We attended both nights of Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party,
held Oct. 30th and 31st 1997. For convenience sake, we will combine
highlights of both nights. There was little advance information
about the party, and we didn't expect much more
than the "regular" magic from the Magic Kingdom!
The party started at 7:00, when we arrived at 6:30 the music from the Haunted
Mansion was playing over the loud speakers. There were four,
I'm guessing, 20 foot tall inflatable jack-o-lanterns on the
admission gate. We knew that we were in for a treat!
There were continuous character greetings on Main Street.
We got autographs from The Queen of Hearts, The Hag (she signed
"Snow Witch"), The Big Bad Wolf, and Governor Radcliffe. I
am sure that there were more, but there was an entire park to
explore!
Main Street was lit in a very eerie fashion. There was fog
everywhere and all the buildings had orange and
purple spot lights with shapes of bats, cats, and all kinds
of halloween things. Cinderella's
castle was dramatically underlit with purples and greens.
The Haunted Mansion theme, and other Disney Halloween songs
were continuously played throughout the park!
We went to "The Haunted Character Dinner" at Liberty Tree
Tavern. The castmembers had their usual outfits on, but they
were all made up like ZOMBIES! The food and characters were
the same as usual. Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, Chip, Dale, and
Meeko (I don't know why Meeko hangs out with these guys!).
They all had hand-held masks. Of note
were Chip and Dale, they had owl masks, and Meeko, who was a
tree for Halloween.
Man attractions were open. They were; Main Street Cinema,
Pirates of The Carribean, Jungle Cruise, Big Thunder Mountain,
Splash Mountain, Haunted Mansion, everything in Fantasyland EXCEPT
Legend of the Lion King and the Skyway, The Barnstormer,
everything in Futureland except Carousel of Progress and the
Skyway. Also many shops were open. Everything was dimly lit
with special effects lighting. Throughout the park there were
"Nestles' Trick or Treat stations!" Kids of ALL ages could
trick or treat but we opted to pass up the Nestles' Crunch bars.
In The Toontown Hall of Fame, the were two character greeting
rooms open. One room was silly, with Chip, Dale,
and Donald in ghost outfits. As ghosts, Chip and Dale tried
to fool me by signing each-other's
names! The other room had Pooh dressed as a bumble-bee,
Eeyore as a mummy, and Tigger as a skeleton!
There was lots of additional special entertainment. Every
castmember was in Halloween costume! In Adventureland, there
were stilt walkers and fortune tellers! There were kids'
costume parades and a special Diamond Horseshoe Saloon Halloween
Revue! We have pictures with special photo backdrops of
Chernabog and The Giant from "The Brave Little Tailor"!
The parade was incredible. The first half had a new halloween
parade song and was a Villains' showcase!
EVERYONE was present! Cruella, Maleficent, Capt. Hook, Smee,
The Witch, Hades, Pain, Panic, Fowlfellow, Gideon, all the
characters already mentioned, and MORE! The second half was
a square dance, called by Goofy. Everybody's favorite characters
were there. Worth note are Daisy wearing a cowgirl outfit and
Wendel who was easily the scariest character there!
The fireworks were introduced by the Hag flying from the castle,
instead of Tinkerbell. The display was special, mostly orange,
with green and purple! After the fireworks we were treated to
a performance of the Everyday's a Holiday Musical Revue.
The Magic Kingdom hosted the BEST halloween party that we
EVER attended! Oh, and we visited the Haunted Mansion SIX times
those two nights!
The Villains Cavern
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