"Official" 2019 Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party - A Frightfully Festive Celebration

[GADisneyDad14]

At which locations did you pick up your HHG merchandise, and what time did they start selling them, do you recall? Thank you!!!

I know you weren’t asking me, but on 8/23 we did:

Ezra Sipper - Pecos Bill
Gus Beignet Holder - Golden Oak Outpost
Professor Plump Popcorn Holder - Popcorn cart just outside of Pecos Bill, on the other side of the parade path just before the walkway/bridge path towards BTMR (hope that makes sense)

Note, I asked for all without the contents and CMs were happy to oblige.

 

[bookbabe626]

Kinda wondering if the Monday party will be canceled...

That’s our party. We went ahead and cancelled Cruella’s, since if the party goes ahead I’m anticipating that the parade will be rained out, and I really only wanted it for the parade viewing. I’m packing all the wet weather gear instead of just ponchos. I think it’s going to be a really soggy few days...

 

[mckennarose]

Kinda wondering if the Monday party will be canceled...

I just cancelled the dessert party for that night. Too many variables with the weather. Today is the 5 day cancellation mark to get reimbursed. The phone CM said people are cancelling and she expected more to call in.

 

[mckennarose]

I'm wondering about rearranging my MNSSHP days now. Would it be worth it if I couldn't get in at 4pm? I know the regular party hours are 7-12, but we may not be able to get there by 4pm. Decisions, decisions....

Has anyone arrived later than the 4 pm time slot and still felt it was still "worth it"? TIA!!

 

[lovethattink]

We had an amazing time last night at the party. It was the emptiest party I think I ever attended! Best spur of the moment idea ever! I'm really excited about the Party Pass!!

We waited 2 hours before the party to see Jack and Sally. We were told it would be a 3 hour wait. The interaction was amazing!! We talked about pumpkin carving, fly larvae, decay. It was so funny.

Next stop was to pick up SotMK cards. We didn't try the party card, but did play one window.

Then we stopped at the Jane and Terk m&g. Tarzan was no where to be found. We were told he got lost in the jungle. Again, another great interaction. Wait was about 15 min.

Next we went Trick or Treating at Frontierland. Handfuls of candy were received!

We watched the 1st Hocus Pocus. It was amazing!! I had seen it years ago from a crappy vantage point, but tonight had an amazing spot!

Headed over to Cosmic Rays for a burger and to check out the Descendants Dance Party.

We saw Tweedle Dee and Dum walk by and they were so much fun!

There was no line for Alice and the Mad Harder so we stopped there. Was less than a 5 minute wait! The interaction of the meet was priceless! My son is an actor and loves improv and he had so much fun playing off them!

From here we headed to the 7 Dwarf meet and greet. It was about a 20 minute wait! Amazing interaction! The dwarfs were extremely playful! Dopey kept putting his legs up in the air. Sleepy kept falling asleep. Grumpy was beyond grumpy. They were all getting in trouble with the cm and photopass photographer. It was so fun!!

DS and DH rode Barnstormer.

Then we got in line for pirate Goofy. Loved the details of the costume. Another fun interaction!

It was almost 11pm, so we headed to my favorite parade spot. Loved the additions to the parade!!

We were on the ferry around midnight. Left feeling like this was one of the best parties we've ever been to! Looking forward to our next party. Which will probably be Monday!

 

[Best Aunt]

I'm wondering about rearranging my MNSSHP days now. Would it be worth it if I couldn't get in at 4pm? I know the regular party hours are 7-12, but we may not be able to get there by 4pm. Decisions, decisions....

Has anyone arrived later than the 4 pm time slot and still felt it was still "worth it"? TIA!!

I went to the first party last year and this year. Both times I arrived after 6:00 (even though I have an Annual Pass and could get to the park as early as I wanted).

You have to be careful of your energy level. Is it much hotter and more humid than you are used to? Has any part of your body been bothering you? Does your back start to hurt if you spend too much time standing in one place? What have you been doing earlier that day, or in the past few days?

For me, it would not make sense to get there at 4:00 and have my back start hurting by 7:30. I go to do things that can only be done during the party. I don't want to poop out too early. I prefer to arrive later so that my energy level is higher during the actual party hours.

If everybody in your group are people whose bodies are perfectly happy with 8 straight hours of standing around in the Florida heat and humidity, then your decision might be different.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

I'm wondering about rearranging my MNSSHP days now. Would it be worth it if I couldn't get in at 4pm? I know the regular party hours are 7-12, but we may not be able to get there by 4pm. Decisions, decisions....

Has anyone arrived later than the 4 pm time slot and still felt it was still "worth it"? TIA!!

Lol, I walked into MK at 7:58pm last Friday and we had a blast. Granted that was my plan as it was our arrival day (although an hour late due to a flight delay).

I also like the later arrival just to give the sun time to go down. If there are no afternoon clouds, I find that 4-6 time pretty brutal in August/Sept.

Although I say this as an AP holder who isn’t trying to max every second of MK time or trying to get in character lines, so my perspective may be skewed from those with a different agenda.

