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

[CogsworthTN]

10-2 will be a very bad day to attend. The park will be packed, stay away.......We have tickets that day and want small crowds so we're spreading the word!

Yes it will be a bad day. We also will be there.

 

[DisneyMaleficent50]

I'm getting confused, what party did you attend? Thanks for the info!

Friday 8/31

 

[DisneyMaleficent50]

When did you see all this? Again, thanks so much!

Ak 9/1, HS 9/2, Epcot 9/3

 

[DisneyMaleficent50]

What party was this?

Friday 8/31

 

[DisneyMaleficent50]

That's good to know. I don't think I would want more than a gallon sack of candy since we will be doing two parties.

Glad to help!

 

[anna_m]

I'd like to dress up, or at least disneybound for the party. DD is dressing as aurora and wants me to be Maleficent, but the collar/cape combos I'm finding are all far too long for my 5'1 frame. Anyone else dressing up? What are you going as?

I'm not sure if mine counts as a costume or Disney bound! I'll be Ariel. I found a T-shirt on eBay which is white with purple seashells as the bra, then bought a green knee-length skirt to go with it. I already have a bag in the shape of Flounder and will put a little red hairspray in my hair

 

[DisneyMaleficent50]

I'd like to dress up, or at least disneybound for the party. DD is dressing as aurora and wants me to be Maleficent, but the collar/cape combos I'm finding are all far too long for my 5'1 frame. Anyone else dressing up? What are you going as?

Torrid has a great maleficent costume. I am 5'2(pooh sized) and even with the longer back it stops a few inches from the floor. Its comfortable and isn't too hot.grab a pair of mal ears and you would be all set. The costume runs a little big. I probably could have gone down a size

 

[Happyinwonerland]

I'm not sure if mine counts as a costume or Disney bound! I'll be Ariel. I found a T-shirt on eBay which is white with purple seashells as the bra, then bought a green knee-length skirt to go with it. I already have a bag in the shape of Flounder and will put a little red hairspray in my hair

That sounds adorable.

 

[Happyinwonerland]

Torrid has a great maleficent costume. I am 5'2(pooh sized) and even with the longer back it stops a few inches from the floor. Its comfortable and isn't too hot.grab a pair of mal ears and you would be all set. The costume runs a little big. I probably could have gone down a size

That is a super cute costume! They don't carry my size :-( I think I'll probably just get a black bell sleeve flowy drsss and some horns and do my makeup.

 

[Dug720]

I'd like to dress up, or at least disneybound for the party. DD is dressing as aurora and wants me to be Maleficent, but the collar/cape combos I'm finding are all far too long for my 5'1 frame. Anyone else dressing up? What are you going as?

I’m bounding as Moana. I have khaki shorts and an orange tank top and i ordered a Moana necklace from Etsy. Sandals on my feet and my hair loosely bunned in a top bun.

I am debating if I want to bring my plush Pua as 1) rain looks a possibility on Sunday and b) I’m not quite sure how I would carry him.

 

[K&T]

Hi finally back home from our recent 10 day trip to WDW and attending our first ever party (on 31 August). I wanted to thank everyone very much for all the information on here as it really helped me when I found out just a couple of weeks ago that we were going to the party. In case it helps anyone I thought I would do a report of our 31 Aug party experience (apologies if i've posted it in the wrong place):

We arrived at MK about 1.30pm using our regular park tickets (we had more park tickets than we needed for our trip). Went to the Emporium about 1.50pm and, on showing our party tickets, was able to buy any party merch we wanted to.

Saw afternoon parade and went on a couple of rides. Came out of POTC about 3.50pm and remembered from this Board that party wristbands are distributed at Tortuga Tavern. Headed that way expecting to join a long line and there were just a couple of people in front of us so picked them up along with our Treat Bags (and my Teal allergy bag). Sat in the Tavern to cool down for a while and noticed the line for wristbands remained very light for the 20 mins or so we were sat there.

Noticed between 4 and 6pm the lines and park felt generally quieter than other days we had visited MK so we walked on to a couple of rides like JC before finishing dinner by 6.30pm.

At around 6.45pm DH and DS joined 15min standby line for SM and, about 6.50 they stopped loading the ride for 5 mins so the party overlay could go live. They then rode it and at the ride exit were greeted by CMs handing out Halloween candy.

Then walked on to People Mover, noticing huge lines for ToT around Monsters Inc. To be honest we found that all TOT lines were really big until about 9pm or so. We did all our TOT after that time but it worked well for us as it saved carrying it around/candy melting so quickly. We did notice that unlike some others have mentioned, and this isn't a complaint (!), that we were given just 1 or 2 pieces of candy at each stop so filled the bag they gave us maybe 3/4 full. (At the airport, by the way, TSA insist all food is removed from carry on bags to go through scanner so be prepared with Ziploc bags!)

One thing that we found that didn't have long lines as we went around the party were Photo Pass photographers so we were able to get some Magic Shots taken very quickly. We have found that they have taken a couple of days to reach our account though - I was worried they had gone missing.......

At 7.40pm had magic shot taken (holding Jack o'lantern) on our way to the Hub (one family in front of us). DS bought light up cauldron popcorn bucket in the Hub. Noticed very short lines all night around the park for buying popcorn buckets/Oogie Boogie etc. LOTS on display. As the popcorn was served separately he decided to use the cauldron to collect the TOT candy in which the CMs thought was fun.

Popped to Starbucks in the hope of getting the Halloween Cinnamon Bun that I wanted but the line was huge, as usual, so missed out on this. Had Magic Shot (holding apple over cauldron) at top of Main Street - no line at 7.50pm. then went to the Hub to get a spot for the Hocus Pocus show which we really enjoyed. It was delayed starting by about 5 mins. As soon as it was over we headed to Frontier Land and stood on the steps of Diamond Horseshoe to watch the parade which we thought was great.

