Meet & greets are a preferred factor to do throughout Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. This character information for the 2025 MNSSHP covers the place to seek out every spot, common wait instances, priorities & technique, and when to do high-demand M&Gs. Technique is necessary, as a result of characters may be very time-consuming, with lengthy traces losing hours of the occasion. (Up to date August 15, 2025.)
The very first thing it’s essential to know is that it’s necessary to plan forward. That’s at all times the case with Walt Disney World, but it surely’s significantly necessary for characters at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. For those who merely arrive at 7 pm when the occasion formally begins, seize a celebration map, and head to a meet & greet, you’re going to be at a definite drawback.
It’s because Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together really begins earlier than 7 pm, a number of characters meet previous to then, most traces type earlier than then, and the get together map doesn’t even record which characters seem the place. That’s the unhealthy information…for the typical attendee of Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. That’s excellent news for everybody who reads this, as you’ll have a couple of hours headstart, throughout which the principle factor to do is meet characters at MNSSHP…
Earlier than we get began, there’s extra “unhealthy” information. You can’t probably meet each single character at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together in a single evening. You’re going to need to make tough choices when it comes meet & greets, since you merely can not do all of them. There are air quotes round unhealthy above as a result of it is a considerably good downside to have–partly brought on by there being so many characters.
However it’s additionally partly brought on by lengthy traces at a number of of the uncommon characters, which makes the time dedication too lengthy to fulfill all of them. So it’s considerably of a blended bag. In any case, we advocate skipping any characters that you possibly can meet throughout a standard day in Magic Kingdom, or at one of many different Walt Disney World theme parks. Talking of which, for every little thing it’s essential to learn about this occasion–past characters–see our Final Information to 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together!
Talking of technique, let’s speak you thru the evening. You need to ensure you’re in Magic Kingdom together with your costume as near 4 p.m. as potential. That’s the earliest you’re allowed to enter Magic Kingdom for the pre-party “mix-in” together with your occasion ticket, and the road to enter the park normally types earlier than 3 p.m. (We advocate arriving no later than 3:30 p.m.)
For those who’re already in Magic Kingdom previous to this, we extremely advocate going to one of many wristband stations within the park relatively than exiting and re-entering. Not solely will the road be shorter, however this will provide you with a definite benefit in the event you’re planning on doing the most well-liked meet & greet on the very entrance of the park on Most important Avenue.
Right here’s a listing of all of the character areas on the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together…
Character Meet & Greets at MNSSHP
Most important Avenue USA
- Sally & Jack Skellington: City Sq. Theater (hottest meet & greet, line types at 4 pm)
- Minnie & Mickey Mouse: City Sq. Theater
Fantasyland
- Alice, Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts, Tweedle Dee, and Tweedle Dum: Outdoors the Mad Tea Get together
- Anastasia, Drizella, and Woman Tremaine: Fantasyland
- Ariel and Eric: Close to Underneath the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid
- Belle: Enchanted Tales with Belle Queue
- Gaston: Close to Gaston’s Tavern
- Pluto: Entrance to Storybook Circus
- Daisy and Goofy in Halloween Apparel: Pete’s Foolish Sideshow
- Pooh as a Bumble Bee, Piglet as a Butterfly, Eeyore as a Clown, and Tigger as a Pirate: Pooh’s Thotful Spot
Adventureland
- Aladdin, Abu, Princess Jasmine, and Genie: Agrabah Market
- Captain Jack Sparrow: Caribbean Plaza Close to Pirates of the Caribbean
Frontierland
- Shaker, Wendell & Massive Al: Frontierland (roaming)
Tomorrowland
- Elvis Sew: Throughout from Monsters Giggle Ground
Character Sightings at MNSSHP
Along with character greetings, you would possibly run into different spirits round Magic Kingdom on these frightful evenings. These are sightings versus meet & greets since you usually see the character and may possibly (in the event you’re fortunate) rating a selfie, however not a posed picture or prolonged uninterrupted interplay. We’re massive followers of character sightings, and need Walt Disney World would do extra of them.
