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

[mdb78]

Quick question that may have already been answered but, are Hogwarts robes from Universal allowed at the party?

Yes it's fine. Saw a couple hogwarts students last night. Even saw a family of 5 all in Harry Potter mode and the father, who was rather tall, was Hagrid.

 

[mdb78]

We went to our first party last night and we all had a wonderful time! We arrived yesterday, and even though we wanted to get to the park by 3:45ish, is wasn't going to happen. On the drive we stopped at a rest stop for a quick bathroom break, but end up staying longer. Anyways, arrived at the hotel at 2:30, ate snacks and got ready. Kids were too excited and jumpy and dh decided to shave .
Left room I think around 3:50, got on the bus a little after 4. I would say we got inside the park around 4:30ish. Got the sorcerer card and youngest dd had first haircut at harmony barbershop which was scheduled for 5.
After haircut went through the bypass, got our bags and candy and headed to fantasyland to use our FP, 7dmt for dh and oldest dd, and PP for me and the 2 littles. We did have a FP from 4-5 for Mickey, but didn't use it and went to him later in the evening.
Party just started right when we got off Pirates and then headed to tiki room for candy. Walked by and saw jack sparrow and line looked at least 30 min.
Candy lines moved quickly and we got handfuls each time. Saw the first hocus pocus. Wasn't part of the plan to watch the first show, but we were crossing to get to tomorrowland when it was starting, so we stopped. We were right off the hub, but didn't mind.
Only took pictures with Lotso (line was short and characters weren't a priority since this was our only park time) and Mickey in costume.
Arrived at the grass area in front of Caseys and plopped down at 10:10. Another family could've easily sat in front of us and behind us against the railing. After fireworks we were heading to hm, but saw there were people already waiting for the parade so we decided to wait the 40 min and sat at the rope in front of the heritage house in Liberty square. After parade, headed to hm before closing. On the way out, stopped at the plaza ice cream place since dd wanted to get the poison apple stein. Then stopped at the bakery since dh felt like getting some cookies and brownies. Waited close to 10 min for the bus, got on at 12:50 and had it all to ourselves.

We had a really good time. I expected the hub and main st to be super crowded, but it really wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Loved the no wait for rides!
Thank you all for the tips. This party was supposed to be a one time thing, but I see us returning!

 

[KMH79]

Is the line for Minnie long (30+ min) all night long?

 

[DaisyNY]

What is the poison apple stein? Is it a container for ice cream?

 

[monique5]

We went to our first party last night and we all had a wonderful time! We arrived yesterday, and even though we wanted to get to the park by 3:45ish, is wasn't going to happen. On the drive we stopped at a rest stop for a quick bathroom break, but end up staying longer. Anyways, arrived at the hotel at 2:30, ate snacks and got ready. Kids were too excited and jumpy and dh decided to shave .
Left room I think around 3:50, got on the bus a little after 4. I would say we got inside the park around 4:30ish. Got the sorcerer card and youngest dd had first haircut at harmony barbershop which was scheduled for 5.
After haircut went through the bypass, got our bags and candy and headed to fantasyland to use our FP, 7dmt for dh and oldest dd, and PP for me and the 2 littles. We did have a FP from 4-5 for Mickey, but didn't use it and went to him later in the evening.
Party just started right when we got off Pirates and then headed to tiki room for candy. Walked by and saw jack sparrow and line looked at least 30 min.
Candy lines moved quickly and we got handfuls each time. Saw the first hocus pocus. Wasn't part of the plan to watched the first show, but we were crossing to get to tomorrowland when it was starting and we stopped. We were right off the hub, but didn't mind.
Only took pictures with Lotso (line was short and characters weren't a priority since this was our only park time) and Mickey in costume.
Arrived at the grass area in front of Caseys and plopped down at 10:10. Another family could've easily sat in front of us and behind us against the railing. After fireworks we were heading to hm, but saw there were people already waiting for the parade so we decided to wait the 40 min and sat at the rope in front of the heritage house in Liberty square. After parade, headed to hm before closing. On the way out, stopped at the plaza ice cream place since dd wanted to get the poison apple stein. Then stopped at the bakery since dh felt like getting some cookies and brownies. Waited close to 10 min for the bus, got on at 12:50 and had it all to ourselves.

We had a really good time. I expected the hub and main st to be super crowded, but it really wasn't as bad as I was expecting.
Thank you all for the tips. This party was supposed to be a one time thing, but I see us returning!

Glad you guys had a great time!

 

[monique5]

WOW! Only 9 MNSSHPs left. Only 2 parties Sold Out. I can' wait until it's my turn for MNSHHP!
11D Until I'm Home!

 

[casnider]

Anyone else emailed and still have not received a refund for the cancelled parties? I emailed them on Friday about my cancelled MNSSHP tickets and have not yet received a response for seen a credit on my cc. Trying to avoid calling...

Finally got my email yesterday!

 

[mdb78]

What is the poison apple stein? Is it a container for ice cream?

Picture of it is on post #1 or #2. You can get at several places in the park.

