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

[FoxC63]

Reminder

If you have not added your names to the MNSSHP Guest List thread here's the link:

Official 2018 MNSSHP Guest List Thread (READ POST 2 before posting!)

It's awesome to see who's all going to the party! ​

 

[Thiago Acquaviva]

Somebody said here that online tickets will be available on April 17th... if not you can always call using skype? I’m from Chile and I usually call Disney by skype, the call never costs more than a few cents

nice! I didn't know that skype thing was an option! gotta try this! big thanks

 

[River Country]

Does anyone know when tickets start to sell out? We are waiting until free dining gets announced to finalize our dates. We will either be going end of September or beginning of October.

It really varies as you can see by the first page of this thread. I have been twice in the last 3 years on 10/31. One year it sold out in August and 1 year it sold out in October. It really varies, only advice I can give you is that once you know your trip dates and make your plan buy your tickets. earlier the better.

It also has to do with pricing. look at the price difference from 2015-2016-2017. 2015 10/31 pricing was $87 and 2016 $111.83, 2017 $115. Ticket pricing and sold out parties have a direct relationship IMHO. 2015 had 25 sold out parties 2016 had 3 10/31 and 10/30 were 2 of them and 2017 had 4 of which only 10/31 sold out in advance.

This year 10/31 is $125 that is a 50% increase in 3 years and you know what? It will be a sell out again.

 

[Cluelyss]

Are there any rides CLOSED during the party?

The first page will have that info, but several rides become TOT trails (like Jungle Cruise).

 

[Chelsey Boren]

I haven’t read all 82 pages yet but excited and overwhelmed for this event! It will be our first MNSSHP and my sisters family first trip to DW (our 3rd)! There will be 9 of us! We dont want to trick or treat, so that takes *some* pressure off our schedule but fitting in everything else before the little kids get to cranky is going to be tough!

 

[scrappinginontario]

Finally got my vacation approved this morning (after being asked to submit it in early Feb) so we're a GO for our very first MNSSHP! We'll mainly be looking to do the rides, parade, fireworks and trick or treating so not thinking an official plan is really needed in our case. SO excited as this trip will be a complete surprise for my daughter who doesn't think we're going until December!!

 

[Rich M]

Finally got my vacation approved this morning (after being asked to submit it in early Feb) so we're a GO for our very first MNSSHP! We'll mainly be looking to do the rides, parade, fireworks and trick or treating so not thinking an official plan is really needed in our case. SO excited as this trip will be a complete surprise for my daughter who doesn't think we're going until December!!

Congrats. We plan to do the same thing for our trip. We only care to see the fireworks and Hocus Pocus and then rides and we will grab some treats.

 

[Wes1stTrip2016]

Finally got my vacation approved this morning (after being asked to submit it in early Feb) so we're a GO for our very first MNSSHP! We'll mainly be looking to do the rides, parade, fireworks and trick or treating so not thinking an official plan is really needed in our case. SO excited as this trip will be a complete surprise for my daughter who doesn't think we're going until December!!

This will be our first (and probably only) party and plan to tour like you. No character meets for us unless we stumble upon someone with a short line that DS7 wants to meet. Rides, candy, parade & fireworks are our priorities!!

 

[areno79]

This will be our first (and probably only) party and plan to tour like you. No character meets for us unless we stumble upon someone with a short line that DS7 wants to meet. Rides, candy, parade & fireworks are our priorities!!

Ditto! I would like to see Jack & Sally, but only if we stumbled upon a short enough line. DH loves the shows/entertainment at Disney, so our priorities are fireworks and parades.

 

[Haley R]

Has anyone on here ever flown out of Minneapolis using Southwest? I tried asking on the Transportation board and no one answered. I'm mainly wondering if they ever fly nonstop to Orlando?

 

[Seeker615]

We attended the Christmas Party a few years ago and enjoyed it overall. We really went for the rides and the parade and fireworks.
We will be in Orlando in October and I am considering this as I heard god things about the Halloween Event. Will 2 adults enjoy this? We would be going on a weeknight. Also - can we get in early as we did for the Christmas party?