Haunted Mansion Residents
- Hitchhiking Ghosts: Frontierland Balcony and the Diamond Horseshoe Stage (varies all through the night)
- Miss Carlotta, Madam Renatta, and Broome the Butler: Haunted Mansion Graveyard
Different Disney Characters
- Donald Duck in his Halloween Costume: Mickey’s PhilharMagic
Disney Villains
- Mom Gothel: Most important Avenue Bypass/MNSSHP Arrival Hall
- Maleficent & Evil Queen: Princess Fairytale Corridor (unconfirmed for 2025)
Mickey’s Boo to You Halloween Parade Characters
Greater than 50 characters seem in Mickey’s Boo to You Halloween Parade, which runs twice nightly from Frontierland to Most important Avenue, U.S.A. at 8:15 pm and 11:15 pm.
Listed below are the characters you’ll see in Boo to You, organized by parade unit:
- Mickey and Buddies
- Mickey Mouse
- Donald
- Minnie Mouse, Daisy and Clarabelle Cow dressed because the Sanderson Sisters
- Chip ‘n’ Dale
- Pluto
- Goofy
- Disney Animation Princesses and Princes
- Snow White
- Princess Jasmine
- Prince Aladdin
- Rapunzel
- Flynn Rider
- Disney Villains
- Captain Hook
- Mr. Smee
- Ursula
- Flotsam and Jetsam
- Cruella De Vil
- Horace and Jasper
- Queen of Hearts
- Ache and Panic
- Oogie Boogie from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas
- Anastasia and Drizella
- Dr. Facilier
- Bowler Hat Man
- Foulfellow
- Gideon
- Jafar
- Maleficent
- The Queen
- Mom Gothel
- Disney Parks Characters
- Haunted Mansion Gravediggers
- Constance Hatchaway
- Hitchhiking Ghosts
- Wendell, Massive Al, Shaker, and Romeo McGrowl
- Different Traditional Characters
- Dopey
- Alice
- Mad Hatter
- Pooh
- Tigger
- Misplaced Boys
- Peter Pan
- Wendy
- Tinker Bell
- Captain Jack Sparrow
- Captain Hector Barbossa
- Clara Cluck
- Vanellope von Schweetz
- Ralph
MNSSHP Character Technique & Wait Occasions
Longest Strains for Characters
- Jack Skellington and Sally – 90 Minutes to 4 Hours
- Elvis Sew – 45 t0 90 Minutes
- Tigger, Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore – 45 to 60 Minutes
- Princess Daisy & Pirate Goofy – 45 to 60 Minutes
- Minnie & Mickey Mouse – 10 to 60 Minutes
We can not stress sufficient the diploma to which the above are estimates. Even those with big ranges. For instance, we’ve waited lower than 10 minutes for Jack Skellington and Sally on Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together nights up to now. That’s an excessive instance, as these had been dates that had been impacted by extremely wet nights and/or hurricane scares…however that’s changing into an more and more frequent phenomenon, so don’t depend it out.
On different events, we’ve waited much less time than the ranges above due to extraordinary timing. Both we jumped in line at simply the proper time originally of the evening, or on the finish of the evening. However it’s not all excellent news. We’ve additionally averted traces that had been really longer than 2-3 hours on the excessive finish, with staffing shortages, significantly sizzling climate, or colossal crowds skewing the wait instances for standard meet & greets above the aforementioned averages.
Characters That Usually Meet Early
- Jack Skellington and Sally – Roughly 4:30 p.m.
- Elvis Sew – Roughly 6:30 p.m.
- Tigger, Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore – Roughly 6:30 p.m.
Once more, these are approximations, they usually’re primarily based on previous precedent versus 2025. Since they’re unofficial and unpublished, they’re additionally topic to vary. Truly, it’s not simply these characters who’re topic to vary. Each different character is meant to come back out at 7 p.m., however that doesn’t at all times occur.
