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

[chuff88]

I'm ok with that - scripted = consistent.

I totally agree.

I’m honestly so glad I held off on cancelling. I hadn’t told my mom we were doing this, but I think the parade viewing and the fireworks viewing will be so nice and a pleasant surprise for her.

 

[Eponine178]

I also received my phone call last night. We booked 6/1 for the Terrace Party on 10/11. Same info everyone is reporting. Check in about 4:30pm to get credentials and full details, so yes the calls seem to be consistent now.

I have to say, having worked many years in advertising (and specifically on many websites), I am pleasantly surprised that Disney is holding to what they said they would offer. They really could have pointed to the disclaimer at the end of the page that says "subject to change" and called it a day. Other companies do that all the time. Or just given out a few FPs to try and give people something. Both would have been very disappointing.

I did have to laugh at the point in the message when the CM said "I may or may not have noticed that the description of the party had changed". I'm pretty sure this board knew within minutes that the description had changed! Too bad it took Disney 18 days (or more) to catch the mistake. We were all wondering from the moment it showed up on the site!

 

[Sailormoon2]

Does anyone know if it is possible to pick up HARD TICKETS for the party in advance from somewhere on property? I am Canadian and they do not ship to me, so they only exist in MDE account. I would like to have an actual physical ticket/card 1) to swipe to enter and avoid it potentially using on of my DH's park days and 2) just having a possible souvenir.
Cheers.

 

[LucyBC80]

When we did the villains soirée a few years ago, it came with reserved parade viewing right in the hub. It was a great location and it would be very close to the terrace...

I did the Villain Soirée and it was amazing. I paid those $99 with gusto and it was worth it every cent. Amazing parade viewing spot, even more amazing villains entertaining us inside CRT. I wish Disney would bring it back.

 

[Haley R]

I also received my phone call last night. We booked 6/1 for the Terrace Party on 10/11. Same info everyone is reporting. Check in about 4:30pm to get credentials and full details, so yes the calls seem to be consistent now.

I have to say, having worked many years in advertising (and specifically on many websites), I am pleasantly surprised that Disney is holding to what they said they would offer. They really could have pointed to the disclaimer at the end of the page that says "subject to change" and called it a day. Other companies do that all the time. Or just given out a few FPs to try and give people something. Both would have been very disappointing.

I did have to laugh at the point in the message when the CM said "I may or may not have noticed that the description of the party had changed". I'm pretty sure this board knew within minutes that the description had changed! Too bad it took Disney 18 days (or more) to catch the mistake. We were all wondering from the moment it showed up on the site!

I never would’ve known the description changed if I wasn’t on these boards.

 

[Cluelyss]

I did the Villain Soirée and it was amazing. I paid those $99 with gusto and it was worth it every cent. Amazing parade viewing spot, even more amazing villains entertaining us inside CRT. I wish Disney would bring it back.

Wholeheartedly agree!

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

I am confused about Why Disney doesn't bring the villains soiree back. I think all the showings were sold out. They probably could have upped the price.

Disney is a mystery sometimes. I wonder if they had to pay the face characters alot more since they sang.

 

[Rich M]

I just scanned through new posts and did not see a 2018 MNSSHP Dessert Party thread, can you please give me the link. I'd like to add it to the Itinerary thread. Thank you so much!

Oh sorry I don't think there is one I was just saying since we have dominated the discussion with talk of it I was assuming it was all about the dessert party. Once again excuse my Monday manner after a long weekend at a wedding and coming home sick.

 

[scrappinginontario]

Does anyone know if it is possible to pick up HARD TICKETS for the party in advance from somewhere on property? I am Canadian and they do not ship to me, so they only exist in MDE account. I would like to have an actual physical ticket/card 1) to swipe to enter and avoid it potentially using on of my DH's park days and 2) just having a possible souvenir.
Cheers.

I can't help you with the souvenir portion but when you enter the park for the party there are completely separate entrances from those being used by day guests. There should be no confusion as to them using a normal park ticket for admission if you enter via the tap stations that are clearly set up for party guests as opposed to the tap stiles that are on the opposite side and only for day guests. The party CMs will also be wearing their party dress.

 

[Disneylover99]

Does anyone know if it is possible to pick up HARD TICKETS for the party in advance from somewhere on property? I am Canadian and they do not ship to me, so they only exist in MDE account. I would like to have an actual physical ticket/card 1) to swipe to enter and avoid it potentially using on of my DH's park days and 2) just having a possible souvenir.
Cheers.

We paid extra for hard ticket souvenirs last year. Our tickets were shipped to us.

