OhioStateBuckeye
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I liked the previous post where the poster listed their plan, and then what actually happened so I am going to copy that.
We attended the sold out October 8 Tuesday party.
We did a Top Gun/Captain Marvel mashup.
My boyfriend was Maverick, I was Goose (had cat ears and a tessercat toy) and our friend was Captain Marvel.
Plans before the
3: arrive
Jack and Sally
Sorcerer’s Cards
6:30: line up for Tarzan characters
Check out other character lines, maybe see Jafar since he always seems to have a short line
POTC
Depending on time here, maybe go check out Tomorrowland. Monster's Inc treat trail, see if any characters have a short wait.
8:30: find parade spot in Frontierland for first parade at 9:15, hopefully close enough to hear the Dapper Dans at 8:30. Send someone for Hades Nachos to share. Will have at least three people, so may take turns holding the spot and trick or treating. Will look for Brer Fox and Bear roaming while we wait.
9:25: as soon as we see the last float coming, zip through bypass and join line for Moana
Check line for Jack Sparrow
10-10:15: fireworks in the grassy area in front of Casey's. We'll take our chances with being able to find a spot with the late arrival. Might check out Casey's line while waiting and send someone for the Now Begin Thy Magic Spell drink
Gravediggers/HM
Make our way to Storybook Circus area by way of Fantasyland and LM attraction. Last party, we started back there around 11 and in an hour, we met: Ariel/Eric, Gaston/Belle, Goofy, Minnie, 7 Dwarves.
Midnight: Hocus Pocus show
And here is what actually happened, with time stamps as close as I can get them from picture info.
We arrived at the MK with our day tickets around 12:30. We had some Casey's then did a Peter Pan FP at 1.
Saw Philharmagic, COP while it was beginning to rain.
Stopped by to get pictures with Sonny Eclipse because of my cool tshirt I made:
POTC FP. Country Bears.
3:30: in line for Jack and Sally. Got our wristbands when we entered the line. Took turns saving the spot and changing into costumes. It was a really welcome sit down/out of the rain/in the air con break. Line really got out of hand around 4 when MNSSHP ticket holders were let inside.
Jack and Sally came out just a bit after 4:30. We met them right around 5. We had a great interaction, they were really taking their time with everyone but it was worth it.
Got our Sorcerer's cards and had a very awkward moment. They were doing the flag retreat and we were dressed as members of the Air Force and felt super awkward. We didn't want people to mistake us for actual military members so we hid in the gift shop until it was over.
Came out of hiding and went thru the bypass.
5:35: mobile ordered at Columbia Harbor House and had a great time sitting upstairs by the windows and looking at people's costumes.
Walked through Swiss Family Treehouse
6:30ish: lined up for the Tarzan group. There were about 3 groups ahead of us.
7:15: met Tarzan, Jane and Terk
Looked at some other character lines in Adventureland, Jafar had a huge line which I've never seen him have before. Usually he only has a few groups in line.
Decided we'd rather do Space and skip POTC, so we were walking by the gravediggers and noticed there were two groups in line.
7:23: met the gravediggers
7:30: tried to get in line for Space but it went down as we got there. We sat around for about 10 minutes then gave up and waited a few minutes for TTA.
7:40: TTA, got to see the lights on in Space since it was down.
8: trick or treat through the Monster's Inc Laugh Floor. Listened to a few jokes. The monster asked a woman who was from Virginia what the state was known for, she said lovers and the poor monster didn't know what to say to that.
8:30: found spots in Frontierland for the first parade. The front row spots filled in very quickly shortly after we found ours.
8:40: mobile ordered Hades Nachos from Pecos Bills and picked up waters. We shared the nachos among three of us and none of us could eat too many. They were pretty good, but it was very hot and humid.
9:15: watched the parade. I prefer the first parade, the second parade takes up almost the whole final hour of your night, and I find character waits are shortest at that time so I'm not giving up my final party hour for the parade.