Considered one of our go-to meet & greets is inside Storybook Circus; there have been instances after they’ve come out at 6:45 p.m, and different events after they haven’t proven up till virtually 7:15 p.m.
Clearly, we don’t attend each single Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. That may shortly get ridiculously costly! Nevertheless, we’ve been doing this yearly since 2007, and attended over a dozen events in 2019 alone. From that, we’ve realized a ton…however there’s nonetheless a whole lot of inconsistency and variability.
Simply one thing of which you ought to be conscious as you propose the characters you need to meet–and every little thing else you’ll do throughout MNSSHP. You might be able to accomplish far much less–or far more–than is listed in our 1-Night time Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together Plan! With that in thoughts, right here’s our optimum strategy to characters throughout the occasion…
What’s This? What’s This? There’s Folks In every single place! – Jack Skellington and Sally meet in City Sq. Theater beginning round 4:30 p.m., which is why it’s extremely advantageous to get your get together wristband early and “beat” the get together mix-in company arriving by way of the entrance entrance. For those who may be within the foyer of City Sq. Theater proper when the road opens at 4:00 p.m., you may be out of right here by 5:30 p.m. or earlier.
For those who don’t get into Magic Kingdom till 4:15 p.m. and line up then, it’s potential you received’t be out of line till round 7 p.m. in the event you get unfortunate. Significantly, quarter-hour may be that a lot of a distinction.
Our expectation is that this line is even longer on the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together attributable to Jack Skellington’s new head. Significantly (once more). It’s one of many few new issues, so many followers will make this a high precedence for a contemporary picture with the new-look character.
It’s Off to Storybook Circus We Go – For those who’re too gradual for Jack Skellington and Sally, or in the event you’re actually quick and are out of there early, otherwise you merely don’t care about Nightmare Earlier than Christmas characters, Storybook Circus generally is a good decide.
The issue right here is that it’s unclear whether or not this meet & greet will begin early throughout the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. This was once the Seven Dwarfs, and it will then. Then it switched to Minnie, Daisy, Donald & Goofy final yr. Each of these meet & greets have been retired. Now it’s simply Daisy and Goofy for 2025. It might not open early, wherein case there’s no sense in prioritizing it.
These characters meet in Pete’s Foolish Sideshow, which is within the deepest nook of Magic Kingdom. On account of that–and the meet & greet not beginning fairly as early–the road usually doesn’t type as quick. (If it’s a sizzling day, the road can also be slower to type as a result of the wait begins outside within the solar.) You possibly can arrive right here round 5 p.m. and nonetheless be effective–probably even 5:30 p.m.
Pooh’s Posse – For those who begin with the Storybook Circus characters, it’s straightforward to then bounce over to the Pooh line by the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh in Fantasyland. That is additionally probably the most standard meet & greets at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together.
All 4 meet collectively, they usually solely take one picture per visitor. It felt much less like a meet & greet and extra like a “picture meeting line.” On the plus aspect, the wait wasn’t practically so long as it has been up to now.
Skip the Strains! – For those who observe the above technique, it’s most likely going to be someday between 7:30 p.m. and eight p.m. if you’re lastly completed. That is the purpose within the get together when the character meet & greet traces are longest. So, except you’re a hardcore hunter of characters, it’s time to do one thing else. (Or you possibly can persist with characters, however you danger burnout.)
One possibility is to as an alternative hit up the dance events and areas of Frontierland and Fantasyland which have free-roaming characters to “skip” the traces and nonetheless get your character repair. For those who do see free-roaming characters, go work together with them! They usually don’t get very lengthy waits regardless of if you go and they’re, and may be tons of enjoyable.
