Oogie Boogie Bash Halloween 2023 Super Thread

[AndrewC]

this was a last minute trip. While I really really wanted tickets to Oogie Boogie, I had several plans. I got our Plan A. Afterwards my daughter just started jumping up and down.

LOL, last minute… months in advance… Disney, do you see what you do to us!!! Lol

 

[nalabear]

Queue it works with SDCC all the time; and arguably a much larger target and intensity than anything Disney does.

 

[wendlle]

I hate the hotel idea
I can’t afford it it’s too expensive I also can’t afford magic keys

If you’re an international guest you’d be screwed with these
The dollar is so weak for me it’s over $1K a night for a Disney hotel when I can go across the road for $200

I don’t come often enough for a magic key either

 

[AMTaco]

My daughter is having a really hard time right now and this was a last minute trip. While I really really wanted tickets to Oogie Boogie, I had several plans. I got our Plan A. Afterwards my daughter just started jumping up and down.

So happy to hear this! I hope you have a fantastic time

 

[Kender]

I didn’t purposely go out to game or hack the system. I didn’t purposely try to find a loophole.

No one is saying anyone did. Or at least not in this thread . As far as I can tell we're all blaming Disney and happy for those that were able to get through using Disney's error. I'm sorry if others elsewhere are trying to make you feel like you did something wrong.

I hope things improve for your daughter and the tickets help bring her some joy.

 

[Chili327]

A separate DVC member on sale would have been helpful too, but I guess maybe wouldn't stop scalpers.?

 

[Chili327]

I would have declined. Sorry, not sorry . I wear the badge of "silly" with pride.

But again: I don't mind other people didn't bypass the chance even knowing they shouldn't have been able to get through. I just know it said ticket sales were paused and I would have been very suspicious of any tickets I purchased during that time. I don't trust Disney that much to honor anything.

Only one who should be getting side eye and more is Disney. And resellers.

You are right to not be sorry for being silly.
I just meant that no one should have felt obligated to close their browser because it was paused. Nowhere did it say that tickets are not going to be sold (until they actually did close the queue)

 

[Pluto468]

I didn’t purposely go out to game or hack the system. I didn’t purposely try to find a loophole. I got in the queue with over an hour on my desktop and my daughter got the same on her iPad. I thought that I would try my phone as well, which I did. I got the same screen. I thought to check the disBoards to see if anyone was getting tickets. Our 2 screens said things were “paused.” I thought I would just go back on my phone and add that to the mix. I didn’t go through the app. I went directly to the website similar to what I had done previously and I did on my desktop and the iPad. I immediately got the screen to choose the number of tickets and then the date and our names and payment information. I wasn’t really sure I had the tickets and commented to my daughter, “I think I just got tickets.” She looked at my email account because I didn’t want to give up the confirmation screen on my phone. I then went to the app and our tickets were there. It was such a fluke and a surprise. Both my desktop and the iPad had the sales still on pause. I read here and people were asking if any had sold out so I went onto the website to see and again got right in. I didn’t go on after that because I didn’t want to gum the works so others might have a chance.

My daughter is having a really hard time right now and this was a last minute trip. While I really really wanted tickets to Oogie Boogie, I had several plans. I got our Plan A. Afterwards my daughter just started jumping up and down.

I'm so glad you were able to get tickets! I'm sure you and your daughter will have a wonderful time

 

[Kender]

You are right to not be sorry for being silly.
I just meant that no one should have felt obligated to close their browser because it was paused. Nowhere did it say that tickets are not going to be sold (until they actually did close the queue)

Except it did say specifically "ticket sales have been temporarily paused and will resume soon" on the paused queue screen that popped up for me about ten minutes after the queue opened. Not just that the queue was paused. It called out ticket sales directly.

Meaning they weren't supposed to be accessible. But they were for some. And that's on Disney they didn't actually fully close access to them. 100% Disney's fault for that.

ETA: Also not sure about the "obligated to close their browser" bit? I never said anything about that. Just said since I knew the sales were paused I would have been distrustful to purchase if I had gotten through during that time.

If I didn't have that screen? If it just said queue paused, not ticket sales paused? I would have likely purchased if I got through. And then felt guilty because I probably would have to choose which friend I helped out since I was helping a friend with their tickets and was ready with the pre-link to share here in thread for everyone to share any open queue spaces with others.

 

[Snkrman]

Is it still paused? Have they updated the site for people still wanting to try and get tickets?

 

[Living42Day]

To be fair, Disney has taken money for events with these types of issues in the past and then it was a long wait to get it back. We purchased tickets last year and ran into an issue with the order triple processing because the site went down briefly but it was when I had just gotten out of the queue and into the site. An extra $1400 was held in limbo for 10 days, which was frustrating. I spoke with CMs on the phone and they assured me it would get taken off my bank which was fine but it was frustrating to have those funds tied up when it was a mistake on their end. When someone says they are hesitant when these things come up, it probably refers to past situations like that. I felt the same way, but not because I believe Disney is selling counterfeit tickets or will not refund when issues arise.

I was able to get tickets for Halloween night this year because I got straight in at 9am, but I worried that the same thing was going to happen where it would give me a confirmed order and then no tickets because I read on Twitter about the issue and then came here. I didn't get my tickets sent to my email until later that evening, so I was concerned about it the whole day. Luckily only one transaction this time.

