"Official" 2019 Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party - A Frightfully Festive Celebration
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Potc queue is the longest I've ever seen it at a party.
In line for magic carpets and that's super short.
In line for magic carpets and that's super short.
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Tons of front row parade viewing at city hall to train station.
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We arrived at the check-in around 8:40, and were able to get a table at the railing and in a great location too. However many tables were already taken along the railing and there were only a few left. I believe I read in this thread previously that people were able to check in as early as 8:25.
Also check-in did not take too long. They had separate lines for people doing the plaza viewing vs the terrace viewing. Most people lined up in the terrace viewing line not knowing there were two lines, but they had CMs walking through telling those who had plaza viewing to head to the other check-in line for their party, which was great for us since we went from being like 30th in line to 2nd!
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Three more parties are SOLD OUT!
10/10, 10/11, and 10/31!
10/10, 10/11, and 10/31!
Ashmishgab
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I would hand it out to all the trick-or-treaters on Halloween! I actually was thinking we should have planned our trip for earlier for that exact reason
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Welcome to the party! That bit of magical history was posted one page over!
FoxC63
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Holy moly Halloween Peeps!
Guests over at Disneyland get to meet the Hitch Hiking Ghosts!
The link will take you to a video: LINK
Guests over at Disneyland get to meet the Hitch Hiking Ghosts!
The link will take you to a video: LINK
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I really hope so!!
Thanks so much!
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Last night my tot bag was filled to the rim after just 3 stops. Handfuls!
We stayed only til 8:45pm.
We still haven't done everything, but our to do list is getting much smaller.
Last night we arrived around 6:30pm.
My goal was to try Constance's for Better or Worse Wedding Cake.
My husband's was to get a SOTMK card.
DS wanted to tot and get to bed at a decent hour because he has a full day of homeschool, voice lessons, and meeting up with other homeschoolers for coffee today.
-The Tot lines were super long, but moved fast. 6:38 We walked right into Monster's Inc, no line. There were arrows on the floor showing people where to queue for candy. It was better organized than the chaos of other parties.
- We rode the people moved and that line was crazy long too, but it keeps moving.
-Went to CoP tot. A manager gave us a huge handful of candy. Every queue of the line was filled, but it moved fast with 4 people handing out treats.
-Cosmic Rays was next. Here we found the applesauce, pumpkin spice. There were 2 defined queues. Left for candy and right for Descendants Dance Party. The dance party was crowded. The Tot line was the shortest I've seen.
-stopped at Mickey's Star Traders to see if they still had Arendelle Mickey ears. No, they don't.
-Next tot stop was the train station in New Fantasyland. The cm here filled my bag to the rim. We didn't have room for any more tot stops!
- walked by hm and the queue was out almost to the steamboat area.
-Went to Liberty Square popcorn cart. Cm was wearing hm popcorn bucket. She explained that only 1 of the 3 ghosts sings. Got the wedding cake and split it between the 3 of us. It's a super small cake. Cupcake sized. Delicious! I liked it better than the pumpkin milkshake. So did dh. DS liked the milkshake better. We sat at a table at Sleepy Hollow.
- Headed over to potc and was shocked by the queue. The inside was filled and the queue wound around outside filling the whole side. Never saw it this long ever. We skipped it.
-10 min wait for Magic Carpets. DS got us soaked by the camel.
-Stopped for the SOTMK card and chatted with cm. That area was so empty. They asked us where everyone was. We said it looked like potc. The curb was empty near the Barber shop. Also empty from firestation around to train station.
What we have left to do:
-Meet Minnie
-Meet Tarzan
-Meet Aladdin and Abu
-try the cheesecake at Sleepy Hollow
We stayed only til 8:45pm.
We still haven't done everything, but our to do list is getting much smaller.
Last night we arrived around 6:30pm.
My goal was to try Constance's for Better or Worse Wedding Cake.
My husband's was to get a SOTMK card.
DS wanted to tot and get to bed at a decent hour because he has a full day of homeschool, voice lessons, and meeting up with other homeschoolers for coffee today.