Put up-Fireworks – We don’t advocate anybody skip Mickey’s Boo-to-You Halloween Parade or Disney’s Not-So-Spooky Spectacular Fireworks. For those who watch each, that’s going to occupy you from round 8:45 p.m. (assuming you don’t wait till the final minute for a parade spot) till 10:45 p.m. After that, you possibly can resume character looking.
One good possibility right here is making a beeline to City Sq. Theater after the fireworks. For those who watch from the tip of Most important Avenue close to the Prepare Station and are quick, you possibly can probably catch the road for Jack Skellington and Sally when it’s shortest. That is additionally an excellent time for Mickey Mouse in the event you’ve already knocked out a lot of the extra standard characters.
Now can also be an excellent time for the Aladdin characters and Captain Jack Sparrow in Adventureland or the royalty in Fantasyland.
Final Name for Uncommon Characters – In contrast to points of interest, you can’t line up for characters till 11:59 pm. Most traces for uncommon characters get minimize round 11 p.m., but it surely actually varies primarily based on crowds and demand (Disney’s purpose is to have the final company out of line as near midnight as potential–however that always runs over).
Accordingly, you actually need to be in line for any of the ‘longest traces’ record by 11 p.m. There have been instances after we’ve had luck leaping into line as late as 11:15 p.m.; on different events, we had been denied shortly earlier than 11. We’re followers of doing Elvis Sew as our “final name” character, and in our anecdotal expertise, his line tends to die down later within the night. Winnie the Pooh and his posse usually have shorter traces–most likely as a result of these characters skew youthful.
Earlier than Midnight, Meet Mickey & Minnie – After 11 pm is the very best time to go to Minnie and Mickey Mouse. For those who choose to observe the second parade from Most important Avenue, you possibly can normally race right here, beat the group, and nonetheless arrive earlier than his line is minimize. No matter if you do that, don’t do it as a part of the ‘wave’ of company exiting after the parades or fireworks–that’s when the road is longest. You both must beat these exodus crowds, or keep away from them completely.
Last Countdown – The final efficiency of Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular begins at midnight, which provides you a “bonus” 20 minutes on the finish of the occasion. This can be a good approach to lengthen Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together, however even this remaining exhibiting is crowded. Clearly, this isn’t a personality meet & greet–only a piece of recommendation we’re including since you’ll most likely be performed with characters by midnight and there’s an excellent probability you didn’t see this earlier in the event you had been aggressive with the character looking. Take pleasure in this satisfying finish to your night!
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YOUR THOUGHTS
Have you ever attended Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together? Which character meet & greets are your high priorities? Did you meet Jack Skellington & Sally…or had been these traces too lengthy for you? What about Elvis Sew, Pooh’s Posse, or different uncommon characters with extra average traces? Do you disagree with something in our 1-night MNSSHP character looking plan? Any questions? Listening to your suggestions–even if you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
Meet & greets are a preferred factor to do throughout Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. This character information for the 2025 MNSSHP covers the place to seek out every spot, common wait instances, priorities & technique, and when to do high-demand M&Gs. Technique is necessary, as a result of characters may be very time-consuming, with lengthy traces losing hours of the occasion. (Up to date August 15, 2025.)
The very first thing it’s essential to know is that it’s necessary to plan forward. That’s at all times the case with Walt Disney World, but it surely’s significantly necessary for characters at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. For those who merely arrive at 7 pm when the occasion formally begins, seize a celebration map, and head to a meet & greet, you’re going to be at a definite drawback.
It’s because Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together really begins earlier than 7 pm, a number of characters meet previous to then, most traces type earlier than then, and the get together map doesn’t even record which characters seem the place. That’s the unhealthy information…for the typical attendee of Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. That’s excellent news for everybody who reads this, as you’ll have a couple of hours headstart, throughout which the principle factor to do is meet characters at MNSSHP…
Earlier than we get began, there’s extra “unhealthy” information. You can’t probably meet each single character at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together in a single evening. You’re going to need to make tough choices when it comes meet & greets, since you merely can not do all of them. There are air quotes round unhealthy above as a result of it is a considerably good downside to have–partly brought on by there being so many characters.
