"Official" 2018 Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party - A Spooktacular Celebration!

[TISHLOVESDISNEY]

Looking for some advice about which date to book MNSSHP. On our arrival day (Thursday) or our last full day (Tuesday)? Our flight gets us in at 8:40 so in theory timing wouldn’t be an issue and our departure flight is late the next day. I have a 7 yo and a 4 yo and we will be staying at the CR. I’m wondering if it will be too much to go to the party on the same day as our travel day and be out late.

For us personally, with your plans, we would do the party on our last day.

We land at 12:45 and are staying at the Dolphin for our 1st 2 nights. I thought about doing Epcot evening with EMH that night, but then thought we would be up at 4am to catch our flight, and if we did Epcot, we'd possibly be ruined for the rest of our trip. (I have a 6yr old, 14 yr old and 16yr old)

Depending on when you are going, the heat can be a drainer too.

 

[TISHLOVESDISNEY]

I am wondering something about the Happy Hallowishes Dessert Party. I’m thinking of booking it. Would we be able to go directly from the parade viewing to the dessert party? I want to have time to enjoy some of the desserts before we would want to turn our attention to the fireworks. How much time between the two might we have?

If they do it the same as when we went, we watched the parade from by flagpole, they escorted us thro the back path to the Terrace and we had plenty of time to eat before fireworks.
As of right now, we do not know specifics on times, but I will be at the first party so I can report back for everyone if we don't know much before then.

 

[TISHLOVESDISNEY]

And has anyone had a dessert party with parade viewing? How crowded are you at the parade viewing? DH is a little claustrophobic so if he does not have to have others too close the Break Out y’er broomstick party with parade, dessert, and fireworks might make him a happy camper! This is our first MNSSHP and we have never done a dessert party.....could be fun!

When we did it a few years ago, we had a comfortable amount of space. (We also had fantastic interaction with parade characters.)
They roped off an area by the flagpole that seemed sized just right for dessert party guests.

 

[RoseRed0711]

When we did it a few years ago, we had a comfortable amount of space. (We also had fantastic interaction with parade characters.)
They roped off an area by the flagpole that seemed sized just right for dessert party guests.

Thanks! Should be nice surprise!

 

[ColoradoMom12]

Two questions about tickets for this:
1) As a passholder, am I able to purchase a ticket (at the passholder price) for a non-passholder? She would be attending the party with us.
2) why do I need to select a delivery method when I purchase tickets? It asks me to select Will Call or a shipping method. I'm happy to have the tickets shipped to my home, it just seems odd to me. Last year they were automatically added on MDE so I didn't need a physical ticket. Will there be a way to add the actual tickets to MDE once they arrive? If there's a way I can do that, it would simplify my life a little bit...I won't be worrying about losing actual tickets and/or remembering to bring them along in September!

 

[Sailormoon2]

@ColoradoMom12 I bought DHs ticket with my AP. I selected "Will Call" and they were added to MDE account.

 

[VAtink]

Thanks! But HEA has all the projections that make seeing it as straight on as possible important. I was curious for specific reviews of Hallowishes from the Terrace--does it have the same type of projections that need to be seen straight on? Or some but not as many as HEA? Basically, seeing Hallowishes from the side, not just general fireworks views from the side.

We did the dessert party from the terrace last year and loved the view. It is off center, but the projections aren't a big part of the show, and the view of the fireworks were great! Our one complaint was how much time the party took, and they didn't even include the parade viewing last year. We're glad we did it once, but will likely only do it again if we end up doing two parties during our trip since we did feel like we lost a lot of party time with it.

Here's the video my mom took from the terrace (not the best, but gives you an idea of the view!)

 

[disney k family]

We are looking at attending a party in late August. We have been to Disney many times but have never attended a party. This is a Universal trip but I was thinking 1 day at Disney would be fun. Our kids are older (10 and 13) so we are not really interested in the meet and greets, mostly the rides, parade and fireworks. Based on other years how busy will the party be. I really don't want to pay the money if we will only get on a few rides and spend a lot of time waiting.

 

[FoxC63]

We are looking at attending a party in late August. We have been to Disney many times but have never attended a party. This is a Universal trip but I was thinking 1 day at Disney would be fun. Our kids are older (10 and 13) so we are not really interested in the meet and greets, mostly the rides, parade and fireworks. Based on other years how busy will the party be. I really don't want to pay the money if we will only get on a few rides and spend a lot of time waiting.

