Hello, My niece (she's 24) and I will heading to Disneyland the end of September to see Disneyland set for Halloween. We decided to splurge and purchased the Mickey's Halloween Party. Can I recommendations on what to do? I've heard you can't really do everything that is offered in the time allotted so thought I'd take suggestions. A little bit more about our trip. We bought 4 day park Hopper tickets on top of the MHP tickets. We live in Nor Cal so one of our 4 days will really just be a half day.
Make sure you check out the rules for dressing up because adults have different rules than the kids. When we went a couple of years ago my DH and I had dinner at the Carnation Cafe while the non event ticket holders were being ushered out of the park. Oh...one more tip...don't get into the Trick or Treat lines right away. All of the little ones seem to rush the lines upon entering the park...wait an hour or so. The lines will lessen and there are more than enough treats available all over the park.
Thanks for the advice. What I understand from the guidelines is no masks or anything that covers your face and no long capes, the costumes need to be rated PG and your costume shouldn't be so elaborate that you are mistaken for a character. I have a great Snow White costume but I think it's a little too realistic to wear so to be on the safe side I'm going to wear my Queen of Heats costume that is a simple short dress with a fabric crown for my head. My niece is going to wear her Pirate costume. Both costumes are PG, simple, comfortable and we won't be mistaken as a character/cast member especially since we'll both be wearing our mouse ears.
Party tickets allow you to enter 3(?) hours prior to the official start of the event, so if you can get there early you'll have more time for rides and stuff. The fireworks are pretty good, with the best views from in front of the castle. The parade/cavalcade is very skippable, so don't feel like you need to plan your evening around it In addition to shorter lines, if you wait to being getting candy, that means you won't have to carry it around all night. The candy is usually pretty good stuff, but you can hit a few stations toward the end and get everything you could possibly want If you want photos with specific characters, plan ahead and be prepared to wait. Depending on which character it is, the lines can get very long; long lines typically get cut off early to help guests get out of the park in a timely manner at the end of the night
