"Official" 2017 Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party - Boo to You!

[vinotinto]

Because Disney IT and glitch are synonyms.

 

[Roxyfire]

But how does it make it more fair? If anything, now we're on an uneven playing field. We're going to MK on a party day, leaving at 7 PM and I begrudge those party goers nothing. They are there at 4 PM, same as me. Why shouldn't they make FP reservations to be on a level playing field? And when I'm entering at 4 on party night, I'm in the park, same as they are.

You're right, though, we'll have to see how this plays out when the first parties happen. I'll be curious if they will be able to make FP once in the party. (And if so, will that effect their FP reservations later in the trip? I suspect not.)

I don't want to start an argument with anyone, I'm just giving another side of it. Plenty of people have commented on the disboards that they dislike the MK closes early on many nights between August and December for parties. They're not being charged any less for entry on those days. They feel like they're paying the same amount for less. You may not feel that way, but some people certainly do. Personally I think you can get a lot done on those days due to lower crowds but I do understand their position. For those who don't have or want park hoppers, if they want to do the MK on a lower crowd day, they must do a party day. If they want to see nighttime entertainment, they must go on a much busier night.

It does put those folks on an uneven territory, in my opinion. Allowing folks who are day guests and not party guests to get more access to fastpasses for the duration of the day is a nice thing for Disney to do. It's the right thing to do. I'm sure enough people have complained about the lack of FP availability that they felt they had to do something. If the party tickets don't intentionally include a FP, then those who use only the party ticket for entry shouldn't expect it. And yes this does erode the "value" of the party ticket. It's unfortunate, I like the perk too. It seems they're getting more calculated about FP+ for some reason.

They should come out and make a statement one way or another, that would also be the right thing to do. Even a simple answer on the FAQ or party page would suffice.

 

[ThornXBL]

Ok, so who still has yet to cancel their MNSSHP FP+ *and* has FOP on their last day? Am I the only crazy one left?

And if we saying that the MNSSHP ticket does not allow FP reservations, why would it allow FP use at 4:00 that day?

We have dinner ADRs at 5:00 at Skippers and we are driving in that day, so it may not be so bad to just cancel the FPs, go to dinner and not do FP rides.

I have not cancelled our Party ticket/Party day FPs yet, and still have my last day AK FPs (with FOP) showing for now.

 

[Travelgrrl]

My family is going as Moana characters. I'm so excited about it. I am going to be Tamato. I have a purple shirt and shorts. I am planning on making a crab shell that would slip on like a backpack. I wondered if that would be really annoying if we were going to be riding rides. I think I would need to take it off for some rides. An alternative is I could try to add gold fabric on the back of my shirt for a more Disney bounding look than making a shell. Any thoughts?

I think the backpack idea is great (and useful, too!) but I was also going to suggest making a soft sculpture gold shell (you could make a front and a back half and have straps or just ribbons tied on the top and sides to make it come off and easily). I have made wings this way: just cut out your shell pieces (4, top and bottom of front and back shells) and then sew them together with a bit of quilt batting in between. Once you turn them inside out, they make a nice gold squishy but firm shape. Then you could even sew (with a machine) the curves on the shells to make them look more real.

Here's a set of my wings, which are hard to see in the dark, but you can get the idea of how they can be firm enough to hold their shape, yet soft enough not to moosh into other guests. Also, you can see the oversewing that you could do on the shells. Here I have LED lights powered by a hidden controller coming off the wings. The photo didn't catch it very well, but they were well received by other guests and CMs!

 

[Mollymovacca]

Ok, so who still has yet to cancel their MNSSHP FP+ *and* has FOP on their last day? Am I the only crazy one left?

And if we saying that the MNSSHP ticket does not allow FP reservations, why would it allow FP use at 4:00 that day?

We have dinner ADRs at 5:00 at Skippers and we are driving in that day, so it may not be so bad to just cancel the FPs, go to dinner and not do FP rides.

I'm not canceling until after the first few parties have happened and we have a better understanding as to what may happen! I'm in MK my last day and have a 7D that I would like to keep but if I lost it it wouldn't be the worst thing that happened!