9:35: as the final parade float came into view we booked it to the Adventureland bypass just ahead of the crowd and got into Moana's line at the Tiki Room
9:50: met Moana
Headed to the fireworks, Jafar's line was still super long as we walked by
10: found a seated spot for the fireworks in the grass in front of Casey's
-also, if you want a photopass shot in front of the orange Mickey bulb and the castle, this is the time to do it. No one is ever waiting shortly before the fireworks.
-mobile ordered a Magic Spell slushie from Casey's and sent one person to pick up with the others held spots
-after fireworks, went thru Adventureland to reach HM to avoid the main crush of people
10:40: in line for HM, wait time said 25 but was only 10 minutes (line was stretched out into the walkway but it moved real fast).
-watched Carlotta and the butler for a few minutes
11:05: trick or treat in Philharmagic, they were playing the old Halloween Hilarities cartoon with Huey Dewey and Louie.
Made our way to Storybook. Ariel and Eric were on break and not coming back until 11:30 (odd). Gaston and Belle had about maybe 15 groups in line.
11:20: went to Dumbo tent, were told it was a 45 minute wait, was about a 15 minute wait really for Minnie, Donald and Daisy.
11:40: met Goofy, only 2 groups ahead of us.
11:50: Space, waited about 20 minutes.
Missed the last Hocus Pocus but we've seen it many times and really wanted our sunglass picture on Space.
Overall I was pretty satisfied with our party. It was very packed and the number of crowds was trying at times. I've definitely met more characters at past parties. But I am a MNSSHP veteran and I generally know what I'm doing and how to make the best of it so we still had a fulfilling night. Though I do miss the old emptier parties.
None of us liked the new fireworks that much. The fireworks themselves were pretty, but a lot of the songs weren't even Halloween themed. I don't mind Disney doing new shows, but I did not think it was very good for a Halloween show. Honestly, if we do another MNSSHP next year I'd skip the fireworks or maybe watch from Fantasyland.
Next year we really want to do Disneyland's Halloween party. We also might be in Hong Kong DL for October.
We attended the sold out October 8 Tuesday party.
We did a Top Gun/Captain Marvel mashup.
My boyfriend was Maverick, I was Goose (had cat ears and a tessercat toy) and our friend was Captain Marvel.
Plans before the
3: arrive
Jack and Sally
Sorcerer’s Cards
6:30: line up for Tarzan characters
Check out other character lines, maybe see Jafar since he always seems to have a short line
POTC
Depending on time here, maybe go check out Tomorrowland. Monster's Inc treat trail, see if any characters have a short wait.
8:30: find parade spot in Frontierland for first parade at 9:15, hopefully close enough to hear the Dapper Dans at 8:30. Send someone for Hades Nachos to share. Will have at least three people, so may take turns holding the spot and trick or treating. Will look for Brer Fox and Bear roaming while we wait.
9:25: as soon as we see the last float coming, zip through bypass and join line for Moana
Check line for Jack Sparrow
10-10:15: fireworks in the grassy area in front of Casey's. We'll take our chances with being able to find a spot with the late arrival. Might check out Casey's line while waiting and send someone for the Now Begin Thy Magic Spell drink
Gravediggers/HM
Make our way to Storybook Circus area by way of Fantasyland and LM attraction. Last party, we started back there around 11 and in an hour, we met: Ariel/Eric, Gaston/Belle, Goofy, Minnie, 7 Dwarves.
Midnight: Hocus Pocus show
And here is what actually happened, with time stamps as close as I can get them from picture info.
We arrived at the MK with our day tickets around 12:30. We had some Casey's then did a Peter Pan FP at 1.
Saw Philharmagic, COP while it was beginning to rain.
Stopped by to get pictures with Sonny Eclipse because of my cool tshirt I made:
POTC FP. Country Bears.
3:30: in line for Jack and Sally. Got our wristbands when we entered the line. Took turns saving the spot and changing into costumes. It was a really welcome sit down/out of the rain/in the air con break. Line really got out of hand around 4 when MNSSHP ticket holders were let inside.