Without knowing your exact date it's hard to help you. I would check to see what Kenny the Pirate has on his August Crowd Calendar. Here's the link: http://www.kennythepirate.com/2014/05/04/kennythepirates-august-walt-disney-world-crowd-calendar/

Just scroll down, you'll see how he breaks the month into weeks and select the week that fits your schedule best.

 

[Araminta18]

So
I need advice
Booked a Sunday night cm discount party
Should I change it to a non cm one?

How do you know what nights are the CM discount nights?

 

[scrappinginontario]

How do you know what nights are the CM discount nights?

post 1 has the answer to your question right at the top of it.

 

[Araminta18]

post 1 has the answer to your question right at the top of it.

Oh that's new--wasn't there last time I looked! Thanks! Now, for the question behind the question--what's the source on those? A CM, I'm assuming?

 

[disney k family]

Without knowing your exact date it's hard to help you. I would check to see what Kenny the Pirate has on his August Crowd Calendar. Here's the link: http://www.kennythepirate.com/2014/05/04/kennythepirates-august-walt-disney-world-crowd-calendar/

Just scroll down, you'll see how he breaks the month into weeks and select the week that fits your schedule best.

Thanks for the info. We are looking at August 23. I guess we are just trying to estimate average wait times for the rides

 

[jacobzking]

Kinda sorta off topic, but when do they roll out the Halloween in Room Celebrations? I'm wanting to surprise my wife and kiddos with this.

 

[FoxC63]

Thanks for the info. We are looking at August 23. I guess we are just trying to estimate average wait times for the rides

A couple of DISers posted links to Touring Plans @Jimmy Mouse and @pooh'smate should be able to help you with that their big fans of the site.

 

[FoxC63]

Oh that's new--wasn't there last time I looked! Thanks! Now, for the question behind the question--what's the source on those? A CM, I'm assuming?

Yes.

 

[Jimmy Mouse]

Thanks for the info. We are looking at August 23. I guess we are just trying to estimate average wait times for the rides

We did the party on a Tuesday, Thursday and have done it on a Sunday when there was no school on Monday. From what I can tell you, since your going in August on a weeknight, most rides should be a walk on or very minimal wait except 7DMT. For some reason that ride is always crowded (not a huge fan here). Most locals wait until the weekend to go or closer to Halloween. Locals have school and work so they don't like to stay out late on weeknights. If your not interested in waiting for character meets it will be a great time for rides! Last September me and my 6 yo rode Space Mountain back to back 13 times (we rode 16 total that night) They let us walk around the back wall and get right back on without ever leaving the mountain. Have fun!

 

[dachsie]

Two questions about tickets for this:
1) As a passholder, am I able to purchase a ticket (at the passholder price) for a non-passholder? She would be attending the party with us.
2) why do I need to select a delivery method when I purchase tickets? It asks me to select Will Call or a shipping method. I'm happy to have the tickets shipped to my home, it just seems odd to me. Last year they were automatically added on MDE so I didn't need a physical ticket. Will there be a way to add the actual tickets to MDE once they arrive? If there's a way I can do that, it would simplify my life a little bit...I won't be worrying about losing actual tickets and/or remembering to bring them along in September!

1) yes you can buy up to 5 or 6 I believe
2) I wasn't given a choice and will have go to will call to get them but y AP isn't active yet so will have to show my passholder card

 

[disney k family]

We did the party on a Tuesday, Thursday and have done it on a Sunday when there was no school on Monday. From what I can tell you, since your going in August on a weeknight, most rides should be a walk on or very minimal wait except 7DMT. For some reason that ride is always crowded (not a huge fan here). Most locals wait until the weekend to go or closer to Halloween. Locals have school and work so they don't like to stay out late on weeknights. If your not interested in waiting for character meets it will be a great time for rides! Last September me and my 6 yo rode Space Mountain back to back 13 times (we rode 16 total that night) They let us walk around the back wall and get right back on without ever leaving the mountain. Have fun!

Thank you!!! I'm hoping we will have a similar experience!!

 

[Thiago Acquaviva]

We won't be able to get tickets to MNSSHP party 'til July.
We want october 16th, how are the chances for the tickets to get sold out before August? I'm afraid