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

[Spoiledraf]

Okay thanks! I read earlier that some characters started meeting at 4 so I was concerned. (It's may have been 5...I can't remember. I just recall thinking is conflicted with our dinner.)
I guess even if they do we can just skip the meet and greets or try to do them near the end of the night.

Your lucky my wife procrastinated too long and could only get a 7:30 reservation for the castle on party night. It's a big deal for her to take my youngest grand daughter but it just aggravates me that she waited so long to make a decision and is now wasting valuable party time. And to boot, she has a BBB reservation at Disney Springs at 10:40 in the morning. Total waste of a day.

 

[Raya]

FYI - more availability was opened up this morning both for Free Dining and for Room Only Discounts in September and October. I was unable to get into POFQ with a RO discount when they were first released, but was able to change it this morning!

how did you find out about the discount? I'm searching for one, but always seem to find out too late.

 

[keishashadow]

OP will post regarding attending party, but Columbus Day is Canada's Thanksgiving. PP saying that week was crowded due to this.

uhoh didn't know thanks. may just book the week prior

Your lucky my wife procrastinated too long and could only get a 7:30 reservation for the castle on party night. It's a big deal for her to take my youngest grand daughter but it just aggravates me that she waited so long to make a decision and is now wasting valuable party time. And to boot, she has a BBB reservation at Disney Springs at 10:40 in the morning. Total waste of a day.

a dining res during the party really cuts into the time your are 'dearly' paying. Maybe you can talk her into doing it another night.

 

[monique5]

how did you find out about the discount? I'm searching for one, but always seem to find out too late.

See Post #2 for discounts during parties this year. Discounts are on main page of Disney official website. Then places like, Chip & Co., wdwmagic.com, Build A Better Mouse Trip, Mousesavers, Allears.net., etc. - websites like these & they have newsletters you can sign up for.

 

[Disneymom1126]

how did you find out about the discount? I'm searching for one, but always seem to find out too late.

For discounts I watch the Disney Resorts and Disney Dining forums here (they both have discount threads) and then also generally watch the theme park attractions and strategies thread...

Also, a lot of times Disney doesn't release all of the rooms available for a discount at once. The Room Only discounts have been out for a month or so now, but there wasn't a lot of availability initially, so I've been checking when I wake up in the morning to see if there is any availability specifically at POFQ for my dates and finally this morning they must have released more rooms because after weeks of no availability there was multiple room types available. I wouldn't be surprised if they do another release of rooms in July depending on what occupancy is looking like. There's also usually a set of Room Only discounts announced in mid-July, so you can keep your eyes open for that too. There's a website that keeps track of the dates discounts have been released historically going back 4-5 years. If you google "disney world historic resort discounts" it will come up.

 

[Legendofthehawk]

anyone have opinions on dates? We're looking at either the 27th or the 31st. The kids and I have done Halloween before and it's been awesome. Price difference is about 50 dollars total between the days I think.

 

[NoMoneyThanks2Disney]

Your lucky my wife procrastinated too long and could only get a 7:30 reservation for the castle on party night. It's a big deal for her to take my youngest grand daughter but it just aggravates me that she waited so long to make a decision and is now wasting valuable party time. And to boot, she has a BBB reservation at Disney Springs at 10:40 in the morning. Total waste of a day.

That's a bummer! But tell her to keep trying. Just yesterday I managed to find a bog for 5:45pm on our party day, so I'd be very surprised if she couldn't get a better time with some perseverance. Good luck!

 

[monique5]

anyone have opinions on dates? We're looking at either the 27th or the 31st. The kids and I have done Halloween before and it's been awesome. Price difference is about 50 dollars total between the days I think.

I would say the 31st since its Halloween, the WOW factor, but you've done that. If $ is a deciding factor, then definitely the 27th. I would guess Monday & Thursday nights are better crowd wise, but this is last week of parties. Crowds should be better on Thursday, 27th since Monday is actually Halloween & last party.

 

[Lehuaann]

anyone have opinions on dates? We're looking at either the 27th or the 31st. The kids and I have done Halloween before and it's been awesome. Price difference is about 50 dollars total between the days I think.

