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

[Pdollar88]

I’ve asked several character attendants to take a picture in the past and they were always glad to help

Very nice. Thank you!

 

[Lindaleeann]

Ooh, interesting about the cupcake.

I was at the 8/17 party and tried the cupcake. I am a the-more-frosting-the-better type of gal so I was psyched. It's an apple spice cake with a layer of praline on top with buttercream frosting and candy apple pieces around the edge. I SO wanted to like it, but I couldn't even get through a 1/4 of it. There is just a tiny layer of the cake and way, way too much, overly sweet buttercream and IMO the hard candy pieces made it worse. I hated to toss it, but just ick - $7.00 wasted.

 

[billyjobobb]

A new DIS update is out on MNSSHP:

http://www.wdwinfo.com/walt-disney-world/a-first-timers-review-of-mickeys-not-so-scary-halloween-party/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+disney-updates+(Disney+Updates+-+wdwinfo.com)

A good read!

Sorry, but i find it difficult to read anything Charles writes.

 

[Raya]

A new DIS update is out on MNSSHP:

http://www.wdwinfo.com/walt-disney-world/a-first-timers-review-of-mickeys-not-so-scary-halloween-party/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+disney-updates+(Disney+Updates+-+wdwinfo.com)

A good read!

I feel bad for the reviewer. This is clearly not the event he wanted to go to. I also loved HHNs, and attended every one for the first 6 years. Then my life changed and graphic horror, jump scares, and gore were no longer 'fun'. I adore MNSSHP for what it is: a 'not so scary' playful take on my favorite holiday. The fireworks feature my favorite villains, the best songs are piped through the park, and the treats make the night for me. The poor thing missed all the best parts!

 

[choirbird]

Sorry, but i find it difficult to read anything Charles writes.

Personally, I love his writing style fortunately we have a variety of contributors!

 

[Livelovedance]

Do you mean airport security? Last year people reported that when they went through airport security after the Halloween party, they had to remove all food items from their carryon bags, and TSA swabbed every single piece of candy. It took forever. (About that time, Disney had people get on the Magic Express an hour earlier than normal because security lines were so long.)

I flew home the day after the first party this year and I started a thread on the transportation board about this. I had Precheck and they didn't have us remove food items from our carry on bags so it was no problem for me. The amount of candy I had with me only filled two quart size zip loc bags. I gave the rest away to a friend, which was more than half of my haul. I gave her all of the non-chocolate candy, and I gave her the M&Ms because I can't eat them.

I asked people to report in if they flew home with candy after the party and did not have Precheck, but nobody did.

We just got back, and I wasn’t closely following the boards. I can report on this! We didn’t have precheck, and I had our candy filled in a gallon sized ziploc. They took our candy and dumped it out in one of their bins. I don’t think they individually swabbed it, because it came through the scanner with the rest of our things.

 

[sheila14]

Here is another pic of the popcorn bucket. The bottom has 3 black legs to make it stand

 

[AntimonyER]

I feel bad for the reviewer. This is clearly not the event he wanted to go to. I also loved HHNs, and attended every one for the first 6 years. Then my life changed and graphic horror, jump scares, and gore were no longer 'fun'. I adore MNSSHP for what it is: a 'not so scary' playful take on my favorite holiday. The fireworks feature my favorite villains, the best songs are piped through the park, and the treats make the night for me. The poor thing missed all the best parts!

I never got into HHN. Most of the houses just aren't scary, but stupid IMO. I do feel something against large carnivorous animals eating me, and so the only time I went, of course I found myself ALONE in Jurassic Park section at closing time. And of course Raptor head dude jumps out from the bushes. Well done sir, scarred for life. MNSSHP appeals way more to me, and I am excited to attend for the first time with my family this year. I have a strong feeling my first visit review would be drastically different than his

 

[sheila14]

Here is another pic of the popcorn bucket. The bottom has 3 black legs to make it stand

Just checked receipt and the bucket was 10.50 and they charge you 4.50 for the popcorn

 

[Sarcazm]

I travel for my job, so maybe some of my experience can help. I haven't flown out of MCO (yet) since the TSA started asking passengers to remove food. However, I have flown out of DFW, IAH, IAD, and DEN since the implementation of removing food.

