MNSSHP filtering?

[jeffk410]

How do they filter out guests before MNSSHP? If it is anything like EMH I am going to be dissapointed. I have done Pirates and princess nights and the christmas party, but I cant remember how they filtered out the guests who were not suppose to be there.

 

[Tigger1988]

Wristbands.

 

[jeffk410]

Wristbands.

so basically tons of people who havent payed are still running around? perfect. :brick:

 

[Dj Corona]

From what i've personally experienced in years past, MK does a great job with getting everyone out who is not supposed to be there for MNSSHP. Usually if your showing up to the park around the start of the party and get past Main Street, your sent towards Tomorrowland while the other guests are being herded out....I've read here recently though, that they have stopped the wristband policy and you'll need to show the proper ticket/pass for that night's event. Hope that helps.

 

[wolf359]

Don't they still use wristbands for parties though? I think they only use room keys for EMH.

Anyway, in my experience Cast Members are quite agressive in encouraging guests not paying for the party to exit. In the past I've even been "carded" while browsing in the shops on Main Street once the park had closed to the general public. Once people find they can't ride any attractions, shop, or even linger on the streets without showing proof they leave pretty quickly.

 

[Dj Corona]

Yep, just checked..it's EMH that no longer does wristbands, thanks for pointing that out, wolf359.

 

[David S.]

Yes, they are extremely aggressive with the way they clear the park on those nights, nothing at all like for an EMH night or regular park night.

IMO, for those not going to the party, those are the absolute WORST days to go to the MK, because the park closes earlier than usual (sometimes without even fireworks), and it will be harder to linger in the Hub and Main Street soaking up the atmosphere, which I enjoy, for the 60-90 minutes between the official closing time and when Main Street shuts down on a normal night.

I try to avoid the park on those nights, as the one time I experienced this type of close (because there was a Pirate/Princess party scheduled on the same day as one of the Super Bowl MVP victory parades in the park that I wanted to see), it was much less magical than a normal closing.

 

[Babylon Control]

When I attended MVMCP last year I must have been stopped by 20 or so CMs between the train station and frontierland asking for my wristband. No wristband and they told you to turn around an leave. Last year was the first year in the past few years that they weren't even letting day guests stay in the parks for the first parade and fireworks. The CMs were working their way through the park like a giant chain and catching everyone without a wristband and turning them back towards the front gate. If you didn't have a wristband, you couldn't do anything. You weren't allowed into any store, onto any attraction or into any land.

 

[Master Yoda]

so basically tons of people who havent payed are still running around? perfect. :brick:

No not even close. By 8:00 you will be hard pressed to find someone at the party that has not paid for it.

 

[tizzo]

Anyway, in my experience Cast Members are quite agressive in encouraging guests not paying for the party to exit. In the past I've even been "carded" while browsing in the shops on Main Street once the park had closed to the general public.

My experience (one time only) is similar. My group and I were carded trying to take a child to the bathroom on the way out of the park 15 minutes before MK closed to the general public.

I don't think "aggressive" quite covers it. Disney puts everything they have on the line, including their reputation for a "magical" experience and their obligation to paying guests, to protect the experience of those attending the hard-tickets. The value of MVMCP itself is a separate issue, but if your main concern is that the park isn't unduly crowded with people who shouldn't be there, I think you have nothing to fear.

Also, though I think this has already been answered definitively, my experience attending MVMCP last November was that they still used wristbands to identify party attendees, although it is my understanding that they have been discontinued for EMH.

 

[DisneyNut7578]

I think it's kind of funny. You see a "ring" of CMs slowly move in from the exterior edges of the park. They move in a few feet every couple of minutes and check everyone's wrist as they move closer. My wife and I watch everytime it happens and kind of laugh. It's like they are coming to get you...slowly.

And we have seen a manager CM get aggressive with some people on a couple of occassions. Then again, the few times we have seen it happen, the guest deserved it. They were trying to cheat the system. Always find it funny how people think they can outsmart Disney and rip the Mouse off.

 

[Andrew54]

I feel like they do a very poor job of filtering guests out for EMH's. So I would expect MNSSHP would be handled the same way. When they were using wrist bands everyone was checked as they boarded rides. With the room key system they randomly check for your card in the street. That has been my experience in the past at least, I hope it is better now.

 

[David S.]

I feel like they do a very poor job of filtering guests out for EMH's. So I would expect MNSSHP would be handled the same way.

No, trust me, the way they "filter" for the hard-ticket parties is a lot different and more "aggressive" than EMH.

It is my understanding that people without a room key are allowed to linger in the park and shop and dine during EMH, they just can not do attractions. So there is no need to "filter" anyone out on those EMH nights. After all, on a normal night WITHOUT EMH, Main Street usually closes about 60-90 minutes after the park closing time, so if someone without a room key wants to linger on Main Street for 90 minutes during EMH, buy an ice cream cone, shop, and enjoy the atmosphere, they are not huring anyone or making the lines any longer for the EMH guests on the rides.

This allows locals and non-resort guests to "savor the Magic" to end their night like on a normal night, without aggressively shoving them out the exits!

 

[EpcotAgent007]

...Like in Vegas..the house always wins....or in this case...the Mouse always wins....u will have no problem with non-paying guest at MNSSHP or any other Disney Specialty Event...

 

[tizzo]

No, trust me, the way they "filter" for the hard-ticket parties is a lot different and more "aggressive" than EMH.

Any idea how they "filtered" non-passholders far enough away from MK to prevent them from viewing the "passholder preview" of the Summer Nightastic fireworks? I did not attend...

:animwink:

 

[David S.]

Any idea how they "filtered" non-passholders far enough away from MK to prevent them from viewing the "passholder preview" of the Summer Nightastic fireworks? I did not attend...

I don't know. I wasn't there either as I had already left Florida for the summer, and when I took my short weekend trip to see MSEP and the fireworks, it was after those previews were over. Had I been there, any filtering would luckilly not have affected me since I have an AP. I do really appreciate it when they do something nice for us APs!

 

[Bluewaves]

When we went to MNSSHP a couple years ago, there were CM's everywhere checking for wrist bands, they were moving through the park pushing non event people out, by the time the party started I didn't see a single person without a wrist band, it was so nice to be in the MK with a reduced crowd so we could actually enjoy ourselves.

 

[Master Yoda]

Any idea how they "filtered" non-passholders far enough away from MK to prevent them from viewing the "passholder preview" of the Summer Nightastic fireworks? I did not attend...

:animwink:

I don't know. I wasn't there either as I had already left Florida for the summer, and when I took my short weekend trip to see MSEP and the fireworks, it was after those previews were over. Had I been there, any filtering would luckilly not have affected me since I have an AP. I do really appreciate it when they do something nice for us APs!

They did not filter at all for that. The park was open to regular guests it was merely announced to AP holders that Nighttastic and MSEP would be going on a night early. Disney c.alling it an AP preview was really quite incorrect

 

[tizzo]

They did not filter at all for that. The park was open to regular guests it was merely announced to AP holders that Nighttastic and MSEP would be going on a night early. Disney c.alling it an AP preview was really quite incorrect

I know. Thus the :animwink: in my post. Probably should have used the static version instead, it's easy to miss that the animated one is actually winking.

 

[Master Yoda]

I know. Thus the :animwink: in my post. Probably should have used the static version instead, it's easy to miss that the animated one is actually winking.

I figured as much but I figured I would throw your quote in there just to make sure.