We attended the Oct 27 (Tues) and Nov 1 parties last year, both of which were sold-out. Actually, all dates surrounding Halloween were sold-out, so I wouldn't base my decision on crowds. The only difference is the price...and being there on Halloween. Had I not LAGGED last year, we would've definitely been there on Halloween night...

 

[monique5]

82 Days Until the 1st MNSSHP!

 

[cmarsh31]

Looks like our date is set for 10/4! We're doing a primarily US trip but a little side trip to MNSSHP for our MK fix! We went in 2014 - it was great, but we definitely didn't make the most of it (arrival day, did the whole afternoon in the park, stood in line for Captain Jack for hours...) this time we'll be sleeping in having a relaxing resort morning, late lunch at Kona and be at the gates by 3:30. Hopefully I'll be able to get a few good FPs and we can spend the night enjoying a great night! If we're lucky, the fact that it's a Tues and the first of a price increase ticket night will keep some people away!

 

[ml sumner]

Looks like our date is set for 10/4! We're doing a primarily US trip but a little side trip to MNSSHP for our MK fix! We went in 2014 - it was great, but we definitely didn't make the most of it (arrival day, did the whole afternoon in the park, stood in line for Captain Jack for hours...) this time we'll be sleeping in having a relaxing resort morning, late lunch at Kona and be at the gates by 3:30. Hopefully I'll be able to get a few good FPs and we can spend the night enjoying a great night! If we're lucky, the fact that it's a Tues and the first of a price increase ticket night will keep some people away!

My family will be there that same night, so I'm hoping for lower crowds too.

 

[Goldys4]

Just bought our tickets for October 23! First MNSSHP! We're combining it with my daughter dancing at Disney with her Dance studio (probably at Disney Springs). Looking forward to a fun vacation

 

[DeRoche_Coach]

FYI Pirates Lesgue has opened up their times past the normal time of 3:00. I got a reservation for 2 at 4:15 on one of the dates. These will go fast

 

[monique5]

80 Days Until the 1st MNSSHP!

 

[ShinyRedGloss]

This may have been answered but has anyone seen Jack and Sally and then immediately saw the 7D? We saw Jack and Sally last year. We lined up on a sold out night around 4:45 and got through the line by about 5:45. I am hoping to hit up both before 7:30 but maybe that's a pipe dream.

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

But that's 30mins on top of the 1.5hr wait starting at 5:30pm, right? So it's really closer to 2hrs. I think we will skip the harder to meet characters, but I do want to meet the princesses if the princes are with them this year.

That's it exactly. I got in line at 5:30p and then it was 30 minutes to wait when they actually started the character meet at 7pm for the Seven Dwarves so the total wait time was 2 hours. I was solo and planned for that so I was ok.
Alot of people had grabbed CS dinner and were eating it in the line to keep their group occupied. I thought that was a good idea. Some must've done that in previous years because they were prepared with their own bags to bring it in the line.

 

[michelepa]

Alot of people had grabbed CS dinner and were eating it in the line to keep their group occupied. I thought that was a good idea. Some must've done that in previous years because they were prepared with their own bags to bring it in the line.

Does "CS" mean counter service? At first I thought it was an actual restaurant but can't find a place with those initials.

I'm trying to figure out what to do about dinner for our first ever party night on Sept 2nd. DD(12) loves Jack and Sally so I'm thinking eating in the line is a good idea for us as well.

We don't want to waste a minute of party activities to eat.

So I guess one would bring their own bag because quick service food is usually served on trays/there is no carry out bag option anywhere?
Last year I think our only park quick service was in AK at Dinosaurus so I don't know much about the set up.

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

CS does mean counter service. The people who had their own bags were using brown bags from home or Disney bags that I guess they asked for at one of the gift shops before getting their food.
There isn't a carry out bag at the counter service restaurants unfortunately.

I was wondering if they couldn't have just used the trays but then they would have to keep track of the trays and take the trays back to the restaurant at some point so having their own bags worked better.

 

[Lehuaann]

Does "CS" mean counter service? At first I thought it was an actual restaurant but can't find a place with those initials.

You have to forgive some of us who've been around a while. I, too, still catch myself calling it CS instead of QS...