-The Tot lines were super long, but moved fast. 6:38 We walked right into Monster's Inc, no line. There were arrows on the floor showing people where to queue for candy. It was better organized than the chaos of other parties.
- We rode the people moved and that line was crazy long too, but it keeps moving.
-Went to CoP tot. A manager gave us a huge handful of candy. Every queue of the line was filled, but it moved fast with 4 people handing out treats.
-Cosmic Rays was next. Here we found the applesauce, pumpkin spice. There were 2 defined queues. Left for candy and right for Descendants Dance Party. The dance party was crowded. The Tot line was the shortest I've seen.
-stopped at Mickey's Star Traders to see if they still had Arendelle Mickey ears. No, they don't.
-Next tot stop was the train station in New Fantasyland. The cm here filled my bag to the rim. We didn't have room for any more tot stops!
- walked by hm and the queue was out almost to the steamboat area.
-Went to Liberty Square popcorn cart. Cm was wearing hm popcorn bucket. She explained that only 1 of the 3 ghosts sings. Got the wedding cake and split it between the 3 of us. It's a super small cake. Cupcake sized. Delicious! I liked it better than the pumpkin milkshake. So did dh. DS liked the milkshake better. We sat at a table at Sleepy Hollow.
- Headed over to potc and was shocked by the queue. The inside was filled and the queue wound around outside filling the whole side. Never saw it this long ever. We skipped it.
-10 min wait for Magic Carpets. DS got us soaked by the camel.
-Stopped for the SOTMK card and chatted with cm. That area was so empty. They asked us where everyone was. We said it looked like potc. The curb was empty near the Barber shop. Also empty from firestation around to train station.
What we have left to do:
-Meet Minnie
-Meet Tarzan
-Meet Aladdin and Abu
-try the cheesecake at Sleepy Hollow
FoxC63
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Cluelyss
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Saw this on Facebook - true? First I’m hearing about a “kick off parade” and no access to FL? Is this new?
Mickeys Not So Scary Party was awesome! Some people complained about the crowds but really they weren’t that bad as compared to the middle of the day.
A few tips/good to know:
- they have a let’s party parade right at the entrance at 4:00. And then they usher you toward Tomorrowland. You can’t go left to frontier land as it’s roped off.
Mickeys Not So Scary Party was awesome! Some people complained about the crowds but really they weren’t that bad as compared to the middle of the day.
A few tips/good to know:
- they have a let’s party parade right at the entrance at 4:00. And then they usher you toward Tomorrowland. You can’t go left to frontier land as it’s roped off.
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The “party parade” comment is probably related to the Move It, Shake It, MousekeDance It street party that is at 4:40pm (and they are just a bit off with their time). It departs from Town Square so if it’s going on when someone arrives, it would block getting to the other side for a temporary bit.
Cluelyss
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Ahh, that makes sense! I figured they were confused about something! Thank you!!
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Near MK closing for day guests, the cm line across main street with a rope letting people exit. And they usher party goers through the bypass. You can turn left right after the bypass and walk by Casey's or even back to the bakery, Emporium, etc.
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We are back from our vacation, and though this is late, it still might be helpful to someone so I'll share how our party went. It was our first MNSSHP, we were there on October 1, and it was a sold out party and you could tell.
This was my original plan:
And this is how it panned out:
3:40 - Arrived at MK to a fairly long line waiting to get in. They held us inside bag check but before the tapstiles until after 4:00. I took a picture of my DD while we were stuck waiting and it's timestamped 4:02. That was a frustrating start, especially with the sun blasting down on us as we waited.
4:05-ish - finally made it inside the park and headed straight to the fire station for our SotMK cards. There was no line there. Then we headed over to the bypass and got a family photo. It was so hot we all promptly shed parts of our costumes after that! We got our trick-or-treat bags and first treats, and exited the bypass. We missed our first FP for small world and then Big Thunder was down so we didn't do that either.
4:40 - Since we had time to kill we took my daughter over to meet Ariel since she was dressed as Ursula. Waited about 15-20 minutes. Sorry, the party was so hectic for us and I was trying to take it all in so I didn't take notes, but I think my memory is in line with my photo time stamps! Ariel was super fun and awesome interacting with my DD as Ursula. One of our favorite M&Gs from the entire trip.