However it’s additionally partly brought on by lengthy traces at a number of of the uncommon characters, which makes the time dedication too lengthy to fulfill all of them. So it’s considerably of a blended bag. In any case, we advocate skipping any characters that you possibly can meet throughout a standard day in Magic Kingdom, or at one of many different Walt Disney World theme parks. Talking of which, for every little thing it’s essential to learn about this occasion–past characters–see our Final Information to 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together!
Talking of technique, let’s speak you thru the evening. You need to ensure you’re in Magic Kingdom together with your costume as near 4 p.m. as potential. That’s the earliest you’re allowed to enter Magic Kingdom for the pre-party “mix-in” together with your occasion ticket, and the road to enter the park normally types earlier than 3 p.m. (We advocate arriving no later than 3:30 p.m.)
For those who’re already in Magic Kingdom previous to this, we extremely advocate going to one of many wristband stations within the park relatively than exiting and re-entering. Not solely will the road be shorter, however this will provide you with a definite benefit in the event you’re planning on doing the most well-liked meet & greet on the very entrance of the park on Most important Avenue.
Right here’s a listing of all of the character areas on the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together…
Character Meet & Greets at MNSSHP
Most important Avenue USA
- Sally & Jack Skellington: City Sq. Theater (hottest meet & greet, line types at 4 pm)
- Minnie & Mickey Mouse: City Sq. Theater
Fantasyland
- Alice, Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts, Tweedle Dee, and Tweedle Dum: Outdoors the Mad Tea Get together
- Anastasia, Drizella, and Woman Tremaine: Fantasyland
- Ariel and Eric: Close to Underneath the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid
- Belle: Enchanted Tales with Belle Queue
- Gaston: Close to Gaston’s Tavern
- Pluto: Entrance to Storybook Circus
- Daisy and Goofy in Halloween Apparel: Pete’s Foolish Sideshow
- Pooh as a Bumble Bee, Piglet as a Butterfly, Eeyore as a Clown, and Tigger as a Pirate: Pooh’s Thotful Spot
Adventureland
- Aladdin, Abu, Princess Jasmine, and Genie: Agrabah Market
- Captain Jack Sparrow: Caribbean Plaza Close to Pirates of the Caribbean
Frontierland
- Shaker, Wendell & Massive Al: Frontierland (roaming)
Tomorrowland
- Elvis Sew: Throughout from Monsters Giggle Ground
Character Sightings at MNSSHP
Along with character greetings, you would possibly run into different spirits round Magic Kingdom on these frightful evenings. These are sightings versus meet & greets since you usually see the character and may possibly (in the event you’re fortunate) rating a selfie, however not a posed picture or prolonged uninterrupted interplay. We’re massive followers of character sightings, and need Walt Disney World would do extra of them.
Haunted Mansion Residents
- Hitchhiking Ghosts: Frontierland Balcony and the Diamond Horseshoe Stage (varies all through the night)
- Miss Carlotta, Madam Renatta, and Broome the Butler: Haunted Mansion Graveyard
Different Disney Characters
- Donald Duck in his Halloween Costume: Mickey’s PhilharMagic
Disney Villains
- Mom Gothel: Most important Avenue Bypass/MNSSHP Arrival Hall
- Maleficent & Evil Queen: Princess Fairytale Corridor (unconfirmed for 2025)
Mickey’s Boo to You Halloween Parade Characters
Greater than 50 characters seem in Mickey’s Boo to You Halloween Parade, which runs twice nightly from Frontierland to Most important Avenue, U.S.A. at 8:15 pm and 11:15 pm.
