the castle projection show, fireworks, and the Hocus Pocus show, and got most of the magic shots. 7DMT had a 10 min wait at 11:30 and I was the last in line to meet the ducks and Minnie. I got a group picture and a group hug. I had printed up signs for the characters for messages to my husband and kids back home and they worked great! Jasmine and the Genie FaceTimed with my kids and I became the coolest mom ever.

I also had no problem getting the 1 day MM for $59. It wasn't very crowded and I was easily able to stand near the stage during the Hocus Pocus show. The cast members and several guests loved my "Wishes" costume, as it ended up being dubbed.

Doing Disney solo was a bucket list item, so I stayed and soaked up the park until 1am. I also was a part of and witnessed many pixie dust moments with guests letting little kids who were tired and cranky move up in the line and see the character faster. So nice to see the magic alive and well!
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Love your skirt! Great photo.

 

[pigletto]

I was just saying to DS12 today that he and I need to see Hocus Pocus before our trip. We know the movie will be cheesy ,but fun, and we plan to see the show at MNSHHP so we need the context.

 

[Randy Miller]

I haven't seen any comments on candy...same kind as always? Anything new or different? Going on October 16th.

 

[HatboxHaint]

If I have a FP+ for HM starting at 6:30 can I use it passed 7pm? I will have a party ticket.

 

[Mouseketeers4]

If I have a FP+ for HM starting at 6:30 can I use it passed 7pm? I will have a party ticket.

I believe the FP+ lines are closed during the party.

 

[beesly]

If I have a FP+ for HM starting at 6:30 can I use it passed 7pm? I will have a party ticket.

No - and by keeping that time slot that crosses into party time, you risk having it canceled by Disney. The latest time slot booked on a party ticket should begin at 5:30pm and end at 6:30pm.

 

[attain]

Sounds like you had a great time! Was it empty? Which all characters did you see, I'm trying to jam a lot into my party coming up and am curious who and when you saw.

I wouldn't say empty, but the crowd was lighter than when I went in early Oct 2011. There were times when the parade or castle show was going that I was nearly alone. I walked up to several photographers waiting to take my picture. I did the headless horseman magic shot while everyone was watching the castle projection. 2 photographers with no guests.

Here is the order I did my night:
Cinderella (3:30-4:30 FP & saw at 4:30)
Aurora (saw with Cinderella)
Repunzel (4:30-5:30 FP. Walked directly into from previous princesses
Tiana (With Repunzel)
Minnie (regular dress)
Daisy (regular outfit)
7 Dwarfs
Cruella (didn't show until 7:30)
Red Queen & Tweedles
Poison apple magic shot in front of Gaston fountain (no waiting)
Hitch hiking ghost magic shot (during 1st parade. No waiting)
Rode HM (5 min wait)
Jafar (5 min wait)
Jasmine & Genie
Rode POTC (walk on)
Poison apple magic shot on Main Street (projection on castle. no wait)
Headless Horseman magic shot (during projection shoe. No wait)
Gravediggers magic shot (during projection show. No wait)
Halloween Talking Mickey
Gravediggers magic shot (same place, but during fireworks. As trying to match my outfit! Watched fireworks as I walked to Tomorrowland)
Buzz Lightyear (5 min wait)
Lotso (5 min)
Gaston & Belle
Ariel
Rode 7DMT
Donald, Daisy, & Minnie (Halloween costumes
Edit to add: saw the midnight Hocus Pocus castle show

Love your skirt! Great photo.

Thank you! I like thinking of new ideas!

 

[Anal Annie]

We just got back from our trip on Thurs. night. We went to the party on Tuesday - it was our first time going. We dressed as Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head (and saw several others too). We thought it was very CROWDED!!! It stormed badly last Sunday night so I was wondering if some of those people might have gotten comped a 2nd party for Tuesday & if maybe that's why it was so crowded? It stormed for about 45 minutes Tues. night (right around the time the party started). We got in line to meet Jack & Sally around 5:30 and with the weather delay it took 3 1/2 hours!!!! If had known it would take THAT long for this line to move we'd have skipped it (and I was kicking myself for not getting in line before 5:00). But once we had an hour invested in the line we hated to just give up. These were the only characters we did because it was 9:00 by the time we finished meeting them!! We also didn't really get dinner. At some point they brought a pretzel cart in by the Jack & Sally line so we got those so we wouldn't have to eat other people's children.