5:05 - After meeting Ariel we walked over to BTMR to see if it was back up, but it wasn't. We hung out in that area for a little bit waiting for our HM FP window to open up and we rode that. That was a great ride to kick off the party with, set the mood for all of us.
6:00 - 7:00 - Ate dinner at Pecos Bill's, just chilled out for a while. Waited for a family member who lives in Orlando to meet up with us. We took our time here, as we had a kind of frustrating start with not getting to do our first two rides and we could already tell it was going to be a very crowded evening. Note: We tried to mobile order for Pecos just after 6 and it wouldn't go through. We figured it was because you can't mobile order once the park is officially "closed"? Later we got a message that it DID go through, after we had already ordered and paid in the regular line. If this happens to anyone and you panic (just a little) like we did, if you just ignore it and never confirm the order Disney will cancel it automatically after a period of time.
7:05 - Walked up the street just a bit and watched the Cadaver Dans for a bit. They are even more hilarious as the Cadaver Dans and I'm so glad that we made this a priority, as the Dapper Dans are one of my favorite things to see at WDW. While they were performing we took turns going into the Mercantile to get some Party merch. My husband got the magic band and I got the Hocus Pocus pin set I wanted.
7:32 - We were in place to see the 7:40 Hocus Pocus show. We got a spot at the fence around the Partners statue, on the left side facing the Castle, and at the back of it. Having the fence in front of us was fantastic, thanks to everyone who gave us that tip here! I was able to let my daughter stand in front of me and support her so she could see without having to pick her up. Saved my back!! We had a great view too.
8:02 - The Hocus Pocus show ended exactly on time and we decided to take my DD to the Tea Cups as that's one of her favorites. It was a ridiculous wait (for the Tea Cups, anyway). We probably waited about 20-25 minutes, which isn't bad, but our last Party experience at MVMCP had us riding the Tea Cups over and over with zero wait, so it was a bit of a shock! The lights and different music were cool to experience but probably not worth a 20-25 minute wait. I have a photo of us on the ride from 8:32 pm.
After the Tea Cups we decided to try to find a parade spot. It felt like we were just holding spots all night, which was not the funnest, but also the show, parade, and fireworks were our priorities, so it comes with the territory. We saw an open front row spot as we walked by in Liberty Square and zipped into it. After we sat there for about 10-15 minutes, we realized it was an open spot because we were in the disability section. We started to get up to move, fretting a bit about how much time we wasted and how we'd have trouble finding another spot now, and the nice ladies next to us told us to just sit back down and not worry about it. They were lovely and offered my daughter to sit in front of them so she could see the parade perfectly. My husband and I stayed back so as not to block anyone's view who was actually supposed to be there. It was a moment of Disney kindness that really relieved a lot of stress for us in that moment. Thank you, nice ladies!
After the parade we tried to get back to the Hub and the other half of my family, who had split off to ride Mine Train, but they were on the Tomorrowland side and there were so many people we simply couldn't get to them. We walked as far into the Hub as we could before we hit a wall of people and just stayed where we were to see the fireworks (we were roughly at 10 o'clock if the Hub were a clock and the Castle were 12, right on the trolley tracks). It was like sardines in there but we did have a great view of the projections and Jack. We had planned to tag team waiting here to go get treats but there was no way we could get out of our spot and in again. It was absolutely crammed. I hate to think what would happen if there were some kind of emergency with so many people crowded together.
After fireworks my extended family texted us that they were just going to leave. I saw no point in joining the mass exodus only to wait and wait for a bus back to AKL, so we headed to Pirates instead. We walked right on. My DD was a trooper, as she was falling asleep by this point. After Pirates we debated trying to do something else, as it seemed the park had cleared a lot, but we didn't want to get stuck in anther mass of people during/after the second parade, plus my daughter was definitely done for the night, so we decided to just head home. I have a photo of the train station from outside the park at 11:06 pm. The wait for the bus was short, thank goodness. We timed it well.