Jack and Sally came out just a bit after 4:30. We met them right around 5. We had a great interaction, they were really taking their time with everyone but it was worth it.
Got our Sorcerer's cards and had a very awkward moment. They were doing the flag retreat and we were dressed as members of the Air Force and felt super awkward. We didn't want people to mistake us for actual military members so we hid in the gift shop until it was over.
Came out of hiding and went thru the bypass.
5:35: mobile ordered at Columbia Harbor House and had a great time sitting upstairs by the windows and looking at people's costumes.
Walked through Swiss Family Treehouse
6:30ish: lined up for the Tarzan group. There were about 3 groups ahead of us.
7:15: met Tarzan, Jane and Terk
Looked at some other character lines in Adventureland, Jafar had a huge line which I've never seen him have before. Usually he only has a few groups in line.
Decided we'd rather do Space and skip POTC, so we were walking by the gravediggers and noticed there were two groups in line.
7:23: met the gravediggers
7:30: tried to get in line for Space but it went down as we got there. We sat around for about 10 minutes then gave up and waited a few minutes for TTA.
7:40: TTA, got to see the lights on in Space since it was down.
8: trick or treat through the Monster's Inc Laugh Floor. Listened to a few jokes. The monster asked a woman who was from Virginia what the state was known for, she said lovers and the poor monster didn't know what to say to that.
8:30: found spots in Frontierland for the first parade. The front row spots filled in very quickly shortly after we found ours.
8:40: mobile ordered Hades Nachos from Pecos Bills and picked up waters. We shared the nachos among three of us and none of us could eat too many. They were pretty good, but it was very hot and humid.
9:15: watched the parade. I prefer the first parade, the second parade takes up almost the whole final hour of your night, and I find character waits are shortest at that time so I'm not giving up my final party hour for the parade.
9:35: as the final parade float came into view we booked it to the Adventureland bypass just ahead of the crowd and got into Moana's line at the Tiki Room
9:50: met Moana
Headed to the fireworks, Jafar's line was still super long as we walked by
10: found a seated spot for the fireworks in the grass in front of Casey's
-also, if you want a photopass shot in front of the orange Mickey bulb and the castle, this is the time to do it. No one is ever waiting shortly before the fireworks.
-mobile ordered a Magic Spell slushie from Casey's and sent one person to pick up with the others held spots
-after fireworks, went thru Adventureland to reach HM to avoid the main crush of people
10:40: in line for HM, wait time said 25 but was only 10 minutes (line was stretched out into the walkway but it moved real fast).
-watched Carlotta and the butler for a few minutes
11:05: trick or treat in Philharmagic, they were playing the old Halloween Hilarities cartoon with Huey Dewey and Louie.
Made our way to Storybook. Ariel and Eric were on break and not coming back until 11:30 (odd). Gaston and Belle had about maybe 15 groups in line.
11:20: went to Dumbo tent, were told it was a 45 minute wait, was about a 15 minute wait really for Minnie, Donald and Daisy.
11:40: met Goofy, only 2 groups ahead of us.
11:50: Space, waited about 20 minutes.
Missed the last Hocus Pocus but we've seen it many times and really wanted our sunglass picture on Space.
Overall I was pretty satisfied with our party. It was very packed and the number of crowds was trying at times. I've definitely met more characters at past parties. But I am a MNSSHP veteran and I generally know what I'm doing and how to make the best of it so we still had a fulfilling night. Though I do miss the old emptier parties.
None of us liked the new fireworks that much. The fireworks themselves were pretty, but a lot of the songs weren't even Halloween themed. I don't mind Disney doing new shows, but I did not think it was very good for a Halloween show. Honestly, if we do another MNSSHP next year I'd skip the fireworks or maybe watch from Fantasyland.
Next year we really want to do Disneyland's Halloween party. We also might be in Hong Kong DL for October.
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