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

[dachsie]

I’m sorry that last night’s party was such a flop for everyone. I can’t imagine that anyone would have fun when the crowds are that bad.

If we end up at a sold out night, is there any value in not arriving at 4pm, but instead arriving later, say 8:30pm-9pm and hoping that the crowds have started to thin out by then? Has anyone tried this?

I wouldn't. I would go just realizing you will be slower getting things done

 

[Haley R]

I’m sorry that last night’s party was such a flop for everyone. I can’t imagine that anyone would have fun when the crowds are that bad.

If we end up at a sold out night, is there any value in not arriving at 4pm, but instead arriving later, say 8:30pm-9pm and hoping that the crowds have started to thin out by then? Has anyone tried this?

One of the PP mentioned trick or treat lines being super long at 8 pm so I wouldn’t count on anything thinning out that early. Just show up like normal and know you might not get as much done as planned.

 

[WonderWoman28]

I’m sort of glad to see I’m not the only one who was disappointed with last night. I don’t have anything to compare it to, but I felt so incredibly overwhelmed which isn’t normally like me. At least my family said they had fun but I can’t tell if they were humoring me or if they really just don’t know all the things we missed.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

My Disney attraction overlay Halloween edition article was published, in case anyone wants to read the attraction overlays I want Disney to do.

http://www.wdwinfo.com/walt-disney-...disney-updates+(Disney+Updates+-+wdwinfo.com)

 

[dachsie]

You know, I just realized something. I did not see Cruella roaming at either of the parties I went to and I spent a lot of time in Fantasy land for both

 

[rastuso]

We did this the last two years so FPs and the FP lines cut off somewhere between 6&7pm when the ordinary park day ends (and the party begins!), so our latest FP is a BTMRR for use between 5:20 and 6:00.

We don’t have day tickets yet, just the MNSSHP, and the MDE app let us book the FPs for the party day only, so it still seems to be within their design parameters.

Somewhere on this thread, it was mentioned. There seemed to be some confusion, but ultimately, I thought folks said those days were over. That was for getting FPs on one ticket, and using MNSSHP tickets to enter for the day, like I would likely do, since I don't want to officially claim my MNSSHP tickets yet.

But I also recall folks saying party tickets couldn't get FPs anymore.

Surely someone with vey recent experience can confirm/deny.

 

[dachsie]

We got FP on party tickets when we went last week

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

You know, I just realized something. I did not see Cruella roaming at either of the parties I went to and I spent a lot of time in Fantasy land for both

We saw her several times on last Tuesday.

She looped us twice when we were waiting for the Queen and Tweedles.

We also saw her in front of BOG later on.

 

[Tigger in a kilt]

I wouldn't. I would go just realizing you will be slower getting things done

One of the PP mentioned trick or treat lines being super long at 8 pm so I wouldn’t count on anything thinning out that early. Just show up like normal and know you might not get as much done as planned.

Thank you both! I suspect you are right, but it was worth asking.

My Disney attraction overlay Halloween edition article was published, in case anyone wants to read the attraction overlays I want Disney to do.

http://www.wdwinfo.com/walt-disney-world/attraction-overlays-halloween-edition/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+disney-updates+(Disney+Updates+-+wdwinfo.com)

Great article! Congratulations!

 

[Cluelyss]

BTW.. I clicked on your profile and noticed you're from Medina! I'm from Brunswick Hi neighbor!

Well hello neighbor!!!

Small world!!

 

[hereforthechurros]

After months of back and forth we are officially attending the 10/11 party. Then I see last night’s sold out reviews for a Thursday party and I’m back to feeling blah about it. Unfortunately we don’t have a choice in days we can attend so looks like I need to temper my expectations. Luckily we don’t care about M&Gs or photopass so hopefully we will at least be able to catch the parade and stage show.

 

[hereforthechurros]

Well hello neighbor!!!

Small world!!

Another Ohioan here! But further north in Bay Village

 

[hereforthechurros]

So this was my first ever Halloween party. I’ve read tons of posts here so I felt prepared. I was definitely a little disappointed we didn’t get to do more party exclusive things. The streets felt jam packed (but I have nothing to compare it to party wise) and I was so overwhelmed (even being “prepared”). It was myself, DH, DD (9), DS (4), DD(2), and my sister who is in her 30s. We were dressed as the incredibles (not original as I’ve learbed) and my sister was Edna Mode. Here’s a run down of our night, not sure why it’s so long!

We’re staying at POP and had a plan to be at the bus stop by 3 at the latest.

