What month does Disneyland typically release the dates for Oogie Boogie Bash?

[MagicDVC]

More like impatiently waiting....

 

[BecBennett]

soooo impatient

 

[cgattis]

Welcome to MSVIWP—Mickeys So Very Impatiently Waiting Party!! Anybody heard anything???

 

[LKing]

Disney Parks Blog posted about HalloweenTime today

Oogie Boogie Bash 2025 Tickets and Details
We are so excited to have the separately ticketed Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party back at Disney California Adventure park on select nights from Aug. 17 through Oct. 31!
During this family-friendly, after-hours event, you can creep through Villains Grove at Redwood Creek Challenge Trail, satisfy your sweet tooth and encounter characters at immersive Treat Trails and enjoy the “Frightfully Fun Parade.” You can also make your parade viewing extra sweet by booking spots for the Oogie Boogie Bash Dessert Party.
Admission to the after-hours event also includes entry to Disney California Adventure park three hours before the party begins and unlimited Disney PhotoPass digital photo downloads from the party.
Mark your calendars! Tickets for Oogie Boogie Bash go on sale to the general public on June 26, 2025, no earlier than 9 a.m. PT. Pre-sale tickets will be available for Magic Key holders no earlier than 9 a.m. PT on Disneyland.com beginning on the below dates:

• Inspire Magic Key holders (limited amount of tickets for pre-sale): June 24, 2025
• All Magic Key holders (limited amount of tickets for pre-sale): June 25, 2025

If you’re waiting in the online queue to purchase tickets, you can be notified via email when it’s your time to enter the ticket store. Once in the queue, choose the “notify me” option and enter your email address.

 

[MagicDVC]

Disney Parks Blog posted about HalloweenTime today

Oogie Boogie Bash 2025 Tickets and Details
We are so excited to have the separately ticketed Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party back at Disney California Adventure park on select nights from Aug. 17 through Oct. 31!
During this family-friendly, after-hours event, you can creep through Villains Grove at Redwood Creek Challenge Trail, satisfy your sweet tooth and encounter characters at immersive Treat Trails and enjoy the “Frightfully Fun Parade.” You can also make your parade viewing extra sweet by booking spots for the Oogie Boogie Bash Dessert Party.
Admission to the after-hours event also includes entry to Disney California Adventure park three hours before the party begins and unlimited Disney PhotoPass digital photo downloads from the party.
Mark your calendars! Tickets for Oogie Boogie Bash go on sale to the general public on June 26, 2025, no earlier than 9 a.m. PT. Pre-sale tickets will be available for Magic Key holders no earlier than 9 a.m. PT on Disneyland.com beginning on the below dates:

• Inspire Magic Key holders (limited amount of tickets for pre-sale): June 24, 2025
• All Magic Key holders (limited amount of tickets for pre-sale): June 25, 2025

If you’re waiting in the online queue to purchase tickets, you can be notified via email when it’s your time to enter the ticket store. Once in the queue, choose the “notify me” option and enter your email address.

Thanks for the update, got it in the calendar!

 

[LAS2AMS]

Shockingly, there’s no increase in price for most dates vs. last year.

Seems like the After Dark events are struggling. For example, tickets to Pride Night are still available when in years past the event sold out quickly (sometimes within hours).

OBB is of a different scope of course.

 

[dunkindonut]

Hoping to get Oct. 31st as an enchant key but not sure how that's going to go lol

 

[Smugpugmug]

Honest answers please but how hard will it be to get tickets for September 21 and 25th for a non Magic Key holder? My family and I are coming from the east coast mainly for Oogie Boogie. None of us have ever been before and I plan to be right at my computer when tickets drop on the 26th but I'd like realistic expectations for how fast they'll sell out.

 

[CaliGrrl]

So Halloween Time starts Aug 22, but the first party is on Aug 17? Interesting... 3 parties before the "official" start of Halloween Time.

 

[meeshy1342]

Honest answers please but how hard will it be to get tickets for September 21 and 25th for a non Magic Key holder? My family and I are coming from the east coast mainly for Oogie Boogie. None of us have ever been before and I plan to be right at my computer when tickets drop on the 26th but I'd like realistic expectations for how fast they'll sell out.

As a slightly lower-priced day, it will sell out, probably by early evening the day the tickets go on sale, so it's wise to be on top of it. Typically dates in late October sell out more quickly, followed by late September (at least, that's what I recall). I thought the new queue system that was rolled out last year worked much better than the debacle we had in prior years.

 

[brightlined]

Honest answers please but how hard will it be to get tickets for September 21 and 25th for a non Magic Key holder? My family and I are coming from the east coast mainly for Oogie Boogie. None of us have ever been before and I plan to be right at my computer when tickets drop on the 26th but I'd like realistic expectations for how fast they'll sell out.

