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

[Cluelyss]

Same! Checking regularly but seems it will be a while out still? I see you’re in Medina - we have good friends there! We are up in Bay Village and get great deals out of CLE to MCO on frontier.

Hi neighbor!!

We fly Frontier CLE to MCO almost exclusively, their rates are great!!

 

[wdwplanner13]

I read somewhere that if using magic bands and not hard ticket for fast pass with the party, then its best to create an alternate group on mde so that the regular park admissions/fast passes aren't used (Can't find that post now) would that need to be done with purchase of party tickets or later? Do I need to come up with phony names now or can it wait?

 

[hereforthechurros]

I know it may be a drive but check Pit to Orl. I am further to Pit than Cle and Pit is always cheaper for Southwest and SW offers non stop from Pit.

I will this year if good deals don’t come through here but honestly the prices out of CLE cannot be beat. As is $42 each way, nonstop!

 

[hereforthechurros]

Hi neighbor!!

We fly Frontier CLE to MCO almost exclusively, their rates are great!!

Same. Although we are using Frontier to fly to AZ on Wednesday so they have good deals elsewhere as well thank goodness.

If/when you see the October schedules please let us know!

 

[Cluelyss]

Same. Although we are using Frontier to fly to AZ on Wednesday so they have good deals elsewhere as well thank goodness.

If/when you see the October schedules please let us know!

Will do!!

We’ve also driven to Cbus before - Frontier often has better rates out of there than CLE. Though we’re much closer in Medina than you would be!

 

[ArielSRL]

We are planning a quick trip 10/3-10/7 for the Halloween party. Initially we were gonna do two nights, arrive Wed depart Fri, attending the party 10/4. We will drive from Atlanta. But then we decided to add another night and go to DHS on 10/5. But now we’ve added another night and will do DHS on 10/6. Thinking I’ll try to book the Sleepy Hollow event for 10/5. Our 180 days is Friday, I think.

The only wrinkle is I’m a teacher and I’m actually trying to change districts. Well each district (my current one and the 2 disctricts I’m applying to) all have different fall breaks. We have booked the above dates but may need to change them so I won’t buy party tix until our June trip, probably.

 

[Amy11401]

At BOG? Yes, he’s been there on party nights, we’ve seen him the last 2 years after dinner.

No not at BOG.... I meant has he ever been at the party for a meet and greet?

 

[lvcourtneyy]

No not at BOG.... I meant has he ever been at the party for a meet and greet?

Not in recent years.

 

[Cluelyss]

No not at BOG.... I meant has he ever been at the party for a meet and greet?

He used to meet with Belle in her red dress at MVMCP, if I’m remembering correctly, but hasn’t done that since BOG opened.

 

[Kristina G.]

I read somewhere that if using magic bands and not hard ticket for fast pass with the party, then its best to create an alternate group on mde so that the regular park admissions/fast passes aren't used (Can't find that post now) would that need to be done with purchase of party tickets or later? Do I need to come up with phony names now or can it wait?

I'm not sure that would work...if you have an MDE account with no tickets linked, you will not be able to book any fastpasses. Last year we were able to book all of our fastpass days and then go back and book the Halloween party fastpasses after we booked the other days, we had both AP and park hopper ticket types on our MDE accounts and it worked for everyone.

 

[gumbo1009]

Yes, you can make FP from 4-6 if you aren't already visiting another park with FPs.

I read somewhere that if using magic bands and not hard ticket for fast pass with the party, then its best to create an alternate group on mde so that the regular park admissions/fast passes aren't used (Can't find that post now) would that need to be done with purchase of party tickets or later? Do I need to come up with phony names now or can it wait?

I was thinking of doing what wdwplanner13 suggests - are there names associated with the MNSSHP tickets? I am assuming not- right? Which means one could set up an alternate MDE for the MNSSHP tickets?

Another question - can you set up one alternate MDE for a group of MNSSHP tics, or do you need one MDE for each hard ticket? (I assume it's the former, but figured I would check with the experts!)