We left our room at 2:40, arrived to the POP bus stop 2:45 with a “next arrival” bus time of 2:55. It arrived at 2:58 with I think 1-2 people standing so it was a perfectly relaxing ride.

We were through bag check and in line by 3:25 with about 10-12 people ahead of us. It was pretty hot at this point but then a little storm cloud moved over and it sprinkled a bit. Not enough to soak you but enough to cool you off, so that was lovely.

They started letting people through at 3:48. At this point DH went first and we followed behind. After scanning in he found a cast member standing alone closest to bridge leading into MK and went right to her then took off for J&S. We had all of our wristbands on by 3:50 and were headed to the bypass.

We stopped at a merch cart on the way and got T-shirt’s and a pin. Then headed through the bypass and did a quick frames photopass with just the kids.

DH called as we were exiting the bypass saying he was about 20 people behind and they were already having people move up and some were making a stink about “line cutters”. We made it to him by about 4:10 and there were other people ahead of us who had the same “send one person” idea, since it started filling out in front of us. Still, we were probably 25 ish people behind. They came out right at 4:30 and we were done by 4:55. I was thrilled to have gotten done so early and the interaction was amazing. They were so chatty, and my kids are huge fans so it was awesome and worth the heat.

At this point our original plan would have been to get in line for Moana. But it was so hot I couldn’t imagine waiting in another line. At this point we had a quick potty break then went onto my oldest favorite - Splash Mountain. We got over there around 510 with a posted 10 minute wait, it was more like 20 minutes and was posted 35 by the time we walked out.

We headed to jungle cruise for a 5:20 fastpass. We arrived around 5:50 with a 35 minute posted wait. Once we exited they had already closed the line for the night.

We headed to Casey’s corner for a quick snack since my oldest wanted corn dog nuggets. We arrived around 6:15 and had gotten 2 orders of corn dog nuggets with fries, and an order of loaded fries. With the intention of eating at cosmic rays later for the burger!

Our plan was to head to tomorrow land from here, the speedway had a 10 minute wait at this point. As we were headed over DH noticed oogie boogie was out on the popcorn cart in the hub right before the TL bridge. It was 6:45 when he asked if they were starting to sell them. The cast member told him yes and they were the only cart selling early.

To keep the kids entertained while he headed to the cart, we said we’d head to the people mover to cool off then we’d all go to the speedway. Well, the people mover had a line into the stroller parking, there was a ToT line already forming, and by the time we curved over by the speedway the time had jumped to 60 minutes. It was honestly overwhelming being in TL at this point. And it wasn’t even 7 yet.

We kept moving forward to keep the kids entertained and ended up at Dumbo. We were on the ride at 7 with a 15 minute posted time but it seemed less. By the time we got off DH had met us over there and had gotten 2 OB popcorn buckets. Even though we agreed on just 1 for travel purposes he claims he was so excited he had to get 2.

We headed to Big Top to check out the merch. My sister wanted the Hocus Pocus pin and spirit jersey and I wanted the mug. All 3 were sold out (I knew prior that the first 2 were out). We were so bummed. She ended up with some pins. I got a HP ornament and some pins.

We headed over to barnstormer around 7:15 with a 15 min wait. At this point the sun was going down so it was cooling off. But this area was wall to wall people. Sooo crowded. Thankfully my kids were content to see Mini, Goofy, Donald and Daisy from afar since they came back out right as we were exiting barnstormer.

In the flow of people we ended up heading towards Gaston’s. I honestly had no idea what to do at this point since it was just so crowded everywhere so we went with it. Took a potty break and grabbed a snack (OB meringue and coffee) from Gaston’s at 7:40. This was the only place all night we found to be not crazy. The Belle and Gaston line didn’t look too bad but we didn’t want to wait since our plan was to head towards the hub to get a spot for the 8:35 HP show.

We honestly were too afraid to veer and kept going with the flow of people towards Liberty Square. We stopped at Sleepy Hallow for snacks (Jack push pop, zero sundae, and fruit waffle). The 7:40 show was ended as we were eating. We waited until the bulk of the crowd left and snuck in to steak out a spot around 8:10. We got a perfect one just off the bridge from Sleepy Hallow that had a great view of the stage from the left but also had a small spot on the curb of the hub to view the parade.

The kids loved the show and the view wasn’t perfect but it was pretty darn good. Especially when the family a head of us left 5 minutes in. Then we just turned for the parade. Thankfully my DH stood on the curb during the show since people tried stealing out parade spot after it ended. For the parade my oldest DD and DS sat on the curb. My sister and myself with youngest DD sat behind them. And the stroller and DH were behind us. It was perfect and we had a great view of both.