 

[areno79]

Reserved viewing area in the hub would make the most sense to me with the tight timeline. Does anyone remember where that area was?

Also, I was wondering why they changed the parade from 8:30 to 9:15? Seems like if the park closes at 6, they'd have an extra hour to get non-party guests out of the park before the parade started.

 

[MusicalAstronaut]

Thanks for the help everyone! I bought the tickets with my AP discount and can't wait for my first MNSSHP!

 

[dachsie]

Does anyone know if it is possible to pick up HARD TICKETS for the party in advance from somewhere on property? I am Canadian and they do not ship to me, so they only exist in MDE account. I would like to have an actual physical ticket/card 1) to swipe to enter and avoid it potentially using on of my DH's park days and 2) just having a possible souvenir.
Cheers.

I am picking mine up at guest services

 

[Cluelyss]

Reserved viewing area in the hub would make the most sense to me with the tight timeline. Does anyone remember where that area was?

Also, I was wondering why they changed the parade from 8:30 to 9:15? Seems like if the park closes at 6, they'd have an extra hour to get non-party guests out of the park before the parade started.

The location for the soirée viewing was on the side of the hub facing Liberty Square. I’m not sure how large of an area was actually reserved, but our view was right down the bridge.

 

[Cluelyss]

Is anyone still receiving calls regarding the parade viewing? Haven’t received one yet, so just wondering if they’re still working through the list and emails?

 

[Texans_loyal]

Quick question! I'm the only AP in my family, can I buy discounted tickets for everyone in my party? It's a total of 4 adults and 2 kids. I was allowed to yesterday but my TA says it will only allow her to apply the discount to 1 ticket?

 

[dachsie]

Quick question! I'm the only AP in my family, can I buy discounted tickets for everyone in my party? It's a total of 4 adults and 2 kids. I was allowed to yesterday but my TA says it will only allow her to apply the discount to 1 ticket?

I bought discounted tickets for my nephew and his wife. I think you can buy 4 or 5 additional ones. You may just need to call Disney for them yourself

 

[Friendlyadvice2]

Reserved viewing area in the hub would make the most sense to me with the tight timeline. Does anyone remember where that area was?

Also, I was wondering why they changed the parade from 8:30 to 9:15? Seems like if the park closes at 6, they'd have an extra hour to get non-party guests out of the park before the parade started.

The original parade viewing (electrical parade) area that was used as part of the fast pass plus roll out in 2014 was in the hub directly in front of the castle. Three CMs roped off the area and worked it with manual magicband scanners. Kids literally sat on the ground with the parade right in front of them and the adults had the benefit of the garden fence rail just behind them. The best part was that once the parade was over you had the castle right in front of you which was great for projections, but some would argue bad for fireworks because you were so close. My how things have changed. They could easily use this same area again for this debacle.

As I mentioned in my previous post, this really is now strictly a function of the parade start time. If the parade starts earlier than the 9:15 dessert party than we plan to keep our reservation, if not we’ll cancel and email to advise Disney that they did not honor what they sold us.

 

[Araminta18]

Got my call yesterday for parade viewing attached to the Terrace dessert party. Pretty much word for word what was reported before; my party is on 9/16.

Called back to get info on times, etc and the CM had no idea what I was talking about, but there was a note on my reservation to have me talk to the original CM who called me. So I was transferred over to her, and she reiterated what everyone else has been saying—check in starting at 4:30 at the Terrace and they’ll give further info about where the parade viewing is and what time to show up for it, it is for the first parade and that is currently scheduled for 9:15.

@maryr1oz she wasn’t sure if they were calling internationally, but said you can call in with your reservation number for the dessert party and there should be a note attached to your account if you get the parade viewing too. The number I called was 1-407-939-7838. She also offered to check for me if I gave her your name but I didn’t know it, so you could have someone call for you and check too, it sounds like.

 

[areno79]

Got my call yesterday for parade viewing attached to the Terrace dessert party. Pretty much word for word what was reported before; my party is on 9/16.

Called back to get info on times, etc and the CM had no idea what I was talking about, but there was a note on my reservation to have me talk to the original CM who called me. So I was transferred over to her, and she reiterated what everyone else has been saying—check in starting at 4:30 at the Terrace and they’ll give further info about where the parade viewing is and what time to show up for it, it is for the first parade and that is currently scheduled for 9:15.

@maryr1oz she wasn’t sure if they were calling internationally, but said you can call in with your reservation number for the dessert party and there should be a note attached to your account if you get the parade viewing too. The number I called was 1-407-939-7838. She also offered to check for me if I gave her your name but I didn’t know it, so you could have someone call for you and check too, it sounds like.

I'll be there on 9/16 as well