 

[bluecastle]

Since I will be waiting until my trip gets closer to buy my party tickets, I was wondering what happens if there is no time for them to be mailed? Do they automatically get added to MDE or do I have to use the numbers on a confirmation email and type then in myself? Do I need to bring the printed tickets to get our wristbands or can they just scan our MBs?
Thanks and sorry if this was answered somewhere else on this thread. I just thought of this, literally, right before going to bed! Oh, and what does Disney bounding mean?
Thanks!

 

[MissMaryQC]

I'm not canceling until after the first few parties have happened and we have a better understanding as to what may happen! I'm in MK my last day and have a 7D that I would like to keep but if I lost it it wouldn't be the worst thing that happened!

Same boat here; MK last day. This is such a Disney thing, unfortunately. Similar to how they expect you to book dining 180 days in advance, if you want to hot places, but they have the right to change hours a day before your trip.

 

[LongLiveRafiki]

Since I will be waiting until my trip gets closer to buy my party tickets, I was wondering what happens if there is no time for them to be mailed? Do they automatically get added to MDE or do I have to use the numbers on a confirmation email and type then in myself? Do I need to bring the printed tickets to get our wristbands or can they just scan our MBs?
Thanks and sorry if this was answered somewhere else on this thread. I just thought of this, literally, right before going to bed! Oh, and what does Disney bounding mean?
Thanks!

I did have mine mailed, but I asked for the confirmation number when I called to purchase the tickets. I typed it into MDE, assigned each ticket to the correct person, and it was as easy as that. If they are attached to your MDE account, others have said that your Magic Bands SHOULD work, but it's recommended if you have the hard tickets to bring that or the confirmation email as well, just in case.

And Disney Bounding is wearing an outfit that resembles a character but isn't a costume, if that makes sense. So, for Mickey Mouse someone might wear red shorts, a black shirt, and Mickey ears or just a t-shirt with Mickey on it with maybe some Mickey ears.

 

[jvattes]

I'm not canceling until after the first few parties have happened and we have a better understanding as to what may happen! I'm in MK my last day and have a 7D that I would like to keep but if I lost it it wouldn't be the worst thing that happened!

Makes sense. We are going to the second one so we don't have that luxury

 

[SaraVee]

Since I will be waiting until my trip gets closer to buy my party tickets, I was wondering what happens if there is no time for them to be mailed? Do they automatically get added to MDE or do I have to use the numbers on a confirmation email and type then in myself? Do I need to bring the printed tickets to get our wristbands or can they just scan our MBs?
Thanks and sorry if this was answered somewhere else on this thread. I just thought of this, literally, right before going to bed! Oh, and what does Disney bounding mean?
Thanks!

I bought my ticket online and a page popped up to print that said I must bring the printout it with me. The ticket also automatically showed up in MDE.

Two years ago I went to guest services before the party to get a physical ticket, but they told me having it in MDE would suffice. I brought my printout just in case. When it came time in the park to get my party wristband, the CM just scanned my magic band and it was all good. I would still bring a printed confirmation, just in case.

 

[Bex258]

Finally went ahead and bought our tickets yesterday! We are spending a week in Florida, but only doing MNSSHP at Disney and a day at Universal - spending the rest of the time at the beach. It's going to be strange being down there and not spending time at all of the parks, but a friend and I are planning a surprise joint trip with our kids in January (the girls are going to FREAK OUT - if you hear screaming around January 1st off in the distance it's probably our girls when they learn they are going to Disney together lol).

I'm excited because since we are only going to the party, I splurged and rented a Grand Floridian Studio for us that night. I would never be able to afford to stay there on a usual trip. I'm also excited because I recently finished our costumes DD is going as Mulan (in the blue dress from the end of the movie) and I'm going as Mushu. I'd upload pictures, but photobucket isn't working for that purpose anymore so I'm not sure how to upload them here. If anyone is using something else let me know and I'll put up the pics

I gave up with my photobucket, too many adverts. I use flickr.com not had a problem so far (apart from when I forgot my login). Can't wait to see your pics, the costumes sound awesome.

 

[vinotinto]

Since I will be waiting until my trip gets closer to buy my party tickets, I was wondering what happens if there is no time for them to be mailed? Do they automatically get added to MDE or do I have to use the numbers on a confirmation email and type then in myself? Do I need to bring the printed tickets to get our wristbands or can they just scan our MBs?
Thanks and sorry if this was answered somewhere else on this thread. I just thought of this, literally, right before going to bed! Oh, and what does Disney bounding mean?
Thanks!