I would have not been as worried had the issues with pausing/unpausing not happened. I understand why those who got the paused were hesitant to purchase on something that was getting through a backdoor in the site or app. Some people are just more risk averse than others, especially when it sounds like the pp was buying them for friends and not herself, which is a completely fine stance to have. Playing with others money usually needs a higher threshold of what risk you're willing to take.

 

[Living42Day]

Have they announced World Of Color the Halloween show yet for this year? I've been searching but haven't found it. We missed it in 2019 I think and then it did n't return.

 

[Mrjoshua]

I also wasn't trying to game the system. Through experience with Disney, TicketMaster, and other online sales, I've found that sometimes you can be stuck in limbo for a variety of abnormal reasons. For example, sometimes logging out and logging back in seems to unclog the pipe. Sometimes I click the sale button a touch too early, and the link goes no where. Sometimes the site crashes, and the queue is no longer a real queue... just a meaningless page that isn't functional.

It took me 30-40 minutes past 9 to attempt the buy button on the events page again. I did it more out of curiosity, and wondered if it would even take me to the queue since sales had paused. To my surprise, it led me to buy tickets. I assumed that sales had resumed, and that my original queue page had died on the vine. As Tom Bricker observed, there wasn't nefarious intent.

 

[Lehuaann]

Per chat, sales were only supposed to take place via the website.

For most, the app was redirecting us back to the website properly. For others, it sounds like their purchases were not being redirected (bypassing the queue) and made available via the app.

 

[Kender]

Per chat, sales were only supposed to take place via the website.

For most, the app was redirecting us back to the website properly. For others, it sounds like their purchases were not being redirected (bypassing the queue) and made available via the app.

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Yeah, this has been a huge flaw in Disney's system for awhile that the app doesn't always redirect correctly like it's supposed to.

Another flaw is that one isn't always actually put at the back of the queue when entering after the queue opens like it's supposed to happen. A few of us have tested the system and I've definitely had queues that I opened an hour+ after the queue time opened come up well before queues I opened from the waiting room.

Disney has some major bugs in the system that honestly seem to get worse every time they have one of these events and if the conspiracy theory is true it was bots that caused Thursday's fiasco, then maybe Disney will finally fix those bugs.

 

[twodogs]

Per chat, sales were only supposed to take place via the website.

For most, the app was redirecting us back to the website properly. For others, it sounds like their purchases were not being redirected (bypassing the queue) and made available via the app.

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For those that were able to purchase by going through the app, the app always redirected you to the website. There was not a way to buy “in the app” at all, at any point during the on sale. Everything was through the website. But, some found that clicking through the app, and then being redirected to the website, somehow did not always take them to “queue paused” screen on the website, but to the “purchase” screen on the website. But ALL purchases occurred on the website for the general on sale.

Edit: I am not sure if I am answering what you were pointing out in your post, so I apologize in advance if this was not the question!

 

[Lehuaann]

For those that were able to purchase by going through the app, the app always redirected you to the website. There was not a way to buy “in the app” at all, at any point during the on sale. Everything was through the website. But, some found that clicking through the app, and then being redirected to the website, somehow did not always take them to “queue paused” screen on the website, but to the “purchase” screen on the website. But ALL purchases occurred on the website for the general on sale.

Edit: I am not sure if I am answering what you were pointing out in your post, so I apologize in advance if this was not the question!

Yes, you answered it perfectly. Thank you. I wasn’t sure, thus the reason I said “sounds like.”

I thought perhaps the app was glitching and treating certain OBB purchases like regular tickets on there.

 

[crvetter]

Yes, you answered it perfectly. Thank you. I wasn’t sure, thus the reason I said “sounds like.”

I thought perhaps the app was glitching and treating certain OBB purchases like regular tickets on there.

The app is just directing you to a web link (the same one posted on this thread). It isn’t special by any means they just were getting through the fallback of being passed to the Disney site when the queue system is too stressed to process them. No different than clicking the link posted in the thread.

It doesn’t open in the app or anything it just opens the browser on your phone to that page.

 

[Lehuaann]

The app is just directing you to a web link (the same one posted on this thread). It isn’t special by any means they just were getting through the fallback of being passed to the Disney site when the queue system is too stressed to process them. No different than clicking the link posted in the thread.

It doesn’t open in the app or anything it just opens the browser on your phone to that page.

I understand that. I guess my posts are not making sense.

I was comparing the process to regular park ticket purchases on the app. Park tickets do not not appear to redirect buyers to the website and can be purchased straight off the app.

So, I thought that the app was recognizing (glitching) some OBB purchases the same way it recognizes park tickets.

 

[Snkrman]

For those that were able to purchase by going through the app, the app always redirected you to the website. There was not a way to buy “in the app” at all, at any point during the on sale. Everything was through the website. But, some found that clicking through the app, and then being redirected to the website, somehow did not always take them to “queue paused” screen on the website, but to the “purchase” screen on the website. But ALL purchases occurred on the website for the general on sale.

Edit: I am not sure if I am answering what you were pointing out in your post, so I apologize in advance if this was not the question!

this is correct. when I got mine I tried to get some friends 2 tickets and it took me to the paused screen