Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration is a troublesome price ticket particular tournament that happens after Magic Kingdom closes for the day on make a choice nights in Fall 2024. This submit covers what’s new and other all over the 2024 MNSSHP, with our review as to the nice and dangerous of more than a few adjustments, additions and subtractions.
The very first thing you want to grasp is that now not a lot adjustments from 12 months to 12 months. When you’re making plans on attending the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration and ultimate did it 5 years in the past, it’s nonetheless going to about 90% the similar. Actually, you would possibly not understand any adjustments in any respect, as a number of the diversities are moderately minor and simple to pass over…otherwise you merely can have forgotten specifics because of the passage of time.
Nonetheless, there are “so much” of adjustments for the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration–a minimum of, so much relative to commonplace years when next-to-nothing is other. Compounding issues is that a number of of those reputedly insignificant shifts have a large have an effect on on technique and the way you must way the development. That’s the place this submit comes into play–so you realize what has modified (since a number of of this stuff are unadvertised and aren’t even indexed at the map or within the app!) and how one can plan accordingly…
Mainly, this submit is for Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration veterans who wish to prioritize the issues which are other for the 2024 tournament. Since you can’t most likely meet each and every unmarried persona and spot all the leisure at MNSSHP in one night time, this sort of prioritizing is paramount. You’re going to must make tough selections, since you merely can not do all of them.
With that stated, in case you’re a first-timer attending the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration, this submit isn’t your highest or singular useful resource. For the whole lot you want to learn about this tournament–past what’s new–see our Final Information to the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration!
On that observe, let’s flip to what’s new & modified on the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration…
Extra Villains – From the instant the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration starts, you’ll be capable to spot your favourite sinister villains and ghoulish foes all the way through Magic Kingdom. A lot of them are to be had for selfies or fast interactions.
This starts within the Primary Boulevard bypass hall, which as soon as once more serves as the outlet act of the development–and a solution to separate celebration visitors getting into the park from the ones exiting. On the finish of this trail, you’ll to find Cruella de Vil.
It is a great addition, however truthfully, we really feel like Walt Disney International oversold the villains presence on the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration. Except for the following access, all the different villain meet & greets aren’t new.
Villains Deal with Path – Right through the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration, Princess Fairytale Corridor isn’t a meet & greet location for the princesses, however as an alternative a deal with path. When you have a look at the MNSSHP map, there’s no difference between this and the remainder of the trick-or-treating places.
In reality, it’s an enhanced deal with path that includes two villains, Maleficent and the Evil Queen. Every villain is positioned within the queue in entrance of a portrait in their story’s princess, as they mingle with visitors and pose for selfies. There are two separate strains right here, so that you’ll wish to do that two times if you need up shut footage with each and every of the villains.
This is a superb little wonder plussing, particularly later within the night (anytime after the fireworks) when deal with path strains get started getting shorter. There’s no PhotoPass or perhaps a persona attendant, however you’ll have time for selfies and temporary interactions. Once more, that is very true later within the night time when the group is extra sparse–previous you’ll wish to transfer via sooner so that you don’t hang up the road.
It’s my figuring out that it is a take a look at for the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration, and I in reality hope it is going properly and is expanded upon in 2025. One large benefit Oogie Boogie Bash has is its immersive deal with trails with villains that improvise and have interaction with visitors. That is nonetheless now not even remotely on par with that, but it surely’s a step in the correct course.
Mickey’s New Dress – Mickey Mouse has an all-new gown this 12 months, that includes a neon spider internet design. Whilst this gown has been redesigned and glance fairly just right, it follows a well-recognized method and doesn’t in reality reinvent the wheel. Mickey isn’t the only one to obtain a contemporary glance–Minnie additionally were given one.
Frustratingly, it’s nonetheless best Mickey Mouse assembly in The town Sq. Theater. This stuck me by way of wonder, as Walt Disney International made a gigantic deal out of the brand new costumes and featured Mickey & Minnie in combination of their legit exposure footage. Accordingly, I anticipated Mickey and Minnie Mouse to in the end meet in combination once more. They don’t. Mickey greets visitors at The town Sq. Theater and Minnie continues to seem in Storybook Circus.
Seven 0 Dwarfs – Talking of Storybook Circus, we would possibly as properly jump again there as a result of there are numerous adjustments to those persona meet & greets. The primary is that, after making their triumphant go back ultimate 12 months amidst a lot fanfare, we’re unhappy to document that the Seven Dwarfs do not need a meet & greet on the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration.
That’s proper, layoffs hit Disney’s dwarf division laborious, lowering the headcount from seven to 0. Because it seems, issues about automation changing hard work are well-founded, as an abundance of Audio Animatronics dwarfs (greater than seven, even) can nonetheless be discovered at Seven Dwarfs Mine Educate.
