Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering is as soon as once more returning this summer time and fall to Magic Kingdom, and Walt Disney World has already introduced adjustments. This submit covers what’s new & totally different for the 2025 MNSSHP, with our evaluation as to the great and unhealthy of varied additions.
The very first thing that you must know is that not a lot adjustments from 12 months to 12 months. In case you’re planning on attending the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering and final did the occasion in 2019, it’s nonetheless going to about 90% the identical, at minimal. The largest change you’ll in all probability discover is decrease crowds, and that isn’t precisely substantive. Actually, we thought Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering was getting stale again in 2019, and with no materials adjustments within the final 6 years, that sentiment has solely grown stronger.
What’ll be totally different in 2025 is usually minor and simple to overlook…otherwise you merely could have forgotten specifics as a result of passage of time. The ‘holy trinity’ of leisure–Mickey’s Boo to You Parade, Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular stage present, and the Disney’s Not-So-Spooky Spectacular fireworks–are all returning for the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering. There may be tweaks to the parade items, costumes, or characters represented, however the 2025 leisure lineup will likely be materially the identical because it was in 2019.
Nonetheless, there are adjustments for the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering. That’s the place this submit comes into play–so you recognize what has modified (since a number of of this stuff are unadvertised) and the best way to plan accordingly. Specializing in the brand new stuff so it manages to be Mickey’s Not-So-Stale Halloween Social gathering for you (a minimum of, to the best extent attainable).
After all, one factor that has modified whilst 90% or extra of the occasion is similar since 2019 is costs. The large story is that the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering Excessive Ticket Costs Break $200 Barrier. Again in 2019, Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering tickets value between $79 and $135 again, and each date other than October 31 was lower than the 2025 beginning value! (I nonetheless keep in mind when tickets broke the $50 barrier for the primary time, and considering that was “ridiculously costly.” How younger and naive!)
With that mentioned, should you’re a first-timer or attending Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering after a decade-long absence, this submit shouldn’t be your greatest or singular useful resource. For the whole lot that you must find out about this occasion–past what’s new–see our Final Information to the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering!
On that observe, let’s flip to what’s new & modified on the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering…
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Jack Skellington’s New Head – Walt Disney World has revealed a brand new search for Jack Skellington for the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering. The character can have a brand new, articulated head at his meet & greet with Sally, changing the cut-out mouth and rubber hat beforehand worn by the performer.
That is an simple glow-up, and taking a look at my outdated photographs side-by-side with this new video places simply how discount basement and off-model the outdated look was (sort of like when Toy Story characters acquired their final updates). Large Spirit Halloween vitality with the outdated head.
Sadly, it’ll in all probability include a giant draw back. Jack Skellington and Sally will as soon as once more be must-meet characters for a lot of longtime attendees of Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering. This can balloon wait instances on the meet & greet, which is already common with first-timers. In case you’re attending the occasion–particularly the primary few events–pack your persistence and put together for 3+ hour wait instances to satisfy Jack and Sally. Actually, I wouldn’t be stunned if that wait time hits 4 hours on night time one!
Villains Deal with Path(s) – Throughout final 12 months’s Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering, Princess Fairytale Corridor was not a meet & greet location for the princesses. As a substitute, it was an enhanced deal with path that options two villains, Maleficent and the Evil Queen. These villains had been within the queue in entrance of a portrait of their story’s princess, as they mingle with company and pose for selfies.
This was a wonderful little shock plussing, particularly later within the night when deal with path strains had been shorter. There’s no PhotoPass or perhaps a character attendant, however company had time for selfies and transient interactions. Once more, that is very true later within the night time when the gang is extra sparse–earlier you’ll want to maneuver by sooner so that you don’t maintain up the road. It’s our understanding that this was a take a look at to gauge visitor response and probably increase upon the idea for the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering.
Up to now, all Walt Disney World has introduced is that this: “This 12 months, company can anticipate much more enjoyable than ever earlier than with some acquainted (and fiendish) faces shocking company alongside the paths.” Our expectation is that Walt Disney World will increase the villainous deal with trails for 2025, and make this the marketable new addition. It in all probability nonetheless gained’t maintain a candle to what’s provided at Oogie Boogie Bash, the place the immersive deal with trails are the spotlight of the occasion, however having 3-4 villainous deal with trails could be an enormous win.
Mickey & Minnie Assembly Collectively New – Final 12 months, each Minnie and Mickey Mouse obtained all-new costumes, that includes a neon spider internet design. Whereas this costume was redesigned and look fairly good, it follows a well-recognized method and doesn’t actually reinvent the wheel.
Regardless of this, it was (frustratingly) nonetheless solely Mickey Mouse assembly in City Sq. Theater. This caught me abruptly, as Walt Disney World made a giant deal out of the brand new costumes and featured Mickey & Minnie collectively of their official publicity photographs. Accordingly, I anticipated Mickey and Minnie Mouse to lastly meet collectively once more. They didn’t. Mickey greeted company at City Sq. Theater and Minnie appeared in Storybook Circus.
