"Official" 2018 Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party - A Spooktacular Celebration!

[FoxC63]

What does this lanyard look like? I hope it isn’t big.

Kind of close to this is, if infact they are doing it this year. You're not required to wear it 24/7 but you need to have it to enter and re-enter. They did this with the Sleepy Hallow Event too which can be seen here: Itinerary Thread Post #12

 

[anomamatt]

Pros were that we had plenty of room and didn’t spend a second holding down a spot in advance. I could easily put DS on my shoulders and not bother anyone - giving him a great high up view.

Cons were you are a large sidewalk’s length “back” from the route and I had to hold 50+ lbs on my shoulders for 20+ minutes on a hot night! LOL!

haha. He had a great view... and you probably had a sore back/neck after.

 

[GillianP1301]

I've just tried to email wdw.guest.communications@disneyworld.com

Calling has gotten me nowhere and several others of you are having just as little luck calling and/or the online chat. Incompetence in general drives me batpoop crazy, but incompetence when I'm spending thousands of dollars pretty much puts me over the edge.

I'll report back if I get any response.

 

[FoxC63]

DS and I watched the parade from the Plaza Garden last year. As others have stated, it’s not ideal. But it wasn’t terrible either.

Pros were that we had plenty of room and didn’t spend a second holding down a spot in advance. I could easily put DS on my shoulders and not bother anyone - giving him a great high up view.

Cons were you are a large sidewalk’s length “back” from the route and I had to hold 50+ lbs on my shoulders for 20+ minutes on a hot night! LOL!

But in all seriousness, we sort of did it on purpose as we had plans to watch the second parade “for real.” So the less than ideal conditions for the first parade (and not having to spend any time waiting for a spot) were perfect for our style.

How was your view? I get parents put their kids on their shoulder or hold their recording devises above eye view, can't say I'm a fan of this practice as many don't acknowledge other people behind them. Nope, not a fan

 

[GADisneyDad14]

The horrible black line on the sidewalk is full of people, some sit but most stand and they will be in your direct line of view. You will be behind them if you view the parade while in the Garden View area. You can watch the parade on Main Street but trying to secure a really good view is time consuming. I hope this helps.

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Just for full clarity, the Plaza Garden (aka, Garden View) is incorrectly labeled on this map. It’s really the green area underneath the word “view” and that smoking sign.

 

[FoxC63]

@FoxC63 Has a thread specifically talking about Costumes for MNSSHP...you should check it out!
https://www.disboards.com/threads/“official”-2018-mickey’s-not-so-scary-halloween-party-costumes-guidelines.3671354/

Thanks for the shout out buddy!

 

[FoxC63]

Just for full clarity, the Plaza Garden (aka, Garden View) is incorrectly labeled on this map. It’s really the green area underneath the word “view” and that smoking sign.

I was trying to define the side walk and the crowds of people there. I'll up date the post as to not confuse any one. Thank you for catching that!

 

[GADisneyDad14]

How was your view? I get parents put their kids on their shoulder or hold their recording devises above eye view, can't say I'm a fan of this practice as many don't acknowledge other people behind them. Nope, not a fan

For the record, I wouldn’t have done that any other place except for somewhere like the garden where there was no one behind us at all.

My personal view? Not very good! But DS was happy and sometimes I’m OK with him having all the fun. I do still enjoy the fun music and vibe in the hub when the parade is going on, even if I can only really see the floats above head-high.

 

[anomamatt]

How was your view? I get parents put their kids on their shoulder or hold their recording devises above eye view, can't say I'm a fan of this practice as many don't acknowledge other people behind them. Nope, not a fan

Being in the garden is one of the very few places this would not be disruptive to others (just disruptive to @GADisneyDad14's enjoyment of the parade)... But as he outlined, for his situation, it's a great way to give his kid a "free/extra" view of the parade.

Honestly, I am impressed with his dedication... If my kid asked, I'd be like, "no way, kiddo". haha.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

haha. He had a great view... and you probably had a sore back/neck after.

Very sore!

 

[FoxC63]

Being in the garden is one of the very few places this would not be disruptive to others (just disruptive to @GADisneyDad14's enjoyment of the parade)... But as he outlined, for his situation, it's a great way to give his kid a "free/extra" view of the parade.

Honestly, I am impressed with his dedication... I'd be like, "no way, kiddo". haha.

