"Official" 2017 Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party - Boo to You!

[LongLiveRafiki]

Can't wait to attend on November 1st. A few Qs for you...

1) Candy Bags- looks like they have handles, have any of you brought a draw string backpack to use instead? I feel like my kids will not want to carry the candy all around the party and on rides

2) Q for Creative minds- We have a BBB appt for my DD at 2:50pm on the day of our party (we have APs so heading to MK early) She cannot wait to transform into Belle and we would LOVE to surprise her by having the rest of the family dress as characters from Beauty and Beast as well and surprise her. I am having a hard time coming up with costume ideas that aren't crazy expensive. I was thinking DH could be Beast (any costume ideas?), DS (11) Gaston (he will not like this at all. I am thinking we just find a Gaston like shirt and call it a day), and me? I have no clue who I should be! Mrs Potts? Where would i find a Tea pot costume lol

For Mrs. Potts, you could wear a long sleeved white shirt and use fabric marker to draw her eyes, eyebrows, and mouth. Either cut off one sleeve and sew a gold sleeve in it's place, or paint/ color one sleeve gold. Then, you can do the "I'm a little teapot" pose with the arm in the white sleeve being the spout and the gold sleeved arm being the handle. For the bottom purple/pink/blue/gold part of Mrs Potts, you could maybe try to find a tutu with similar coloring, or you could use a gold ribbon wrapped around the bottom of your shirt, around 4-6 inches from the bottom. Then use fabric marker to color the purple/blue/pink/gold design below the ribbon on the bottom of the shirt. Get a cheap purple bucket hat or beanie and cut it down to the size you want for Mrs. Potts lid. Use fabric glue and attach gold pipe cleaners around the edge as you form the edges to give it that wavy look. Use fabric glue to secure a pink craft pom pom in the middle of the top of the hat.

 

[Travelgrrl]

Can't wait to attend on November 1st. A few Qs for you...

1) Candy Bags- looks like they have handles, have any of you brought a draw string backpack to use instead? I feel like my kids will not want to carry the candy all around the party and on rides

2) Q for Creative minds- We have a BBB appt for my DD at 2:50pm on the day of our party (we have APs so heading to MK early) She cannot wait to transform into Belle and we would LOVE to surprise her by having the rest of the family dress as characters from Beauty and Beast as well and surprise her. I am having a hard time coming up with costume ideas that aren't crazy expensive. I was thinking DH could be Beast (any costume ideas?), DS (11) Gaston (he will not like this at all. I am thinking we just find a Gaston like shirt and call it a day), and me? I have no clue who I should be! Mrs Potts? Where would i find a Tea pot costume lol

French maid's costumes are common and inexpensive, and could add a feather duster and a feathered fascinator and be that; perhaps your husband could be Gaston with a long sleeved red shirt with fake muscles sewn in, and your son could be the Beast with a blue long sleeved jacket or shirt with a little bit of brown fake fur around the cuffs and neck to suggest 'beastliness'? And maybe a headband or beanie with fur ears on them?

 

[FeralCatRogue]

Can't wait to attend on November 1st. A few Qs for you...

1) Candy Bags- looks like they have handles, have any of you brought a draw string backpack to use instead? I feel like my kids will not want to carry the candy all around the party and on rides

I used a over the shoulder large bag i got for a dollar, around september you can get cheap bags in dollar stores that are worht it more the small bag wont be enough for a kid

2) Q for Creative minds- We have a BBB appt for my DD at 2:50pm on the day of our party (we have APs so heading to MK early) She cannot wait to transform into Belle and we would LOVE to surprise her by having the rest of the family dress as characters from Beauty and Beast as well and surprise her. I am having a hard time coming up with costume ideas that aren't crazy expensive. I was thinking DH could be Beast (any costume ideas?), DS (11) Gaston (he will not like this at all. I am thinking we just find a Gaston like shirt and call it a day), and me? I have no clue who I should be! Mrs Potts? Where would i find a Tea pot costume lol

You could do beast with scraggly wig and if you get some cheap clothes to tatter up at some places. Mrs Potts is a bit harder you could do an older time dress and maybe use accessories like carrying chip.

 

[tinkerbell1991]

For question 1...
The candy bags are very small, and you can get multiple bags

I didn't know that you could get multiple bags. Do you just go up to a cm once your bag is full and ask for another one?

 

[BigMommaMouse]

I didn't know that you could get multiple bags. Do you just go up to a cm once your bag is full and ask for another one?

Yes!

 

[waydownunder]

Can't wait to attend on November 1st. A few Qs for you...

