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MickeyMinnieMom said:
We’ve really enjoyed both, MNSSHP especially. LOVE those fireworks and parade! :thumbsup2:thumbsup2
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We've seen the Hallowishes from the Poly beach and loved it - just struggled with the idea of an extra ticket to get in when we already had regular park tickets ... but this trip I think we are only going to get 4 or 5 day tickets (military salute tickets) but be there for a week so will go on one of our "off days"

Also, my kids tend to be scared by the villains but hopefully they are old enough now to enjoy it

Now to work on costume ideas!
 


TheMaxRebo said:
We've seen the Hallowishes from the Poly beach and loved it - just struggled with the idea of an extra ticket to get in when we already had regular park tickets ... but this trip I think we are only going to get 4 or 5 day tickets (military salute tickets) but be there for a week so will go on one of our "off days"

Also, my kids tend to be scared by the villains but hopefully they are old enough now to enjoy it

Now to work on costume ideas!
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It's hard to justify a party ticket when you're using the salute tickets. We've used those most of our trips and in October we bought party tickets and a one day. It was nearly as much as a 5 day hopper from the salute tickets. Made me ill. The party was fun, lots of candy and walk on rides, but we didn't wait for the characters because the lines were insane. In the end we had like 20 pounds of candy that we don't eat but some really neat magic shots. Not sure if it was really "worth" it for us.
 


Capang said:
It's hard to justify a party ticket when you're using the salute tickets. We've used those most of our trips and in October we bought party tickets and a one day. It was nearly as much as a 5 day hopper from the salute tickets. Made me ill. The party was fun, lots of candy and walk on rides, but we didn't wait for the characters because the lines were insane. In the end we had like 20 pounds of candy that we don't eat but some really neat magic shots. Not sure if it was really "worth" it for us.
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yeah, I guess I am seeing it that the cost difference between being able to get the Salute Tickets vs regular tickets (and longer span, so say a 7 day with hopper regular ticket) is what we will use to pay for the party tickets

We definitely will have to prioritize what we want to do and see (to be honest, we may do a bit of trick or treating but i want to focus on the other elements - especially the parade and fireworks and stage show. Hopefully get at least one or two "rare" character meets in - but we shall see)
 
TheMaxRebo said:
yeah, I guess I am seeing it that the cost difference between being able to get the Salute Tickets vs regular tickets (and longer span, so say a 7 day with hopper regular ticket) is what we will use to pay for the party tickets

We definitely will have to prioritize what we want to do and see (to be honest, we may do a bit of trick or treating but i want to focus on the other elements - especially the parade and fireworks and stage show. Hopefully get at least one or two "rare" character meets in - but we shall see)
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Just watch the weather for the stage shows. Ours were cancelled due to a very drizzly, short lived rain. Just enough that it couldn't go on. The parade was pretty cool.
 
Capang said:
Just watch the weather for the stage shows. Ours were cancelled due to a very drizzly, short lived rain. Just enough that it couldn't go on. The parade was pretty cool.
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True about the stage shows. I’ll say that to us, the fireworks and parade were always absolute must do’s. The stage shows we rarely made time for. Preferred a pic (or two!) with a rarely seen character and some trick or treating. All of that and some rides here and there always made for a full evening.
 
MickeyMinnieMom said:
True about the stage shows. I’ll say that to us, the fireworks and parade were always absolute must do’s. The stage shows we rarely made time for. Preferred a pic (or two!) with a rarely seen character and some trick or treating. All of that and some rides here and there always made for a full evening.
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We LOVED the parade and fireworks. We got some great magic shots but we mainly did rides. We surprised our daughter with the trip and let her decide the evening. She didn't want to wait for characters so we skipped those. We walked on EVERYTHING in under 5 minutes, multiple times. We even had no lines for trick or treating so that was nice. It was fun, but it was the same basic cost as a day ticket. For a party ticket and a day ticket we paid nearly as much as a 4 day salute ticket and that was a lot for me. We have APs this year from the dvc promotion but we won't be there for parties. I did want to try a Christmas party but we won't be there for one this year. I have a hard time trying to keep a budget for WDW because there are just so many "extras" we want to try.
 
TheMaxRebo said:
I've never been to either party but good chance we will be at WDW the last week in August so likely will go to the August 28th MNSSHP party

Also a chance we will be there the week of December 9th so might try out the Christmas Party too (probably Dec 11th or 13th)
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@TheMaxRebo - we are likely going the party on the 28th as well. Hope to see you there - too bad we can't grab a beer during the party. (Those things make me want to drink.)

Isn't this rather early for party tickets to go on sale?

Only 34 nights of the Halloween parties? When do they start having them in July?
 
skier_pete said:
@TheMaxRebo - we are likely going the party on the 28th as well. Hope to see you there - too bad we can't grab a beer during the party. (Those things make me want to drink.)

Isn't this rather early for party tickets to go on sale?

Only 34 nights of the Halloween parties? When do they start having them in July?
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well, we could "pre-party" at Trader Sam's ;)

this definitely seems early for the tickets - I was thinking this is something I would have to start looking out for the end of April/Early May - so definitely seems early

Maybe trying to move conversation on the Disney message boards away from the paid parking, um, discussion :D
 
crazy4wdw said:
I'm probably in the minority here, but I just hate this. I wish Disney would leave POTC alone.