Every airport is different. You'd think they would all have the exact same screenings, but no. The first time I heard a TSA agent say that we needed to remove food, I wasn't prepared (of course). I usually put all my liquids in a ziploc bag and put that in the front pocket of my carry-on. So it's easy to remove. However, my snacks (granola bars) were stuffed down... somewhere (who knows?). I just shook my head to myself and didn't take out my snacks. If they saw them in the scanner and asked me to remove them, I'd do it then (and feign ignorance). And guess what. They didn't even notice.

Then when I traveled back, they didn't ask to remove snacks. I guess the same way some airports don't ask you to remove your shoes or whatever. So, I keep the snacks in a ziploc bag now. I just put them in the same bin as the liquids. No agent has ever swabbed them or anything similar. They just send them through the scanner, and I put them back in my carry-on.

I read somewhere that food was beginning to obstruct the view of some objects in the bags. I mean, couldn't we say that about a lot of things? Might as well dump out all the contents or have TSA implement Disney's security bag checks. I mean, which is faster/better?

If they're swabbing for bomb materials, I feel like a lot of objects could potentially have bomb remnants on them (not just food or food-like items).

 

[Best Aunt]

I was at the 8/17 party and tried the cupcake. I am a the-more-frosting-the-better type of gal so I was psyched. It's an apple spice cake with a layer of praline on top with buttercream frosting and candy apple pieces around the edge. I SO wanted to like it, but I couldn't even get through a 1/4 of it. There is just a tiny layer of the cake and way, way too much, overly sweet buttercream and IMO the hard candy pieces made it worse. I hated to toss it, but just ick - $7.00 wasted.

Agree about the buttercream.

 

[ohdanalee]

Agree about the buttercream.

That is disappointing because the buttercream is what both excites and scares me about liking this cupcake. I'll probably temper my expectations for it.

 

[Stefien Quix]

A new DIS update is out on MNSSHP:

http://www.wdwinfo.com/walt-disney-world/a-first-timers-review-of-mickeys-not-so-scary-halloween-party/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+disney-updates+(Disney+Updates+-+wdwinfo.com)

A good read!

The bit about Cruella and Lady Tremaine had me rolling!!

 

[Princess_Nikki]

I feel bad for the reviewer. This is clearly not the event he wanted to go to. I also loved HHNs, and attended every one for the first 6 years. Then my life changed and graphic horror, jump scares, and gore were no longer 'fun'. I adore MNSSHP for what it is: a 'not so scary' playful take on my favorite holiday. The fireworks feature my favorite villains, the best songs are piped through the park, and the treats make the night for me. The poor thing missed all the best parts!

Yes, and it’s always nice to hear others reviews on their own experience. I don’t care for HHN myself....MNSSHP is where it’s at for me!

 

[sherlockmiles]

Just checked receipt and the bucket was 10.50 and they charge you 4.50 for the popcorn

I wonder if that means you can buy the bucket and not the popcorn. I don't want the popcorn.....

 

[brockash]

We just got back, and I wasn’t closely following the boards. I can report on this! We didn’t have precheck, and I had our candy filled in a gallon sized ziploc. They took our candy and dumped it out in one of their bins. I don’t think they individually swabbed it, because it came through the scanner with the rest of our things.

Thx for posting.

 

[inspectorgadget]

How long is the wait for haunted mansion during the party? In the past, we have always used fast passes for this before party starts so we don't have to deal with waiting in line later. However we would love to see the ghosts on the lawn this year . So how long should I expect to wait in line during the party?

 

[Ceilidhscot]

Remember watching the DIS team last year at HHN and thinking it looked pretty boring. Yes I get the first house would be scary as you don’t know what’s going to happen but as they walked through the other houses it was “dead guy”, “freaky woman”, “screaming guy with axe”.

Nope, give me fun and laughter any day over death, screaming and fake blood...even if it means earworm song “Boo to you”

 

[Cluelyss]

How long is the wait for haunted mansion during the party? In the past, we have always used fast passes for this before party starts so we don't have to deal with waiting in line later. However we would love to see the ghosts on the lawn this year . So how long should I expect to wait in line during the party?

At least a half hour. At one of our parties last year (a sold out night) every time we walked by the line was out past Momento Mori and sometimes to CHH. We never did ride it that night

I’d recommend either riding during whatever parade you’re not planing to view, or watching the parade from the very beginning of the route and making a beeline for HM as soon as it passes you. Use the bridge to avoid those still in place for the parade.

 

[Haley R]

Here is another pic of the popcorn bucket. The bottom has 3 black legs to make it stand

Is this likely to sell out? I think I actually like this better than oogie boogie