I can work with the fact he was aware of those behind him but not everyone is like @GADisneyDad14

 

[DisneyWishes14]

You're assuming you'll be able to be in the viewing area that early. The description of the plaza garden party is you can check into the party 90 minutes early and you are then escorted from the party to the fireworks viewing area in the plaza. There is no mention of parade viewing in the party description.

Now the terrace party has the parade viewing in it's description, but the 9:15 start time is throwing everybody. But at this point, I'm assuming the parade viewing will only be with the terrace version or none at all. I'd be very surprised if it got added to the plaza one at this point.

I'm assuming the 9:15 pm start time for the terrace party is referring to the start of the parade, but you know what "assuming" does, LOL!

I already posted this, but I have a follow up question. We definitely want to see the parade, fireworks, and Hocus Pocus spelltacular. If we want to see the 9:15 parade, are we better off arriving at the dessert party late? Should we watch the parade, go to the dessert party and gather our desserts, and then head out to the fireworks viewing area? Or should we just forgo the party altogether? Or should we plan to do the later parade?

I'm really having a hard time prioritizing things. We are only going to one party, but our priorities for that party are the special events (what I listed above), and some rides and trick or treating if there's time. Character meets are our lowest priority, and will only be done if we can jump in a short line. We are planning to do our whole MK day before the party, and we have at least one other partial MK day during our trip.

If you want to do the party, I would go to the party, watch the fireworks, then do Hocus Pocus and the second parade. If you watch the parade first, depending on where you watch from, you aren't going to get to the party until around 9:50 pm - 10:00 pm. That doesn't give you a lot of time to enjoy the desserts at the party.

 

[dachsie]

In one of the previous posts someone linked to discussion from last year (or maybe the year before), discussing how they all sent emails to Disney complaining that the dessert party was sold with parade viewing, and Disney took it away after people booked it. Does anyone know which email address would be the best one to use to get it to the powers that be?
This is really beyond ridiculous. Many of us are booking the party because of the parade viewing, and it clearly states it on their website. I don't know if it's the party planning department, or IT, or Joe Schmoe, but they really need a better checks and balances system when people are paying them a lot of money that may not be true.

George Kalogridis sp? He is who I usually get answers from. I am not home so can’t get his email until I get there in a few hours but would be happy to share if someone else doesn’t have it

 

[GADisneyDad14]

I'm assuming the 9:15 pm start time for the terrace party is referring to the start of the parade, but you know what "assuming" does, LOL!

I might have missed some of the discussion above, but I took it as being the normal start time for the Terrace version of the dessert party - which is 1 hour before fireworks for non-party nights too.

 

[GillianP1301]

I might have missed some of the discussion above, but I took it as being the normal start time for the Terrace version of the dessert party - which is 1 hour before fireworks for non-party nights too.

Yes, I agree. The current times of 9:15 for terrace and 8:45 for garden are consistent with the 60 and 90 windows before fireworks for dessert parties. If there were no mention of the parade in the terrace party description, that would all make perfect sense and I guess why we are left debating is the 9:15 time wrong or is the party description wrong? If they post the parade start time as 9:15, that will pretty much put a nail in the debate. If they post a parade time of 8:15, then the terrace folks may get that parade viewing after all.

For what it's worth, both MVMCP parties have no mention of parade and their start times are also consistent with the 60/90 minutes before fireworks.

I have spent way too much time researching, speculating and trying to get answers on this... I'm like a dog with a bone, but I'm getting tired of it.

 

[Cluelyss]

No signature cards either!? Well, that stinks! Do you get a SC from Pooh & Gang?

Yes, Pooh gang gives a card.

 

[Cluelyss]

What does this lanyard look like? I hope it isn’t big.

Last year it was just a bracelet, similar to the party bands.

 

[Cluelyss]

For what it's worth, both MVMCP parties have no mention of parade and their start times are also consistent with the 60/90 minutes before fireworks.

I think this is the most telling factor of all. There would be no reason to include parade viewing with one party and not the other. Just like last year, parade viewing gets mentioned in one description and not the other....and is ultimately included with neither.

 

[areno79]

I think this is the most telling factor of all. There would be no reason to include parade viewing with one party and not the other. Just like last year, parade viewing gets mentioned in one description and not the other....and is ultimately included with neither.

How insane would it be for them to make the same mistake 2 years in a row??

 

[anomamatt]

How insane would it be for them to make the same mistake 2 years in a row??

If it was any company other than Disney, it would be shocking. It's (unfortunately) totally par for the course for WDW.