1) Candy Bags- looks like they have handles, have any of you brought a draw string backpack to use instead? I feel like my kids will not want to carry the candy all around the party and on rides

2) Q for Creative minds- We have a BBB appt for my DD at 2:50pm on the day of our party (we have APs so heading to MK early) She cannot wait to transform into Belle and we would LOVE to surprise her by having the rest of the family dress as characters from Beauty and Beast as well and surprise her. I am having a hard time coming up with costume ideas that aren't crazy expensive. I was thinking DH could be Beast (any costume ideas?), DS (11) Gaston (he will not like this at all. I am thinking we just find a Gaston like shirt and call it a day), and me? I have no clue who I should be! Mrs Potts? Where would i find a Tea pot costume lol

I have made hubby and I drawstring backpacks so we can put souvinirs and treats in them and hope they will be easier to carry around. Hopefully this works for us.

 

[Bex258]

Ok so Disboards had stopped notifying me again.

Hi Justin

View attachment 242341 Yay!! It worked!! Thanks @PolyRob !!! This is my version of Winnie the Pooh, disney bounding. I'm going August 25th, so I know it's going to be crazy hot..... but I still wanted to get in the spirit. I'm so excited!!

I love your outfit.

I was going to post some pictures up of trip related items and a bit on my costume but my internet is not having any of it. I'll try again a bit later.

 

[Bex258]

Ok, so I decorated some SD card cases that are going to hold my extra SD cards as I intend to film as well as take a lot of pictures. (Last time I took around 2000 and used up an 8GB card. I don't delete photos even bad ones until I get home because deleting them on the camera can corrupt the card and then you loose all of it. It happened to my sister when she was doing a photography project at school. I think after using special software she recovered a bit but never got it all back).



I did a suitcase, a S.H.E.I.L.D briefcase and the budget box (a UK thing) because it was red.

I also purchased a pouch from eBay that can hold a phone. I'm not going to use the string strap it came with, I have a Disney World lanyard so it doesn't hurt my neck. I wanted somewhere to put my phone whilst using my camera but having it near by so I can swap between the two. I took some of my faux leather fabric, cut out a Mickey head, glued it with fabric glue and as it wasn't 100% stuck I stitched around it.



I re-did my planner. This book already had the symbols stamped on. I may add the Mickey head cut out I have bit it might be too crowded.



I went with hand drawing/tracing things mostly on the inside this time.
A list of drinks I want to try - picking one or two from Trader Sam's


Some of the souvenirs I want to buy/look at (thinking about it before hand helps me think about it and make decisions, trying to avoid impulse buys/regrets at not buying).



And my departure page so I can add notes to it.



I'm using my planner is just a handy quick reference to all my plans especially if I have trouble with the internet whilst there or MDE. Although my service provider gives me the same minutes/text and data as I do in UK for the US (so I don't have to wait for WiFi thankfully), my contract has 12 GB of data per month, may actually Skype/call on What's app my family whilst in the parks

And yesterday was 100 days on my countdown so today I'm at 99 days, finally into double digits.

 

[Gophers]

So interesting thing just happened. Went to check on Hallowishes for Sept 26th and times showed up. Was able to click on the 26th, 2 tickets but when I hit continue it stopped. Tried to go back and now no dates

 

[Tiffany_m15]

What will you miss during the parade if you don't sit on Main Street? During the Christmas Party it snows...Does anything special like that happen during the Halloween Party Parade?

 

[abnihon]

What will you miss during the parade if you don't sit on Main Street? During the Christmas Party it snows...Does anything special like that happen during the Halloween Party Parade?

Nope. Nothing except having the castle in the background. We watched from Frontierland. Some say it's better because it's darker and spookier. and of course less crowded. Lol. We're going to two parties this year. May try and watch one parade on Main St just for the pics with castle in the background.

 

[Bex258]

So interesting thing just happened. Went to check on Hallowishes for Sept 26th and times showed up. Was able to click on the 26th, 2 tickets but when I hit continue it stopped. Tried to go back and now no dates

How odd. I couldn't view park opening times for around that time today on the MDE. Maybe they have an update going through? I saw something on the DIS news that involved the hotel bookings so maybe this got an update too.

 

[Gophers]

How odd. I couldn't view park opening times for around that time today on the MDE. Maybe they have an update going through? I saw something on the DIS news that involved the hotel bookings so maybe this got an update too.

I went back in this morning and it's allowing to pick a day and time but when you push continue now it puts the request in the itinerary

 

[ErinsMommy]

If ok I'm going to post this in this thread as well as the other MNSSHP thread (and I made my own post too).

I have a BBB appointment in MK for 9/24/17 (party night) at 11:00 a.m. and my daughter's MNSSHP costume has no need for it. I can try and coordinate the drop if anyone is interested -- otherwise will just cancel it end of week!

