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

[Dean1953]

Just walked over to the Comtempory to buy Mickey Mouse vampire Halloween refillable cups. They have been out of them for a week. I went down to the consilarary line at Bay Lake Towers and explained no oogie boogie popcorn buckets or cauldron popcorn buckets last night and no vampire Mickey refillable mugs at Contempory, and asked if they could at least check the other resorts for the mug. She said “once they are gone, they are gone.” My reply was the moral of this story is to go in August because the tickets are cheaper and Disney hasn’t run out of merchandise by then. To get rid of me, she agreed.
I don’t care that much about merchandise but it’s annoying to be treated like second class citizens because we came closer to Halloween. It certainly didn’t affect my enjoyment of the Party last night or the anticipation of Sunday’s Party but I am going to write a letter to Disney about their merchandise inventory problem and suggest that they fire those involved and hire the sellers of this merchandise on EBay, because they obviously know what sells.

 

[MonCostivelle]

I don't blame you. The rationale is all correct. You pay more money for the party and everything is sold out, so less value. I would write to Guest Services, it's plain silly that they don't have special Halloween merch any longer at a Halloween party on Halloween day.

 

[sheila14]

Just walked over to the Comtempory to buy Mickey Mouse vampire Halloween refillable cups. They have been out of them for a week. I went down to the consilarary line at Bay Lake Towers and explained no oogie boogie popcorn buckets or cauldron popcorn buckets last night and no vampire Mickey refillable mugs at Contempory, and asked if they could at least check the other resorts for the mug. She said “once they are gone, they are gone.” My reply was the moral of this story is to go in August because the tickets are cheaper and Disney hasn’t run out of merchandise by then. To get rid of me, she agreed.
I don’t care that much about merchandise but it’s annoying to be treated like second class citizens because we came closer to Halloween. It certainly didn’t affect my enjoyment of the Party last night or the anticipation of Sunday’s Party but I am going to write a letter to Disney about their merchandise inventory problem and suggest that they fire those involved and hire the sellers of this merchandise on EBay, because they obviously know what sells.

For those who went in August and early September did not receive the resort mug either. There is no good timing.

 

[Dean1953]

I have 3 mugs at home and don’t need a fourth unless it is unique to my situation of attending 2 MNNSHP. I’ll make a supermarket run today and buy all the beverages that I need for the next 5 days. So, Disney only had a supply of the mugs for 3 weeks, once they introduced them? Like I said, hire EBay sellers of Disney merchandise because they have a pulse on the Disney buyer. Looking at Disney Character Wherehouse on Wednesday, Disney makes a lot of mistakes on merchandise and how much to buy.

 

[Haley R]

I just wanted to share our experience today. We are at mk because it’s a party day and I read everywhere about how these days are supposed to be way less busy. I can say right now that it is super busy at mk today. Idk if it’s because it’s Friday or what. I’m glad we got some rides done during the party. If I came today expecting to ride a lot I would be upset.

 

[PolyRob]

I just wanted to share our experience today. We are at mk because it’s a party day and I read everywhere about how these days are supposed to be way less busy. I can say right now that it is super busy at mk today. Idk if it’s because it’s Friday or what. I’m glad we got some rides done during the party. If I came today expecting to ride a lot I would be upset.

MK has AM EMH on Fridays so that could possibly be a factor?

I know I am seriously considering heading into MK on a Wednesday night during MVMCP season to see Happily Ever After. I am probably nuts considering its one of the few nights it will be shown and a pm EMH. We will see how daring I feel in December.

 

[Haley R]

MK has AM EMH on Fridays so that could possibly be a factor?

I know I am seriously considering heading into MK on a Wednesday night during MVMCP season to see Happily Ever After. I am probably nuts considering its one of the few nights it will be shown and a pm EMH. We will see how daring I feel in December.

We are going to evening emh on Monday night to see HEA.

 

[DisDreaming4116]

I was at a mid-September MNSSHP and bought my Oogie Boogie PB at 6:30. I waited in line 15 minutes. So they started selling them at 6:15 at the latest, but possibly even earlier. They were checking for a party bracelet. That's too bad they are sold out so early into the actual party.

