Originally Posted By leemac I had mentioned this on another thread months ago but I thought it might be best to put this information in a dedicated thread: For the first time ever at Disneyland Resort Paris, Fantasyland will host four Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Parties* in the weeks leading up to the calendar's most haunted night. Families can party the night away in this ultimate Halloween party in which kids are encouraged to don their most spooky dressing up outfits and celebrate with the Disney Characters. Some of the Fantasyland attractions will be opened exclusively for party goers with music, Streetmosphere and many other spell-binding surprises. Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party will take place from 8pm-11pm on 10th, 17th, 24th and 28th October 2008. Tickets are available in advance for £17 per person.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Hi Lee, A few questions: 1. Are adults allowed to dress up for these too, or just at the 31st party? 2. Any idea of the level of entertainment. Not so interested in the attractions, but may consider if there is really good info. 3. Any discounts on the parties for Dream pass holders (whereas the main party is)
Originally Posted By leemac Hi Dave Hope you had a great time at DLP recently! The events are being put together by the local folks so I don't have all of the information. I haven't seen anything on the dress code. I believe there will be streetmosphere for Fantasyland but I'm not aware of any other shows. I have not seen any discounts for Dream passholders on this one (and it wasn't in the last AP newsletter). Sorry I couldn't be any more help. Lee
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Thanks anyway Lee. There were some awesome things at DLP (cast members, live entertainment, Enchanted, Stitch and ToT, maintenance, and cleanliness) and some bad (variable hours of restaurants, further degradation of merchandise selection in different lands, some of the usual cultural issues) - and the ugly (having to get my own bags at the Hotel New York - plus even more degradations there, the negative impact on the Studios of the Crush fastpass trial) But overall we had the most Disney like experience I can remember since opening year. It was fantastic!!! I am now looking at trying to get back for Halloween and Christmas.
Originally Posted By leemac Sorry to hear that the experience was so variable. I've always felt that the hotels (except for DLH) were the weak link - the service has always been spotty. I don't think they can handle the sheer volume of check-ins and check-outs on a daily basis.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Thanks Lee, but we have always had an excellent stay at the HNY even better than some of ours at the DLH (plus the rates this summer are crazy £500 a night for a room at the DLH!!!!). As you probably could guess, we have stayed in all the DLP hotels over the last 16 years and the HNY always was the best. But I was shocked. We got less than a Holiday Inn for a Ritz Carlton rate. - Check in was confused with queue jumping (rare in past) - Bathtub tiles were moldy - we were charged for minibar which we did not use (they rectified) - Cleaning complaint every day - Breakfast was ok - They have reduced the number of characters they used to have - The room service menu was greatly reduced with 2 items on it after 11pm!!!!! (used to be more) - No turn down service any longer - The one thing that really annoyed me was we had to fetch our own bags - despite them coming up to the room to get them (bell services used to sort it all for you - no help getting the bags to the car.) - Manhatten restaurant closed and Parkside ruined as a stupid buffet. - The refurb of the suite across from us started banging at 7am (thankfully we were already up for EMH, but I thought that was pretty poor to start so early) We chose the HNY to have a nice service hotel to help with kids - room service, bell services, location etc. The HNY has gone from being one of my favoured hotels in the world, to being a very disappointing experience. The park was awesome, best experience we have had since opening day. However, the hotel was one of the most disappointing experiences we have had at DLP. Not great. Some very good points however - - we had a castle view which was great for watching the fireworks from our room. - the pool was excellent and they provide free water wings for kids (that is excellent) - the breakfast was a good standard - location is good, but that is a moot point as we park there often as Dream pass holders. I am really sad because the Hotel New York used to be great, but now, not so much. It really is sad.
