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

[vinotinto]

I don't understand. Why they would they cancel your fast passes for Animal Kingdom on a different day than the party? I thought they were cancelling fast passes for those who made them during the party with their party ticket.

I think the issue is that they are *not* manually deleting FastPasses, but that the party ticket media was not considered a "valid" ticket media for FP+. So, for example, instead of 5 days of "valid" ticket media, you now only have 4 days of "valid" ticket media. When that happens, it goes sequentially, so your last day of FP+ is the one impacted.

 

[DonaldDuck77]

The thing is we are all speculating at this point because Disney has not indicated any information either way. Nowhere can I find that you *can* enter at 4:00 pm, or that you can *not* enter at 4:00 pm like previous years. Nowhere can I find that you *can* make 1 FP+ or 2 FP+ or 3 FP+ with your party ticket or that you can *not.* And that is what is bothering me about this. If they indicate it somewhere, then I make decisions accordingly. Maybe, I'll add a day to my tickets. Or maybe I will cancel my park ADR. Or maybe I will decide to do something different with my afternoon. But, the lack any information is what does not sit right with me.

My FP+ for the last day are still there. We are going to the party on Sept 1st. I wonder if they are deleting FP+ in the order of the party dates?

Right. Even if it was never official, it is a system that is very well known and expected. I thought I remembered seeing a Disney Parks Blog post one year mentioning that you can get in early (not the FP+ issue). I know I have seen it on Disney park moms, but that is not official.

If they are going to make a change regarding 4:00 entry, it needs to be officially announced.

 

[Elizamarie763]

Oh boy. All of my FP+ are still there but now I'm really nervous; I have a BOG ADR on my party day at 5 so I was counting on being able to get in at 4

 

[prettypatchesmsu]

Where exactly are people reporting problems with this? I have not seen anyone personally report it on here yet or on other Disney forum sites that I follow. I wonder if it is slowly rolling out.... Just curious/concerned and I'd like to read more as I'd like to know more about this FP problem. Is it like a private facebook group or something?

 

[Charolette]

Oh man I have BOG booking for 530 on our party day & this is the ADR my family is most looking forward to so this is worrying me too. Hope this turns out to not be an issue.

 

[eeyoreandtink]

Oh man I have BOG booking for 530 on our party day & this is the ADR my family is most looking forward to so this is worrying me too. Hope this turns out to not be an issue.

An extra ticket day is pretty cheap on a longer trip. If party tickets aren't good until 7, it might be worth the extra $10-20 per person to keep the adr.

 

[FeralCatRogue]

Costume question here. I know adults cannot wear masks. I was going to go as Mr Incredible and face paint his eye mask. Is that ok?

I've done full face makeup for quite a few years now. If you go that route though I'd say get stagemakeup and a setting spray or its gonna just drip off in the heat. I find mehron aq paradise to work best for the paint and a few graftobian setting spray spritz keeps mine on for the entire party.

 

[kizmet311]

So, can you make dining reservations during the party? I just purchased my tickets and linked them to MDX, but it still only shows dining reservations available up until 6:00 on the MNSSHP date.

 

[prettypatchesmsu]

So, can you make dining reservations during the party? I just purchased my tickets and linked them to MDX, but it still only shows dining reservations available up until 6:00 on the MNSSHP date.

There is a separate area on the WDW site this year for booking ADRs during the party. https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/d...s-not-so-scary-halloween-party-table-service/

 

[Charolette]

An extra ticket day is pretty cheap on a longer trip. If party tickets aren't good until 7, it might be worth the extra $10-20 per person to keep the adr.

My DH & I have AP's so won't be a problem the rest of my family purchased the Canadian ticket offer that is no longer out & im not sure if I can add a day on to those tickets or will have to purchase a full price 1 day ticket! Will wait & see & hope we still get 4 o'clock entry!

 

[kizmet311]

There is a separate area on the WDW site this year for booking ADRs during the party. https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/d...s-not-so-scary-halloween-party-table-service/

Thank you!!!!

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Oh, that is going to suck! I knew it was closing in August, but was hoping it would be back open by the time we got there. My stepdaughter is going to be so disappointed. I guess I need to find the thread that talks about attraction closures to try to prevent further disappointment. She and I looked at the rides online the other day so I could get an idea of what she likes and I might need to get FPS for and of course, Splash was at the top of her list.

Here is this that you can use http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/rehab.htm (last updated 7/19)

You won't be able to get a FP for any of the rides/attractions that are under refurb until a firm reopening date has been set.

Sorry, newbie here...what is FOP? I need to learn these abbreviations!

Here's this list http://www.wdwinfo.com/abbreviations.htm Just know sometimes posters use abbreviations not on this list or use different ones.

Flight of Passage= FoP or FOP, Na'vi River Journey=NRJ or RJ, and Rivers of Light=ROL or RoL have not been added to the list yet though.

