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

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Kickstart said:
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)
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Adrenaline and excitement may die down if you are standing around, either waiting in a line or holding a spot for parade or fireworks.
 
Cluelyss said:
Thank you!! :)
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BTW, I meant to respond to one of your posts about fireworks from a few days ago and got distracted.

I'll be honest, I did get to the end of the show and had that "fork in the road" moment as to whether to like it or not like it. I chose to like it, but it was a different feeling having been so used to HalloWishes for several years now.

Hope the weather works out for your travels!
 
GADisneyDad14 said:
BTW, I meant to respond to one of your posts about fireworks from a few days ago and got distracted.

I'll be honest, I did get to the end of the show and had that "fork in the road" moment as to whether to like it or not like it. I chose to like it, but it was a different feeling having been so used to HalloWishes for several years now.

Hope the weather works out for your travels!
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Thank you. I’m worried that’s exactly how I’ll feel...but I’m trying to keep an open mind. (Assuming we even get to see them, LOL - rain, rain, go away!!!)
 
We are arriving in WDW on Friday. We have tickets for the party on Labor Day. Dorian is starting to worry us. Can anyone explain Disney's procedure should a hurricane happen to impact the parks and party?
 


Cluelyss said:
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
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Nah, you can only get one at each stop. The supper is at Pecos Bills and Columbia Harbor House.
 
Best Aunt said:
Adrenaline and excitement may die down if you are standing around, either waiting in a line or holding a spot for parade or fireworks.
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I know!... I'll have to gauge our stamina as best I can the morning of the party.
No plans for character meets (except for maybe Lotso if it's a short line), so that should help a little. I also have the Fireworks Plaza party booked, so that should give us a little break (although I debating cancelling it).

Otherwise, if it seems like some of us are dragging trying to get up the morning of the party, then maybe I'll cut out the first hour of our morning touring plan. We could just skip Buzz and 7DMT (maybe do those at the party if it turns out to be a lightly attended party) - but not the end of the world if we skip those considering our kids are older.

I suspect the kids will have the stamina... it's probably my wife and I that might start dragging later in the party :)
 


Thanks for all the advice on my costume. Just received the last parts of it today and found out my hook is metal. It's still a costume thing, very blunt and can do no real damage, but it's made of metal on the hook and the base of it. Will this still be allowed?
 
Mostly a lurker but wanted to say thanks to all for posting reviews and plans. It helped us (2 Adults, 1 5 year old) figure out what we wanted to do for last nights party. It was our first MNSSHP. We had a great time and accomplished everything we wanted to do. Our focus was ToT, fireworks, parade, Hocus Pocus Show, Teacups Overlay. Here is what we did, though forgive me, I don’t remember times for everything.

