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

[Haley R]

Did anyone else buy the gray party shirt? I’m trying to decide why my small shirt is absolutely huge. It fits like a big medium. I won’t be able to wear it and already took the tags off so I’m going to have to shrink it when I get home. I bought the taste your way around the world shirt and it looks to be the same size. I’m not sure why they made these shirts ginormous. I’ve never had a size small shirt this large before.

 

[hswillia07]

Hi all! I haven't read the last few pages here, we just got back home last night from a fantastic trip I just thought I would share that we were at the Oct. 23rd MNSSHP and it was great! It was me, my husband, our 7yo, and our 4yo. We did everything we had hoped to do except for the Hocus Pocus show - we caught a peek as we headed out around 11pm. We watched the first parade from Frontierland and watched the fireworks from Dumbo, which was awesome. My kids have multiple food allergies, so we used the teal token system and they made out like bandits Thanks to everyone for all of the very useful info on this thread!

 

[TheDisneyNurse]

Did anyone else buy the gray party shirt? I’m trying to decide why my small shirt is absolutely huge. It fits like a big medium. I won’t be able to wear it and already took the tags off so I’m going to have to shrink it when I get home. I bought the taste your way around the world shirt and it looks to be the same size. I’m not sure why they made these shirts ginormous. I’ve never had a size small shirt this large before.

That’s crazy! Maybe it was a misprint? I usually find that the disney shirts are pretty true to size—maybe even towards the smaller size. I bet it’ll shrink well in the wash, though. The spirit jersey’s always fit huge, but that’s the style.

On a related note, I finally caved and bought the HP spirit jersey online. It’s coming just in time for halloween, yay!

 

[PattnFmly]

We were at the party on 10/23 as well! We had a blast! Loved the interactions in the Pirates of the Caribbean! Totally awesome! We were dressed as Mr and Mrs Santa Claus. Got lots of compliments. A few people teased us and said we were at the wrong party, but DH was all ready for that laughingly explaining that we were on vacation before the big rush. It was so much fun!

 

[Willow1213]

Attending on Tuesday 10/30, question on timing for picking up wristbands and getting in queue for Moana. We will be in MK already. Do I need to grab our wristbands prior to entering the line for Moana? Does she still begin M&G around 5:45?

 

[Haley R]

That’s crazy! Maybe it was a misprint? I usually find that the disney shirts are pretty true to size—maybe even towards the smaller size. I bet it’ll shrink well in the wash, though. The spirit jersey’s always fit huge, but that’s the style.

On a related note, I finally caved and bought the HP spirit jersey online. It’s coming just in time for halloween, yay!

Both shirts are 50% cotton I believe so I might just need to run them through really hot water

 

[Araminta18]

Did anyone else buy the gray party shirt? I’m trying to decide why my small shirt is absolutely huge. It fits like a big medium. I won’t be able to wear it and already took the tags off so I’m going to have to shrink it when I get home. I bought the taste your way around the world shirt and it looks to be the same size. I’m not sure why they made these shirts ginormous. I’ve never had a size small shirt this large before.

YES! I had this exact thing--both the gray MNSSHP shirt and the Taste your way around the world shirts are RIDICULOUSLY huge. I wear a XXL or a big XL, but I had to get a L for both these two shirts. They're huge. Not sure why. I actually went back and exchanged it for the smaller size. Hopefully you can shrink it at home!

 

[pitpat]

Attending on Tuesday 10/30, question on timing for picking up wristbands and getting in queue for Moana. We will be in MK already. Do I need to grab our wristbands prior to entering the line for Moana? Does she still begin M&G around 5:45?

Yes, but you can get them at Tortuga Tavern. Yes, still 5:45.