Don't hesitate to ask though. It can take some getting used to

 

[Maggie'sMom]

I wonder what will happen if you have ticket entitlements available, but do not use them to enter the park. We will still have NE tickets with days remaining that will work to book FP+, but we don't plan on using a regular ticket on our party day.

This is what I'm wondering. When I was booking my FP+, I had 7 ticket days plus my MNSSHP ticket under our names. I couldn't book the 8th day of FP+. Due to some ticket specials I had taken advantage of, I had extra tickets under ticket holder profiles so I switched those tickets over to our official profiles to make the last day of FP+. I thought the issue was just a glitch in the system which would get worked out. But now I'm concerned. I could prioritize the tickets so I could keep the ones I don't plan on using on my profile to protect my FP+ for all my park days, but if I try to use those FP+ when I've only used my party ticket to enter the park, am I risking creating an issue?

 

[hiroMYhero]

This is what I'm wondering. When I was booking my FP+, I had 7 ticket days plus my MNSSHP ticket under our names. I couldn't book the 8th day of FP+. Due to some ticket specials I had taken advantage of, I had extra tickets under ticket holder profiles so I switched those tickets over to our official profiles to make the last day of FP+. I thought the issue was just a glitch in the system which would get worked out. But now I'm concerned. I could prioritize the tickets so I could keep the ones I don't plan on using on my profile to protect my FP+ for all my park days, but if I try to use those FP+ when I've only used my party ticket to enter the park, am I risking creating an issue?

If Disney is deeming Party Tickets as invalid entitlements for FPs, using the booked FPs will cause your (each) MDE Profile to be flagged.

If you enter MK using the Party Ticket, when you redeem a booked FP the FP system will know you did not use a valid ticket to enter the park. This will cause the "flag." Multiple instances of flagging does lead to your Profiles being locked.

 

[doggydoc]

Oh man I have BOG booking for 530 on our party day & this is the ADR my family is most looking forward to so this is worrying me too. Hope this turns out to not be an issue.

I have a BOG ressie for 6:15 that specifically says MNSSHP Dining @ BOG. They are are going to let me in early or I will know the reason why.

Getting that reservation was one of the few remaining reasons why I am going to the party since they canceled the preferred parade viewing. It was the only way I could see to definitely get a BOG dinner, the one thing my wife stated she definitely wanted to do.

 

[AngelDisney]

My DH & I have AP's so won't be a problem the rest of my family purchased the Canadian ticket offer that is no longer out & im not sure if I can add a day on to those tickets or will have to purchase a full price 1 day ticket! Will wait & see & hope we still get 4 o'clock entry!

If you add a day or two, you will lose the Canadian discount since you need to pay the difference between the ticket price and the current gate price before adding on days.

 

[Cluelyss]

Where exactly are people reporting problems with this? I have not seen anyone personally report it on here yet or on other Disney forum sites that I follow. I wonder if it is slowly rolling out.... Just curious/concerned and I'd like to read more as I'd like to know more about this FP problem. Is it like a private facebook group or something?

I've read reports in 3 separate Facebook groups in the last 2 days.

 

[Cluelyss]

I have a BOG ressie for 6:15 that specifically says MNSSHP Dining @ BOG. They are are going to let me in early or I will know the reason why.

Getting that reservation was one of the few remaining reasons why I am going to the party since they canceled the preferred parade viewing. It was the only way I could see to definitely get a BOG dinner, the one thing my wife stated she definitely wanted to do.

They will for sure honor the "party dining" reservations that they opened - which has led to speculation of a 6 pm enter vs the prior 4 pm. Again, this is all speculation. And as of right now, while a handful of people have reported having their FPs cancelled, most are reporting no issues (yet). Unfortunately, we will likely not have a definitive answer on entry time until the first party. The 4 pm entry time was never publicized by Disney anywhere, so they may see no need to publically announce that it's changing (unfair, yes, but all verbiage relating to the party start time is officially 7).

 

[prettypatchesmsu]

I've read reports in 3 separate Facebook groups in the last 2 days.

Oh ok! I'm not in any of the facebook groups. Well keep us posted then

 

[DonaldDuck77]

If Disney is deeming Party Tickets as invalid entitlements for FPs, using the booked FPs will cause your (each) MDE Profile to be flagged.

If you enter MK using the Party Ticket, when you redeem a booked FP the FP system will know you did not use a valid ticket to enter the park. This will cause the "flag." Multiple instances of flagging does lead to your Profiles being locked.

And again, we need to have some warning ahead of time. Just like we did with SDFP and CPFP. It was a "glitch" or "cheat" that many were taking advantage of "within the rules". Now, for years we have been able to make FP+ reservations using party tickets only. This has been published on just about any unofficial Disney website there is as a party perk. If this is suddenly taken away, we need an announcement. Not just the typical Disney silence and "hope no one gets mad".