 

[CMNJ]

Is the line for Minnie long (30+ min) all night long?

Last night we got in line (actually started the line with a few other families for Minnie, Donald and Daisy right before 7 so but right after 7 it jumped considerably)

 

[KayKayJS]

Went to our first Halloween party last night (we've done Christmas.) We had a great time, but there were some pretty big mishaps with CMs and generall knowledge. I'm a local so I see this all the time, but last night it bothered me even more. If you don't like negative CM stories, don't read further. CMs have gone downhill for years now and I guess I should expect it now, but its tough to swallow because I remember the times of good customer service and nice people.

• We're passholders, so we entered the park at 3:20PM to get a head start. We asked multiple CMs where to get wristbands, and none knew (what?). When we finally found one who did, he told us to exit the park and go get in the event line (and wait 40 minutes? I couldn't believe he just suggested this.) and get our wristbands there. I told him we're passholders so we don't need to wait until 4, did he know of any locations in the park to get them, and he was super rude and goes. "psh. Tomorrowland." Ok so if you knew it was in Tomorrowland (also - that is not very specific), why would you tell us to leave? I left very annoyed.
  
• Went to Starbucks to get a coffee and the CM manning the lines is telling people this line isn't long at all, they should see Christmas, and just b*tching to anyone who will listen about her job. Then this gets guests complaining about lines, etc. So magical. Not.
  
• When we got in line to meet the 7 Dwarves at 5PM, there was no one at the front of the line and no CMs. We walked up to the line and stood (near the water fountain). A few minutes later some people (construction?) came by and asked us to move to a specific area outside of the covered queue area, as they needed to set up the set for the dwarves and it wasn't safe for us to be in there. Cool - we move. 30 minutes go by and people start filing in behind us. Then people start getting anxious and upset with the line placement and trying to jump the line. There's no CM around to manage the line, and it turns into a bit of a chaos. We ended up having to be very vocal and fight for a spot near the front because 1) they were going to load the line from the back to where we were, into the queues, making us last, and 2) there was a family that was told they could sit down at the tables nearby and wait. Completely unorganized and definitely started the night off sour.

Other than those things, we had a good time. We were able to do (in order)

• 7 Dwarves
• Columbia Harbour House
• Princesses
• Minnie, Donald, Daisy
• Trick or Treat in Tomorrowland
• Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin
  
• Lotso
• Dance Party
• Space Mountain
• Starbucks
• Fireworks
• Hocus Pocus
• Parade
• SDMT

 

[dmc6469]

What is the poison apple stein? Is it a container for ice cream?

I got mine at Gastons Tavern

 

[dmc6469]

When we finally found one who did, he told us to exit the park and go get in the event line (and wait 40 minutes? I couldn't believe he just suggested this.) and get our wristbands there.

Oh my. I wonder if you dealt with the same CM I did at my party!! He was SOOOOO rude and did the same thing; told us to go back out and get in line then get our wristband inside there. After he walked off, another CM came up after hearing him and said ‘no, he’s wrong. Just go to City Hall. They will get it to you and take care of you.” She didn’t know why he was 1) so rude and 2) told us to leave the park and get back in the ‘party line’ to get our wristband.

 

[memo10]

I think we're going to go on Friday for DD's Bday! I'm curious to see how the crowds are. We went to a Christmas party a few years ago but that's our only recent party experience!

 

[Iowamomof4]

WOW! Only 9 MNSSHPs left. Only 2 parties Sold Out. I can' wait until it's my turn for MNSHHP!
11D Until I'm Home!

I'm still amazed at the lack of sold-out parties so far! I hope this trend continues with the MVMCP's.

 

[PacoDF]

I'm still amazed at the lack of sold-out parties so far! I hope this trend continues with the MVMCP's.

Higher prices and maybe higher attendance cap per party. Not sure if the lack of sold out parties is a good thing...

Anyway, I've seen lots of people saying it wasn't as crowded as they expected. We'll be there for the october 30th party and nov 8th for xmas party, we'll see...

 

[monique5]

I'm still amazed at the lack of sold-out parties so far! I hope this trend continues with the MVMCP's.

I'm very surprised that there's only been 2 sold out parties so far. I except the 30th to sell out , that's one of my nights. Hope I'm wrong.

 

[monique5]

Higher prices and maybe higher attendance cap per party. Not sure if the lack of sold out parties is a good thing...

Anyway, I've seen lots of people saying it wasn't as crowded as they expected. We'll be there for the october 30th party and nov 8th for xmas party, we'll see...

I figured the higher prices were going to he a huge factor; we're paying over $90 (family of 3) in comparison to last year on Halloween. It's been mentioned that more tickets were being sold, but no confirmation from the usual sources. And agree with crowd level comments, only one with true complaints was September 25 (sold out).

See you on the 30th!

 

[dis2cruise]

What time do the firework happen??

 

[DisneyLove2015]

Sorry, quoted wrong post.

 

[CMNJ]

Sorry, quoted wrong post.

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