Listed below are the characters you’ll see in Boo to You, organized by parade unit:
- Mickey and Buddies
- Mickey Mouse
- Donald
- Minnie Mouse, Daisy and Clarabelle Cow dressed because the Sanderson Sisters
- Chip ‘n’ Dale
- Pluto
- Goofy
- Disney Animation Princesses and Princes
- Snow White
- Princess Jasmine
- Prince Aladdin
- Rapunzel
- Flynn Rider
- Disney Villains
- Captain Hook
- Mr. Smee
- Ursula
- Flotsam and Jetsam
- Cruella De Vil
- Horace and Jasper
- Queen of Hearts
- Ache and Panic
- Oogie Boogie from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas
- Anastasia and Drizella
- Dr. Facilier
- Bowler Hat Man
- Foulfellow
- Gideon
- Jafar
- Maleficent
- The Queen
- Mom Gothel
- Disney Parks Characters
- Haunted Mansion Gravediggers
- Constance Hatchaway
- Hitchhiking Ghosts
- Wendell, Massive Al, Shaker, and Romeo McGrowl
- Different Traditional Characters
- Dopey
- Alice
- Mad Hatter
- Pooh
- Tigger
- Misplaced Boys
- Peter Pan
- Wendy
- Tinker Bell
- Captain Jack Sparrow
- Captain Hector Barbossa
- Clara Cluck
- Vanellope von Schweetz
- Ralph
MNSSHP Character Technique & Wait Occasions
Longest Strains for Characters
- Jack Skellington and Sally – 90 Minutes to 4 Hours
- Elvis Sew – 45 t0 90 Minutes
- Tigger, Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore – 45 to 60 Minutes
- Princess Daisy & Pirate Goofy – 45 to 60 Minutes
- Minnie & Mickey Mouse – 10 to 60 Minutes
We can not stress sufficient the diploma to which the above are estimates. Even those with big ranges. For instance, we’ve waited lower than 10 minutes for Jack Skellington and Sally on Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together nights up to now. That’s an excessive instance, as these had been dates that had been impacted by extremely wet nights and/or hurricane scares…however that’s changing into an more and more frequent phenomenon, so don’t depend it out.
On different events, we’ve waited much less time than the ranges above due to extraordinary timing. Both we jumped in line at simply the proper time originally of the evening, or on the finish of the evening. However it’s not all excellent news. We’ve additionally averted traces that had been really longer than 2-3 hours on the excessive finish, with staffing shortages, significantly sizzling climate, or colossal crowds skewing the wait instances for standard meet & greets above the aforementioned averages.
Characters That Usually Meet Early
- Jack Skellington and Sally – Roughly 4:30 p.m.
- Elvis Sew – Roughly 6:30 p.m.
- Tigger, Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore – Roughly 6:30 p.m.
Once more, these are approximations, they usually’re primarily based on previous precedent versus 2025. Since they’re unofficial and unpublished, they’re additionally topic to vary. Truly, it’s not simply these characters who’re topic to vary. Each different character is meant to come back out at 7 p.m., however that doesn’t at all times occur.
Considered one of our go-to meet & greets is inside Storybook Circus; there have been instances after they’ve come out at 6:45 p.m, and different events after they haven’t proven up till virtually 7:15 p.m.
Clearly, we don’t attend each single Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. That may shortly get ridiculously costly! Nevertheless, we’ve been doing this yearly since 2007, and attended over a dozen events in 2019 alone. From that, we’ve realized a ton…however there’s nonetheless a whole lot of inconsistency and variability.
Simply one thing of which you ought to be conscious as you propose the characters you need to meet–and every little thing else you’ll do throughout MNSSHP. You might be able to accomplish far much less–or far more–than is listed in our 1-Night time Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together Plan! With that in thoughts, right here’s our optimum strategy to characters throughout the occasion…
What’s This? What’s This? There’s Folks In every single place! – Jack Skellington and Sally meet in City Sq. Theater beginning round 4:30 p.m., which is why it’s extremely advantageous to get your get together wristband early and “beat” the get together mix-in company arriving by way of the entrance entrance. For those who may be within the foyer of City Sq. Theater proper when the road opens at 4:00 p.m., you may be out of right here by 5:30 p.m. or earlier.
