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Party Season 2021
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Animaniac93-98
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The "will they, won't they" with Halloween parties is certainly making it hard to plan a Fall trip.
Even if you didn't want to go, you'd still wonder how they'd affect park hours or other things.
Of course we wouldn't be worrying about Halloween in April if Disney hadn't conditioned us for years to plan trips 6+ months out and to expect Spooky Season to start in August.
Even if you didn't want to go, you'd still wonder how they'd affect park hours or other things.
Of course we wouldn't be worrying about Halloween in April if Disney hadn't conditioned us for years to plan trips 6+ months out and to expect Spooky Season to start in August.
Honestly we just planned our park days like our normal October trips in the past and if a Halloween party is finally announced, hopefully it follows the same pattern they used to and I will get a Thursday night party....
Ummm... wha?
There's been no charge for a nighttime parade that's not also a party night.
Animaniac93-98
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I think they have to decide sooner than that due to the hiring and rehearsals involved for entertainment.
They could wait until July to announce it, but the decision to do them at all (and what they would be like) would have to happen first.
I meant announce publicly. If/when normal entertainment rolls start hiring (hopefully soon) they could hide seasonal role hiring.
Since MSEP glowed away?
I think we're still misunderstanding each other.
AFAIK, there has never been a upcharge evening for just a nighttime "electrical parade." It was included in the cost of the day.
The party nights (Halloween and Christmas) were upcharge events with parades, but the parades weren't "electrical parades."
Are you saying that Disney had or will charge extra for the nighttime electrical parade?
Disney dropped all nighttime parades at the MK to general admission audiences when MSEP went away. Since that happened several years ago there has been no replacement, other than if you pay for a party. Even as we enter the 50th anniversary year, there still is nothing other than rumors and speculation as to a replacement.
Cost cutting or monetizing of nighttime entertainment or both?
drew81
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I think Disney Leadership still doesn’t know whether to pull the trigger on parties or not.
What will be interesting to see is if they do have parties with less entertainment (dance parties, characters, no full parade, stage shows) what the price point will be.
It wouldn’t blow me away if they still charged the same price and tried to get away with all the reductions.
What will be interesting to see is if they do have parties with less entertainment (dance parties, characters, no full parade, stage shows) what the price point will be.
It wouldn’t blow me away if they still charged the same price and tried to get away with all the reductions.
orky8
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No. They could do it next week and just release reservations when they know they’re doing it if they wanted to. They don’t need to have it be 60 days out.
“Until” implies what I believe to be a deadline.
Animaniac93-98
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Indeed. They're still charging full price for the parks without fireworks, some shows or the MK afternoon parade.
Why would the parties be any different?
What would differentiate the parties from normal operations?
Animaniac93-98
Well-Known Member
- 1 or 2 exclusive (socially distanced) entertainment acts [Cadaver Dans on TSI rafts?]
- Ride overlays and the party decorations/music loops
- allowing people to wear costumes
- free candy or food and beverage card included in price (like Taste of DCA)
- socially distanced characters in costumes
Charge $75 + tax. The faithful will pay.
Doubtful, they could have done that last year.
HauntedMansionFLA
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A lot of entertainment is displaced as park greeters and attract. They could be transferred back to entertainment quickly. They wanted to get rid of seasonal fir a long time and this was their chance.
danv3
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This, except at least $100, which people will pay without hesitation.
HauntedMansionFLA
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The cost has to be a lot higher than that to make it worth their while.