Hi, did anyone go to the Oct 4th party? We were there and we were so lucky to get it in before Thursday night. It was so awesome!!! We went as Gravity Falls family. We did everything we wanted and did check in at 4pm. It has been 3 years since we went and it seemed to be a lot less crowded then it was a couple of years ago. Even Haunted Mansion was about a 5 min wait. It was a great evening and we closed it down! The only let down was that adults did not dress up as much as they did years before. I think the new costume rules have subdued everyone. I surely missed wearing my full ball gown, but going as a redhead was fun!
We were there October 1. We were supposed to go again on October 7, but it was cancelled. We did notice more Disneybounding and less costumes, but we still saw a lot of great costumes. We also noticed, thankfully, that Disney was pretty lax on the cape rule-- we saw several that went below the waist even down to the knees (nothing really below that). We saw several people that had pinned or tucked their ball gowns up and then let them down once they were inside the park. We never saw any CMs make an issue. We did see a few adults wearing full face masks, and the CMs did make an issue of that. We saw several adults who had pulled out an Incredibles mask out after getting into the park and put it on for photos etc- and photopass did not appear to have any issues with that and we saw a couple of people walking around with them on and the CMS were not stopping them. We also saw several people who had just painted the incredibles mask on their face with make-up--- as well as other adults using face paint instead of masks.
It is my understanding the October 4 party was sold out. We were talking to someone that morning who had tried to get tickets for that night and said that they were unable to do so, because it had sold out with people switching tickets or buying tickets due to the anticipated hurricane. Glad you had fun! We thought about buying tickets for that one the day before, but DD really didn't want to give up 1900 Park Fare.
I was not a big fan of the party merchandise this year. We didn't buy any of it. Neither DD, nor I cared much for the shirt or pin designs. Last year we spent a small fortune on it, so I guess it was good we saved money on this this year.
We were really bummed about missing our 2nd party. We just love the whole party atmosphere and seeing what all the guests are wearing. We did a lot the first night, but the early rain threw us off because it messed up our Jack and Sally plan, so we wound up waiting for them for an hour of party time later (that was pretty much all me- even though we saw them last year, I just love them). Luckily other than the Tweedles- DD didn't care that much about seeing every character this year (we went to 3 parties last year and 2 the year before and the year before that, so we have seen pretty much all of them before), and we got the parade and Hocus Pocus show done. The things we had planned for Friday and are really bummed we missed were seeing Belle and Gaston together, tracking down the Hitchhiking ghost shot (which is my favorite every year), and seeing Carlotta in front of the Haunted Mansion. I think DD was most sad about missing Carlotta because she absolutely loves her (to the point where when we saw her last year, she remembered DD from the year before). We got over there a couple of times on our first party, but we missed her both times. The fact there is the scrim on the HM and the bench is much closer, really did seem to detract from the HM area this year- which is usually our favorite area at MNSSP, but we still would have really liked to have listened to Carlotta tell her stories and to have had a chance to tell her hello.