3:25pm Arrived at MK SO HOT
3:45pm Gates open YAY!
Bands were a little slow but no biggie.
Went to pick up SOTMK card then back to the bypass. We were so hot and sweaty we just skipped photo ops here.
Got TOT bags.
Bathroom break in the sweet, sweet air conditioning.
3:30-4:30 (4:15) 1st FP Buzz
Stand by People Mover No wait
4:30-530 (4:28) 2nd FP Speedway
4:50 (4:45) 3rd FP Modified Teacups
Snack break Cosmic Rays 20 mins
5:15-6 4th FP Dumbo
Stand by Under the Sea 5 min wait
Stand by Carousel 15 min wait
~6:10 pm Stand by HM 10 min wait
6:30-6:50pm Pretzel break in Frontierland
6:55pm ToT Miners Cove
ToT Splash Mountain Long lines but steady moving. 5-10 mins
ToT CBJ 5 mins 2 stops
ToT Diamond Horseshoe 5 mins
ToT PhilharMagic 2 treat stops Took a break inside to cool off.
ToT Pinocchio Village Haus
ToT Ariel’s Grotto 10 mins. This was a slow trail for us and we got 2 pieces of candy.
ToT Railroad Station. Also super slow, long line. At least we got a handful of candy.
Btw, this area was a hot mess. There were lines everywhere and it was hard to immediately tell what they were for. We got outta there fast.
Teacups with overlay. 10-15 min wait
At this point it’s close to 8:15
ToT Cosmic Ray’s
Stopped by Descendance Party. Was pretty impressive. We watched for 20 mins (kiddo too shy to dance). DJ was fun, energetic, and engaging. Guided some dances. Constant “video calls” from the Descendants characters, as well as music videos.
ToT Monsters Inc 2 stops stayed to watch for 10 mins
9pm Check-in Garden Plaza Dessert Party. No line, separate check-in. Spent just under an hour relaxing. Treats were fine, worth it to us to not stress about a spot. I’m short and ALWAYS end up with someone tall standing right in front of me. Kiddo was worn out so she enjoyed sitting, eating, drinking, and no boring waiting.
9:55pm walk to Garden. Lots of space, back rail mostly full for unobstructed views. We stood on left side about 6 ft in front of back rail.
10:15pm Fireworks. Fun. Not HEA great, but enjoyable.
10:35 Bathroom break, then fight the Main Street crowd to head to Adventureland.
ToT Jungle Cruise
Stand by Flying Carpets. Waited 1 ride cycle
ToT CBJ now only 1 treat stop
10:55pm Found a parade spot just outside exit of CBJ (the walk through at the exit eventually gets roped off adding additional spots to get front row view)
11:10 Headless Horseman
11:15 Parade
Followed parade to Hub
12:00am Hocus Pocus. So fun!
On way out, 2 magic shots (flaming pumpkin, poison apple cauldron)
Bought Halloween Party Pin
Headless Horseman Magic Shot before exit (there were 4 photopass photographers set up so very speedy)

Whew! We were exhausted but had a great time. We were worried about possible rain since we had such a big storm the night before. Little bit of rain around 3:20pm, maybe a sprinkle for a couple of minutes at some point but nothing else. It was definitely hot the whole night.

We thought it was like a regular park day in regards to crowds but we enjoyed ourselves tremendously.
 
bpesch said:
We are arriving in WDW on Friday. We have tickets for the party on Labor Day. Dorian is starting to worry us. Can anyone explain Disney's procedure should a hurricane happen to impact the parks and party?
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Basically if they close the park down, they will more than likely give you a ticket to another night. If it is just a rain event, it goes on even if the parade is cancelled. Been there, done that, not fun.
 
HuskyForever said:
Mostly a lurker but wanted to say thanks to all for posting reviews and plans. It helped us (2 Adults, 1 5 year old) figure out what we wanted to do for last nights party. It was our first MNSSHP. We had a great time and accomplished everything we wanted to do. Our focus was ToT, fireworks, parade, Hocus Pocus Show, Teacups Overlay. Here is what we did, though forgive me, I don’t remember times for everything.