 

[PPFlight75]

Hi there!
We attended the party Friday night 10/26. It was me and DH.
Wow, what a great party!! Characters were not a focus of our party, but we did a lot of party stuff and had a great time!!
Not sure if folks still want the time frames for what we did, but I kept track just in case so here goes:
330: arrival with AP
335: photopass pic at the front. Waited 5 min
345: Jungle Cruise with FP
415: got party bands outside of Pirates with starter candy bags
420: Splash Mtn Standby off at 445 (posted wait 25 min)
445: BTMR with FP (posted wait 20 min)
5pm: Dole Whip and people watched until 530
530: Peter Pan with FP
540: Little Mermaid without FP- walked on
545: Looked at Big Top-very little merchandise
610: People Mover-walk on
(FYI:They were not letting folks on without bands. Saw this at several places after 6)
620ish: Space without FP. Posted wait was 15 min but as we got close the ride stopped for the switchover. Line started moving at 640 and we were on in minutes.
730: ToT at 8 stops by 730
742: Pirates-off by 8 Loved the pirate interaction during the ride BTW!
HM: closed when we walked by
815: ate dinner at cosmic Rays
840: Found spot on Main street just outside Ice Cream Parlor. Had Starbucks while we waited
915: Parade-Love it!! and stayed there for Fireworks. This is a great spot and thanks to the advice here to do this!!
1015:Fireworks from Main Street
Went to HM but the line was so crazy!
Rode BTMR again with 5 min wait
ToT 4 more times
1120-HM during second parade-wait 15 minutes but posted at 25
We headed to the bus and were pulling out at 1208! Whew!

We had a great time. I found the ride waits amazingly short for what I expected. The ToT lines were walk-ons although I did see a few with a long line at times. We just skipped and came back later and walked on.

The parade was wonderful as usual and we loved the fireworks. The last time I did not get to see them at the front.

Missed my children being there but loved doing the party with just me and DH (first time)!

 

[B. Shoe]

DD10 and I attended the 10/25 party. We did NO trick or treating to focus on other items. We had a fantastic night wandering the park and checking out costumes. (She was dressed as Belle, I as a Pizza Planet delivery driver) Here’s a rough sketch of our night:

5:00 Arrival/security check.
5:20 Grabbed food at Cosmic Ray’s
5:30 Got in line for 6:30 photos with Elvis Stitch
6:45 Went to Space Mountain, but it was temporarily closed.
7:00 Photos with Belle and Gaston
7:30 Photos with the glowing lantern near Rapunzel’s Tower
8:00 Haunted Mansion, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Splash Mountain, and Pirates of the Caribbean.
9:15 Walked back to Tomorrowland to ride Space Mountain
10:00 Got ice cream at Plaza
10:15 Watches Hallowishes
10:30 Claimed the curb near Plaza for Boo To You.
11:15 Boo To You
12:00 Hocus Pocus Villian Spectacular

Crowds didn’t seem awful to us. Heavy traffic near Liberty Square where Boo To You started for the 9:15 parade, but we pushed through it. Waited 20 minutes or less for all of our 8-9PM rides (Splash Mountain was walk-on) and we had a GREAT interaction for roughly 5 minutes with Madame Carlotta at Haunted Mansion.

We probably could have accomplished some more after Hallowishes, but the curbside spot for the parade was tough to pass up and we chose to wait it out instead.

 

[Haley R]

YES! I had this exact thing--both the gray MNSSHP shirt and the Taste your way around the world shirts are RIDICULOUSLY huge. I wear a XXL or a big XL, but I had to get a L for both these two shirts. They're huge. Not sure why. I actually went back and exchanged it for the smaller size. Hopefully you can shrink it at home!

I didn’t see any xs so I guess my only choice is to shrink at home. I wonder why they made them so big? I looked around today and the shirts looked really long on other people too

 

[ksromack]

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


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.

Did the CMs make those that snuck under the rope leave? I'm afraid I would have to have made a "citizen's arrest"! Seriously contemplating the special Tony's MVMCP parade viewing for our christmas party in early December. I would be super ticked off if I paid to have that special viewing when others just snuck in!

 

[adelaster]

Questions I couldn't find answers to on page one:

1. What time does the bypass open/close?
2. Can you access the bypass once it opens if you are already in the park?
3. What time do the three internal wristband distribution stations open?
4. What time do Haunted Mansion spooks appear on the lawn?

Appreciate the information!