Overall, we did have a lot of fun, but we will not do another Party until reports start coming in that it is actually a limited ticket event again and not a "limited ticket event" like it seems to be lately. We didn't get a single special party treat because the lines were so long (although we weren't too bothered by this as we were stuffed from Pecos Bill's!). We only did one photopass photo. We did sprinkle in some trick-or-treating for my daughter as we passed by the treat trails but I didn't note the times of any of them so I didn't mention them above. None of them took overly long. We rode two rides, one of them with FP before the party even started. My husband and I just kept looking at each other and saying we had NEVER seen crowds like this in all of our years of going to Disney. Ever. We didn't know our party was sold out until later, but you really could tell. We did get to do most of our priorities; thankfully (thanks to this board!) we had a plan in place because otherwise we would have just be flummoxed by the crowds, I think. If you are going to a sold out party, have a plan, make sure your priorities are few, and go with the flow and you'll still have a good time.
This was my original plan:
And this is how it panned out:
3:40 - Arrived at MK to a fairly long line waiting to get in. They held us inside bag check but before the tapstiles until after 4:00. I took a picture of my DD while we were stuck waiting and it's timestamped 4:02. That was a frustrating start, especially with the sun blasting down on us as we waited.
4:05-ish - finally made it inside the park and headed straight to the fire station for our SotMK cards. There was no line there. Then we headed over to the bypass and got a family photo. It was so hot we all promptly shed parts of our costumes after that! We got our trick-or-treat bags and first treats, and exited the bypass. We missed our first FP for small world and then Big Thunder was down so we didn't do that either.
4:40 - Since we had time to kill we took my daughter over to meet Ariel since she was dressed as Ursula. Waited about 15-20 minutes. Sorry, the party was so hectic for us and I was trying to take it all in so I didn't take notes, but I think my memory is in line with my photo time stamps! Ariel was super fun and awesome interacting with my DD as Ursula. One of our favorite M&Gs from the entire trip.
5:05 - After meeting Ariel we walked over to BTMR to see if it was back up, but it wasn't. We hung out in that area for a little bit waiting for our HM FP window to open up and we rode that. That was a great ride to kick off the party with, set the mood for all of us.
6:00 - 7:00 - Ate dinner at Pecos Bill's, just chilled out for a while. Waited for a family member who lives in Orlando to meet up with us. We took our time here, as we had a kind of frustrating start with not getting to do our first two rides and we could already tell it was going to be a very crowded evening. Note: We tried to mobile order for Pecos just after 6 and it wouldn't go through. We figured it was because you can't mobile order once the park is officially "closed"? Later we got a message that it DID go through, after we had already ordered and paid in the regular line. If this happens to anyone and you panic (just a little) like we did, if you just ignore it and never confirm the order Disney will cancel it automatically after a period of time.
7:05 - Walked up the street just a bit and watched the Cadaver Dans for a bit. They are even more hilarious as the Cadaver Dans and I'm so glad that we made this a priority, as the Dapper Dans are one of my favorite things to see at WDW. While they were performing we took turns going into the Mercantile to get some Party merch. My husband got the magic band and I got the Hocus Pocus pin set I wanted.
7:32 - We were in place to see the 7:40 Hocus Pocus show. We got a spot at the fence around the Partners statue, on the left side facing the Castle, and at the back of it. Having the fence in front of us was fantastic, thanks to everyone who gave us that tip here! I was able to let my daughter stand in front of me and support her so she could see without having to pick her up. Saved my back!! We had a great view too.
8:02 - The Hocus Pocus show ended exactly on time and we decided to take my DD to the Tea Cups as that's one of her favorites. It was a ridiculous wait (for the Tea Cups, anyway). We probably waited about 20-25 minutes, which isn't bad, but our last Party experience at MVMCP had us riding the Tea Cups over and over with zero wait, so it was a bit of a shock! The lights and different music were cool to experience but probably not worth a 20-25 minute wait. I have a photo of us on the ride from 8:32 pm.