3:25pm Arrived at MK SO HOT
3:45pm Gates open YAY!
Bands were a little slow but no biggie.
Went to pick up SOTMK card then back to the bypass. We were so hot and sweaty we just skipped photo ops here.
Got TOT bags.
Bathroom break in the sweet, sweet air conditioning.
3:30-4:30 (4:15) 1st FP Buzz
Stand by People Mover No wait
4:30-530 (4:28) 2nd FP Speedway
4:50 (4:45) 3rd FP Modified Teacups
Snack break Cosmic Rays 20 mins
5:15-6 4th FP Dumbo
Stand by Under the Sea 5 min wait
Stand by Carousel 15 min wait
~6:10 pm Stand by HM 10 min wait
6:30-6:50pm Pretzel break in Frontierland
6:55pm ToT Miners Cove
ToT Splash Mountain Long lines but steady moving. 5-10 mins
ToT CBJ 5 mins 2 stops
ToT Diamond Horseshoe 5 mins
ToT PhilharMagic 2 treat stops Took a break inside to cool off.
ToT Pinocchio Village Haus
ToT Ariel’s Grotto 10 mins. This was a slow trail for us and we got 2 pieces of candy.
ToT Railroad Station. Also super slow, long line. At least we got a handful of candy.
Btw, this area was a hot mess. There were lines everywhere and it was hard to immediately tell what they were for. We got outta there fast.
Teacups with overlay. 10-15 min wait
At this point it’s close to 8:15
ToT Cosmic Ray’s
Stopped by Descendance Party. Was pretty impressive. We watched for 20 mins (kiddo too shy to dance). DJ was fun, energetic, and engaging. Guided some dances. Constant “video calls” from the Descendants characters, as well as music videos.
ToT Monsters Inc 2 stops stayed to watch for 10 mins
9pm Check-in Garden Plaza Dessert Party. No line, separate check-in. Spent just under an hour relaxing. Treats were fine, worth it to us to not stress about a spot. I’m short and ALWAYS end up with someone tall standing right in front of me. Kiddo was worn out so she enjoyed sitting, eating, drinking, and no boring waiting.
9:55pm walk to Garden. Lots of space, back rail mostly full for unobstructed views. We stood on left side about 6 ft in front of back rail.
10:15pm Fireworks. Fun. Not HEA great, but enjoyable.
10:35 Bathroom break, then fight the Main Street crowd to head to Adventureland.
ToT Jungle Cruise
Stand by Flying Carpets. Waited 1 ride cycle
ToT CBJ now only 1 treat stop
10:55pm Found a parade spot just outside exit of CBJ (the walk through at the exit eventually gets roped off adding additional spots to get front row view)
11:10 Headless Horseman
11:15 Parade
Followed parade to Hub
12:00am Hocus Pocus. So fun!
On way out, 2 magic shots (flaming pumpkin, poison apple cauldron)
Bought Halloween Party Pin
Headless Horseman Magic Shot before exit (there were 4 photopass photographers set up so very speedy)

Whew! We were exhausted but had a great time. We were worried about possible rain since we had such a big storm the night before. Little bit of rain around 3:20pm, maybe a sprinkle for a couple of minutes at some point but nothing else. It was definitely hot the whole night.

We thought it was like a regular park day in regards to crowds but we enjoyed ourselves tremendously.
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Thanks for sharing!

This is very helpful, we also have he Plaza dessert party booked and I was wondering if we needed search out a parade spot in Adventure/Frontier land right away after the party.

Sounds like you were able to take your time getting over there, stopped for a ride and TrkOrTrt, and still were able to grab a front row spot.
 
Kickstart said:
Thanks for sharing!

This is very helpful, we also have he Plaza dessert party booked and I was wondering if we needed search out a parade spot in Adventure/Frontier land right away after the party.

Sounds like you were able to take your time getting over there, stopped for a ride and TrkOrTrt, and still were able to grab a front row spot.
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We did play a little human frogger trying to get across the Main Street crowd, but it worked out. A lot of the spots were taken by the time we got there but we were able to squeeze into a spot for one. I sat on the ground with my kiddo in my lap and my husband sat behind us on the elevated walkway. About 10 mins later a family stood to the left of us, waiting for the CM’s to rope off the walkway so they could fill in the space.
 
HuskyForever said:
Mostly a lurker but wanted to say thanks to all for posting reviews and plans. It helped us (2 Adults, 1 5 year old) figure out what we wanted to do for last nights party. It was our first MNSSHP. We had a great time and accomplished everything we wanted to do. Our focus was ToT, fireworks, parade, Hocus Pocus Show, Teacups Overlay. Here is what we did, though forgive me, I don’t remember times for everything.