Joking apart, it continues to be noticed whether or not the Seven Dwarfs will go back for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration–not anything has been introduced by hook or by crook. Our hope is they’re again, as the opposite adjustments again in Storybook Circus don’t justify the lack of the Seven Dwarfs.
And for what it’s value, we’re at the report announcing that Walt Disney International must exchange the Seven Dwarfs with separate meet & greets. That, cool because it was once, having all the dwarves in combination wouldn’t be as just right as a half-dozen or so separate meet & greets of their position. The issue is that this isn’t the business Disney has made.
Minnie and Pals Meet & Greet – To that time, the opposite meet & greets again in Storybook Circus have additionally been consolidated. In earlier years, you should meet Pumpkin Donald and Princess Daisy Duck, in addition to Witch Minnie Mouse in a single meet & greet–within the interactive queue for Dumbo. Become independent from them, Pirate Goofy gave the impression out of doors Barnstormer in Storybook Circus.
For the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration, all of those characters had been consolidated inside of Pete’s Foolish Sideshow the place the Seven Dwarfs used to satisfy. The one persona receiving a brand new gown is Minnie Mouse, who continues to be a witch however has the brand new neon inexperienced colour scheme. The backdrop is sweet and it’s cool to have one thing contemporary, I assume, however the tradeoff simply isn’t value it.
In a nutshell, there’s now one meet & greet again right here as an alternative of three, and the nature depend has been decreased by way of 7. That’s a foul trade, in my e-book. There are fewer meet & greet characters on the 2024 MNSSHP, and that’s unlucky.
Hitchhiking Ghosts Materialize – On a good observe, the Hitchhiking Ghosts now seem as a personality sighting all over the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration. Those grim grinning ghosts may also be discovered above the breezeway between Frontierland and Adventureland, adjoining to Nation Endure Musical Jamboree. The Hitchhiking Ghosts exchange with the Cadaver Dans all through MNSSHP (7 pm to nighttime).
Ezra, Phineas, and Gus are some of the maximum iconic characters within the Haunted Mansion at Magic Kingdom, so it’s superior to peer those spectral spirits on the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration. The nature sighting is numerous amusing, as they carry out pantomime and have interaction with visitors whilst tune performs.
Curiously, I used to be fairly stunned to listen to a positive music as a part of the Hitchhiking Ghosts’ set that I up to now idea was once outlawed within the frontier and throughout Walt Disney International. I’m now not going to say the identify of stated music, as it kind of feels like a reverse-Beetlejuice kinda situation the place announcing it will get it got rid of. So my lips are zipped…but when you realize, you realize. Oh, and this wasn’t the one time I heard it all over the night time–or all over this week at Walt Disney International. Accident, or has Disney sponsored down on its verboten standing?
All Standby Traces – TRON Lightcycle Run and Tiana’s Bayou Journey are the 2 latest points of interest in Magic Kingdom, and each use digital queues (for now) all over common operations. Final 12 months, best TRON Lightcycle Run was once open all over MNSSHP, and it used a digital queue. For 2024, each be offering standby strains (best) all over Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration.
Now not-so-coincidentally, they’re additionally the 2 longest strains all the way through the celebration, and some of the best wait instances which are in most cases hover above half-hour all the way through all of the tournament. On the other hand, I’d be expecting precise wait instances to be a lot decrease, assuming no breakdowns (large assumption).
I didn’t do both TRON or Tiana’s all over the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration as a result of I’ve accomplished each a dozen-plus instances, and celebration time is restricted, so its distinctive leisure is my emphasis. Nonetheless, I view this as a good trade–now not each and every celebration visitor has the similar priorities as me (which is a great factor!), and if others wish to journey TRON Lightcycle Run or Tiana’s Bayou Journey on loop, they must have that possibility.
New DescenDANCE Birthday celebration – Get able to let free and sing their own praises your highest villain DescenDANCE Birthday celebration, happening at Rockettower Plaza Level in Tomorrowland. This new rave is encouraged by way of the Disney Unique Film “Descendants: The Upward thrust of Pink” on Disney+, so agree with me once I let you know it is a date you don’t wish to be overdue for.
In truth, don’t agree with me. I copied and pasted the above from Disney’s press liberate in regards to the DescenDANCE Birthday celebration. I did see it myself, however I haven’t any clue who any of those persons are or what they’re from. Smartly, I assume I do know they’re from the Disney Unique Film “Descendants: The Upward thrust of Pink” on Disney+, however I haven’t the slightest inkling as to what that’s about. Villains, dancing and teenage angst, most likely? Regardless, I haven’t any opinion in this.
Extra Products – I’m now not in reality a products individual, so I’m now not the most productive individual to document in this (I principally simply purchase Tervis cups and occasional mugs, save for Figment stuff), however I used to be pleasantly stunned by way of the range, high quality, and suave designs of the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration products.
