Hi all! We were at boo bash last night and had a phenomenal time!
it was myself, husband and three kiddos (12, 10, and 7)
Our priorities were to see fireworks (they weren’t doing them when we were here in May) and to ride as many rides as we could.
We hit a snafu with traveling from Wilderness Lodge to MK (boats just stopped running) so we ended up taking a Uber to the contemporary and walking over. We arrived a few minutes after 7 and breezed right on in.
I will say there was a really large crowd at guest relations outside the park when we walked in. No idea what for though.
We had planned on doing things before fireworks but when we walked down Main Street at 7:15 it was already getting crowded so we found a good spot and had a seat.
It was hard not to feel like we weren’t wasting time just sitting there but my husband kept reminding me this was a priority for us.
So glad we stayed because the view was great and I cried. Really glad we had one more chance to see the show.
After Fireworks we headed straight for Small World (it’s our family tradition to ride it first) and to wait for it to clear out.
Here’s everything we did:
Small world
Drinks - no line
Friars nook mobile order - trick or treat while waiting)
Ariel tot
Barnstormer
Tot
Space
Tot
7DMT 15 minute wait
Ice cream
Big thunder
Popcorn & drinks
Cavalcade (tot while waiting)
Pirates
Cavalcade villains
Haunted mansion posted 25 actual 15 including stretching room
Splash (one last tot for 7 & hubs)
Walked out of the park at 12:28
Everything but 7DMT and HM were actual walk ons. We only did 7DMT because a friend was there and wanted us to ride with her kids as she gets motion sickness.
I wish we had skipped HM as it meant we missed Malificent’s Dragon but oh well.
We got a good deal on a two night DVC at WL and so literally only came down for the party. We spent the rest of the time at the pool and brunch at Topolino’s.
We were just down in May for six nights over Memorial Day weekend. We’ve never been to Disney twice in one year.
So was it worth it? Yes. Absolutely. Compared to the lines we saw in May, these were an absolute breeze. Compared to the crowd levels of a previous Halloween party, the crowd was so much less.
However, there were still people everywhere. It’s just that not everyone was riding rides. There was enough to do to spread everyone out.The two cavalcades we did see, we walked right up and got great spots. We never stood in line for candy or treats or drinks.
HOWEVER, because there are still a lot of people at the event, even in the middle of the party, I thought to myself, five minutes could make or break your experience. For instance, we got into 7DMT right after it was reopened. If we had to wait in the line while it was not running and then asked to leave, our experience would have been totally different.
Still, it was super fun and I am so glad we did it and hoping we can make a similar trip happen for Christmas too.