3:25pm Arrived at MK SO HOT
3:45pm Gates open YAY!
Bands were a little slow but no biggie.
Went to pick up SOTMK card then back to the bypass. We were so hot and sweaty we just skipped photo ops here.
Got TOT bags.
Bathroom break in the sweet, sweet air conditioning.
3:30-4:30 (4:15) 1st FP Buzz
Stand by People Mover No wait
4:30-530 (4:28) 2nd FP Speedway
4:50 (4:45) 3rd FP Modified Teacups
Snack break Cosmic Rays 20 mins
5:15-6 4th FP Dumbo
Stand by Under the Sea 5 min wait
Stand by Carousel 15 min wait
~6:10 pm Stand by HM 10 min wait
6:30-6:50pm Pretzel break in Frontierland
6:55pm ToT Miners Cove
ToT Splash Mountain Long lines but steady moving. 5-10 mins
ToT CBJ 5 mins 2 stops
ToT Diamond Horseshoe 5 mins
ToT PhilharMagic 2 treat stops Took a break inside to cool off.
ToT Pinocchio Village Haus
ToT Ariel’s Grotto 10 mins. This was a slow trail for us and we got 2 pieces of candy.
ToT Railroad Station. Also super slow, long line. At least we got a handful of candy.
Btw, this area was a hot mess. There were lines everywhere and it was hard to immediately tell what they were for. We got outta there fast.
Teacups with overlay. 10-15 min wait
At this point it’s close to 8:15
ToT Cosmic Ray’s
Stopped by Descendance Party. Was pretty impressive. We watched for 20 mins (kiddo too shy to dance). DJ was fun, energetic, and engaging. Guided some dances. Constant “video calls” from the Descendants characters, as well as music videos.
ToT Monsters Inc 2 stops stayed to watch for 10 mins
9pm Check-in Garden Plaza Dessert Party. No line, separate check-in. Spent just under an hour relaxing. Treats were fine, worth it to us to not stress about a spot. I’m short and ALWAYS end up with someone tall standing right in front of me. Kiddo was worn out so she enjoyed sitting, eating, drinking, and no boring waiting.
9:55pm walk to Garden. Lots of space, back rail mostly full for unobstructed views. We stood on left side about 6 ft in front of back rail.
10:15pm Fireworks. Fun. Not HEA great, but enjoyable.
10:35 Bathroom break, then fight the Main Street crowd to head to Adventureland.
ToT Jungle Cruise
Stand by Flying Carpets. Waited 1 ride cycle
ToT CBJ now only 1 treat stop
10:55pm Found a parade spot just outside exit of CBJ (the walk through at the exit eventually gets roped off adding additional spots to get front row view)
11:10 Headless Horseman
11:15 Parade
Followed parade to Hub
12:00am Hocus Pocus. So fun!
On way out, 2 magic shots (flaming pumpkin, poison apple cauldron)
Bought Halloween Party Pin
Headless Horseman Magic Shot before exit (there were 4 photopass photographers set up so very speedy)

Whew! We were exhausted but had a great time. We were worried about possible rain since we had such a big storm the night before. Little bit of rain around 3:20pm, maybe a sprinkle for a couple of minutes at some point but nothing else. It was definitely hot the whole night.

We thought it was like a regular park day in regards to crowds but we enjoyed ourselves tremendously.
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Thank you for the detailed review ! It sounds like you had a wonderful time and reading all about it made me even more excited for our party in October !
But for the life of me I can’t figure out what “CBJ” stands for ? :scratchin
 
AliceandPete said:
Thank you for the detailed review ! It sounds like you had a wonderful time and reading all about it made me even more excited for our party in October !
But for the life of me I can’t figure out what “CBJ” stands for ? :scratchin
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Not that common an abbreviation around here, but you’ll probably be mad when I say it.