 

[Haley R]

Did the CMs make those that snuck under the rope leave? I'm afraid I would have to have made a "citizen's arrest"! Seriously contemplating the special Tony's MVMCP parade viewing for our christmas party in early December. I would be super ticked off if I paid to have that special viewing when others just snuck in!

Yes they did. They ended up opening part of our section for some reason and people started going there to sit and stand. There were lots of people trying to walk up and sit on the curb. It honestly was such a hassle for the cms to monitor, but we loved our view of the parade.

 

[RachaelA]

We were at tonight’s (last night’s I guess technically now) party.

Crowds were actually way less then we’ve seen in the past for this exact same party (Sunday before Halloween. This is year 3 of that day for us).

We did j&s and Elvis stitch before 7. Then ToT and Buzz. Met Lotso. More ToT. Teacups. Met Winnie the Pooh and friends. Got Jack Push pops from Sleepy Hollow. Some of the Hocus Pocus show. Parade on Main Street. Fireworks. ToT. Pirates. Carmel Pretzel. ToT. All the Magic shots by Haunted mansion. Haunted Mansion. Lots of ToT. Watched the parade as we walked towards the front. Walked right in to Mickey at 11:50. Final PP shot on Main Street. Headless Horseman. Back to BLT.

We didn’t rush and could have gotten plenty of more stuff in.

 

[LMO429]

We did the party on Friday 10/26 and I was please to find the parks not that crowded. After reading so many reports on here about crowds I was worried but we found it to be fine. I still think they should have FP for the bigger character meet and greets we did not do any of that because lines were long. But otherwise we had a great time. So glad I did not waste money on a dessert party able to get a spot no problem.

 

[MeggyScumEsquire]

We went to last the party last night (Sunday, Oct 28) and I was blown away! We had a fantastic time! We didn't have any fastpasses (I got the email that I had to cancel them a couple days before our trip) and it turns out we didn't need them anyway! Our priorities were rides, parade, fireworks, and trick or treating!

We arrived around 3:30 and were let in around 3:50ish, took a few photos and got our first treats then headed directly for Splash. The wait was 20 min and ended up more like 15. Then did Big Thunder with about 20 minute wait. We got off and Splash was even shorter so we did it again!

We had a frozen lemonade which I always regret a bit - so nice and cold but never quenches my thirst!

Continued to 7DMT (40 min wait), teacups (5min), and Little Mermaid (Walk on). We stopped for trick or treating in between whenever we saw a spot! We also did Space mtn and Pirates before a third ride on Splash (walk on) and picked up some Hades nachos and got a great spot in Frontierland for the 9:15 parade. It was probably 8:45 when we came out of Pecos Bill and still good spots for the parade along the way.

We normally don't watch the parades but wow! Loved it! Great characters and floats - and the headless horseman was awesome!

We were going to go straight to Main St but ended up doing some more trick or treating along the way!

We saw off to the right closer to the Tomorrowland Terrace and actually had seats along a bench for the Fireworks - my feet are so grateful! We ended the night with Buzz (walk on) and the final trick or trading spots we missed and wandered out through the Emporium astound 11pm - there was even a bus already at the stop!

The night was perfect! I'd love to do it again! Thank you everyone here for all of the tips and info

 

[RachaelA]

We did the party on Friday 10/26 and I was please to find the parks not that crowded. After reading so many reports on here about crowds I was worried but we found it to be fine. I still think they should have FP for the bigger character meet and greets we did not do any of that because lines were long. But otherwise we had a great time. So glad I did not waste money on a dessert party able to get a spot no problem.

I’m wondering if the higher prices for these later parties finally priced people out?

I was shocked by how much space we saw around Main Street 15 minutes before the first parade started last night! And we had plenty of room for fireworks too.

 

[Haley R]

I forgot to mention that all of our magic shots showed up right away at the party.

 

[PolyRob]

I forgot to mention that all of our magic shots showed up right away at the party.

Nice! I have three requests into PhotoPass support for missing photos. I had 12 sets missing initially, but a majority showed up after a few days. At a week I decided to reach out.