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Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party 2025

monothingie

monothingie

Plusser of Turbocharged Activations!
Premium Member
Schweino said:
As a business, why would they do that if they keep selling out? To appease the folks that go every year and get bored? As long as the demand is there and they keep selling out dates relatively far in advance, there's no reason to change 1 thing about MNSSHP or MVMCP. What they are doing is obviously working and they wouldn't risk 'changing' something that could impact demand sooner than anticipated.

But yes, for folks that go every year, you will probably be bored and not go.
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It's kinds of a meaningless metric when you consider the same people wait 4+ hours in line to buy popcorn buckets.

If anything selling the park twice per day serves to turn off the normies who may not know about the upcharges and wonder why after spending $200 per person for a ticket they are getting kicked out of the park at 6PM.
ToTBellHop said:
It seems a new dance party and food each year is enough for these folks.
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I know the 10s of people that the dance party attracted, and the ancho chili dole whip was my reason for going.
ToTBellHop said:
What lessons do you think the company learned from Enchantment and Harmodious?
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Soulless IP Driven Product is the way!
 
Agent H

Agent H

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monothingie said:
It's the same tired and stale product, basically unchanged (except for the price), for more than a decade and half. But hey maybe there's a new popcorn bucket to get excited about after spending between $129 and $199 per person plus tax just for the privilege of being able to buy it.
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Ehh aside from the parade needing updates I don’t think it’s tired and stale. To the contrary they update this one more often than the Christmas party.
 
larryz

larryz

I'm Just A Tourist!
Premium Member
Trader Sam's has been in the Poly long enough. Time for their own venue in the MK offering 3 nightly editions of Mahalo'ween 2025!

I paid $125 per ticket back in 2014, and all I got for it was a bag, a hat, a pin, some hors d'oeuvre, two drinks and a souvenir Zombie mug. Think what they could charge in the MK on party nights... Easily $200 per person!
 
TheMaxRebo

TheMaxRebo

Well-Known Member
larryz said:
Trader Sam's has been in the Poly long enough. Time for their own venue in the MK offering 3 nightly editions of Mahalo'ween 2025!

I paid $125 per ticket back in 2014, and all I got for it was a bag, a hat, a pin, some hors d'oeuvre, two drinks and a souvenir Zombie mug. Think what they could charge in the MK on party nights... Easily $200 per person!
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Would be an interesting twist if they had certain elements that varies throughout the time to make some nights "special" and encourage people (especially locals) to attend more than one
 
bmr1591

bmr1591

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HauntedPirate said:
I will be the first in the “Shocked” line if they don’t sell out across the board again. (Of course, everyone knows I trust their “sold out!!!” announcements as much as I trust a hungry wolf guarding a hen house)
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I don't see why they'd lie about it being sold out. I'd be more suspect if it 'sold out' the day of the party, but what benefit does Disney have in marking a party as 'sold out' weeks before it even happens? That's lost revenue, and for what? Perception of scarcity? They could have sold more and officially sold out and still gotten that. It doesn't make sense.

Dranth said:
That seems extreme, what days are you typically going? Don't think we have ever waited more than 5.
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Same. As long as you don't go right at the beginning of the party, most trick or treat and cookie stops have been walk straight through for me.
 
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jpeden

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In the Parks
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TheMaxRebo said:
Would be an interesting twist if they had certain elements that varies throughout the time to make some nights "special" and encourage people (especially locals) to attend more than one
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I believe it was in 2019 that they sold the MNSSHP "Annual Pass" for $299 which let you into every party but the one on October 31st. That was a disaster with party attendance because they were so crowded (to the point that we actually got a refund on our party tickets because you couldn't do anything or enjoy the event). They don't need to drive up local visitors to the parties, IMO - they usually almost always sell out.
 
HauntedPirate

HauntedPirate

Park nostalgist
Premium Member
bmr1591 said:
I don't see why they'd lie about it being sold out. I'd be more suspect if it 'sold out' the day of the party, but what benefit does Disney have in marking a party as 'sold out' weeks before it even happens? That's lost revenue, and for what? Perception of scarcity? They could have sold more and officially sold out and still gotten that. It doesn't make sense.



Same. As long as you don't go right at the beginning of the party, most trick or treat and cookie stops have been walk straight through for me.
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They know how ticket sales are trending. If they can call a near-date/cheaper party "sold out" at less than what they were intending to sell, it creates a sense of FOMO for many. That allows them to sell more tickets at the higher-priced parties later and maybe even sell an extra 500-1000 tickets. Aiming to sell 10k vs. then selling 11k is not something which is going to cause operational problems.

9000 x $129 but calling it a "sell out" is less revenue for that date. But if it translates in to 11000 x $159 at a later date that may not have sold 10k? Who's going to notice 1000 people throughout MK when there are only 10k people already there?

I still believe there's some value in having TP count the number of people leaving MK on party nights after 7pm. It would give a much clearer picture of how many are attending.
 
MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
Premium Member
HauntedPirate said:
They know how ticket sales are trending. If they can call a near-date/cheaper party "sold out" at less than what they were intending to sell, it creates a sense of FOMO for many. That allows them to sell more tickets at the higher-priced parties later and maybe even sell an extra 500-1000 tickets. Aiming to sell 10k vs. then selling 11k is not something which is going to cause operational problems.

9000 x $129 but calling it a "sell out" is less revenue for that date. But if it translates in to 11000 x $159 at a later date that may not have sold 10k? Who's going to notice 1000 people throughout MK when there are only 10k people already there?

I still believe there's some value in having TP count the number of people leaving MK on party nights after 7pm. It would give a much clearer picture of how many are attending.
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There's no evidence that Disney is creating false sell-out. There's no evidence that a sell-out night has more or less guests than another sell-out night.

Prices are low in August simply because it's less likely to sell out in August because it's August.
 
SoFloMagic

SoFloMagic

Well-Known Member
MisterPenguin said:
There's no evidence that Disney is creating false sell-out. There's no evidence that a sell-out night has more or less guests than another sell-out night.

Prices are low in August simply because it's less likely to sell out in August because it's August.
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And so they can say "starting at $129" to hook you but not charge under 150 for any sept/oct dates
 

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