After the parade I had every intention to keep going. I’m the planner of the trip and I always worry if everyone is having fun. So I thought we hadn’t done enough and needed to keep going. I was feeling slightly woozy and nauseous at this point and my younger 2 seemed a little restless. I took both DDs to the bathroom between liberty square and adventure land and when I came out my DH declared we would head out. I kind of gave him a look and he knew what I was thinking. He said - everyone had fun, we met Jack and Sally, I got my popcorn buckets, we rode some rides we wanted to do, and had a great view for the show and parade. It’s ok, we can go.

I was kind of glad he said it. My sister is very go with the flow so she was fine and my oldest declared she had a lot of fun, so I felt better leaving. We stopped at the headless horsemen photopass out front with 1 family a head of us. It was 10 at this point. We made a slow treck to the bus stopping near the water to pack up our stroller and things. The Hallowishes started as we were loading on the bus so we got to see some. And thankfully our bus had plenty of seats. We were back in our room before 11.

We never made it to cosmic rays which explains why I felt so sick. I really only had a few corn dog nuggets and some of the fruit waffle. We didn’t do any ToT lines and I had asked my oldest if she wanted to do some while we were waiting between the show and parade and it was a hard “no I’m good”. So I was thankful for that. J&S were our only meet and we only had a few party exclusive treats.

I’m not sure I’ll go again. Maybe some day if just DH and I take our dream solo trip. I’m sure we could have gotten more done in the last 2 hours but we did 6 hours with 3 kids and no one lost their crap so that’s a win for us.

How long was the line at sleepy hollow if you can remember? Thanks for taking the time to type this up!

 

[disxlovee]

Another Ohioan here! But further north in Bay Village

Okay, I just had to jump in. I’m from Westlake! Hello Ohio DIS neighbors. How exciting.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Just catching up on the thread from last night’s posts. Yikes, wonder what that means for tonight!

I didn’t look at Post 1 to remind myself but isn’t tonight the most expensive and also non-discounted party so far this year?

 

[sheila14]

Okay, I just had to jump in. I’m from Westlake! Hello Ohio DIS neighbors. How exciting.

Hi fellow neighbors!!! I am not far from Westlake

 

[IceQueen182]

Writing from tonight’s party. We are in line for Pooh now, towards the end of the line but it’s short (we are about the 8th group back) and just starting to build. We lined up right at 6. They are checking bands. The line for Moana was an hour at 5:45 (would have done it but DD wanted Pooh!). The crowds are not bad at all. Hoping it stays that way.

 

[TheDisneyNurse]

You know, I just realized something. I did not see Cruella roaming at either of the parties I went to and I spent a lot of time in Fantasy land for both

My brother and I ran into her by Pooh around 7:15. She was funny, went off on us cause our costumes didn’t match.

Then we ran into her again by be our guest like 10 mins later. Came over yelling at us over our costumes. No formal picture, though! Just a selfie I grabbed while I was being yelled at.



I think the roaming characters are a hit and miss. We were around fantasyland for most of the party and we never saw her again.

 

[TheDisneyNurse]

Also while I’m online, I figured I’d share some photos from my party! The post disney depression is hittig hard, you guys

The coveted Jack and Sally photo. Third party we’ve attended, but first time meeting them!


Belle and Gaston. Slightly different location this year, but the lighting’s as worse as ever. Lol!


Loved the hocus pocus photo! We love the show so much that we saw it twice! The 1045 and midnight show. This was when we were waiting for the 1045 show in our parade spot in front of the castle


My brother’s favorite meet. Pooh and friends!


And some food. I liked the waffle sundae the best. I got mine without caramel.






I cannot wait for the party in 10/14! I won’t have my brother with me, my favorite travel companion. I’ll be with a friend... who definitely won’t allow me to see 2 hocus pocus shows. Lol!

 

[abnihon]

Also while I’m online, I figured I’d share some photos from my party! The post disney depression is hittig hard, you guys

The coveted Jack and Sally photo. Third party we’ve attended, but first time meeting them!
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Belle and Gaston. Slightly different location this year, but the lighting’s as worse as ever. Lol!
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Loved the hocus pocus photo! We love the show so much that we saw it twice! The 1045 and midnight show. This was when we were waiting for the 1045 show in our parade spot in front of the castle
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My brother’s favorite meet. Pooh and friends!
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And some food. I liked the waffle sundae the best. I got mine without caramel.

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I cannot wait for the party in 10/14! I won’t have my brother with me, my favorite travel companion. I’ll be with a friend... who definitely won’t allow me to see 2 hocus pocus shows. Lol!

How was the doombuggy treat?