Probably average. Nights didn't sell out especially fast last year - I think everyone that was here at drop got what they wanted. (They dropped the queue after two hours, and everything was still available - though stuff started selling out shortly thereafter.) If you're in the queue (in multiple windows) when tickets drop, you should be fine - and, if you somehow miss out on a decent queue slot when it starts, there will probably be people here with queues to spare. (Of those two dates, the 25th would probably sell out first.)


Historically, the fastest-selling dates are the Thursday and Sunday around Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples Day (Oct. 9 and 12), then end of September. Halloween usually doesn't sell that quickly, but might this year because it's a Friday night.

 

[Smugpugmug]

As a slightly lower-priced day, it will sell out, probably by early evening the day the tickets go on sale, so it's wise to be on top of it. Typically dates in late October sell out more quickly, followed by late September (at least, that's what I recall). I thought the new queue system that was rolled out last year worked much better than the debacle we had in prior years.

Probably average. Nights didn't sell out especially fast last year - I think everyone that was here at drop got what they wanted. (They dropped the queue after two hours, and everything was still available - though stuff started selling out shortly thereafter.) If you're in the queue (in multiple windows) when tickets drop, you should be fine - and, if you somehow miss out on a decent queue slot when it starts, there will probably be people here with queues to spare. (Of those two dates, the 25th would probably sell out first.)


Historically, the fastest-selling dates are the Thursday and Sunday around Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples Day (Oct. 9 and 12), then end of September. Halloween usually doesn't sell that quickly, but might this year because it's a Friday night.

Thanks for the insight. The rest of my family will be in Disneyland Paris by the 26th so I'm buying tickets for everyone and don't want to miss it. I heard horror stories of prior years where tickets sold out extremely fast so I wanted to be on top of it. Will definitely try to buy the 25th first before the 21st.

 

[Flossbolna]

So, you can be in the queue with multiple devices? Any other tips on how to not miss out on getting tickets? We are aiming for 9/16.

 

[BecBennett]

Does someone mind double checking my calculations? 9am PT should be 2am Australian eastern standard time on Thursday, right?

No wait, if general public goes on sale on Thursday, then it would be 2am on Friday?

 

[LKing]

So, you can be in the queue with multiple devices? Any other tips on how to not miss out on getting tickets? We are aiming for 9/16.

If you have multiple people trying on multiple devices, make sure each person is logged in using their own account. Don't use the same account.

 

[Flossbolna]

If you have multiple people trying on multiple devices, make sure each person is logged in using their own account. Don't use the same account.

Thanks! So one device only per account. That’s the same it was for Moonlight Magic. I guess you then also need to buy a ticket for yourself and can’t have a third person buy tickets for you?

 

[brightlined]

Thanks! So one device only per account. That’s the same it was for Moonlight Magic. I guess you then also need to buy a ticket for yourself and can’t have a third person buy tickets for you?

It's kind of the other way around. You (personally) can use as many devices you want with your account - just don't have someone else trying to buy them with your account while you're trying to buy them. You (likely) won't have to log in until after you're through the queue, but the cart can get messed up if two people are trying to purchase with the same account at the same time.

Anyone can buy for anyone at DLR. (DLR doesn't keep track of who has what ticket until after you enter the park with it.) It'll just matter that you have the ticket barcode scanned into your app before you try to enter the park with it.

 

[Flossbolna]

It's kind of the other way around. You (personally) can use as many devices you want with your account - just don't have someone else trying to buy them with your account while you're trying to buy them. You (likely) won't have to log in until after you're through the queue, but the cart can get messed up if two people are trying to purchase with the same account at the same time.

Anyone can buy for anyone at DLR. (DLR doesn't keep track of who has what ticket until after you enter the park with it.) It'll just matter that you have the ticket barcode scanned into your app before you try to enter the park with it.

Thanks for all the info! I am a bit nervous despite being well versed in WDW VQ and other crazy Disney be quick situations. But I also know that preparing for what to expect is the key here.

 

[disneycruisedreams]

Can someone please list step by step what we have to do? I am coming to Disnayland for the first time and I want to hopefully get tickets for OBB. I've never had to do the "waiting room" thing before and I don't want to miss it. Is there something about a randomized queue?

 

[LKing]

Can someone please list step by step what we have to do? I am coming to Disnayland for the first time and I want to hopefully get tickets for OBB. I've never had to do the "waiting room" thing before and I don't want to miss it. Is there something about a randomized queue?

@crystal1313 's husband put together a primer for purchasing tickets. It is from 2023 which had much longer waits than 2024. This thread from 2024 might also be helpful.

Here is the direct link to purchase tickets: https://disneyland.disney.go.com/admission/events/