For those who don’t get into Magic Kingdom till 4:15 p.m. and line up then, it’s potential you received’t be out of line till round 7 p.m. in the event you get unfortunate. Significantly, quarter-hour may be that a lot of a distinction.
Our expectation is that this line is even longer on the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together attributable to Jack Skellington’s new head. Significantly (once more). It’s one of many few new issues, so many followers will make this a high precedence for a contemporary picture with the new-look character.
It’s Off to Storybook Circus We Go – For those who’re too gradual for Jack Skellington and Sally, or in the event you’re actually quick and are out of there early, otherwise you merely don’t care about Nightmare Earlier than Christmas characters, Storybook Circus generally is a good decide.
The issue right here is that it’s unclear whether or not this meet & greet will begin early throughout the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. This was once the Seven Dwarfs, and it will then. Then it switched to Minnie, Daisy, Donald & Goofy final yr. Each of these meet & greets have been retired. Now it’s simply Daisy and Goofy for 2025. It might not open early, wherein case there’s no sense in prioritizing it.
These characters meet in Pete’s Foolish Sideshow, which is within the deepest nook of Magic Kingdom. On account of that–and the meet & greet not beginning fairly as early–the road usually doesn’t type as quick. (If it’s a sizzling day, the road can also be slower to type as a result of the wait begins outside within the solar.) You possibly can arrive right here round 5 p.m. and nonetheless be effective–probably even 5:30 p.m.
Pooh’s Posse – For those who begin with the Storybook Circus characters, it’s straightforward to then bounce over to the Pooh line by the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh in Fantasyland. That is additionally probably the most standard meet & greets at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together.
All 4 meet collectively, they usually solely take one picture per visitor. It felt much less like a meet & greet and extra like a “picture meeting line.” On the plus aspect, the wait wasn’t practically so long as it has been up to now.
Skip the Strains! – For those who observe the above technique, it’s most likely going to be someday between 7:30 p.m. and eight p.m. if you’re lastly completed. That is the purpose within the get together when the character meet & greet traces are longest. So, except you’re a hardcore hunter of characters, it’s time to do one thing else. (Or you possibly can persist with characters, however you danger burnout.)
One possibility is to as an alternative hit up the dance events and areas of Frontierland and Fantasyland which have free-roaming characters to “skip” the traces and nonetheless get your character repair. For those who do see free-roaming characters, go work together with them! They usually don’t get very lengthy waits regardless of if you go and they’re, and may be tons of enjoyable.
Put up-Fireworks – We don’t advocate anybody skip Mickey’s Boo-to-You Halloween Parade or Disney’s Not-So-Spooky Spectacular Fireworks. For those who watch each, that’s going to occupy you from round 8:45 p.m. (assuming you don’t wait till the final minute for a parade spot) till 10:45 p.m. After that, you possibly can resume character looking.
One good possibility right here is making a beeline to City Sq. Theater after the fireworks. For those who watch from the tip of Most important Avenue close to the Prepare Station and are quick, you possibly can probably catch the road for Jack Skellington and Sally when it’s shortest. That is additionally an excellent time for Mickey Mouse in the event you’ve already knocked out a lot of the extra standard characters.
Now can also be an excellent time for the Aladdin characters and Captain Jack Sparrow in Adventureland or the royalty in Fantasyland.
Final Name for Uncommon Characters – In contrast to points of interest, you can’t line up for characters till 11:59 pm. Most traces for uncommon characters get minimize round 11 p.m., but it surely actually varies primarily based on crowds and demand (Disney’s purpose is to have the final company out of line as near midnight as potential–however that always runs over).