I was logged in, and it gave me the option to assign them to my MDE family, and they were instantly linked.

 

[prettypatchesmsu]

I'm not canceling until after the first few parties have happened and we have a better understanding as to what may happen! I'm in MK my last day and have a 7D that I would like to keep but if I lost it it wouldn't be the worst thing that happened!

This is also me. I'm going to a September party, so I have a little time for a few actual party reports before I make a decision whether to cancel mine. I also have a 7DMT FP on my last day, which I would rather not lose but I'm ok with risking it for now. Everything is still there this morning. I am periodically checking though.

 

[vinotinto]

I caved in! My FOP for the last day was still there this morning, but I realized it was the first thing I checked when I got up, which is not something I wanted to do daily for the next month. So, I have deleted the MNSSHP day FPs from our first day. Since we're driving that day, it's very possible we would not be at the MK gates by 3:45 and we have a dinner ADR at 5:00, so we didn't really have a lot of time to do the rides anyway. Would have been fun to ride BTMRR, but we will plan to do it during the party.

Now I can finally re-focus on our costumes instead of babysitting my FOP FP.

 

[prettypatchesmsu]

I caved in! My FOP for the last day was still there this morning, but I realized it was the first thing I checked when I got up, which is not something I wanted to do daily for the next month. So, I have deleted the MNSSHP day FPs from our first day. Since we're driving that day, it's very possible we would not be at the MK gates by 3:45 and we have a dinner ADR at 5:00, so we didn't really have a lot of time to do the rides anyway. Would have been fun to ride BTMRR, but we will plan to do it during the party.

Now I can finally re-focus on our costumes instead of babysitting my FOP FP.

That sounds like a good decision. Yes, I think if mine was FOP I would also not risk it. Especially since your plans seem to maybe not be able to use the FPs anyways on party day.

 

[AngelDisney]

I caved in! My FOP for the last day was still there this morning, but I realized it was the first thing I checked when I got up, which is not something I wanted to do daily for the next month. So, I have deleted the MNSSHP day FPs from our first day. Since we're driving that day, it's very possible we would not be at the MK gates by 3:45 and we have a dinner ADR at 5:00, so we didn't really have a lot of time to do the rides anyway. Would have been fun to ride BTMRR, but we will plan to do it during the party.

Now I can finally re-focus on our costumes instead of babysitting my FOP FP.

You could try to book FPs the morning of the party and see if you have the luck to get one BTMRR FP before your ADR.

 

[sharonabe]

And if we saying that the MNSSHP ticket does not allow FP reservations, why would it allow FP use at 4:00 that day?

If you have other ticket media, they system doesn't know where/when you're using them. Perhaps you're at MK that day before the party. If all you have is a party ticket AND if Disney really is saying no FP+, then you're right, it shouldn't let you make FP+ at all.

 

[BigGoof81]

Basically it sounds like you should NOT book FPP for your party day. You should only book FPP for the number of days for which you have regular park admission. For example, my family has 1 party ticket and 3 days of park tickets. I currently have 4 days of FPP booked, but the issue seems to be that the last day's FPP will be deleted by the system because the system is seeing that as a 4th day for which I do not have tickets for, and is seeing my first day - a party day - as having FPP booked using day 1 of 3 regular park admissions.

I may be wrong here, but I was at MVMCP last November and there were no FP lines even open during party hours. Once the clock struck the beginning of the party (don't remember what time it was), FP were unavailable. I remember saying, let's get a FP for
7DMT and it wouldn't even come up as an option on MDE.

 

[sharonabe]

I may be wrong here, but I was at MVMCP last November and there were no FP lines even open during party hours. Once the clock struck the beginning of the party (don't remember what time it was), FP were unavailable. I remember saying, let's get a FP for
7DMT and it wouldn't even come up as an option on MDE.

You are remembering correctly; there are no FP DURING the party. What's being discussed here is FP for the 3 hrs before the party (4:00-7:00) that has been allowed in the past.

 

[BigGoof81]

You are remembering correctly; there are no FP DURING the party. What's being discussed here is FP for the 3 hrs before the party (4:00-7:00) that has been allowed in the past.

Ahhh ok.
Got it now.
Sometimes I feel like college level calculus in my senior year in high school is easier than figuring out Disney reservations lol.