We got a lot of the magic shots but not ALL of them. Every time we saw a photopass photographer we got in line hoping it would be one (we didn't know how to tell if they were or not). We missed the 1st parade because of Jack & Sally but caught the 2nd parade, one of the castle shows, the fireworks & the very last Hocus Pocus show. We somehow managed to slip back to Fantasyland for passholder pins in-between things (it was late) and found a magic shot back there too. The line for pins wasn't that long when we went (but it was during the last hour of the night). The only ride we did was HM. We got the magic shot there but Madame Carlotta was not out when we were there. Also, there was no Headless Horseman in our parade. I thought that was a given that he would be there? Is that not always the case? That was a bummer. We slowly worked our way out of the park after the last Hocus Pocus (stopped for ice cream on the corner) and for some more nighttime photopass shots (because it was daylight when we got there at 4:00). We were literally still in line at 1:00 AM for the one up front in the circle with the pumpkin towers and the magic shot ghosts. LOVED that they were in it (we didn't know if there would be anything show up or not). Main Street was EMPTY by this time and they said the buses were about to stop running!! We only went thru a couple of treat lines - we weren't really there for the candy & it was just the 2 of us. Hope we can go again one day - lessons learned the hard way on character lines. Next time I read somewhere on the DIS or Kenny the Pirate or ITM that we should be in line by X___ time we will do it or else we'll skip it!!!!

 

[attain]

Sounds like a wonderful time and how cool that the characters face timed with your kids! Loved your outfit and can't wait for it to be our turn - less than a week!

My DD4 was beside herself. I'm surprised she remembered her own name when Jasmine asked. Jasmine was very concerned about the kids "being stuck in that magic lamp" of my phone.

Another magical moment was Cinderella recorded a personal message to my husband and kids that she misses them and is going to talk to her fairy godmother to help get them back.

 

[attain]

We just got back from our trip on Thurs. night. We went to the party on Tuesday - it was our first time going. We dressed as Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head (and saw several others too). We thought it was very CROWDED!!! It stormed badly last Sunday night so I was wondering if some of those people might have gotten comped a 2nd party for Tuesday & if maybe that's why it was so crowded? It stormed for about 45 minutes Tues. night (right around the time the party started). We got in line to meet Jack & Sally around 5:30 and with the weather delay it took 3 1/2 hours!!!! If had known it would take THAT long for this line to move we'd have skipped it (and I was kicking myself for not getting in line before 5:00). But once we had an hour invested in the line we hated to just give up. These were the only characters we did because it was 9:00 by the time we finished meeting them!! We also didn't really get dinner. At some point they brought a pretzel cart in by the Jack & Sally line so we got those so we wouldn't have to eat other people's children.

We got a lot of the magic shots but not ALL of them. Every time we saw a photopass photographer we got in line hoping it would be one (we didn't know how to tell if they were or not). We missed the 1st parade because of Jack & Sally but caught the 2nd parade, one of the castle shows, the fireworks & the very last Hocus Pocus show. We somehow managed to slip back to Fantasyland for passholder pins in-between things (it was late) and found a magic shot back there too. The line for pins wasn't that long when we went (but it was during the last hour of the night). The only ride we did was HM. We got the magic shot there but Madame Carlotta was not out when we were there. Also, there was no Headless Horseman in our parade. I thought that was a given that he would be there? Is that not always the case? That was a bummer. We slowly worked our way out of the park after the last Hocus Pocus (stopped for ice cream on the corner) and for some more nighttime photopass shots (because it was daylight when we got there at 4:00). We were literally still in line at 1:00 AM for the one up front in the circle with the pumpkin towers and the magic shot ghosts. LOVED that they were in it (we didn't know if there would be anything show up or not). Main Street was EMPTY by this time and they said the buses were about to stop running!! We only went thru a couple of treat lines - we weren't really there for the candy & it was just the 2 of us. Hope we can go again one day - lessons learned the hard way on character lines. Next time I read somewhere on the DIS or Kenny the Pirate or ITM that we should be in line by X___ time we will do it or else we'll skip it!!!!

