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

[Haley R]

Personally I believe the fireworks during Halloween parties are the best. They are the only fireworks show i usually watch.

I absolutely loved HEA. The projections were great and I was happy to see some 90s characters show up.

 

[Rich M]

I absolutely loved HEA. The projections were great and I was happy to see some 90s characters show up.

I plan on seeing it this trip. My last trip I watched the fireworks from Frontier Land with my grandson in my arms and it was the most magical experience I have ever had. He kept saying beautiful the whole time. He was just about to turn 2. Best time ever.

 

[Haley R]

I plan on seeing it this trip. My last trip I watched the fireworks from Frontier Land with my grandson in my arms and it was the most magical experience I have ever had. He kept saying beautiful the whole time. He was just about to turn 2. Best time ever.

Haha that’s great! We took our 9 yo niece and it was awesome being on btmr for fireworks. She said she felt like she was on a commercial

 

[hswillia07]

I will make my choices next Sunday and will post what happened?

Thanks so much!

 

[hswillia07]

Aladdin's Magic Carpets are a great fireworks ride!

Good one - thanks!

 

[TISHLOVESDISNEY]

Bad news I fear. Looks like parade view has been taken out of dessert party...

Canceled mine. SO bummed, ah well!

 

[Araminta18]

AAAH you're right, the description has changed....that's not cool. *sigh*

Not canceling yet, gonna wait and see for sure (and see if they include some of the "specialty" desserts), but if the parade viewing is gone, yea, we're likely gonna cancel as well. BOO.

 

[ColoradoMom12]

This is a disappointment. We will hang on to our reservation for now but definitely will cancel if the parade isn’t included.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Geez Disney... you have a fair number of us literally throwing money your way for an upcharge event during an upcharge event and you disappoint.

With apologies for the negativity, pretty pathetic what they have done with the website and the dessert party parade viewing topic the last two years.

 

[anomamatt]

Ugh. Disney is the worst sometimes.

 

[Haley R]

This was going to be our first dessert party ever. We normally don't book them because I don't see the value in them, but I thought having a spot for the parade sounded nice. I'll keep ours for now, but I will definitely be canceling if there is no parade viewing.

 

[Rich M]

This was going to be our first dessert party ever. We normally don't book them because I don't see the value in them, but I thought having a spot for the parade sounded nice. I'll keep ours for now, but I will definitely be canceling if there is no parade viewing.

Wow I am with you for sure on this one. If it isn't included I am going to cancel and hope the Frozen comes up for Illuminations. I would rather have a seat for that and take my chances on the parade and fireworks at the party. I am really getting tired of Disney doing this stuff.

 

[MacMama0930]

I wonder what the reasoning is, especially if people cancel. Why not just rope an area off for the parade?? I don’t understand...

I’m on the fence. I did Tomorrowland terrace because of the parade viewing...I’m not sure if I’ll keep it or cancel. Such a bummer...

 

[Haley R]

Wow I am with you for sure on this one. If it isn't included I am going to cancel and hope the Frozen comes up for Illuminations. I would rather have a seat for that and take my chances on the parade and fireworks at the party. I am really getting tired of Disney doing this stuff.

I might (and that's a big might) consider booking garden viewing, but most likely we just won't do a dessert party. We are lucky enough to do two MNSSHP anyway so we should be fine. We may not want to watch the parade/fireworks twice anyway.

 

[CvilleDiane]

I had somebody from the Disney communication group call me (twice because she wanted to double check to be certain) and confirmed that the parade viewing is included with the terrace package only, as is on the current website descriptions. She acknowledged there are issues with the "know before you go sections" and indicated she was going to advise the web group. There is now a little bit of wording in the terrace section that says something along the lines of checking back prior to the event for specific times. You can take that for as official as you want, but I believe it's he most definitive info to date. I'm assuming at this point that it's true and will just continue to monitor. The 1st parade start time will be the confirmation, IMO, since it will need to be earlier than the usual (non parade viewing years) 9:15.

I will add that when I booked the dessert party in 2016 with parade viewing, they did send an itinerary to me a week ahead of time with specifics on where/how to check in for the parade and the logistics of moving to the dessert party/fireworks viewing. I would assume, if what I've noted above proves true, that they will do something similar this year.

do you have that CM's contact info still? I can't believe they removed the parade viewing from the site without actually communicating that we are no longer going to get what we pre-paid for!

 

[KdKyA]

Just cancelled ours We rebooked for the Plaza Garden viewing instead. Definitely not worth that extra price for Terrace seating alone.

 

[GillianP1301]

do you have that CM's contact info still? I can't believe they removed the parade viewing from the site without actually communicating that we are no longer going to get what we pre-paid for!

Unfortunately, I don't. I never got her call back info, both times she called me and when the number on my call log that she called from just comes up as the main WDW phone number. The email I used initially that triggered her call was wdw.guest.communications@disneyworld.com. I'm going to write there again, although I'm not sure there is much use at this point. I'm pretty bummed that there is no parade viewing for sure and undecided if I will be cancelling the dessert party or not. The good news is for anyone who did book primarily for the parade viewing can go ahead and cancel with no issue since there is a 5 day cancellation policy. Still sucks though.

I'm not sure what their reasoning is, but I'm thinking it has to have something to do with the either the timing of the parade and not being able to move it up to accommodate the viewing to be included or maybe there is some sort of issue with there also be plaza viewing dessert party at the same time that is causing the problem. I don't really know, but I do know when they did offer the parade viewing, there was only a terrace party, no garden view.

 

[KdKyA]

I think they should at least do parade viewing for the 2nd parade. It would flow better since everyone is done after fireworks anyway, then they could just hop right on over to the parade. We had a terrible view last year for the fireworks at the dessert party since there were 5 of us. They sat us behind two rows so we couldn't see half of the fireworks because of the roof overhang. The only reason we were going to do it again was for the reserved parade viewing. Such a bummer.

 

[GillianP1301]

Well, I just sent off a bit of a nasty gram. My tone wasn't as pleasant as my first inquiry, but that tends to happen when I get lied to. I'm not expecting much and really my only ask of them is to confirm, with certainty what the actual description of the dessert parties should be so that I can decide to cancel or not. I'm not holding my breath.

 

[GillianP1301]

I think they should at least do parade viewing for the 2nd parade. It would flow better since everyone is done after fireworks anyway, then they could just hop right on over to the parade. We had a terrible view last year for the fireworks at the dessert party since there were 5 of us. They sat us behind two rows so we couldn't see half of the fireworks because of the roof overhang. The only reason we were going to do it again was for the reserved parade viewing. Such a bummer.

Smart idea. Arguably, the reserved seating at the 2nd parade is not as much "value" as the 1st one, it would at least give people who like knowing they have a reserved spot regardless an option. And logistically it could work quite well since there will be about 40 minutes between end of Hallowishes and start of 2nd parade. You could check into the parade viewing at your leisure and when the parade is over you just disperse, no worry or concern for Disney to get people escorted from the parade to the dessert party.

Or maybe they just need to have a dining/parade viewing package and call it a day. There is obviously demand for reserved parade viewing, so tack it onto a dinner option they have open during the party and call it a day. That way, those who just really want a dessert party can do that and those who really just want parade viewing can book a dinner and those who want both can book both.