“Official” 2018 Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party – Strategy and Itinerary Thread

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So our plans got changed a little bit due to baby’s nap schedule, not being hungry during waiting and memory maker not showing properly with our APs but I tried to keep as detailed of updates as I could. Hopefully this helps someone else.

11:10 - 1:10 Chef Mickey for Lunch
1:30 – 2:00 ticket sales to activate Annual Passes
2:00 entered with DVC...they did not give out trick or treat bags at this point had to pick up later
2:00 - 2:45 Got all Shopping done since baby slept through parade
2:55-3:00 FP Winnie the Pooh (FP is from 2:05-3:05)
Drink and potty break
3:25 - 3:35 Peter Pan Flight (FP 3:20-4:20)
3:42-6:17 Drawfs 3:42(first in line), second person was after 4 she was in park and got band at mickeys phili
Tag Team: 4:12-4:25Big Thunder (FP 4:20-5:20) left dwarfs at 4 got back about 4:40
Tag Team: Dh left 4:45-5:20 Big Thunder (FP 4:20-5:20) 4:55-5:06
5:20-6:00 snack in line finished 6:17, when we came our said it was a 2.5 Hour wait at that point.
Tried to do 7dmt 50 min wait said no thank you went back to minnie
6:25-7:10 Minnie 6:35-7:07 10 people in line baby fell asleep while in line so changes our dance party plans
7:14-7:46 30 min 7dmt wait they were doing child swap DH just had to be back within 1.5 hours tag teamed while DH went to guest services to figure out why MM had watermark (have to call today to fix)
7:55-8:15 Casey’s corner for dinner we all needed food
8:20 pick up sourcerers Card while DH Child swapped 7DMT
8:30 sat down for parade in front of town square thinking we were only 15 min early for zootopia party/headless horseman/parade, headless horseman actually comes before zootopia. Would have done 8:30 Hocus Pocus show had I known still would have had plenty of time to grab a seat at town square before parade and headless (not sure how my timing on that got off)
9:50-9:53 Meet Mickey
10:00-10:30 10:15 Castle Show watched on tomorrow land bridge. We left about 10:20, baby was starting to struggle and we wanted to get her to the dance parties before she fell asleep.
10:27 SM, they were doing an internal rider swap, I rode first grabbed Baby and went to monsters party, I think i would have really enjoyed it had the party in front of me not have on light up everything, took away the being in the dark aspect, my dad always talked about when SM first started it used to be complete darkness. DH enjoyed it though
10:50 ToT cosmic rays
10:53-10:58 Disney Jr dance party...3 family’s got vampirina and doc and it was fast and easy and totally worth it
10:58-asked about 7dwarfs on way our said 25 min
11:05-11:07 Tot Pinocchio
Bathroom break
11:15-11:30 HM
11:34-11:39 Moana they said she was 1.5 hours all night only a few families let in after us
11:41-11:55 pirates
At this point we were done and so tired bc of a late night the night before and knew we had moonlight magic tonight so decided to skip Hocus Pocus plus didn’t want to wake the baby. We didn’t get many magic shots bc we were tired didn’t want to waste the time since things got messed up earlier in the night but we did get the headless horseman on the way out.

I hope this helps with future party goers. Overall I don’t think the crowd level was bad at all last night. Again thanks for all the help planning!
 
So our plans got changed a little bit due to baby’s nap schedule, not being hungry during waiting and memory maker not showing properly with our APs but I tried to keep as detailed of updates as I could. Hopefully this helps someone else.

