Mickey’s not so Scary Halloween Party
Today is October 13 and I can not believe that it has been a month since we went to Mickey’s not so scary Halloween party for the first time. I was really excited and so was my 4 year old son. He talked about it for months a head of time. He couldn’t wait to go to the Halloween Party. He talked about it constantly.
Our party day was September 9 which was towards the end of our Disney trip and both him and I got sick during the trip. This put a slight damper on the trip but wasn’t going to get us down. Here are some of my favorite things about the party.
You can get in before the party starts. On the day of your party you are able to get in to the park at 4:00. The party starts at 7 but all park guests without party tickets start to get escorted out at 6:00. People start to line up to get in to the party at 3:00 or sooner. I’ve heard it can be a mess trying to get in to Magic Kingdom right at 4:00. I know you want to get as much time in the park as you can but my tip is to show up around 4:30. The big crowds are gone and you can get in much faster. We also took that day as a rest day so we didn’t use up a park ticket. 4:00- midnight is a pretty good chunk of time in the park and we wanted to save a park ticket for another day.
The months that the Halloween party run are right in the middle of hurricane season in Florida. It rained right before the party’s time to start but didn’t rain during our party. Many of the parties before us got heavy rain during the party so we were lucky.
Prepare ahead of time for the things you must see. There is so much that you can experience you will not have enough time to do it all. Especially if you have little ones who are going to fall sleep early on in the evening. I have heard that ride lines are significantly less during the parties. This is not something we encountered but we were not able to stay until the end so maybe later in the night the lines went down.
You get to trick or Treat! Trick or treat is for everyone at the party. Doesn’t matter your age since we are all kids at Disney. The lines were pretty long but moved fast. I’m sure these lines were much shorter closer to midnight and I hear they give out bigger handfuls of candy later on in the party.
At the first trick or treat stop they give you a big bag of M&Ms
Adults (and kids) get to wear costumes. I found one of the most fun things to be that most people dressed up in some way. Some just Disney bounded and others went full blown costume. I felt like this made everyone a little more invested in the evening. We went as Woody, Jesse and Bo Peep from Toy Story. My mom was with us and she went all out on her costume. She even made boot covers for over her sneakers.
Bo Peep
Woody and Jesse
The parade is awesome. The “Boo-To-You” Halloween parade is filled with characters that are rarely seen. When the parade started everyone started to dance and sing the Boo to You song. This was so much fun for me. It was that feeling that you get when you are front row at a concert and you know all the words to the songs. The parade was definitely my favorite part of the night.
The parade starts with the headless horseman. Everyone has to be silent and all blinking lights turned off for the safety of the rider and so the horse doesn’t get spooked.
The grave diggers
The fireworks were spectacular. Jack Skellington is the host of Disney’s Not so Spooky Spectacular. And it was spectacular. The projections and the music were so fun and the fireworks were awesome too.
My son fell asleep right before the parade started. He was able to trick or treat a few times and we rode some rides before he passed out for the night. I was able to wake him for a few minutes during the fireworks but that kid can sleep through anything.
My mom stayed to watch the Hocus Pocus Villain Spectacular which is a stage show with all the Disney villains. I had to head back to the hotel with my son, but I stopped at one more trick or treat spot on the way out.
During the party we rode the Haunted Mansion which had some of the characters out in the cue interacting with the park guests which was fun. We didn’t get to ride Pirates of the Caribbean which had real people dressed as pirates and we didn’t get to do any of the meet and greets but that just means that we have to go back next year to do all the things that we missed. All in all I believe its a good bang for your buck and an whole lot of fun!
Spooky Haunted Mansion