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

[aaarcher86]

I have a daughter with a corn sensitivity. Almost all candy has corn. Does anyone know if we decide to go if they have options you could enjoy?

You can trade at GR for dietary restrictive candy but I don't know what options they have.

 

[monique5]

I have a daughter with a corn sensitivity. Almost all candy has corn. Does anyone know if we decide to go if they have options you could enjoy?

From post 1- Treats Offered

• Typically, there are options for guests with food allergies, which are available upon request at City Hall on Main Street, U.S.A.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

I'm sort of undecided on doing a party as of now. Sure it sounds fun but with a family of 3 it might be pretty expensive. I heard crowds were pretty crazy last year, so I'm wondering if it's worth it to spend the extra money when we could have just as much fun chilling around the pool for the evening. I love Halloween but I'm not big on dressing up or anything. Is it really worth it?

I have been to sold out parties that "felt" like low crowds and non-sold out parties that "felt" pretty crowded, and everything in between. Crowds tend to feel different at the parties depending on where you are in the park. Always a lot of crowds around the castle for the shows, parade, fireworks, but other parts of the park can feel empty. We like the parties for the low ride wait times and just something different. I agree with PP, it's at least worth a try once. DS has been 4 and 5 on our trips and it has pretty much become a must-do time of year to visit for us, we like it that much.

 

[Disneymom1126]

I'm sort of undecided on doing a party as of now. Sure it sounds fun but with a family of 3 it might be pretty expensive. I heard crowds were pretty crazy last year, so I'm wondering if it's worth it to spend the extra money when we could have just as much fun chilling around the pool for the evening. I love Halloween but I'm not big on dressing up or anything. Is it really worth it?

I think it depends on what your family likes to do and whether you are okay with not doing "everything" at the party. I think with a good plan you can do everything offered, including riding rides, trick or treating, and meeting some characters IF you don't have interest in meeting the Seven Dwarfs or Jack Skellington -- waiting in line for either/both of those will basically eat up most of your party time. If you are more into it for the trick-or-treating, seeing the stage show, fireworks, and parade, and things like that you can do a lot even with the crowds. I think sometimes people think that because it's a special ticketed event the parks will be (or shouldn't be) as crowded, but in reality while there are less people overall in the park, all of those people are looking to basically do the same things so it feels more crowded because all the people who are out riding rides during a regular day are in line/waiting for the things that you can't do outside of a Halloween party.

Last year the HUB area was really crowded and we basically avoided that area except for Hallo-wishes (which there are lots of great places to watch because you can see it from anywhere that faces the castle) and we watched the last showing of the Hocus Pocus show. We didn't wait in line for any rides (except about 10 minute wait for SDMT at 11:30 p.m.) and met the Hag from Snow White and Lotso from Toy Story with short 10-15 minute waits (we could have met other characters as well, but DD wasn't really interested to do so). We trick or treated in 3-4 spots (by Splash Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Little Mermaid, and the long trail that goes from Barnstormer to Tomorrowland) and had plenty of candy.

 

[belleincanada]

What day did they announce MNSSHP last year!?

 

[Roxyfire]

Last year the HUB area was really crowded and we basically avoided that area except for Hallo-wishes (which there are lots of great places to watch because you can see it from anywhere that faces the castle) and we watched the last showing of the Hocus Pocus show. We didn't wait in line for any rides (except about 10 minute wait for SDMT at 11:30 p.m.) and met the Hag from Snow White and Lotso from Toy Story with short 10-15 minute waits (we could have met other characters as well, but DD wasn't really interested to do so). We trick or treated in 3-4 spots (by Splash Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Little Mermaid, and the long trail that goes from Barnstormer to Tomorrowland) and had plenty of candy.

Oh I totally forgot there was a stage show. I don't like the idea of crowding in to see fireworks, so where would you recommend? We can see fireworks from a local baseball stadium every weekend but I feel like halloween themed ones might be nice.

 

[KT0191]

What day did they announce MNSSHP last year!?

Feb 25

 

[belleincanada]

Ugh. I'm getting super antsy! I'm really hoping the dates work out that we can go.