As soon as it finished we cut straight through to POTC, 10 min standby. Had fun interaction with 4 "live" pirates throughout the ride which DS really enjoyed. Afterwards headed straight into PB to get 2 worms n dirt desserts. V.long slow lines. DH and DS said it tasted good although DH wished the size of the dessert had been bigger and DS wasn't a fan of the gravestone texture.

Headed to spot in FL opposite CBJ to watch Fireworks. We found it to be a great spot, no crowds and the music etc was piped over there too. Got photo with Halloween prop taken on the boardwalk area - no line at 10.25pm. As the TOT lines had significantly decreased we walked straight into CBJ, the line split as you entered the seating area. This happened in a few locations. Then went to TOT at Tom Sawyer Dock (applesauce) and SM. DH and DS rode BTMRR twice in a row as no wait at all.

We then popped into Liberty Square Ticket Office to get my allergy treats. The CM asked what items I needed to avoid and he gave me half a dozen treats. (Some TOT lines that I visited along with DH and DS gave me a teal token and others said they had run out). Headed over to HM at 11.10pm and got Magic Shot taken - ghost driving carriage (again no line at all).

Popped into TOT at Philharmagic and Pinocchio - again no lines at all. Walked down Main Street in the hope that the line in Starbucks had disappeared so I could get the Halloween Bun but no luck - huge line still. (Wish they had a line just for food.)

Went to the other allergy treat centre at the Town Hall where the CM asked me to choose from a list of treats and let him know what I would like. (I noticed Werthers were on the list). When we turned round we noticed the standby time to meet Mickey was only 10 mins so we lined up. The CM was very chatty and within just a few minutes we were meeting Mickey, dressed in a lovely vampire costume. An unexpected but special end to our first party and our trip.

We then popped to get our SOTMK card, again no line and we had to go inside the Fire Station building to collect it - no one stood outside but it was late. As we left MK there were a couple of Photo pass guys with no lines outside the front so we got the Magic Shot taken with the Headless horseman at 11.45pm.

Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed our first party. We were glad that we didn't find it crowded walking around, as I thought it might be; surprised at how lengthy the TOT lines were everywhere for the first couple of hours and noticed very long lines around the park for all the meet and greets all evening. The CM in the Town Hall told us the line for 7 dwarves is nearly always 2-3 hours at most parties (her friend, apparently, works in the line there).

Apologies for the very lengthy report but hope something in it helps someone. Thanks again to everyone on here for the helpful info prior to our trip.

Thank you for this report! Did the amount of allergy-free-candy you got seem to relate at all to the number of tokens you collected? Or, do you think they just give a standard number of treats no matter how many allergy tokens you have? Only six treats at the Liberty Square Ticket office doesn't seem like much. Did you get more than that at Town Hall? We don't expect a full bag of allergy-friendly candy, but we would definitely like more than a dozen items. Did they have the cookies this year? Thanks again for your report!

 

[GirlDreamer]

I decided to ditch the costume as the dress I was going to wear is far to long and I never got around to try and fix it. My SIL offered to help, but time has just ran away from me. I've been looking at the Dress Shop online though, and I really like the Monsters Inc dress, so if I like it when I try it on (assuming they have it in when we go to DS after we arrive tomorrow) I'm considering wearing that for the party.

If it hadn't been for the heat, I'd be tempted to wear my national dress from Norway (I'm Norwegian) and say I was dressing up as Anna from Frozen. But it's way too warm to wear that, not to mention it would take up a lot of room and it's too valuable to use as a costume. It would be cool though (picture attached)

 

[bek]

I'd like to dress up, or at least disneybound for the party. DD is dressing as aurora and wants me to be Maleficent, but the collar/cape combos I'm finding are all far too long for my 5'1 frame. Anyone else dressing up? What are you going as?

Grandson is going to disneybound as Stitch. So I'm trying to find Lilo fabric to make a disneybound Lilo dress. My DH is going to wear a Hawaiian shirt.

Wish I had some ideas where you could find a black cape. If you could find/make just the headpiece, maybe just dressing in black? Good luck with it.

 

[Lsdolphin]

Do you have another MK day scheduled? If so stop by the fire station WITH your party wristbands and they should give them to you. I done it in the past.

Yes I went back to fire station this morning and they sent me next door to guest services the CM scanned my magic band to make sure I had attended the party and then gave me the card. I don't even collect them and now I just have to remember who had asked me to pick one up
Thanks!

 

[Chelley00]

Grandson is going to disneybound as Stitch. So I'm trying to find Lilo fabric to make a disneybound Lilo dress. My DH is going to wear a Hawaiian shirt.
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DS13 and I are going as lilo and stitch next week. I found both lilo fabric and dresses/tees on Etsy and an amazon.

 

[Jenny-momof3]

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!

 

[brewhome]

I'm hoping we see some reports like this at other parties! It sure would be nice to wait 45 minutes for Jack and Sally later in the night.

I’m going solo to the 9/16 party so I will try to post some updates like @Dentam did if you guys would like!

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

I'm very jealous of the party that just happened.

If I only had a time machine... Well...I probably wouldn't use it for that. But maybe. I'd be tempted.

 

[greg9x]

A few pics from tonight! Time to crash now!

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Wow ! Looking at crowds in the background that was MUCH less than the first night ! Guess need to wait until after all the schools go back and summer vacations are over.

 

[Best Aunt]

I’m going solo to the 9/16 party so I will try to post some updates like @Dentam did if you guys would like!

I love reading people’s posts during the party. (And after the party.)