 

[KayKayJS]

So are the oogie boogie buckets sold out or are they just limiting how many they sell so they sell out quickly? Do you just have to go at 6PM to get one?

 

[Haley R]

So are the oogie boogie buckets sold out or are they just limiting how many they sell so they sell out quickly? Do you just have to go at 6PM to get one?

They told us they are sold out park wide and don’t plan to get any more. Same with the party pins.

 

[Haley R]

Okay here is our entire list of things we accomplished from yesterday’s

Before party

Entered park at 12:45
Picture on Main Street
Space mountain fp 1:00-1:12
Buzz m&g 1:22-1:38 (took a break before we met him)
Laugh floor 1:40-1:50
Fairy godmother m&g 2:05-2:18 (very awesome interaction)
Picture facing back of castle
Peter Pan fp 2:20
Philharmagic 2:30-2:40
7dmt fp 3:02

During party

Jack and Sally 3:25-4:40 (out at 4:30)
Bypass for candy

Checked in for dessert party 4:50
Maleficent cone (which we both LOVED!)
Pooh fp 5:07
Dinner at Pinocchio village house
It’s a small world fp
Queen of hearts 6:15-7:02 (out at 7, we were first in line)
Tried getting popcorn buckets but was told they are sold out of both
Grave diggers-walk up (amazing interaction, so funny, one of them scared the crap out of me twice)
All four of the haunted mansion magic shots 7:35-7:50
Cadaver dans! (They were so much fun to listen to and watch, they also sang me happy birthday and took a picture with me)
4 handfuls of candy from different people at a random stop in the middle of the road (in Frontierland, no line)
Pirates of the Caribbean 8:05-8:15
Picture at flagpole
Parade viewing for dessert party 8:40
Dessert party
Space mountain 10:35-10:40
Carousel of progress treat line
Monsters inc treat line-2 times
Cosmic rays treat line
Philharmagic treat line-2 times
Headless horseman magic shot
Left the park at 11:20

The dessert party parade viewing was amazing. I can see why they don’t want it though because people were constantly coming up to cms and complaining that they couldn’t sit there. There were even some people that would read the sign and go under the rope anyway. The firework viewing at the terrace wasn’t great because we had a spot under the overhanging roof. Desserts were pretty good but we wouldn’t pay for that again. We would pay just to have the parade viewing.

Crowds didn’t seem bad at all. The crowds at mk this morning were much worse. We had some really fun interactions with characters last night. The maleficent cone has been one of the best things I’ve had this trip.

 

[yulilin3]

Just got in line for elvis stitch (5:50) we're the 2nd family in line, was told he comes out at 6:30. After that we gave no real plan which is nice

 

[Ydnameht]

I went to yesterday's party (10/25). I was pleasantly surprised by the crowd levels after reading so many reports here of huge crowds. It was maybe a little more crowded than when I went 2 years ago but it wasn't bad at all. Only a couple times did the walkways feel very congested.

I was disappointed every pin was entirely sold out (I checked in multiple locations, just be sure). I really wanted the AP one. Might have to check eBay. I did get the AP shirt which I am excited to wear to work next week.

I took some notes last night so here goes:

Arrived at the park around 5:45 and went through security and we were in the park just after 6. Went through the bypass and got our bags and then the little baggies of candy.

6:10 we got in the line for Elvis Stitch, we were told it was probably a 45 minute wait and he would be coming out at 6:30. We met him and were out of the room just before 7 so that time estimate was spot on.

We got in line for Space Mountain at 7:02. The posted wait time was 20 minutes and we were off the ride and outside crossing the train tracks at 7:24. Riding in the dark is disconcerting. I wasn't impressed with the soundtrack but I'd ride it again. Maybe they will plus it a bit in the future.