As one of the retired imagineers said, the attraction is now "boyscouts of the Caribbean" instead of "pirates"
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I am not too keen on the change but I was thinking about the reason as being "oh, why can't we show Pirates doing bad things."

But the more I thought about it, I think the reason they changed it isn't so much about that they show pirates being bad and women being sold into slavery - but likely what made Disney execs uncomfortable is that scene makes a JOKE out of women being sold into slavery. In a world where sex slavery is still a very real problem (even here in the US) they probably felt that it is a safer to change it than to have to excuse it. They knew they'd get backlash from the Disney faithful, but in the end no-one is going to stop going on the ride because of the change. (It should be noted that about 20 years ago they changed the scene right after this - which used to have the pirates chasing women round in circles and now has women chasing pirates round in circles - for almost the exact same reason.)

Anyways, in the end I can't consider it a big deal that they changed it. (And on the bright side I can always say we rode it on the last day before they changed it.)
 
skier_pete said:
I am not too keen on the change but I was thinking about the reason as being "oh, why can't we show Pirates doing bad things."

But the more I thought about it, I think the reason they changed it isn't so much about that they show pirates being bad and women being sold into slavery - but likely what made Disney execs uncomfortable is that scene makes a JOKE out of women being sold into slavery. In a world where sex slavery is still a very real problem (even here in the US) they probably felt that it is a safer to change it than to have to excuse it. They knew they'd get backlash from the Disney faithful, but in the end no-one is going to stop going on the ride because of the change. (It should be noted that about 20 years ago they changed the scene right after this - which used to have the pirates chasing women round in circles and now has women chasing pirates round in circles - for almost the exact same reason.)

Anyways, in the end I can't consider it a big deal that they changed it. (And on the bright side I can always say we rode it on the last day before they changed it.)
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I posted this in the other thread that I think summarizes how I feel:

I don't think it *needed* to change (they are pirates after all, they do bad things) but also didn't think it *needed* to stay the same and things in the parks are always evolving and I did wind up chatting with a number of people who were rather upset about the prior version and I don't really see this as detracting from the ride and it definitely improves it for at least some people - so that is a net positive in my book.

Very glad it seems they put some effort into this though and it looks like a positive change"

I also agree with you that no one (or practically no one) is going to stop going on the ride because of this - it doesn't change the spirit of the ride or what makes it a great ride, etc. - just a new update to a ride that has had a number of updates over the years and if it can now be enjoyed by people that before were upset by the scene then all the better
 
TheMaxRebo said:
well, we could "pre-party" at Trader Sam's ;)

this definitely seems early for the tickets - I was thinking this is something I would have to start looking out for the end of April/Early May - so definitely seems early

Maybe trying to move conversation on the Disney message boards away from the paid parking, um, discussion :D
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Ahh...but is parking included with your MNSSHP ticket? (Answer: No it's not.)

Trader Sam's is good, but we are doing a resort move that day (from AKV to BCV) so I am not sure I would be able to make anything "pre" party...and I definitely will want to be at the party from 6 PM to get our money's worth. I am frequently posting on here as a party hater, but our DD14 and her BFF both want to go, so I am going to suck it up and get tickets. This time I am going to skip all the character meets (which can suck the evening away) and just enjoy the short ride lines, and the fireworks and parade. And also hoping that a Tuesday in August will lead to low crowds. I want to see if it's even possible for me to enjoy one of these things...so I guess maybe that brings Trader Sam's back into the equation...
 
skier_pete said:
Ahh...but is parking included with your MNSSHP ticket? (Answer: No it's not.)

Trader Sam's is good, but we are doing a resort move that day (from AKV to BCV) so I am not sure I would be able to make anything "pre" party...and I definitely will want to be at the party from 6 PM to get our money's worth. I am frequently posting on here as a party hater, but our DD14 and her BFF both want to go, so I am going to suck it up and get tickets. This time I am going to skip all the character meets (which can suck the evening away) and just enjoy the short ride lines, and the fireworks and parade. And also hoping that a Tuesday in August will lead to low crowds. I want to see if it's even possible for me to enjoy one of these things...so I guess maybe that brings Trader Sam's back into the equation...
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I am glad this is not the very first one of the year (that is on the 17th) as those tend to be crowded with all the bloggers and vloggers and what not - plus just people wanting to be at the "first" so hoping it is relatively empty compared to other dates

We will have to game plan as we have never done one. Might try to see one or two rare characters but priority for me is definitely parade and fireworks (probably will want to see the stage show as well) and get on to a few rides too. Hoping I can minimize the time doing the trick or treating (maybe do one trail just to do it) but we can get candy anywhere
 
skier_pete said:
that scene makes a JOKE out of women being sold into slavery. In a world where sex slavery is still a very real problem (even here in the US) they probably felt that it is a safer to change it than to have to excuse it.
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This. As one who works with and see this stuff with kids daily. It is a huge thing that not enough people really understand. Yes pirates are not good people, they steal and kill for a living but its still Disney World.
 
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