 

[Haley R]

We attended the Christmas Party a few years ago and enjoyed it overall. We really went for the rides and the parade and fireworks.
We will be in Orlando in October and I am considering this as I heard god things about the Halloween Event. Will 2 adults enjoy this? We would be going on a weeknight. Also - can we get in early as we did for the Christmas party?

Dh and I are going for the first time in October and we are SUPER excited for it! Both of us want to meet special characters, watch the parade and fireworks, trick or treat, try yummy snacks, and buy merchandise. If you go to Disney normally, I think 2 adults could easily like it. It seems like there are a lot of things going on and enough variety that anyone could enjoy it.

 

[areno79]

We attended the Christmas Party a few years ago and enjoyed it overall. We really went for the rides and the parade and fireworks.
We will be in Orlando in October and I am considering this as I heard god things about the Halloween Event. Will 2 adults enjoy this? We would be going on a weeknight. Also - can we get in early as we did for the Christmas party?

We are 2 adults without kids and love the Halloween party! It's not scary (HHN at USO would be more your speed if that's what you're looking for), but the theming, parade, fireworks, characters and overall atmosphere of the park is fun, especially if you love Halloween. You can get into the park at 4pm with your party ticket, but the party doesn't officially start until 7pm.

 

[Haley R]

We are 2 adults without kids and love the Halloween party! It's not scary (HHN at USO would be more your speed if that's what you're looking for), but the theming, parade, fireworks, characters and overall atmosphere of the park is fun, especially if you love Halloween. You can get into the park at 4pm with your party ticket, but the party doesn't officially start until 7pm.

I'm really hoping they keep the 4 pm start time again this year. We went to DAH and they changed it for that so hopefully MNSSHP stays at 4.

 

[Seeker615]

We are 2 adults without kids and love the Halloween party! It's not scary (HHN at USO would be more your speed if that's what you're looking for), but the theming, parade, fireworks, characters and overall atmosphere of the park is fun, especially if you love Halloween. You can get into the park at 4pm with your party ticket, but the party doesn't officially start until 7pm.

Thank you - I love Halloween but do not like being scared to death! I just want to be in the atmosphere. It sure looks like fun!

 

[sheila14]

Ditto! I would like to see Jack & Sally, but only if we stumbled upon a short enough line. DH loves the shows/entertainment at Disney, so our priorities are fireworks and parades.

If I get in line right at 4pm, rushing to get there, or have a family member get in line at 3pm and then u just take your time around the park, u will be fine. Last year at the start of the party opening at 4, received my band and literally fast paced walk to their spot. I was the 4th family in line.

 

[ILoveMyDVC]

I called the Shades of Green ticket office today and you can order them over the phone. They will email you the forms to verify eligibility and ship tickets via FedEx 3-10 days for $10 shipping fee. I think you can also pick up at the ticket office but I didn't ask because I'm willing to pay the $10 to have tickets in hand to link to MDE and book FP+.

Thank you for the information.

 

[HomeIsWhereTheMouseIs]

Booked at pop 8/9-8/23. Was super excited to see the start of mnsshp on 8/17! Last time we went boo to you was rained out so definitely need a do over. I have noticed I have not been able to use the change reservation button on mde. It is there and blue but just seems to refresh when you click on it I used it about 2 months ago to add hoppers to my package. The only thing that is different since then is I have linked my mnsshp tickets to mde. Anyone else have an issue?

 

[Cluelyss]

Has anyone on here ever flown out of Minneapolis using Southwest? I tried asking on the Transportation board and no one answered. I'm mainly wondering if they ever fly nonstop to Orlando?

Can’t answer for Minneapolis but here in Cleveland they only offer nonstops to/from Orlando once a week, on Saturdays, which really surprised me.

 

[SquashBanana]

Suffering from information overload here so sorry if this question has already been answered... I understand that it is not uncommon for character lines to be closed off before 12 am, but is the same true for rides? Could I get into the 7DMT line at 11:55 and have a good chance of getting on... or any ride for that matter? Thanks!