So sorry you waited so long! I had planned to get in Jack & Sally line, but didn't arrive until 4:30 and they got booted so I could get 7Dwarfs. Hope you are able to go back and do more another time.

 

[totebagg]

got in line to meet Jack & Sally around 5:30 and with the weather delay it took 3 1/2 hours!!!! If had known it would take THAT long for this line to move we'd have skipped it (and I was kicking myself for not getting in line before 5:00). But once we had an hour invested in the line we hated to just give up. These were the only characters we did because it was 9:00 by the time we finished meeting them!! We also didn't really get dinner. At some point they brought a pretzel cart in by the Jack & Sally line so we got those so we wouldn't have to eat other people's children.

Oh my! Jack & Sally are really the only ones I want to see but my DH would have left me! Also glad you got some pretzels because little kids aren't that good!

My DD4 was beside herself. I'm surprised she remembered her own name when Jasmine asked. Jasmine was very concerned about the kids "being stuck in that magic lamp" of my phone.

Another magical moment was Cinderella recorded a personal message to my husband and kids that she misses them and is going to talk to her fairy godmother to help get them back.

I just love this and how special this was for your kids. This is what Disney is all about and why we continue to go back!

 

[gabbyrodman]

I apologize if this has been asked but I couldn't find it. Can anyone tell me about candy trails or paths and what they have there. Also where are the specialty candies like werthers and dove? Does anyone recommend certain tot locations over others?

 

[attain]

I apologize if this has been asked but I couldn't find it. Can anyone tell me about candy trails or paths and what they have there. Also where are the specialty candies like werthers and dove? Does anyone recommend certain tot locations over others?

There are no trails this year. The peeps are at Tom Sawyer dock, I believe. I didn't tot and came home with just the ziplock of candy that came in my bag, but every tot station I passed was a walk through no wait. Hope someone else can answer your other questions. Also, check post 1 to see if it has been added there.

 

[SleepyHollow]

Hi Everyone -

Has the standby line for 7DMT been just as crazy during the party as it is during the day? I was not fortunate enough to obtain the coveted FP and we're not rope dropping MK since we have party tickets (and 8:00am to 11:00pm just isn't going to happen). I can't imagine giving up 45 minutes of what is already going to be limited touring time to wait in line for this 3 minute attraction (despite how AWESOME it looks). Wondering if the line gets any shorter after dark? Anyone have experience with this?

 

[CJsMom]

Hi Everyone -

Has the standby line for 7DMT been just as crazy during the party as it is during the day? I was not fortunate enough to obtain the coveted FP and we're not rope dropping MK since we have party tickets (and 8:00am to 11:00pm just isn't going to happen). I can't imagine giving up 45 minutes of what is already going to be limited touring time to wait in line for this 3 minute attraction (despite how AWESOME it looks). Wondering if the line gets any shorter after dark? Anyone have experience with this?

At the last MVMCP that we did, we watched the second parade near Sleepy Hollow, then went right over to 7DMT. We got on with a 15 minute wait. When we got off, the wait was back up to 45 mins. I think the key was getting over there as quickly as possible after the parade. I'm planning to use this strategy again at the Halloween Party, hopefully it will work again!

 

[jfinke]

We just got back. We went to the party on the 18th. Unfortunately it stormed very hard during the second half of the party. Even the hour before it started raining, it was lightning quite a bit, so no parades and half of the rides were shut down. By the time it stopped raining we headed for the exit. Right as we were waiting for the bus they finally decided to do the fireworks show. Oh well.