We were at the 10/14 party. This isn’t a long or detailed review. Just checking in to share a little bit and say we had a great time!! I didn’t realize it was a sold out party until we were leaving. The lines seemed very similar to what we encountered last year on a non-sold out party night. I do wonder if there’s a tot strategy that I’m missing, lol. It seems like everywhere we go, the entrance is on the opposite side of where we’re coming from, and then it exits in the direction we just came from. It’s lots of backtracking, which I usually try to avoid when I plan how to spend time in the parks. At MNSSHP we usually start in Frontierland/Adventureland and work our way across Fantasyland and over to Tomorrowland.
This was the first year we stayed for the entire party (left shortly after midnight), although some of this was unintentional and due to a family member we brought with us whose ECV (off-site rental) ran out of battery and had to recharge.
DD and I ended up skipping the fireworks. We were at the Tomorrowland Terrace dessert party and got up to walk around (more tot candy...) a little bit before fireworks. We noticed Space Mtn was down as we went into the restroom nearby a little before 10. When we came back out, the queue was open (holding people outside), and there were only about 20 people waiting. The CM there said they were expecting the ride to be back up immediately. We couldn’t resist, lol, and jumped into the line. We waited a few minutes, and by about 10:05, they re-opened SM! We literally walked right onto it! We essentially missed out on the fireworks, but it didn’t feel much like missing out because we were so excited to walk right onto Space Mountain.
By midnight, I was feeling rather sick to my stomach. On our way back to the resort, I chalked it up to too much candy snacking and desserts (I didn’t actually eat that much candy or desserts, but I convinced myself it was the combination of candy plus Space Mtn), but unfortunately I was up all night very sick. We checked out the following morning. It was a very unpleasant end to our vacation and a miserable journey back home to Colorado. Luckily it was only a 24 hour bug, and I managed not to share it with my DD. She and/or I always seem to get sick at Disney, lol. Usually it’s a cold we come home with (which we fondly call “the Disney bug.” It’s like a vacation momento, lol), but she came down with a stomach virus a few years ago at Thanksgiving and this trip apparently it was my turn. That put a damper on the end of our trip, but it was a really fun night at the party!
Gotta say it, I think it's great for Disney provided it's not overly crowded as we've seen but I honestly think they are trying to control that. I still believe when it comes to throwing a family friendly Halloween party Disney goes above and beyond, CM's too making it the best party. I never understood why crowd levels were low to begin with.
