Chiming in about our party 8/31
We decided very last minute to toss the kids in the car and drive over 1,000 miles to attend our very first
MNSSHP!
We arrived around 1pm, quickly changed in to our last minute costumes. Jack Skellington shirts and hats. We got to MK around 2:30. We have AP's so we went in and rode a couple rides. Then at 4 we got our wristbands and went through the bypass. We wanted the full party experience with lots of pics!!
grabbed dinner at CHH with virtually no one in there at 5:30. Rode a few more rides after and wait times we very low!
At 7 my boys (13,8) were ready to start trick or treating! Lines were long but went super fast! Also rode space mountain at 7:30.... Posted wait 30 minutes, actual wait time 22 minutes.
Took pics at haunted mansion and frontier bridge. Rode rides and trick or treat along the way.
Cadaver dans at 8:30 in front of trading post. My boys discovered the trick or treat in country near jamboree! We stayed where we were for the parade and they went through the line no less than 25 times!
We made them stop when the headless horseman was coming! By that time it was absolutely packed all around us for the parade. Watched the parade.... Amazing!!!! My daughter is 19 and I coukd just see the excitement in her face as she watched it.
After parade we rode big thunder and pirates. Then leisurely walked up to the middle of the hub for a fantastic fireworks view! Never have I been when I could walk up 5 minutes before hand and find a great spot like that! And we had plenty of space all around us!
After fireworks we decided to hit up some characters. My little guy, 19 months just loves characters! We saw daisy and Donald, goofy, lotso and Mickey. Super short waits for all! Rode speedway, people mover, pooh and buzz twice. Trick or treat a few more times. Then walked up to the 2nd parade as it was going down main street. Stopped got a few more pics after then headed back to our resort. We were beat after driving all night!
Let me just say we are hooked!!!! We all loved it! We spend almost every holiday at Disney.... Christmas/New Years, Easter,4th of July, sometimes thanksgiving. But we've never done Halloween. We heard people complaining about crowds but it's all perspective. Since we only go during peak times, we were thrilled to see such an empty to us park!! Even with a good touring plan, we never get to walk on ride after ride with no wait!
We loved it so much we booked another party! Oct.28. Im sure that one will be more crowded... But it also won't be quite as hot hopefully! Neither of my girls can go due to school schedules so it will just be my DH, I and our 3 boys. Any suggestions for fun family costumes??
Happy to answer any questions! Sorry this was so long.... But I just wanted to share our excitement in how awesome these parties really are!