Finally, I assume the names on the alternate MDE do not need to align with our "real" names - correct? OR do you have to show ID when you "check in" for the party and get your wristband???

Thanks!

 

[mom2rtk]

He used to meet with Belle in her red dress at MVMCP, if I’m remembering correctly, but hasn’t done that since BOG opened.

That's correct. The meet with Belle/Beast at MVMCP was last done in 2011. BOG opened in 2012.

 

[gumbo1009]

I'm not sure that would work...if you have an MDE account with no tickets linked, you will not be able to book any fastpasses.

?? Aren't the MNSSHP tickets considered "tickets"? (That you could then link to an MDE???)

 

[Haley R]

I was thinking of doing what wdwplanner13 suggests - are there names associated with the MNSSHP tickets? I am assuming not- right? Which means one could set up an alternate MDE for the MNSSHP tickets?

Another question - can you set up one alternate MDE for a group of MNSSHP tics, or do you need one MDE for each hard ticket? (I assume it's the former, but figured I would check with the experts!)

Finally, I assume the names on the alternate MDE do not need to align with our "real" names - correct? OR do you have to show ID when you "check in" for the party and get your wristband???

Thanks!

When we did after hours each hard ticket had one of our names on them. They were all linked to our one mde account. We didn’t have to show any id at after hours. We just put our hard ticket up to the turn style as if it were our magic band and we’re fine.

 

[Kristina G.]

?? Aren't the MNSSHP tickets considered "tickets"? (That you could then link to an MDE???)

Yes, I misunderstood your post, you can set up separate MDE accounts and link only the Halloween tickets...for fastpasses, each person (or one person who controls other accounts for the other people in group) will need an MDE and a ticket attached to make fastpasses.

My point is, why would you go through all of that effort when you can just link your Halloween tickets to your regular MDE account and still book fastpasses for that night? Seems like a lot of unnecessary work to me.

 

[LandonDunes]

Yes, I misunderstood your post, you can set up separate MDE accounts and link only the Halloween tickets...for fastpasses, each person (or one person who controls other accounts for the other people in group) will need an MDE and a ticket attached to make fastpasses.

My point is, why would you go through all of that effort when you can just link your Halloween tickets to your regular MDE account and still book fastpasses for that night? Seems like a lot of unnecessary work to me.

So we can book fast passes during he halloween party? Or you just talking about Fast passes up until the party starts?

 

[Kristina G.]

So we can book fast passes during he halloween party? Or you just talking about Fast passes up until the party starts?

You will be able to book fastpasses from 3:30-4:30, 4:30-5:30, and 5:30-6:00 pm...we were able to do this last year with people in our group that had regular park tickets and it did not take away any of their other fastpass days. However, Disney may have been able to close the loophole, which means no one with regular park tickets (non-AP) will be able to book fastpasses without using a regular park ticket day, but as of October 2017 we were still able to do it.

There are never fastpasses available during special ticket events.

 

[Cluelyss]

Yes, I misunderstood your post, you can set up separate MDE accounts and link only the Halloween tickets. My point is, why would you go through all of that effort when you can just link your Halloween tickets to your regular MDE account and still book fastpasses for that night? Seems like a lot of unnecessary work to me.

This method allows OP to book 2 sets of FPs.

 

[Kristina G.]

This method allows OP to book 2 sets of FPs.

Oh...gotcha, yea that would work for AP holders, would it still work for regular ticket holders that were not planning on using park ticket on the party day?

 

[gumbo1009]

This method allows OP to book 2 sets of FPs.

Thanks Cluelyss, that's exactly what I'm hoping to do --> Visit a different park in the morning, use our regular ticket FPs there, take a break, then hop to MK later and potentially use FPs associated with the MNSSHP tickets...

I realize Disney may change its mind and not allow this, and that's OK (I just want to set things up in advance so I can take advantage of this option, if it's still available this year).