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

[merry_nbright]

I'm working tirelessly on my Moana costume!!! I've got the tube top, belt, and necklace done, just have to do the skirt!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one planning so far ahead!!! I just hope I can fit my costume into my carry on for my first trip!!! My second trip, we'll be driving so I won't have to worry about that!

 

[monique5]

NEWS

FREE DINING 2017 IS BACK!

EARLY FALL 2017 ROOM ONLY DISCOUNTS ARE NOW OFFERED!

Details in Post #2.

 

[IrishNYC]

"Free" dining would cost me $100 more than what I'm booked at now. Adding on a hopper, and paying the difference between QSDP and DDP comes to more than what I reserved at before ticket and dining prices went up. I was hoping we could switch to AKL (we're booked at POR now) for around the same, but it's $200 more - that's our MNSSHP money!

 

[ErinsMommy]

Im surprised the deluxes are only discounted @ 25%. On our BB we got 30% off. And FD is even less of a savings. Going to enjoy our BB as I dont think we'll be able to book another come September due to the blackout dates =(

 

[dfurst05]

Hey Newbies (@dfurst05 , @Mommy2Corinne and @sherlockmiles )

It's been awhile since you last posted, hoping your plans are coming together and you hair is still intact!

Thanks for the mention!!

It was a busy weekend for us here with some family in town. I am getting caught up... five pages of posts to go through!!

I picked up a deal on a Disney gift card at Sam's Club over the weekend to help pay for the party tickets. That combined with 5% back on my Discover this quarter at Sam's will help make the cost sting a little less.

With free dining announced today we are focusing on that. My mom, who is the primary planner for the trip, now has some decisions to make. It looks like free dining will work for us, but now she has to decide if she is going to upgrade one or both of our rooms to the Disney Dining Plan and whether or not to upgrade our tickets to PLUS park hoppers vs regular (we already had hoppers).

Sorry for getting

 

[GillianP1301]

Now that the obsessing over free dining release is over, I guess we can go back to obsessing over when the MNSSHP party tickets will go on sale.

 

[ErinsMommy]

I'm sure Disney is going to wait at least a week for the madness of the discounts to slow down before they bog down their phone lines with party tickets.

 

[dfurst05]

Now that the obsessing over free dining release is over, I guess we can go back to obsessing over when the MNSSHP party tickets will go on sale.

Okay I am all caught up...

Since dates were announced later this year than last, hopefully Disney doesn't decide to delay putting the tickets on sale, too. However, if they do, I would still expect/hope to see tickets on sale by the end of May.

 

[ErinsMommy]

i would think since Disney added parties a couple of weeks earlier than last year (August), it'll go on sale earlier. But I've come to accept Disney does things oddly. lol

 

[dfurst05]

i would think since Disney added parties a couple of weeks earlier than last year (August), it'll go on sale earlier. But I've come to accept Disney does things oddly. lol

I didn't think of it that way but hopefully you are right!! I'm ready to just buy my tickets and get it over with... It's like a Band-Aid I just want to rip it off so I can stop thinking about how much it is going to cost. *GULP*

 

[GillianP1301]

I didn't think of it that way but hopefully you are right!! I'm ready to just buy my tickets and get it over with... It's like a Band-Aid I just want to rip it off so I can stop thinking about how much it is going to cost. *GULP*

Getting the spend over with is nice, but I also just like knowing I have my plans finalized and ready to go. I'm also waiting on the Star Wars Guided Tour for August to open up as well for the same reason.

But then again, if I didn't have these things to obsess over and check daily, then I'd probably start doing crazy things like changing ADRs around just for the sake of doing something related to my WDW trip.

 

[Disneymom1126]

Hi all! We just can't stay away...we're headed to Daytona to visit my sister in October and decided we can't be that close and not get our Disney Fix. We'll be doing a day at Universal (our first time) on the front end of our trip and MNSSHP on our last day there (we're flying in and out of MCO). I'm going to have to get caught up on the thread - haven't been paying attention this year. Thanks for organizing it again @monique5 !

 

[FoxC63]

I'm working tirelessly on my Moana costume!!! I've got the tube top, belt, and necklace done, just have to do the skirt!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one planning so far ahead!!! I just hope I can fit my costume into my carry on for my first trip!!! My second trip, we'll be driving so I won't have to worry about that!

This sounds great! Maybe we'll see some photos?

 

[FoxC63]

Thanks for the mention!!

It was a busy weekend for us here with some family in town. I am getting caught up... five pages of posts to go through!!

I picked up a deal on a Disney gift card at Sam's Club over the weekend to help pay for the party tickets. That combined with 5% back on my Discover this quarter at Sam's will help make the cost sting a little less.

With free dining announced today we are focusing on that. My mom, who is the primary planner for the trip, now has some decisions to make. It looks like free dining will work for us, but now she has to decide if she is going to upgrade one or both of our rooms to the Disney Dining Plan and whether or not to upgrade our tickets to PLUS park hoppers vs regular (we already had hoppers).

Sorry for getting

No it's not off topic at all, good to hear you and yours are still planning. Good luck with securing your room.

 

[dfurst05]

No it's not off topic at all, good to hear you and yours are still planning. Good luck with securing your room.

The room is already booked with the dining plan - we just have to get the "free" discount added to the reservation, if that is possible??

 

[FoxC63]

The room is already booked with the dining plan - we just have to get the "free" discount added to the reservation, if that is possible??

Honestly the last time we had FD was in 2014. I've been staying on top of the FD thread even went through 35 pages to catch up and from what I'm reading you cannot add this to an existing reservation. You will need a new reservation.

 

[FoxC63]

This is what I'm seeing ...
"Up at 5:30 and free dining showed up but I couldn't modify reservations. Been trying to modify online and get through on the phone since then. No luck."

"I used a different browser to get the "Change My Reservation" button to work and I finally got it! Was able to get the AKL discount!"

 

[prettypatchesmsu]

Some have had luck changing their reservations themselves online and others not. A lot less availability this year, so your room category etc might be sold out of the FD discount. I'd be trying now if you're going to try and add the discount.

 

[dfurst05]

Honestly the last time we had FD was in 2014. I've been staying on top of the FD thread even went through 35 pages to catch up and from what I'm reading you cannot add this to an existing reservation. You will need a new reservation.

Would you mind linking to this tread if possible? I can't seem to find it.....

 

[FoxC63]

It's weird how some are able and others aren't, I wonder if chrome, foxfire etc. makes any difference. I read one DISer had two reservations and was contemplating a third. Not sure how this whole process works but I would think holding that many would impact what would get generated in the the overall pool of discounts and availability.

Ha! and here it is:
"Thanks for the heads up. I was using Chrome and the options weren't showing up for me. Just the spinning circle of doom. Switched to Firefox and I can see all my options. Probably need to reboot my laptop for Chrome to work again."