Only a couple years in the past, each the Halloween and Christmas events had a restricted selection of very fundamental designs that perceived to purposefully shy clear of the identify of the development in order that they might be offered all over common hours, if vital. Now not the case this 12 months, and I’m hoping MVMCP follows swimsuit. (We nonetheless desire a Tervis from that.)
Bruno Madrigal Meet & Greet – Sure, we’re going to discuss every other verboten subject: Bruno. For the primary time all over the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration, you’ll be able to meet the clairvoyant persona from Encanto along Mirabel at their Casita in Fairytale Lawn throughout from Cosmic Ray’s on the fringe of The following day(land).
Oogie Boogie Bash has had Bruno for the previous few years, and he’s an incredibly just right face persona for meet & greets. We’re now not the most important lovers of Encanto, however in reality have loved assembly him on the tournament–he’s a amusing persona with a sly character who’s nice for fun interactions. Having simply met Bruno a couple of days ahead of with just a 5 minute (picture above), I elected in opposition to becoming a member of the quoted 45+ minute line all over MNSSHP.
Since Encanto stays in style and that is in point of fact a new-for-2024 addition to MNSSHP, this may occasionally stay probably the most best possible call for meet & greets with reasonable wait instances round 60 mins all the way through the Birthday celebration Season. At the plus facet, Bruno and Mirabel is among the meet & greets that begins ahead of Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration formally starts, so you’ll be able to meet them as early as (roughly) 6 pm. Simply beware that the road shall be lengthy even then.
Previous Get started Time for Mickey’s Boo to You Parade – This 12 months, the fan-favorite Boo to You Parade takes position a complete hour previous, at 8:15 pm. That’s when it steps off, that means it’s possible you’ll see it at 8:30 pm or later in case you’re on Primary Boulevard. In line with Walt Disney International, that is best possible for the ones visitors attending with little ones who wish to benefit from the spooky amusing ahead of it’s bedtime. Normally, the primary parade is at 9:15 pm and the second one parade is at 11:15 pm.
It is a vastly sure trade. Clearly, it’s nice information for households that already combat to make it midway during the tournament. I’ve noticed such a lot of strollers with snoozing children by way of the primary parade in earlier years. It’s additionally a doubtlessly large win for photographers attending the earliest events–taking pictures in Frontierland would imply footage simply after sundown. Even the considered Headless Horseman on Primary Boulevard at nightfall made me salivate (unfortunately, he didn’t run all over the primary parade once I first attended).
The sooner Boo to You Parade may be a large win for park operations. Since 2018-2019, we’ve bemoaned the downright unhealthy crowds in entrance of Cinderella Citadel between the primary Hocus Pocus and fireworks, since there are more than one level presentations, Mickey’s Boo to You Parade, and the fireworks all necessarily introduced again to again.
That’s not the case for the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration. This space continues to be congested between performances–we’re now not suggesting another way. However spacing them out extra manner fewer persons are camped out for the length, which is helping mitigate the problem in a big means. Kudos to Disney for in the end doing one thing about this (and killing two birds with one stone within the procedure). Higher overdue than by no means.
Busier 2nd Parade – For years, probably the most “secret hacks” of the development was once observing the second one Mickey’s Boo to You Parade. Persistence paid off, as crowds would usually be 1/2 the dimensions–in all probability much less–all over the later appearing. That hasn’t been just about as pronounced lately, a minimum of partly as a result of Disney has proactively shared the “secret” with in-park bulletins encouraging visitors to do the later parade for more straightforward viewing.
With the transfer to the 8:15 pm efficiency of the primary Mickey’s Boo to You Parade, this distinction is long past totally. Even supposing the sooner appearing is more straightforward for households with young children, that is greater than offset by way of it being so early within the tournament and being much less handy for everybody else. Visitors are nonetheless making their means via meet & greet strains, deal with trails, consuming dinner, and so forth–at 8:15 pm, leading to a much less busy first parade and a busier 2nd. Actually, I’d move so far as to mention that I discovered rather greater crowds for the 11:15 pm parade.
Don’t be expecting this to ultimate without end. Walt Disney International lovers are creatures of dependancy, and it takes a very long time for phrase to get out and behaviour to modify. Which means that lots of the visitors doing the 11:15 pm parade are nonetheless running underneath the previous assumption that it’s a long way much less busy. That’ll trade through the years. Almost definitely now not ahead of the top of the 2024 MNSSHP season…however in 2025 or 2026 if those showtimes keep the similar.
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Have you ever attended the 2024 Mickey’s Now not So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration? What did you call to mind the brand new additions and adjustments? Dissatisfied that there wasn’t extra to the villains presence, or the lack of meet & greets? Which persona meet & greets are your most sensible priorities? Do you compromise or disagree with our review of the adjustments? Any questions? Listening to your comments–even while you disagree with us–is each attention-grabbing to us and useful to different readers, so please percentage your ideas beneath within the feedback!
