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

[KAT4DISNEY]

This may have already been answered.....sorry

I just purchased MNSSHP tickets. Are they already linked to my magic bands?

Also - I booked Cinderella's Royal Table for 7:25. Was this wise? We have never eaten in the castle and are very excited but how much of the party will we miss?

We will get to the park at 4:00 so we should be able to do stuff before and after dinner, correct?

At the very minimum you would miss an hour of actual party time and reality would probably be more.

 

[Average Joes]

Also - I booked Cinderella's Royal Table for 7:25. Was this wise? We have never eaten in the castle and are very excited but how much of the party will we miss?

You might get out of CRT sometime between 8:30-9:00. If your close to 9 you would be rushing to get a parade spot if you want the early parade. It may not be a fantastic spot. By the time the parade and fireworks are done you are maybe at 10:45. Just because they let you in at 4:00 does not mean party related activities start.

On the plus side you would see a lot of characters if you lacked time otherwise.

Here are some times.

• Mickey's "Boo-To-You" Halloween Parade - 9:15 p.m., 11:15 p.m.
• Happy HalloWishes Fireworks - 10:15 p.m.
• Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular - 8:15 p.m., 10:45 p.m., 12 a.m.

 

[areno79]

CMs will cut the line if they feel the current queue will take them until the end of the party. It’s not like rides where you can line up until 11:59. If you want to put one of your priority M&Gs at the end of the night, during the second parade would be a good option. I’d hesitate waiting until much later as you may be shut out.

We experienced this at the MVMCP we attended in 2016. DH and I went to go get in line for Scrooge McDuck around 11:50, and the line was shut down. We even asked CM's nicely if we could get in line but they said no.

 

[morrismhs]

A little OT - I'm looking to upgrade my PH to AP. MK is the closest park to WL. We are arriving early evening and wanted to run over to MK to do the upgrade. I saw there was MNSSHP that night. Would guest relations be open during the party? I don't need to get into the park just need to do the upgrade? TIA

 

[mitsukoshi samurai]

• Concierge desks at Disney Resort hotels

 

[GillianP1301]

I wonder how it is preassigned. At checkin? Or is it preassigned when reserved?

My guess (and it's total guess, I have no real info on this) is probably a combination of when you booked and size of party. We are a party of 2, so it doesn't make sense to seat us at a table for 4 or more (which are the 2nd row and back), but along the rail you can put lots of small groups all beside each other because it's set up more like a bar than individual tables.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

A little OT - I'm looking to upgrade my PH to AP. MK is the closest park to WL. We are arriving early evening and wanted to run over to MK to do the upgrade. I saw there was MNSSHP that night. Would guest relations be open during the party? I don't need to get into the park just need to do the upgrade? TIA

Yes, the Guest Relations windows outside of the MK will be open during MNSSHP. Should be a pleasant and quick boat ride there and back.

 

[GillianP1301]

OMG you guys, the call I just had re: parade viewing has left me super confused. Here's the "latest", according to my contact Emily.

• 4:00pm is still the time we are being told we can start checking in for the dessert party.
• At time of check-in, we will have the option to do do 1st parade viewing - fireworks - desserts or desserts - fireworks - 2nd parade viewing
• For the 1st parade viewing, you will be told at check-in where to go for the parade viewing and then be escorted to the garden for the fireworks and then desserts after. I asked what about the terrace people and she was stumped.
• I told her that my concern with the first parade viewing with the terrace is that it makes no sense to seat the parade viewing people half way through the desserts (in order to get our reserved seat for fireworks) and then have desserts after as well. She's calling back whoever it was that provided that info and will call me back.
• She asked if the 2nd parade viewing would be something I'd want and I told her not really, since getting a viewing spot for that one is a lot easier than the early parade.

So to me, it sounds like they came up with a solution to leverage what they do for the normal HEA after dessert party for the parade viewing people. Which makes sense, if you have the garden view booked. But, when you go back to when we booked this thing in the first place, the parade viewing was only for the terrace version, so why not work on a solution for that? If the idea is I'm giving up my terrace seat to get the parade viewing, then that's not okay with me. I'm getting close to the point of just scrapping the whole thing because who knows what mess this will be. Even if I decide to just forego the parade viewing, will they still accommodate me for the regular terrace seating if I'm on "the list" for desserts after fireworks? I suppose I can hold out until the first party review comes out, but I hate not having my plans all nailed down and good to go.

