Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I am with TDLFAN, I find these upcharge parties to be a rip off when the Asian parks offer them up for free (as did the US parks). What is really sad is how they have reeled in rubes in the Florida swamps and are ruining the other parks around the globe too. I am more likely now to go to a UK or European park for Halloween now.
Originally Posted By dagobert The biggest rip off are the parties in Paris. They charge you 25 Euros or more and then only two lands are open. This year they even cancelled the parties. We have only attended Mickey's Pirates & Princess Party at WDW and it was fun.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper << We have only attended Mickey's Pirates & Princess Party at WDW and it was fun.>> I worked them. What a hoot they were. Such a terrible failure, no one ever came, and we usually got to leave 2-3 hours early. The only thing good about them were the fireworks.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Wait are we know questioning whether or not somebody had fun at an event?
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Post 23 game off pretty sarcastically with the comment What a hoot they were. That's how it read.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^^They were a hoot to work. We got out hours early because almost no one ever showed up. The things were a financial bomb. There's a reason they were cancelled.
Originally Posted By GOB I'm fully cognizant that the Asian parks do Disney a lot better than the stateside parks, but to imply that the people who attend the MK events are idiots for paying to attend them is a bridge too far. Most of us cannot afford to go out to Asia (much less have annual passes) and would like to take our families on holiday without having to live off of food stamps until we can budget enough money to fly to Tokyo or Hong Kong. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to visit those parks, but it's not feasible for us for the time being, and I prefer not being treated like a second-rate Disney fan online because I don't have the mobility or capital to make it out to the Asian parks.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey ^^^^^Welcome to life at the Laughing Place, where if you don't agree with the prevailing "WDW sucks" attitude, you're an idiot. Some posters don't consider it insulting to refer to people as rubes (For example, "What is really sad is how they have reeled in rubes in the Florida swamps and are ruining the other parks around the globe too," taken from post #21 in this thread. They're just educating you, not insulting you. However, if you call them out for it, you're in the wrong and insulting them. I don't really post here anymore as a result of this attitude, but I just wanted to let you know how things work.
Originally Posted By dshyates Last year was the first year I attended MNSSHP@ the MK, and I had a lot of fun. But I got comped in by a very nice CM/LPer (thanks again). I think it is a nice event, and even at the price worth doing once. Sadly this year I won't be attending due to work, and the kids crazy schedule. Oh and the number if days that will be dedicated to Halloween Horror Nights. Universal has this crazy deal going where you get every night for the first 3 weeks of HHN for, like, 60 bucks. With the kids schedule we need that find of flexibility.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Universal has this crazy deal going where you get every night for the first 3 weeks of HHN for, like, 60 bucks. >> That pass is so much win. I'll get all 3 days I want to go for less then the price of one.
Originally Posted By PotNoodle I don't want to put words in anyone's mouths, but I interpreted the "rubes" comment as a swipe at Meg Crofton, since she now heads up DLR, WDW and DLP. So she is running not only WDW, but the other parks as well. I hope I am right.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>>Come Friday because of the early close time of the MK we were struggling on what to do. My wife and I decided, since it was our last night we’d spend the money on another round of MMNSSHP tickets. We didn’t do it at all for the Halloween offerings, we did it purely for the access to the rides and attractions without any wait times. For us it was worth every penny. When I’m on vacation, time is precious whether I’m in WDW, or sitting on the beach down the shore. Did I make Disney’s day? Sure, but I made my day too. On vacation, I'm willing to pay for that.<<< This is very a very sad statement indeed. I mean.. it's your money and if you are willing and able to dish up extra dough for an additional 5 hours in the MK..then by all means.. be my guess and make THEIR day. But me? Nope. First of all, I am not on vacation since I live minutes away from WDW, and I much rather they kept the park opened until 1AM during the month of october and have EVERYONE enjoy the halloween parade and pyro. All they have to do is substitude the regular "Celebrate a stale Dream" parade and "Wishes" for the halloween parade and pyro, and PRESTO! If HKDL offers the halloween event to daytime guests and offers a special eveing hours only passport with reduced prices aimed at locals, why can WDW and DL do the same? Again.. I really am very sad that folks are being made to pay to enjoy the extra time at the parks. This is why I will NOT pay for MNSSHP party, regardless of how much fun they can be. Besides.. many kids and most adults attending do NOT need all that candy. Then there is the same old stuff they do every year.. same parade, same fireworks, same decor, same stuff. To that, I say to WDW management "BOO TO YOU!"
Originally Posted By smedley <-- Will be attending MNSSHP for the first time in 2 weeks time and can't wait. Yes that's right, despite having access to all the parks for 2 weeks, I choose to pay extra to attend a fun event, with a parade I've never seen, additional shows and new to me fireworks. Smack me right up with that rube label thank you It's good to see you Nikki
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey Thanks, smedley, you too! I probably won't be around a whole lot, but I might put my proverbial two cents in every once in a while.
Originally Posted By juicer I am going to go to the MNSSHP party too! I am excited to see the parade and the fireworks too Just call me RubeyJuicer!
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom If I'm at WDW in October then I always attend MNSSHP. I think it's a fun party and enjoy being able to get on most of the rides ( not all are open ) with zero wait time. But, most of all it is great fun, with a great crowd. Having grown up in New England, I'm very much use to the Halloween drill. But it is so much fun attending a Halloween party with Europeans who I don't think are familuar with this event at all. It's not often you get to see Europeans let their hair down! So to me it's about everyone else there. Sometimes it can be about the crowd! On the downside, just as what has been pointed out. If your not attending MNSSHP and your in the Magic Kingdom the park closes ridiculously early and if your NOT attending MNSSHP then your chased out of the park. If your a paying guest you do feel like Disney is ripping you off as Disney doesn't close any of the other parks early and chase off guests attending those parks. Bare in mind that MNSSHP takes place practically every other night in the Magic Kingdom during September/ October. That means if your visiting WDW for a week in either September/ October at least several nights during that week your chased out of the MK at 7 PM. You can always go to another park if you have the "hopper" option on your WDW passes. Not everyone does that and I would advise against getting the hopper option if your a WDW first timer. Your only other option is to hit DTD or explore resorts, which are all "free". All I have to say is that if I'm at WDW for a week and if it is my last day and I'm at the MK and being chased out of the park at 7 PM, that is sending me the wrong message. You also want to keep in mind that these events sell out fast. I've attending MNSSHP in the rain before because there was only one night available for tickets during my stay and it happened to rain that night. My only advise is to pack two costumes, a normal one and incase of rain dress as a Gloster fisherman.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>I don't really post here anymore as a result of this attitude, but I just wanted to let you know how things work.<<< Interesting that you posted now......hmmmmmmm