At 7:40 we got in line for the Mad Tea Party. Wait time was posted at 5 minutes. After about that long were were in the next group to get on and we saw what appeared to be smoke coming from somewhere on the ride. Everyone that had just gotten into a teacup was taken back off and after a few more minutes a CM came over and said they'd called maintenance and we could wait if we wanted or come back later.

We then went to Storybook Treats for the Maleficent dessert. One of my chocolate horns fell on the ground, I was very sad.

At 8:14 we got in line for Trick or Treating at the Village Haus. The line looked huge but we were through it at 8:17.

At 8:18 we went into Philharmagic to ToT. That line also looked very long but we were out of there and headed to our next destination by 8:25.

At 8:30 we got in line for the Haunted Mansion. The wait time was posted at 35 minutes. Carlotta was out on the lawn when we got in line and Buster came out to join her. We were in the stretching room at 8:39. Off the ride at 8:53 and Renata was now on the lawn with Buster. We stopped and watched them for a while. I was dressed as peasant Belle and Buster said I was his second favorite Belle (after the bell in his hand he was ringing). Renata was hilarious and really engaging with her audience.

At 9:09 we did the photo op in front of the Mansion.

At 9:12 we got in the Hatbox Ghost photo line.

At 9:22 we went back and ToTed at Philharmagic again.

At 9:31 we went through the Tom Sawyer Island dock ToT line.

At 9:33 we got in line for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Wait was posted at 5 minutes, we were off the ride at 9:44.

At 9:46 stopped for a pretzel at Golden Oak.

We got to the garden in front of Casey's a few minutes before 10. There was still room to sit but not a ton of it, though there were several people lying down. At 10:10 there was still some room.

After the fireworks we went through the ToT line at Jungle Cruise at 10:38.

At 10:40 we got in line for Pirates with a 10 min posted wait. I enjoyed the 2 CMs in the line, especially the one holding the Wanted poster ("don't be fooled by the poster. He's got arms and legs as well!"). I wish there had been more of the Gunpowder Pete storyline (if it can be called that) on the actual ride itself though.

After we got off Pirates we headed towards Frontierland to look for a spot to sit. We got stuck by parade ropes and had to backtrack through Pecos Bills to get to the rest of Frontierland but managed to find seats for all 3 of us on the porch in front of the buildings.

After the parade we briefly split up and then reconvened at Auntie Gravity's for the candy corn milkshake. So sweet. So very sweet.

We rode Buzz as our last ride of the night, just before midnight.

Got our Sorcerer's cards as we were leaving a few minutes after midnight.

 

[Dean1953]

Did anyone either at the Thursday or Friday Party buy the headless horseman straw and, if so, where?

 

[Dean1953]

We went to the Return to Sleepy Hallow tonight. We wanted early evenings tonight and tomorrow night because of the long time at the Parties on Thursday and Sunday nights. We arrived by boat about 7:50 for the 8 show. They took photos of us in front of the stables, where the movie would be shown. On going inside, we registered and got pins of the headless horseman and all the popcorn and candy we wanted (we bought the $22 ticket). The movie started at 8 and after the movie, the screen was raised and the headless horseman and his horse were behind it. Everyone got their picture taken and those that bout the more expensive option had a dessert party combined for the 8 and 10 showings. We both had a good time.

 

[Haley R]

Okay here is our entire list of things we accomplished from yesterday’s

Before party

Entered park at 12:45
Picture on Main Street
Space mountain fp 1:00-1:12
Buzz m&g 1:22-1:38 (took a break before we met him)
Laugh floor 1:40-1:50
Fairy godmother m&g 2:05-2:18 (very awesome interaction)
Picture facing back of castle
Peter Pan fp 2:20
Philharmagic 2:30-2:40
7dmt fp 3:02