 

[chiisai]

OMG you guys, the call I just had re: parade viewing has left me super confused. Here's the "latest", according to my contact Emily.

• 4:00pm is still the time we are being told we can start checking in for the dessert party.
• At time of check-in, we will have the option to do do 1st parade viewing - fireworks - desserts or desserts - fireworks - 2nd parade viewing
• For the 1st parade viewing, you will be told at check-in where to go for the parade viewing and then be escorted to the garden for the fireworks and then desserts after. I asked what about the terrace people and she was stumped.
• I told her that my concern with the first parade viewing with the terrace is that it makes no sense to seat the parade viewing people half way through the desserts (in order to get our reserved seat for fireworks) and then have desserts after as well. She's calling back whoever it was that provided that info and will call me back.
• She asked if the 2nd parade viewing would be something I'd want and I told her not really, since getting a viewing spot for that one is a lot easier than the early parade.

So to me, it sounds like they came up with a solution to leverage what they do for the normal HEA after dessert party for the parade viewing people. Which makes sense, if you have the garden view booked. But, when you go back to when we booked this thing in the first place, the parade viewing was only for the terrace version, so why not work on a solution for that? If the idea is I'm giving up my terrace seat to get the parade viewing, then that's not okay with me. I'm getting close to the point of just scrapping the whole thing because who knows what mess this will be. Even if I decide to just forego the parade viewing, will they still accommodate me for the regular terrace seating if I'm on "the list" for desserts after fireworks? I suppose I can hold out until the first party review comes out, but I hate not having my plans all nailed down and good to go.

Wow! Thank you so much for posting this. I’m glad to hear she’s going to look into terrace dessert party plans for us. I am also happy for plaza folks that they have options.

I’m working on my MNSSHP itinerary and I’m making three- one if I cancel the party, one if we have only the 2nd parade option, and one potentially if we have 1st parade, watch fireworks from terrace, and then get an after-fireworks dessert opportunity.

 

[Ichiban]

Has anyone been able to make fastpass bookings 30 days out for tickets not associated with a hotel reservation?

Yes, I was able to book three fastpasses at exactly 30 days out. The first one I got is at 3:25pm.

 

[firsttimer4]

Fairy Tale Photo Ops at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and Disney PhotoPass Studio in Disney Springs

Disney PhotoPass photographers will make your little one feel like royalty as they capture unique photos both at the boutique and nearby at the Disney PhotoPass Studio in the Disney Springs Marketplace. Check out all of the photo ops below!

Disney Springs location also offers an exclusive Magic Shot featuring Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother.

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I'll have to dig around but last I heard the Photopass changed locations at Magic Kingdom and I want to sya it's now located in Mickey's Philharmagic?

Disney Springs offers a wider selection of photos that can be used in conjunction with One Day Memory Maker or the regular Memory Maker. If you all have your costumes on this would be perfect. Though I understand you'd rather have this done at MK. I'm just saying!

Link: https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...nd-disney-photopass-studio-in-disney-springs/

These pics are wonderful!! Thanks for all the great info. After some thought I think we’re keeping the Disney springs reservation. I actually canceled a Park day ticket since we will now only be entering the park on our party ticket. And taking pics in our costumes is a good idea!! We’ve been trying to decide what to wear and I think we just figured it out!

 

[MIAMouseketeer]

OMG you guys, the call I just had re: parade viewing has left me super confused. Here's the "latest", according to my contact Emily.

• 4:00pm is still the time we are being told we can start checking in for the dessert party.
• At time of check-in, we will have the option to do do 1st parade viewing - fireworks - desserts or desserts - fireworks - 2nd parade viewing
• For the 1st parade viewing, you will be told at check-in where to go for the parade viewing and then be escorted to the garden for the fireworks and then desserts after. I asked what about the terrace people and she was stumped.
• I told her that my concern with the first parade viewing with the terrace is that it makes no sense to seat the parade viewing people half way through the desserts (in order to get our reserved seat for fireworks) and then have desserts after as well. She's calling back whoever it was that provided that info and will call me back.
• She asked if the 2nd parade viewing would be something I'd want and I told her not really, since getting a viewing spot for that one is a lot easier than the early parade.

