QUOTE="FoxC63, post: 59041207, member: 580914"]Thursday, October 25 / DH & DW / Prefer not to be separated for rides
3:30-4:15 MK party entrance-get wristbands at bypass
4:20-4:35 FP 7DMT -
schedule for 4-5pm - this looks tight.
4:40-6:40 Seven Dwarfs in Storybook Circus -
YELLOW Tent, came out last year 6:15/6:20
6:45-7:15 Queen of Hearts & Tweedles in Fantasyland
7:20-
- See cruella de vil in storybook circus
- Grab dinner at a QS restaurant in the area
- Go to Tomorrowland for Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear
- Watch Monsters Scream-O-Ween Ball (from 7pm-12 am)
- Trick or Treat, shop in stores on Main Street
- Get spot for parade on Main Street (11:15 pm)
Halloween Helpers please chime in! Timing seems tight but I know the long lines for Seven Dwarfs. I think Queen of Hearts looks good, but will Cruella fit in afterwards?[/QUOTE]
Hmmm I know I waited ages and I arrived at the Dwarfs line at 5:50pm. For 2016 I saw a post where Kenny the Pirate recommended 5:00-5:30pm to be within the first 10 families although if they take extra greet time then your finish time won't change. I agree with a slightly later FP, some of the photo ops in the bypass had a small queue.
I think Cruella would I don't think her line was too bad. I would say take advantage of mobile order for the QS (if you fall behind in schedule you can always take it with you to the next line). I can only speak for Cosmic Rays but it was packed, mobile order I waited 5 maybe 10 minutes for fries.
I can't remember her meet time but if we assume it was a 30min queue from 7:20 that brings to almost 8pm. Then by the time get QS (assuming mobile order) and are eating it might be near 9pm. Most will be getting ready to head to the first parade so Lotso and the dance party could be done. That's got to to bring it to around near 9:45pm so then head into the shops and trick or treat your way to the parade spot you want.
Soooooooo, I think we're going to try to do both J&S and the Dwarfs, given the fact that they can be seen after HP. I'm guessing the line will be long so I'm going to hope for the best. The Dwarfs are in the YELLOW tent, right? lol........that's the smallest tent and it the absolute farthest away, right? It probably won't be hard to find the line at that point. Maybe we'll start heading that direction before Hocus Pocus is over.
Back to Jack and Sally. The line starts at the gazebo and runs in the direction of Liberty Square, right? I know my way around the park better than dh does so I may *try* to have him wait in line while I run to Tortuga Tavern to get my band first then take his spot in the line and send him to get his. I really thought I got both of our bands before but the cm will need to personally place the band on our wrists, right? There is no way I can pick them both up even by showing our 2 party tickets (which I assume is physically on its way to my house since I received a delivery notice from WDW). I'm hoping if I am at the band delivery spot exactly at 4pm it will only take me a few minutes to get to him in line for J&S and that there isn't going to be a problem for him to be waiting there before wearing said party band.
Thank you so much for all your help with this! I've updated my itinerary in my original post on page 8! I can't make dining reservations until monday and I thought it was at 7am Orlando time when they opened up. However, today I was online at 5:30 to make ADRs for my 4 night trip that backs right up to dh and my trip during the same week and I could make reservations that early!
If DH has the app you can click on the location and say get directions, if you turn your gps on it'll know where you are given you a route to get there so he can find his way back, the closest would probably be the Ye Olde Christmas shoppe. And they will have to be placed on the wrist by the CM.
Jack and Sally location using google map street view, the yellow arrow is where you head for the front of the line, either behind the store or if you miss that there's a small passageway further up, hence the second yellow arrow.
So the red circle is roughly where the gazebo is and the purple line is where I remember the line going once the CM's moved it, I think it then went down the rest of that pathway.
Also this is where wristbands were being given out at Tortuga Tavern
I was standing further up the first night and missed the queue, the second night I was there in good time but a line had already formed. On the first night Jack Sparrow after leaving the stage complimented me on my ears and got a bag of candy you get to start the night with from the CM's before going behind that door.
We had someone in this queue get all the way to the font to enquire about what was going on and wanting to buy a ticket only to be told it was sold out, I'm guessing they didn't know they had to leave the park at 7pm either.
Thank you again 
Nope! Dates are important a Tuesday party in September vs one in October can be busier. I think most who give advise do so in general terms just like I did, to get more specific information dates are needed 
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