did anyone run last year? how did it work with getting guests into the after-party? it seemed to me that there wasn't a guarantee that you could get guests into the party? are you able to buy tickets for that when you register for the race? or do you have to get guest tickets at the expo?
i had thought about running it this year, but wanted to ensure my family could get into the after-party. if they can't be guaranteed a spot, then we'll just try to get tickets for the Sept 13 Villains' party instead.
TIA!
Hi! Last year, tickets for the after-party were available well in advance of the party, and available I believe all the way up until the expo (I may be wrong on precisely when the party sold out though, it is possible it sold out within a week or two before the expo/event, but not much more than that to my recollection), but it was no problem getting tickets.
I believe the race registration itself opened up on a Tuesday in February, Valentines Day, actually, if I remember correctly. Separate party tickets were not available for purchase yet at that time, but became available for sale I would like to say in May or so, and as I mentioned, were available for months.
If you bought a ticket long enough in advance, an actual hard ticket (basically a plastic key card) was shipped, quite some time before the date of the race. I think we had our tickets by July or so, so we were actually overly-nervous about losing them beforehand!
Those with party tickets only (i.e. not running) were allowed entry into Hollywood Studios just about the time the race was starting or a little bit prior even - the race started at 10 PM, and I believe I recall by the time Corral A actually got going, my wife was texting me telling me that she was getting onto Toy Story about that same time.
So, my experience was that there was no problem getting a ticket to the after-party whatsoever if you planned on it in advance.