So to me, it sounds like they came up with a solution to leverage what they do for the normal HEA after dessert party for the parade viewing people. Which makes sense, if you have the garden view booked. But, when you go back to when we booked this thing in the first place, the parade viewing was only for the terrace version, so why not work on a solution for that? If the idea is I'm giving up my terrace seat to get the parade viewing, then that's not okay with me. I'm getting close to the point of just scrapping the whole thing because who knows what mess this will be. Even if I decide to just forego the parade viewing, will they still accommodate me for the regular terrace seating if I'm on "the list" for desserts after fireworks? I suppose I can hold out until the first party review comes out, but I hate not having my plans all nailed down and good to go.

So I'm glad we decided to cancel. They schedule for the first parade wouldn't work for us as we don't plan on staying for the fireworks.

 

[firsttimer4]

So, I changed my reservation in the Spring - moved it a day forward. I would have already purchased our party tickets before the reservation change. Is this going to give me trouble with party FPs? Our last day of FPs will be for Toy Story Land - don't want to lose them! Maybe party FPs aren't worth it?

I am also worried about this. We changed the dates of our original reservation. Wondering if I should not make FP’s for the party at all!

 

[FoxC63]

I just purchased MNSSHP tickets. Are they already linked to my magic bands?

Also - I booked Cinderella's Royal Table for 7:25. Was this wise? We have never eaten in the castle and are very excited but how much of the party will we miss?

We will get to the park at 4:00 so we should be able to do stuff before and after dinner, correct?

You can check to see if they are linked to your MBs by signing into your MyDisneyExperience app and looking there.
How much of the party you wish to miss for the CRT dinner is personal. I would plan on it being a 60 to 90 min time commitment.
Personally we don’t want to miss a minute of party time for eating so we are choosing not to book dining reservations or dessert parties but to others these things enhance their party experience so they choose to participate. Sometimes it’s a financial decision too as adding extras on top of party tickets can be a bigger financial commitment then some choose to/are able to make.

I couldn't agree more. Woof! Very well written too!

 

[camnhan]

They are doing new versions of mad tea party, space mountain, and pirates for the Halloween party. I haven’t heard/read much but it sounds like mad tea party will have some black lights going on

If you ever need to catch up I've been keeping a list of all the incoming: MNSSHP INFORMATION RELEASE DATE & LINKS

Thanks! we have tickets for Sept 11 to go so just wanting to make sure I don't miss out on anything

 

[FoxC63]

I am also worried about this. We changed the dates of our original reservation. Wondering if I should not make FP’s for the party at all!

Even though changes to your resort reservations is a common indicator of receiving the dreaded email, please know not every one will be affected. Thousands upon thousands of guests make changes all the time without receiving it. More data is needed to pin point what the actual trigger is.

I recommend planning your trip the best you can for you and your family. If you get the email then you know what to do.

 

[LucyBC80]

After toying with the idea for quite some time we decided to go ahead and go to a second party. The quicker is that I’m also not cancelling our reservation for California Grill so we’re leaving MK to have dinner at CG, see HalloWishes and then coming back.

We're pros at parties but we never left MK before midnight on a party night before. Just keeping our party wristbands is enough for us to be allowed back in?

 

[FoxC63]

After toying with the idea for quite some time we decided to go ahead and go to a second party. The quicker is that I’m also not cancelling our reservation for California Grill so we’re leaving MK to have dinner at CG, see HalloWishes and then coming back.

We're pros at parties but we never left MK before midnight on a party night before. Just keeping our party wristbands is enough for us to be allowed back in?

Yes.

 

[Dean1953]

We have AP’s and will use them to enter Park on the two Halloween Party nights days. We will go to
one of the locations inside the park to get the wristband. We will be staying onsite and will use magic bands for any purchases. Will our magic bands be enough to check in for Party, or should I carry my drivers license with me for identification?

 

[mara512]

We have AP’s and will use them to enter Park on the two Halloween Party nights days. We will go to
one of the locations inside the park to get the wristband. We will be staying onsite and will use magic bands for any purchases. Will our magic bands be enough to check in for Party, or should I carry my drivers license with me for identification?

I have never been asked for my DL but I always carry it just in case.