"Official" 2025 Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party

[Lsdolphin]

Has anyone gone thru the first treat stop on Market Street more than once? I know I saw somewhere that you can visit treat stops multiple times but wasn’t sure if that applied to the first one where they give out the bags.

 

[Elephantay]

For our nut allergy situation, we don't eat anything that "may contain" or "manufactured in a facility with" so the trick or treating is basically a no-go. We got tons of the allergy treats though but they aren't very exciting. They gave my daughter TONS.

Of the above list someone gave, we would only eat the starburst or skittles. However, I'm not comfortable eating all that knowing it's mixed with the peanut m&ms and possible contamination on the other packages, like if a bag broke open and there were nuts floating around.

It just depends on the allergy sensitivity and your comfort level.

If you go to town hall at the end of the night they usually hand out very full bags for the allergy stuff. At least, that was our experience.

Happy for your girl, that was not our experience at all.

 

[HeiHei2018]

So much anticipation for the reports tomorrow.

 

[Disneylover99]

Hope everyone has fun at the first party tonight!
I’ll be at home watching some live streams.

 

[mickey916]

DH surprised me by buying tix for Oct. 28 as a birthday gift! So excited. We've never attended a party before!

 

[SweetPeasMom2]

Crossing my fingers we get to go this year. DD starts classes on Monday and waiting to get her syllabus. To see if the weekend I want to go is doable. She doesn't have a Thurs class but does have 2 on Mon/Wed/Fri. She's going to have to miss it one way or the other.

 

[Nicnicnic.nic]

 

[footballmouse]

2 questions:
- Can ILL be purchased if I only have a party ticket but plan to arrive at 4:00?
- If the available time is 3-3:30, is that a concrete time or do they accept people after (like when we get there)?

 

[japanese maple]

Any reports from the first two parties?

 

[allthgoodnamesrgone]

The four of us (Wife & I with kids 8 & 6) did the party last night. Yesterday was our first full day on this trip which is resort focused (first stay at Animal Kingdom Lodge). So the party was our only planned park day of this trip. We explored the resort and spent a couple hours at the pool but otherwise, a very relaxed day before leaving around 4:00 to head to Magic Kingdom.

Entry to the party was a breeze. Tickets were linked to our Magic Bands through MDE.

We stashed away rain gear in a locker because the forecast was iffy and t-storms in the area mid-afternoon quite ominous - ended up being an unused $12 insurance policy but an action I’d take again.

Our overall focus was on rides and seeing the parade. We didn’t wait in any lines to take photos with characters, but ended up seeing many as we were out and about, and of course in the parade. Due to the heat, characters swapped regularly and could be seen up close as they walked past.

We checked out the line to meet Stitch in Tomorrowland a few times and it was consistently long throughout the night - a CM was giving us a 45 min estimated wait time we didn’t care to experience as it was hot and muggy all night.

The heat also limited our appetite - before the party I was eyeing several different sweet treats but mostly ended up sticking to what we wanted in the moment - like cheeseburger spring rolls and a dole whip in Adventureland. Eating inside was a needed break from the heat - I enjoyed the sweet & spicy chicken at Cosmic Ray’s.

We easily did all the attractions we wanted, a couple of them multiple times - granted, we didn’t do many thrill rides. The highest consistent wait time I remember seeing was 35 min for Tron. Most waits were less than posted. Space Mountain was a posted 25 min wait during the early hours in the party which actually took no more than 15 min since the one line was splitting into both loading zones.

Trick or Treating was smooth everywhere we went. The lines were kept moving and generous scoops given. Thanks to a recommendation by an earlier poster, the ToT at Mickey’s Philharmagic is a double hit (treat stations both before and after the theater) and we happened to catch a costumed Donald inside (just a coincidence I think).

We watched the late parade from near Pecos Bill’s. We had settled on a viewing spot just a few mins before the Headless Horseman rode by 10 mins before the parade. The borders of the parade route were “filled in” but not very deeply, and our kids were easily able to watch it all standing directly behind those sitting in front. To get a good seated viewing spot, you’d have to be there by the end of the fireworks show, and that was an hour of time we spent doing more rides.

Overall we had a great time. We stayed until close and were absolutely spent, but enjoyed the theming and overlays. The CMs were top notch all night. Bus transportation at the end of the night went smoothly - multiple buses waiting to keep the lines as short as possible.

 

[MarkNC2Disney]

The four of us (Wife & I with kids 8 & 6) did the party last night. Yesterday was our first full day on this trip which is resort focused (first stay at Animal Kingdom Lodge). So the party was our only planned park day of this trip. We explored the resort and spent a couple hours at the pool but otherwise, a very relaxed day before leaving around 4:00 to head to Magic Kingdom.

Entry to the party was a breeze. Tickets were linked to our Magic Bands through MDE.

We stashed away rain gear in a locker because the forecast was iffy and t-storms in the area mid-afternoon quite ominous - ended up being an unused $12 insurance policy but an action I’d take again.

Our overall focus was on rides and seeing the parade. We didn’t wait in any lines to take photos with characters, but ended up seeing many as we were out and about, and of course in the parade. Due to the heat, characters swapped regularly and could be seen up close as they walked past.

We checked out the line to meet Stitch in Tomorrowland a few times and it was consistently long throughout the night - a CM was giving us a 45 min estimated wait time we didn’t care to experience as it was hot and muggy all night.

The heat also limited our appetite - before the party I was eyeing several different sweet treats but mostly ended up sticking to what we wanted in the moment - like cheeseburger spring rolls and a dole whip in Adventureland. Eating inside was a needed break from the heat - I enjoyed the sweet & spicy chicken at Cosmic Ray’s.

We easily did all the attractions we wanted, a couple of them multiple times - granted, we didn’t do many thrill rides. The highest consistent wait time I remember seeing was 35 min for Tron. Most waits were less than posted. Space Mountain was a posted 25 min wait during the early hours in the party which actually took no more than 15 min since the one line was splitting into both loading zones.

Trick or Treating was smooth everywhere we went. The lines were kept moving and generous scoops given. Thanks to a recommendation by an earlier poster, the ToT at Mickey’s Philharmagic is a double hit (treat stations both before and after the theater) and we happened to catch a costumed Donald inside (just a coincidence I think).

We watched the late parade from near Pecos Bill’s. We had settled on a viewing spot just a few mins before the Headless Horseman rode by 10 mins before the parade. The borders of the parade route were “filled in” but not very deeply, and our kids were easily able to watch it all standing directly behind those sitting in front. To get a good seated viewing spot, you’d have to be there by the end of the fireworks show, and that was an hour of time we spent doing more rides.

Overall we had a great time. We stayed until close and were absolutely spent, but enjoyed the theming and overlays. The CMs were top notch all night. Bus transportation at the end of the night went smoothly - multiple buses waiting to keep the lines as short as possible.

Totally agree with all this! We did the same things. Rode Tiana’s 4x … you’d have to be crazy to ride Space Mountain in the dark that many times, but I’m glad my daughter and I did it once

It was our first time staying at BLT, and wow was that a great experience strolling back after midnight.