 

[joviroxx]

I'm wondering about rearranging my MNSSHP days now. Would it be worth it if I couldn't get in at 4pm? I know the regular party hours are 7-12, but we may not be able to get there by 4pm. Decisions, decisions....

Has anyone arrived later than the 4 pm time slot and still felt it was still "worth it"? TIA!!

I would think it depends on what you are interested in doing. If doing rides without the overlays and character meetings are important, it might help to get their before 4pm. My family really is going for the rides with overlays, parade and fireworks, and just the overall ambience, so getting there too early isn't all that important.

 

[mckennarose]

You have to be careful of your energy level. Is it much hotter and more humid than you are used to? Has any part of your body been bothering you? Does your back start to hurt if you spend too much time standing in one place? What have you been doing earlier that day, or in the past few days?

It's funny because we never do a straight 8 hours in the parks. We always hit the parks in the morning, go for a few hours, take a break and go back at night for 3-ish hours. That works for us no matter when we go. For some reason, I have it in my head that if I don't get there right at 4 we will be missing out. It's not true at all! LOL! I'm thinking we would be able to get there around 6-7 pm, which is plenty of time, realistically. All these posts with detailed plans are making me edgy! I don't have a plan at all. And we've done the party, so none of this is new to us.

I also like the later arrival just to give the sun time to go down. If there are no afternoon clouds, I find that 4-6 time pretty brutal in August/Sept.

Although I say this as an AP holder who isn’t trying to max every second of MK time or trying to get in character lines, so my perspective may be skewed from those with a different agenda.

Yes, it is brutal in the sun this time of year! We've done the party before in September and it is HOT. We don't max out time out in the parks anyway, and always take breaks so being there for 5-6 hours would be fine. I don't have a plan, not planning on characters and I've seen the parade and HP show before so I'm not hard pressed to have a prime spot. We really just go with the flow.

You all made me feel better about it. It's just DH and I and I asked how he felt about going later and he was fine with it.

 

[MemoryMakers]

From here we headed to the 7 Dwarf meet and greet. It was about a 20 minute wait!

Thanks for the report. Do you remember (approx) what time you met the 7 Drawfs?

 

[Pdollar88]

I've met Jack and Sally before and was determined not to do many characters this time, particularly those that require a lot of strategy or time. BUT I love the new meeting area and background for J&S so much that I'm sorely tempted. Argh!!

 

[lovethattink]

Thanks for the report. Do you remember (approx) what time you met the 7 Drawfs?

It was during fireworks.

I've met Jack and Sally before and was determined not to do many characters this time, particularly those that require a lot of strategy or time. BUT I love the new meeting area and background for J&S so much that I'm sorely tempted. Argh!!

I don't regret those 2 hours in line pre-party. It's air conditioned. And we didn't waste party time. We were finished just before the party started!

 

[HollyMD]

For those that have been to the parties so far this year, I assume no new characters, even the rumored ones? Also, I think for this year, my DS will just be most interested in the Fab 5. What are the waits for them usually like?

 

[Kickstart]

Posting our tentative party plans... any feedback or suggestions is greatly appreciated and welcomed!

Friday, 9/27 MNSSHP - party of 5 (Me, DW, DD-22, DS-20, DD-11)

Priorities: Parade, Fireworks, Overlay rides, shopping, soak up the atmosphere

We would love to get pictures with Jack & Sally, but not willing to wait in line over 45 minutes. We might try to get a picture with Lotso if there's a short line.

Pre-party plans (Using a park ticket in the AM, since the park is estimated at only a 2 on the TP crowd calendar):

• 7:26 am - Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin - Wait Time: 4min
• 7:42 am - Seven Dwarfs Mine Train - Wait Time: 44min
• 8:35 am - Peter Pan's Flight (FP 8:35am‑9:35am) - Wait Time: 4min
• 8:53 am - Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - Wait Time: 8min
• 9:14 am - Jungle Cruise - Wait Time: 10min
• 9:35 am - Pirates of the Caribbean - Wait Time: 6min
• 9:55 am - Splash Mountain (FP 9:40am‑10:40am) - Wait Time: 3min
• 10:26 am - The Haunted Mansion - Wait Time: 16min
• 11:03 am - Space Mountain (FP 10:45am‑11:45am) - Wait Time: 6min
• 11:25 am - The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - Wait Time: 28min
• 12:00 pm - Be Our Guest Restaurant (12:10pm ADR)

Leave the park at 1pm... head back to WL for rest.
Plan to re-enter the park around 5pm

Party plans:

• 5:05 pm - Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen (5:05pm ADR)
• 5:51 pm - Shopping and maybe see a quick attraction or two - Oh, and get our wristbands somewhere
• 7:00 pm - The Haunted Mansion - Wait Time: 18min (Is this better to do when it's dark?)
• 7:30 pm - Cadaver Dans (watch 7:45 show) - Wait Time: 15min - maybe skip this
• 8:05 pm - Mad Tea Party - Wait Time: 5min
• 8:15 pm - Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor (anything special for the party? - may skip or just walk through for TrkOrTrt) - Wait Time: 12min
• 8:44 pm - Space Mountain - Wait Time: 23min
• 9:18 pm - Head to dessert party
• 10:15 pm - Disney's Not So Spooky Spectacular - watch from Plaza dessert party
• 10:35 pm - Head to Frontierland and find spot for parade
• 11:15 pm - Mickey's "Boo-to-You" Halloween Parade
• 11:36 pm - Pirates of the Caribbean - Wait Time: 7min
• 11:58 pm - Watch Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular - or maybe just do TrkOTrt'ing

Not sure when we'd fit in a picture with Lotso in the above plan, but I'm hoping I've got enough buffer to allow for some flexibility.

I'm also debating cancelling the Plaza Dessert party - based on the last couple of posts regarding the desert/drink quality... sounds disappointing.

Thanks for the help!

Are you not planning to get to MK until 7:30? The earlier you can get there for the beginning of the EMH, the shorter the waits you'll find. I don't use that aspect of TP because we just don't plan our days that specific anymore but my issue with it is that it holds their estimates as gospel. Also, we've always been able to get Buzz as an additional FP without difficulty (just something to keep in mind!)

I was thinking we'd get there around 7:15... knowing how our family moves .... then make our way to the line by 7:30-ish. But, yes, if I'm able to rally everyone to get there around 6:30 for rope-drop, then that would be the way to go to give us some buffer in the plan... in which case we would likely do 7DMT first then.

I'm actually a little worried about getting to MK so early. We arrive the day before on an early morning flight - plan to hit Epcot for a few FP rides and then do the 5:30pm Candy Sushi making class - then we have a 7:55pm ADR at Oga's, and finally 9:30 ADR and Sci-Fi Dine-in..... so it will be a long day, the day before the party.

My concern is how much will we really rest during our 1pm - 5pm break... I bet my DD11 will want to swim - heck, I'll want to swim too . Will we have enough fuel left in the tank to stay at the party till midnight after our "rest"?

Right now, I'm thinking adrenaline and excitement will keep us going... and then take it easy the next day (either water park day or wake up late and do Disney Springs)

 

[sheila14]

No not with just a park ticket. Only DVC are allowed to get their party wristbands at 2pm. I cannot comment on AP holders. You can pick up your waistband starting at 4pm inside the park at the following locations:

• The front of the park (as you enter)
• Inside the Chamber of Commerce building on Main Street
• Near Buzz Lightyear
• Outside of Mickey's Philharmagic
• Guest Relations window in Liberty Square
• Near Tortuga Tavern

Is this the same rule for those wanting to use a park ticket to get in early on a party day and get in line for J&S? Will you be allowed to get in line for this meet and greet if you ARE NOT a DVC member?

 

[PolyRob]

Is this the same rule for those wanting to use a park ticket to get in early on a party day and get in line for J&S? Will you be allowed to get in line for this meet and greet if you ARE NOT a DVC member?

You can enter the J&S line early without being a DVC member. The CM will scan your MB before letting you in the line to verify MNSSHP admission and two CMs will come back around later before the meet starts to check again and distribute bands.

 

[Cluelyss]

I know you weren’t asking me, but on 8/23 we did:

Ezra Sipper - Pecos Bill
Gus Beignet Holder - Golden Oak Outpost
Professor Plump Popcorn Holder - Popcorn cart just outside of Pecos Bill, on the other side of the parade path just before the walkway/bridge path towards BTMR (hope that makes sense)

Note, I asked for all without the contents and CMs were happy to oblige.

Awesome, thank you!
I have in my notes that the sipper is also at Golden Oak, do you recall seeing him there? I’m not sure where I got that info but seems too good to be true LOL

 

[Cluelyss]

Kinda wondering if the Monday party will be canceled...

I sure hope not, that’s our night too! I think it’s too soon to tell though.

Last year we did the second to last MVMCP. A complete monsoon came through that day, like ankle deep water flowing through the streets. Tons of people moved their tickets to the next night but the party itself (7-12) didn’t see a drop of rain. We skipped our preparty FPs and moved our dinner back to 6:00 or so and ended up having an awesome night with low crowds. Fingers crossed for a similar situation, if the rain comes through at all.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Awesome, thank you!
I have in my notes that the sipper is also at Golden Oak, do you recall seeing him there? I’m not sure where I got that info but seems too good to be true LOL

Yeah, wasn't there on Friday. The sipper was the most confusing one to find as CMs didn't really know. Even the CM at Pecos Bill (where it would occasionally flip around on the screen above) - didn't really know how to ring it up or if they had it!

As always, YMMV!

 

[Cluelyss]

Yeah, wasn't there on Friday. The sipper was the most confusing one to find as CMs didn't really know. Even the CM at Pecos Bill (where it would occasionally flip around on the screen above) - didn't really know how to ring it up or if they had it!

As always, YMMV!

Thank you!!