 

[FoxC63]

Ok, so I decorated some SD card cases that are going to hold my extra SD cards as I intend to film as well as take a lot of pictures. (Last time I took around 2000 and used up an 8GB card. I don't delete photos even bad ones until I get home because deleting them on the camera can corrupt the card and then you loose all of it. It happened to my sister when she was doing a photography project at school. I think after using special software she recovered a bit but never got it all back).

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I did a suitcase, a S.H.E.I.L.D briefcase and the budget box (a UK thing) because it was red.

I also purchased a pouch from eBay that can hold a phone. I'm not going to use the string strap it came with, I have a Disney World lanyard so it doesn't hurt my neck. I wanted somewhere to put my phone whilst using my camera but having it near by so I can swap between the two. I took some of my faux leather fabric, cut out a Mickey head, glued it with fabric glue and as it wasn't 100% stuck I stitched around it.

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I re-did my planner. This book already had the symbols stamped on. I may add the Mickey head cut out I have bit it might be too crowded.

View attachment 243421

I went with hand drawing/tracing things mostly on the inside this time.
A list of drinks I want to try - picking one or two from Trader Sam's
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Some of the souvenirs I want to buy/look at (thinking about it before hand helps me think about it and make decisions, trying to avoid impulse buys/regrets at not buying).

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And my departure page so I can add notes to it.

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I'm using my planner is just a handy quick reference to all my plans especially if I have trouble with the internet whilst there or MDE. Although my service provider gives me the same minutes/text and data as I do in UK for the US (so I don't have to wait for WiFi thankfully), my contract has 12 GB of data per month, may actually Skype/call on What's app my family whilst in the parks

And yesterday was 100 days on my countdown so today I'm at 99 days, finally into double digits.

My goodness you've been busy! Good on you!!! You're so creative I love the phone pouch and your planner is hands down AWESOME! The time and energy you put into them clearly shows Great job!

 

[Bex258]

My goodness you've been busy! Good on you!!! You're so creative I love the phone pouch and your planner is hands down AWESOME! The time and energy you put into them clearly shows Great job!

Thank you

I still have quite a bit to create, I'm glad I started early.

I made the pouches for my belt (Judy Hopps) need to redo two. I got fabric glue over one and couldn't clean it off once dry and the other I messed the measurement up. I'm almost done with the other three so I shall post a picture soon.

 

[biochemgirl]

We are one step closer to attending our first MNSSHP. Booked our flight to Orlando for our Universal trip - Aug 23-30. We already have a bounceback room booked at Disney for the 29th. I am just waiting to buy our tickets for the Aug 29th party. The party will be our only "Disney" this trip.

ETA
I have our party day all planned even though I don't have a ticket yet.

9-10 Transfer by town car from Universal to Contemporary Resort
11:30 boat to Wilderness Lodge
12:00 explore Wilderness Lodge
12:30-1:30 late lunch at Whispering Canyon Cafe
1:45 boat to CR
2:15 change into costume / relax
3:15 exit CR walk to MK
3:30 in line for MK party entrance

If our room is ready at CR then we may scrap WCC and just hit the CR pool and QS and relax in our room.

Great plan! We're at Universal that week as well and planning to take Lyft over to the party on the 29th. It will be our only Disney day for a week long trip. So excited that I'll get to scratch the itch even if it's brief

 

[Penguinempress]

I'm in Canada and I didn't want to pay to have physical party tickets shipped to me so I chose the print at home option. I understand that I can book Fastpasses between 4 and 7 before the party officially starts but what happens when I get to the actual ride and don't have a magic band or card to scan at the Fastpass entrance? Is there some way for CMs to scan my party ticket to recognize the Fastpass?

 

[FoxC63]

I'm in Canada and I didn't want to pay to have physical party tickets shipped to me so I chose the print at home option. I understand that I can book Fastpasses between 4 and 7 before the party officially starts but what happens when I get to the actual ride and don't have a magic band or card to scan at the Fastpass entrance? Is there some way for CMs to scan my party ticket to recognize the Fastpass?

FP can be scheduled 3:30-4:30, 4:30-5:30 and 5:30-6:30 but NOT past 6:30 or they'll be cancelled. You have three options with your voucher:
*If staying onsite ask Resort GS or Concierge to exchange Voucher for Plastic party ticket.
*Ask the MK Ticket Booth to exchange Voucher for Plastic party ticket.
*Or simply scan Voucher at Entrance and for rides/M&G

 

[StraightToDumbo]

I'm so glad I found this. I didn't know they had reduced military tickets for this. I had to move some things around in order to get the right dates. Thank you so much. You just saved me $100!!!