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

[Disneymom1126]

Doing the single digits dance - 9 days till our vacation begins!!!

 

[Cluelyss]

Doing the single digits dance - 9 days till our vacation begins!!!

US TOO!!!

 

[anaroldan]

For people with tickets for Thursday or Friday, has anyone contacted Disney re the hurricane and possible impact? I'm stressing out, not sure what to do!

just called after being on hold for what seemed forever!!! they offered us a refund for the Friday night party as long as it is before the party starts.

 

[smitch425]

Preview of DD's Disneybound. She now has different flip flops that are the same color as her dress. Those tan lines, though...thanks, marching band.

 

[likesdisney]

I've got the opportunity for a dining reservation at the Crystal Palace instead of LTT which I'd prefer, but its at 830. This shouldn't interfere with getting picture with Jack Sparrow & Headless Horseman I wouldn't think would it?

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

What an impressive list! I hope we're that lucky! I also forgot to ask if you took any magic shots and what was your hands down favorite costume at the parties?

What is on your list to accomplish?

I think the headless horseman was the best magic shot, but we also got the ballroom ghosts, the poison apple and the ghost carriage.

We saw an excellent Esmerelda and Frollo. But honestly, I really liked our Pokemon costumes hahaha.

 

[skuttle]

just called after being on hold for what seemed forever!!! they offered us a refund for the Friday night party as long as it is before the party starts.

Thanks! We have tix for Thursday. Going to deal with it when we get there tomorrow.

 

[ksinniger]

We were at the party last Sunday, 10/2. We were already in the park, but we had our costumes in a locker while we did a few things in the late morning/afternoon. We picked them up and changed in the bathrooms by City Hall, and were able to get front row spots to watch festival of fantasy as it came down main street. Which was awesome -- all the characters commented on the girls tutus, and Goofy grabbed them in a big group hug. After the parade, we went to drop the stuff we wouldn't want to carry in the locker, and just hung out there until they started letting in party goers, which was around 3:45. We got our wristbands, walked through the bypass and got our trick or treat bags and candy, over to main street and got in line for photos, but bailed in favor of getting in line for Jack and Sally, which I think was the right call. My girls went to go ride Jungle Cruise, but it was closed due to lightning, so they came over to hang in line with me. We were the 5th group there; they were just setting up the meet and greet area when I got there. We were under the trees so had some cover from the downpour that came through, along with umbrellas and ponchos. As others have noted, J&S were delayed until 5:20 due to lightning (I was following along on the weather channel app, and they came out just about 30 minutes after a pretty close lightning strike), but we were through by 5:45. We headed over to CHH because the girls were starving, where we all ate and game-planned the rest of the night. We went down to Big Top Circus so I could get pins and a t-shirt, then grabbed a caramel apple and cake pop to share. We brought them to the line for the Pooh M&G, where we were 2nd in line for the party M&G and able to sit on the stone wall while eating our snacks. We were able to watch Tigger and Pooh finish up their last 2 regular sets, which was a lot of fun. At about 5 minutes to 7, they moved us into the queue, and the gang all came out right at 7. We were through the line by 7:05, with a great interaction, so we decided to grab our own group shot at the entrance to the Pooh ride and then ride through the Hundred Acre Woods.

We decided to do some trick or treating, so we hit the stops at PinnochioHouse, Peter Pan, Liberty Belle, and Tom Sawyer, walking slow to take in the atmosphere and look at people's costumes. From there, we found a spot for the parade in Frontierland, right next to the Westward Ho cart, where I picked up a poisoned apple stein. We were also looking for the Zero popcorn buckets, but I didn't see any. My youngest was starting to complain about itching; I think the leggings were trapping the sweat on her body. She was pretty miserable while waiting for the parade, but cheered up once it started. They were all surprised when the grave diggers made sparks on the ground right in front of them.