11:10 - 1:10 Chef Mickey for Lunch
1:30 – 2:00 ticket sales to activate Annual Passes
2:00 entered with DVC...they did not give out trick or treat bags at this point had to pick up later
2:00 - 2:45 Got all Shopping done since baby slept through parade
2:55-3:00 FP Winnie the Pooh (FP is from 2:05-3:05)
Drink and potty break
3:25 - 3:35 Peter Pan Flight (FP 3:20-4:20)
3:42-6:17 Drawfs 3:42(first in line), second person was after 4 she was in park and got band at mickeys phili
Tag Team: 4:12-4:25Big Thunder (FP 4:20-5:20) left dwarfs at 4 got back about 4:40
Tag Team: Dh left 4:45-5:20 Big Thunder (FP 4:20-5:20) 4:55-5:06
5:20-6:00 snack in line finished 6:17, when we came our said it was a 2.5 Hour wait at that point.
Tried to do 7dmt 50 min wait said no thank you went back to minnie
6:25-7:10 Minnie 6:35-7:07 10 people in line baby fell asleep while in line so changes our dance party plans
7:14-7:46 30 min 7dmt wait they were doing child swap DH just had to be back within 1.5 hours tag teamed while DH went to guest services to figure out why MM had watermark (have to call today to fix)
7:55-8:15 Casey’s corner for dinner we all needed food
8:20 pick up sourcerers Card while DH Child swapped 7DMT
8:30 sat down for parade in front of town square thinking we were only 15 min early for zootopia party/headless horseman/parade, headless horseman actually comes before zootopia. Would have done 8:30 Hocus Pocus show had I known still would have had plenty of time to grab a seat at town square before parade and headless (not sure how my timing on that got off)
9:50-9:53 Meet Mickey
10:00-10:30 10:15 Castle Show watched on tomorrow land bridge. We left about 10:20, baby was starting to struggle and we wanted to get her to the dance parties before she fell asleep.
10:27 SM, they were doing an internal rider swap, I rode first grabbed Baby and went to monsters party, I think i would have really enjoyed it had the party in front of me not have on light up everything, took away the being in the dark aspect, my dad always talked about when SM first started it used to be complete darkness. DH enjoyed it though
10:50 ToT cosmic rays
10:53-10:58 Disney Jr dance party...3 family’s got vampirina and doc and it was fast and easy and totally worth it
10:58-asked about 7dwarfs on way our said 25 min
11:05-11:07 Tot Pinocchio
Bathroom break
11:15-11:30 HM
11:34-11:39 Moana they said she was 1.5 hours all night only a few families let in after us
11:41-11:55 pirates
At this point we were done and so tired bc of a late night the night before and knew we had moonlight magic tonight so decided to skip Hocus Pocus plus didn’t want to wake the baby. We didn’t get many magic shots bc we were tired didn’t want to waste the time since things got messed up earlier in the night but we did get the headless horseman on the way out.

I hope this helps with future party goers. Overall I don’t think the crowd level was bad at all last night. Again thanks for all the help planning!

Woof! I think you did plenty!
I was told repeatedly rider swap ended at 6pm, glad to see this is not the case, it's great news for parents with little ones.
Thank you for the very detailed report we greatly appreciate it. :grouphug:
 
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Early Morning Magic will take place on the following dates:
  • August: 26 and 28
  • September: 4, 9, 11, 18, 23, 25, and 30
  • October: 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, and 30
Cost of admission is $79 plus tax per adult and $69 plus tax per child. Discounts are available for Disney Vacation Club Members and Walt Disney World Annual Passholders from 7:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Additional Attractions have been added. Link: http://www.wdwinfo.com/disney-world/early-morning-magic.htm
 




Woof! I think you did plenty!
I was told repeatedly rider swap ended at 6pm, glad to see this is not the case, it's great news for parents with little ones.
Thank you for the very detailed report we greatly appreciate it. :grouphug:

It definitely depended on the ride, 7DMT they put it on the magic band, SM they did an internal swap so they walked in with us and waited at the exit. It was definitely worth it for us and I don’t feel like the crowds were bad at all but that may have been that the party wasn’t sold out
 
HEADS UP!

Early Morning Magic will take place on the following dates:
  • August: 26 and 28
  • September: 4, 9, 11, 18, 23, 25, and 30
  • October: 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, and 30
Cost of admission is $79 plus tax per adult and $69 plus tax per child. Discounts are available for Disney Vacation Club Members and Walt Disney World Annual Passholders from 7:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Additional Attractions have been added. Link: http://www.wdwinfo.com/disney-world/early-morning-magic.htm


Do you know if these are all sold out? I'm only seeing the EMM for Toy Story land right now. I'd love to do this for MK! Could add it either October 14 or 16!
 
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