 

[siskaren]

Guessing he's going by that, last years actual dates, & September trend of party nights listed in 1st post.

Josh is going by the park hours posted here:

http://media.disneywebcontent.com/StaticFiles/ParkHours/WDWTravelAgent_September.pdf

He's assuming that dates with a 7pm closing are going to be party dates, but since last year's calendar initially showed dates in early September with 7pm closings that turned out not to be party dates, that's why he's got question marks on the first few dates where he has MNSSHP listed.

 

[belleincanada]

According to KennythePirate - apparently adults can no longer wear costumes at MNSSHP anymore? When did this change and is there somewhere I can find more information on this?

 

[mitsukoshi samurai]

According to KennythePirate - apparently adults can no longer wear costumes at MNSSHP anymore? When did this change and is there somewhere I can find more information on this?

http://www.wftv.com/news/local/disney-world-install-metal-detectors-orlando-theme/20217562

here ya' go

 

[Jennasis]

I really hope there is a party on 9/11...boy did that sound wrong to say! But it would help our planning so much more if that's the first party as opposed to the 13th.

 

[Disneymom1126]

Oh I totally forgot there was a stage show. I don't like the idea of crowding in to see fireworks, so where would you recommend? We can see fireworks from a local baseball stadium every weekend but I feel like halloween themed ones might be nice.

Last year we went to the area that they reserve for Fastpasses during Wishes on regular park nights (there's an area in front of Casey's and another in front of The Plaza) and were able to sit down and had a great view of the Fireworks from there (and it wasn't at all crowded). I'm not sure if people thought they couldn't go in there because it's usually a Fastpass area or if they just wanted to be closer to the castle, but in the pic below we are sitting down and you can tell there aren't a lot of people around us. We could have stood or moved a little to the side or further back to avoid the topiary that is in the picture, but were comfortable sitting at that point in the (very long) day!

 

[monique5]

According to KennythePirate - apparently adults can no longer wear costumes at MNSSHP anymore? When did this change and is there somewhere I can find more information on this?

Correct as of date. Nothing official released, but info regarding costumes is based on costume changes for runDisney. Also, See Post #1 under Costumes. OP have commented too & can view runDisney threads.

 

[FeralCatRogue]

According to KennythePirate - apparently adults can no longer wear costumes at MNSSHP anymore? When did this change and is there somewhere I can find more information on this?

No one really knows whats happening with this. Different CM/Disney reps, etc. give different stories on it.

 

[skuttle]

For those of you that have been before, does party merchandise sell out after the first few parties? My DS collects pins so I know he'll want a MNSSHP pin.

This past year, we planned a short trip to see the Osborne lights. The Osborne lights merchandise (pins and ornaments) sold out way before our trip (right before Christmas). I ended up ordering everything we wanted on ebay before it sold out and the prices skyrocketed.

If I'm going to a MNSSHP in early October, will I need to pre-buy a MNSSHP pin to make sure we get one?

 

[FeralCatRogue]

I was able to get the pin from frontierland on oct 3rd this last trip, the shirts for the castle show were sold out in higher sizes, as well as some other items (Cannot remember hwat now) But they had been caught letting non wristband people buy the items as well as letting one person buy 30 of the shirt. Hopefully this year that won't happen/

 

[eaf2063]

Oh I totally forgot there was a stage show. I don't like the idea of crowding in to see fireworks, so where would you recommend? We can see fireworks from a local baseball stadium every weekend but I feel like halloween themed ones might be nice.

We were able to see them perfectly sitting on the benches rightt outside of Small World.

 

[belleincanada]

No one really knows whats happening with this. Different CM/Disney reps, etc. give different stories on it.

Well, I hope they allow it for grown ups for at least MNSSHP, so long as it's not going to hurt anyone! I've done Belle cosplay for awhile now (that's me as Belle in my avatar), and I've never been to MNSSHP. It's been pretty well a life dream of mine to be able to be in costume in WDW, just once.

 

[FeralCatRogue]

Its quite awesome too especially if your costume is good. I had cast members asking for my picture last time. Had great m&g responses and had people asking me about it. I am going on Halloween itself and i just can't see a place banning costumes that day since many people expect Halloween itself to be costumes.