After the parade, we went over to Adventureland and rode Pirates with no wait. We hit the TOT spot there at the ride, at Jungle Cruise, and in the Tiki Room. We peeked at Genie, Jafar, and the Tarzan crew as we made our way to the old FP+ wishes area in front of Casey's. We had great spots leaning up against a railing, where we watched the Hocus Pocus show, Celebrate the Magic and Hallowishes. My youngest was still miserable, although she seemed to at least tolerate the discomfort as long as she had my phone to play Minecraft on. After the fireworks, we joined the massive crowd heading to HM, stopping for the HH Ghost magic shot -- no line at all! HM took about 20 minutes, and Madame Leota wasn't out while we waited, though we did see her as we exited. We thought the castmembers at the HM looked great. We crossed over to Tomorrowland to do Space Mountain as our last ride - no wait at all, they were letting you choose which side to went on. This apparently woke up the youngest -- when we exited, we saw Sully and Mike heading over to the dance party so we said hi, then hit our last TOT spot at COP -- I think they were trying to empty their bin into our bags! Walking away, Lotso was coming out for his last set, and he came over for quick high fives, and the girls confirmed that he smells like strawberries. We then grabbed our things from our locker and headed out, catching parts of the second parade as we walked down main street and completely forgetting our SOTMK cards.

I thought we did great. I had wanted to do more magic shots, and maybe try for more meet and greets, but the misery of the youngest nixed those ideas pretty quickly (she didn't even join in on the HH ghost one). I'm bummed we forgot to get our SOTMK cards, though. On the plus side, we beat the massive exit to the bus, so we were able to get seats when the first bus back to our resort pulled up.

 

[attain]

Preview of DD's Disneybound. She now has different flip flops that are the same color as her dress. Those tan lines, though...thanks, marching band.

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She looks great! And gotta love the tan lines. My husband is a band director!

 

[Spring_Loaded]

Hi all! We will be at the MNSSHP on 10/31 (2 adults). I am wondering if it is doable to plan on Hallowishes, then the second Parade, and the midnight Hocus Pocus?

It seems doable, but I am not sure what to expect for when to go stake out spots (I'm a short lady, so I'd like to be able to stake out a spot for good visibility). I don't want to miss any of those things, and was hoping to do the later parade and Hocus Pocus since it sounds like those are less crowded.

Thanks!

 

[Aflyingbuttress]

Sorry if this has been answered recently, but this thread is a bit too long to read all the way through. How have the lines for rides been? Any reports on that?

I was also curious how many tickets they actually sell for each party night?

 

[simnia]

I think we are going to have to plan to get out party bands up front if they keep starting early there but waiting until 4 inside the park...

I think that's what we may end up doing as well. Do what we are doing in the park and then exit out and come back in. What a time kill.

Of course I keep hoping someone will be reporting back that they were able to get their party bands early at the stations inside the park.

 

[mdb78]

Hi all! We will be at the MNSSHP on 10/31 (2 adults). I am wondering if it is doable to plan on Hallowishes, then the second Parade, and the midnight Hocus Pocus?

It seems doable, but I am not sure what to expect for when to go stake out spots (I'm a short lady, so I'd like to be able to stake out a spot for good visibility). I don't want to miss any of those things, and was hoping to do the later parade and Hocus Pocus since it sounds like those are less crowded.

Thanks!

There's a grassy area in front of Caseys and the plaza ice cream place where you can sit and watch the fireworks. There's a railing around it and it appears you can't go in that area, but you can. It used to be the FP area for wishes. That's my plan for hallowishes. I'm short too! Haha

 

[ErinsMommy]

It used to be the FP area for wishes.

Do they not have FP for wishes at this location anymore??

 

[mdb78]

Do they not have FP for wishes at this location anymore??

From what I heard and read, not anymore

 

[ErinsMommy]

From what I heard and read, not anymore

 

[Cluelyss]

Do they not have FP for wishes at this location anymore??

No, it was discontinued earlier this year.

 

[ErinsMommy]

No, it was discontinued earlier this year.

We did FP during our last trip and now I'm so happy we did just to have experienced it. What a shape to take that away though. Such a fantastic spot!

 

[Cluelyss]

We did FP during our last trip and now I'm so happy we did just to have experienced it. What a shape to take that away though. Such a fantastic spot!

Most people don't realize the area is no longer reserved, so it's usually pretty empty and still a great spot to watch fireworks.

 

[beesly]

On our party night (Sunday, 10/2), the area in front of Casey's was full of people - mostly sitting - when we arrived in the Hub just before 10:15. The area in front of the Plaza might have fit a few more parties, but was also pretty full (with people mostly sitting).