During party

Jack and Sally 3:25-4:40 (out at 4:30)
Bypass for candy

Checked in for dessert party 4:50
Maleficent cone (which we both LOVED!)
Pooh fp 5:07
Dinner at Pinocchio village house
It’s a small world fp
Queen of hearts 6:15-7:02 (out at 7, we were first in line)
Tried getting popcorn buckets but was told they are sold out of both
Grave diggers-walk up (amazing interaction, so funny, one of them scared the crap out of me twice)
All four of the haunted mansion magic shots 7:35-7:50
Cadaver dans! (They were so much fun to listen to and watch, they also sang me happy birthday and took a picture with me)
4 handfuls of candy from different people at a random stop in the middle of the road (in Frontierland, no line)
Pirates of the Caribbean 8:05-8:15
Picture at flagpole
Parade viewing for dessert party 8:40
Dessert party
Space mountain 10:35-10:40
Carousel of progress treat line
Monsters inc treat line-2 times
Cosmic rays treat line
Philharmagic treat line-2 times
Headless horseman magic shot
Left the park at 11:20

The dessert party parade viewing was amazing. I can see why they don’t want it though because people were constantly coming up to cms and complaining that they couldn’t sit there. There were even some people that would read the sign and go under the rope anyway. The firework viewing at the terrace wasn’t great because we had a spot under the overhanging roof. Desserts were pretty good but we wouldn’t pay for that again. We would pay just to have the parade viewing.

Crowds didn’t seem bad at all. The crowds at mk this morning were much worse. We had some really fun interactions with characters last night. The maleficent cone has been one of the best things I’ve had this trip.

I’m not sure how the party picture got in my post lol

 

[bpesch]

I am going to write a letter to Disney about their merchandise inventory problem and suggest that they fire those involved and hire the sellers of this merchandise on EBay, because they obviously know what sells.

Disney has a customer service email address--guest.services@disneyworld.com I used it after my recent trip. I brought some things to their attention that I am hoping they will change. I got a call from them and spent almost 30 minutes on the phone with them discussing issues. So they do listen. It never hurts to try to get your opinion across to them.

 

[bpesch]

For those who went in August and early September did not receive the resort mug either. There is no good timing.

I went the first week of October and encountered the same issue.

 

[FidFam]

We went to MNSSHP last night, I was a little worried after hearing about all the heavy crowds reported earlier in the season, especially being it was the Friday night before Halloween but...

We didn’t think it was crowded at all last night, the longest we waited for a ride was Peter Pan (about 20 mins) and everything else was a walk-on to 5 min wait. And for the first time ever at MNSSHP we were able to spend time and meet the Seven Dwarves, their wait was only 20 mins between the first parade and fireworks.

And while the lines to get the candy we’re mercifully long and meandering (in anticipation of large lines) they moved quickly and we never actually waited to get candy - and boy do we have a LOT of candy.

 

[adelaster]

Just walked over to the Comtempory to buy Mickey Mouse vampire Halloween refillable cups. They have been out of them for a week. I went down to the consilarary line at Bay Lake Towers and explained no oogie boogie popcorn buckets or cauldron popcorn buckets last night and no vampire Mickey refillable mugs at Contempory, and asked if they could at least check the other resorts for the mug. She said “once they are gone, they are gone.” My reply was the moral of this story is to go in August because the tickets are cheaper and Disney hasn’t run out of merchandise by then. To get rid of me, she agreed.
I don’t care that much about merchandise but it’s annoying to be treated like second class citizens because we came closer to Halloween. It certainly didn’t affect my enjoyment of the Party last night or the anticipation of Sunday’s Party but I am going to write a letter to Disney about their merchandise inventory problem and suggest that they fire those involved and hire the sellers of this merchandise on EBay, because they obviously know what sells.

I went the first week of October and encountered the same issue.

This angers me, and I am going to struggle to keep an open mind when we get there. Totally a first world problem, but still extremely frustrating. I know about the phone and the email, but has anyone spoken to guest services somewhere on property? I'd be interested to hear their side of this. Especially the resort mugs and party-only merch- part of the event promotion. The cauldrons I get, and I understand that limited edition sells out. They have some kind of inventory issue, and a huge problem with ebay "scalpers".
Seeing people get bad customer service really fires me up. I honestly wasn't even sure I would get any of that stuff but it's such a bummer to think of all those who didn't get the chance. They sell tickets to this. They know how many people are attending.