HatboxHaint
GrimGrinningGhost
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- May 18, 2014
for those that love MNSSHP and have gone multiple times, what plan do you follow to enjoy it the most?
This year will be our 10th year. Our usual plan is:
Pick up SofMK card on your way into the park at exactly 4pm
FP for Haunted Mansion along with SM, BTMRR, Splash Mt., or 7DMT before 7pm
Table Service or Counter Service dinner in the park around 5pm
Rides, rides, and more rides from 6 to 10 with a break for fireworks
(before the Hocus Pocus show we would stop here for the villains show at the castle and watch the first parade from there)
Watch the fireworks from behind the Castle (it's an amazing experience)
head to Frontier land for the 2nd parade
after the parade head slowly out of the park stopping at any short-lined candy stops, magic photos, and all the rides we can on the way out
That brings up another question. We are going to eat at Tony's for lunch at 1:30. (Haven't eaten here before and I know it gets mixed reviews but DD loves Italian so... but I was thinking about where to get QS for dinner~what would you recommend?
Your options are limited (I'm remembering Pecos Bill Café in Frontierland (right by the start of the parade), Pinoccho's place in Fantasyland, Columbia Harbor House (closes at 7:30?), and Casey's Hot dogs on Main Street, there might also be a place in Tomorrowland). I've had good luck with one person saving spots for the parade and a second person bringing hot dogs back to the group. You could probably do the same thing at Pecos Bills. There were also years where I got the Halloween cupcake from Big Top Circus, another cupcake from Gaston's, and handfuls of candy as we walked and never sat down....
BTW, we loved Tony's for our pre-party dinner last year! Get the pan seared steak fries, they were wonderful! The service was a little weird (entrée brought out for one person, not the rest of us, salad brought out for the second person came out after that entrée, second person's entrée arrives just after the salad, first person's side item doesn't arrive until the dessert for the table is brought out) but those French fries will draw me back every time!
I'd like to know how veterans do this party as well.
This will be our first Halloween party and i want to get the most out of it.
I'm looking for those type A's to set out their past itineraries.
I'm going with DD 12 first party. we r not interested in candy and will be there all day to do the rides. our only meet and greet plan is Jack and Sally only party ride Hainted Mansion.