That adjustments for the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering: “Meet Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse collectively at City Sq. Theater.” The sensible impression on touring is longer strains for the dynamic duo, however not prohibitively so. This meet & greet ought to nonetheless have a decrease wait time than final 12 months’s Storybook Circus look ahead to Minnie, Daisy, Donald and Goofy. That one was disagreeable, and likewise got here on the expense of the Seven Dwarfs.
“Rediscover” Storybook Circus – The largest addition for final 12 months’s Christmas celebration was Storybook Circus reworked into Santa’s Christmas Carnival. It was crammed with decorations and lights, Christmas cheer, buddies from the North Pole, and actions for youths. This included stilt walkers and my private favourite, the bootleg Coca-Cola polar bears.
It’s unclear what’s deliberate for this space again by Dumbo through the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering. All Walt Disney World has revealed is that this: “Rediscover Storybook Circus—reworked into a contented hang-out for households with youthful youngsters.” Our expectation is that it’ll be alongside the strains of the Christmas Carnival, however for Halloween. Final 12 months’s overlay for MVMCP was actually well-received and exceptionally performed. Our hope is that the bootleg Coca-Cola polar bears make a return–simply throw some pirate hats on them or one thing.
We additionally hope that Walt Disney World provides atmospheric leisure and makes extra of an effort on the meet & greet entrance. Final 12 months’s adjustments to Storybook Circus throughout MNSSHP had been a severe downgrade. The entire characters had been consolidated inside Pete’s Foolish Sideshow the place the Seven Dwarfs used to satisfy, resulting in lengthy strains and fewer meet & greets and the overall character depend diminished by 7.
New Zombies Social gathering – Enjoyable truth about me: I’m a big fan of zombies. Resident Evil is my all-time favourite online game sequence, and I’m eagerly awaiting Code Veronica to lastly get the remake it deserves (such an underrated recreation). So I’m absolutely on-board with the brand new dance celebration on the Rockettower Plaza Stage in Tomorrowland. Can’t wait to satisfy Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield!
Wait a second, I’m being instructed that is truly for the Disney Unique Film ZOMBIES 4: Daybreak of the Vampires on Disney+. Ah okay, I’ve no clue what that’s. I’ve no clue what that’s. Nicely, I suppose I do know it’s a Disney Unique Film and the fourth installment of the film sequence. However I haven’t the slightest inkling as to what that’s about.
Zombies, vampires (and the daybreak thereof), dancing and teenage angst, in all probability? Frankly, it does strike me as a bit determined that Disney would want so as to add vampires to a sequence about zombies, however I get it–vampires are all the craze proper now.
Earlier Begin Time for Mickey’s Boo to You Parade (Once more) – Technically not new because it began final 12 months, the fan-favorite Boo to You Parade takes place a full hour earlier, at 8:15 pm. That’s when it steps off, that means you would possibly see it at 8:30 pm or later should you’re on Major Avenue. In accordance with Walt Disney World, that is excellent for these company attending with little ones who wish to benefit from the spooky enjoyable earlier than it’s bedtime. Beforehand, the primary parade was at 9:15 pm and the second parade was at 11:15 pm.
This can be a massive win for younger households that already battle to make it midway by MNSSHP. I’ve seen so many strollers with sleeping youngsters by the primary parade in earlier years. It’s additionally a small victory for photographers on the earlier occasions, as nightfall pictures of the headless horseman pose far much less of a problem.
The sooner Boo to You Parade can also be a giant win for park operations. Since 2018-2019, we’ve bemoaned the downright harmful crowds in entrance of Cinderella Fort between the primary Hocus Pocus and fireworks, since there are a number of stage reveals, Mickey’s Boo to You Parade, and the fireworks all basically offered again to again.
The rationale I’m mentioning this regardless of it being a change made final 12 months is that the way in which Walt Disney World worded this within the announcement steered there would solely be one efficiency of Boo to You. We caught that, too, and assumed it was only a poor phrase selection. Nonetheless, the verbiage does go away the door open for one efficiency of Boo to You and one efficiency of Starlight.
We extremely, extremely doubt that’ll occur. It could be a logistical and operational problem to run each Boo to You and Starlight in the identical night time–and exacerbate crowds as extra company tried to look at each. But it surely might lower Starlight congestion on non-party nights, which might be a slight constructive. Once more, we do NOT assume that is what’s taking place–there’s a 95% probability the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering can have two performances of Boo to You. However 95% shouldn’t be 100% (licensed math knowledgeable right here!).
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YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be shopping for tickets for this 12 months’s Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Social gathering? Has sufficient modified from 2019 to 2025 so that you can justify attending, or do you assume MNSSHP has grown stale? What did you consider the brand new additions and adjustments? Disenchanted that there wasn’t extra to the villains presence, or the lack of meet & greets? Which character meet & greets are your high priorities? Do you agree or disagree with our evaluation of the adjustments? Any questions? Listening to your suggestions–even whenever you disagree with us–is each attention-grabbing to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas beneath within the feedback!