Country Bear Jamboree

8-)
 
Went to the party last night without a plan in mind at all (ME=DAREDEVIL), here's how we did:

- Arrived right around 3:45, waited only a few minutes to be let in.
- Went thru bypass to get ToT bag and first candy, stopped to get photo with Minnie statue.
- Made a beeline straight to 7DMT for our 4:10 FP, rode it. Had to go back in to retrieve a costume piece left behind by youngest DD.
- Hopped on The Little Mermaid Ride with no wait, then Mermaid Ariel Meet and Greet for youngest. maybe a 10 minute wait for that.
- Beast's Castle Photopass and Magic shot for oldest DD.
- Stopped at Pinocchio Village Haus for dinner. It may have rained while we ate...not sure.
- Mandatory Haunted Mansion ride. Walked on.
- Headed to the Tiki Room for Moana M&G, wait was about 50 minutes, maybe less. By the time we got done with that, it was 7pm, Start of Party. The times we stopped by after that, the line looked pretty short. Got Dole Whip Floats afterwards.
- I think we hopped in the Country Bear ToT line after that. (longest ToT wait of the night)
- Headed back to Fantasyland so DW and Oldest DD could get Belle and Gaston's M&G. I took youngest DD thru Ariel's Grotto ToT line (fairly longish wait), got photopass-flaming pumpkin magic shot for her. Went back to B&G M&G, DW & DD not done yet, so other DD and I did a restroom break and a water run from Gaston's Tavern (I also snuck a LeFou's Brew, don't tell my wife). Got back to them as they were getting their pictures taken.
- First Parade was starting, so we decided to head to Pirates, got Magic Mirror Magic Shots and the Gus/Donut container on the way.
- Got in line for Pirates, line looked long but standby said only 15 minutes. I timed it, it was accurate, they moved a lot of people fast on it.
- By the time we got out, parade was ending and we took another rr break and hopped in the Jafar M&G line. Then a quick jaunt thru the Jungle Cruise ToT line.
- DDs wanted to meet Stitch, so we headed over to Tomorrowland. They hopped in his line and I went to go get some popcorn. They were still in line when I got back, so I went thru the Monsters Inc ToT, then sat by the exit to Stitch to watch the fireworks. Great place to watch the projections on the castle, not so great to watch the fireworks. DW and the DDs got done with the M&G as the fireworks ended. We ran thru the Monsters Inc line again. HANDFULS of candy at this point.
- Rode the PeopleMover as we needed a bit of a break. Then got a PP pic with one of the giant inflatable pumpkins.
- Headed to the front of the park to watch the parade with the idea of hopping in the Jack & Sally line as soon as it was over. DW and DD2 went to find a spot while DD1 and I ran and got the SotMK party card and some beverages.
- Popped in to the J&S M&G to see when they would stop meeting, Castmember said the line was 1 hr 15 min long at that point, so probably soon. Went back to report this to DD1, who was the one who wanted to meet them, and gave her the choice to watch the parade or see J&S, she chose the parade (it was the last night of our trip and they were pretty charactered out at that point.)
- Couple more PP photos after the parade and some quick shopping to use up the rest of our Snack Credits and we were heading out the door as the Sanderson Sisters were finishing up their show.


All and all, we were pretty satisfied with the event. Got almost everything we wanted to do accomplished. Slightly bummed at missing J&S but other characters and the FP were more a priority. Figured the shows we could watch online. Bummed I didn't get the event t-shirt I wanted or the Maleficent pin, I probably could have gotten the former, as I did see it in my size early in the night but figured I'd buy it later. Emporium didn't have it in my size at the end of the night, and I didn't want to be bothered with going to the back of the park to look for it. Wanted to try Constance's cake, but the line was pretty long, and we never went back for it. Didn't write down the locations of the other two Hitchhiking ghost containers, so that was totally on me. But, we ended up with two Gallon size bags of candy (which got DW hauled out of line at the TSA checkpoint this morning, lol), and had a lot of compliments on our costumes (the ladies were Jedi Princesses and I was Darth Goofy.) All in all, a great time, but probably not doing it again (at least not in August...too blasted hot).


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Which characters don’t sign autographs at MNSSHP? I know the 7 dwarfs don’t. Anyone else? Thanks!
 
sheila14 said:
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?
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8/20 party - we used a regular park ticket to go in at 2:30pm. They scanned our partt tickets and put our bands on as we got in the line for Jack & Sally at 2:45pm.
 
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