After the Tea Cups we decided to try to find a parade spot. It felt like we were just holding spots all night, which was not the funnest, but also the show, parade, and fireworks were our priorities, so it comes with the territory. We saw an open front row spot as we walked by in Liberty Square and zipped into it. After we sat there for about 10-15 minutes, we realized it was an open spot because we were in the disability section. We started to get up to move, fretting a bit about how much time we wasted and how we'd have trouble finding another spot now, and the nice ladies next to us told us to just sit back down and not worry about it. They were lovely and offered my daughter to sit in front of them so she could see the parade perfectly. My husband and I stayed back so as not to block anyone's view who was actually supposed to be there. It was a moment of Disney kindness that really relieved a lot of stress for us in that moment. Thank you, nice ladies!
After the parade we tried to get back to the Hub and the other half of my family, who had split off to ride Mine Train, but they were on the Tomorrowland side and there were so many people we simply couldn't get to them. We walked as far into the Hub as we could before we hit a wall of people and just stayed where we were to see the fireworks (we were roughly at 10 o'clock if the Hub were a clock and the Castle were 12, right on the trolley tracks). It was like sardines in there but we did have a great view of the projections and Jack. We had planned to tag team waiting here to go get treats but there was no way we could get out of our spot and in again. It was absolutely crammed. I hate to think what would happen if there were some kind of emergency with so many people crowded together.
After fireworks my extended family texted us that they were just going to leave. I saw no point in joining the mass exodus only to wait and wait for a bus back to AKL, so we headed to Pirates instead. We walked right on. My DD was a trooper, as she was falling asleep by this point. After Pirates we debated trying to do something else, as it seemed the park had cleared a lot, but we didn't want to get stuck in anther mass of people during/after the second parade, plus my daughter was definitely done for the night, so we decided to just head home. I have a photo of the train station from outside the park at 11:06 pm. The wait for the bus was short, thank goodness. We timed it well.
Overall, we did have a lot of fun, but we will not do another Party until reports start coming in that it is actually a limited ticket event again and not a "limited ticket event" like it seems to be lately. We didn't get a single special party treat because the lines were so long (although we weren't too bothered by this as we were stuffed from Pecos Bill's!). We only did one photopass photo. We did sprinkle in some trick-or-treating for my daughter as we passed by the treat trails but I didn't note the times of any of them so I didn't mention them above. None of them took overly long. We rode two rides, one of them with FP before the party even started. My husband and I just kept looking at each other and saying we had NEVER seen crowds like this in all of our years of going to Disney. Ever. We didn't know our party was sold out until later, but you really could tell. We did get to do most of our priorities; thankfully (thanks to this board!) we had a plan in place because otherwise we would have just be flummoxed by the crowds, I think. If you are going to a sold out party, have a plan, make sure your priorities are few, and go with the flow and you'll still have a good time.
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I need your help fellow MNSSHP fans!
So, we have done both the halloween and christmas parties a few times, with and without kids, but this is the first time we want to meet Jack and Sally (met them in Disneyland a few years ago, but this time, our oldest son really wants to meet them). I know we are going to do this first thing in our party, heading to their M&G location at 4PM. But, if we are in MK before that (it will depend on the kid's nap), is that correct that we can get in line and have our party wristband distributed while we wait. I'm not sure if I get that information correctly from the first post of this thread.
Also, is that correct that Donald with Daisy and Minnie are now one line? You meet Donald and Daisy first, and then Minnie? I saw a twitter post for that, but maybe it was during a rainy party...
Thanks in advance!
So, we have done both the halloween and christmas parties a few times, with and without kids, but this is the first time we want to meet Jack and Sally (met them in Disneyland a few years ago, but this time, our oldest son really wants to meet them). I know we are going to do this first thing in our party, heading to their M&G location at 4PM. But, if we are in MK before that (it will depend on the kid's nap), is that correct that we can get in line and have our party wristband distributed while we wait. I'm not sure if I get that information correctly from the first post of this thread.
Also, is that correct that Donald with Daisy and Minnie are now one line? You meet Donald and Daisy first, and then Minnie? I saw a twitter post for that, but maybe it was during a rainy party...
Thanks in advance!
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