Accordingly, you actually need to be in line for any of the ‘longest traces’ record by 11 p.m. There have been instances after we’ve had luck leaping into line as late as 11:15 p.m.; on different events, we had been denied shortly earlier than 11. We’re followers of doing Elvis Sew as our “final name” character, and in our anecdotal expertise, his line tends to die down later within the night. Winnie the Pooh and his posse usually have shorter traces–most likely as a result of these characters skew youthful.
Earlier than Midnight, Meet Mickey & Minnie – After 11 pm is the very best time to go to Minnie and Mickey Mouse. For those who choose to observe the second parade from Most important Avenue, you possibly can normally race right here, beat the group, and nonetheless arrive earlier than his line is minimize. No matter if you do that, don’t do it as a part of the ‘wave’ of company exiting after the parades or fireworks–that’s when the road is longest. You both must beat these exodus crowds, or keep away from them completely.
Last Countdown – The final efficiency of Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular begins at midnight, which provides you a “bonus” 20 minutes on the finish of the occasion. This can be a good approach to lengthen Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together, however even this remaining exhibiting is crowded. Clearly, this isn’t a personality meet & greet–only a piece of recommendation we’re including since you’ll most likely be performed with characters by midnight and there’s an excellent probability you didn’t see this earlier in the event you had been aggressive with the character looking. Take pleasure in this satisfying finish to your night!
Planning a Walt Disney World journey? Find out about motels on our Walt Disney World Lodges Evaluations web page. For the place to eat, learn our Walt Disney World Restaurant Evaluations. To economize on tickets or decide which kind to purchase, learn our Suggestions for Saving Cash on Walt Disney World Tickets publish. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys publish takes a novel take a look at intelligent objects to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney World Trip Guides will assist. For complete recommendation, the very best place to begin is our Walt Disney World Journey Planning Information for every little thing it’s essential to know!
YOUR THOUGHTS
Have you ever attended Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together? Which character meet & greets are your high priorities? Did you meet Jack Skellington & Sally…or had been these traces too lengthy for you? What about Elvis Sew, Pooh’s Posse, or different uncommon characters with extra average traces? Do you disagree with something in our 1-night MNSSHP character looking plan? Any questions? Listening to your suggestions–even if you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
Meet & greets are a preferred factor to do throughout Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. This character information for the 2025 MNSSHP covers the place to seek out every spot, common wait instances, priorities & technique, and when to do high-demand M&Gs. Technique is necessary, as a result of characters may be very time-consuming, with lengthy traces losing hours of the occasion. (Up to date August 15, 2025.)
The very first thing it’s essential to know is that it’s necessary to plan forward. That’s at all times the case with Walt Disney World, but it surely’s significantly necessary for characters at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. For those who merely arrive at 7 pm when the occasion formally begins, seize a celebration map, and head to a meet & greet, you’re going to be at a definite drawback.
It’s because Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together really begins earlier than 7 pm, a number of characters meet previous to then, most traces type earlier than then, and the get together map doesn’t even record which characters seem the place. That’s the unhealthy information…for the typical attendee of Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. That’s excellent news for everybody who reads this, as you’ll have a couple of hours headstart, throughout which the principle factor to do is meet characters at MNSSHP…
Earlier than we get began, there’s extra “unhealthy” information. You can’t probably meet each single character at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together in a single evening. You’re going to need to make tough choices when it comes meet & greets, since you merely can not do all of them. There are air quotes round unhealthy above as a result of it is a considerably good downside to have–partly brought on by there being so many characters.
However it’s additionally partly brought on by lengthy traces at a number of of the uncommon characters, which makes the time dedication too lengthy to fulfill all of them. So it’s considerably of a blended bag. In any case, we advocate skipping any characters that you possibly can meet throughout a standard day in Magic Kingdom, or at one of many different Walt Disney World theme parks. Talking of which, for every little thing it’s essential to learn about this occasion–past characters–see our Final Information to 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together!
Talking of technique, let’s speak you thru the evening. You need to ensure you’re in Magic Kingdom together with your costume as near 4 p.m. as potential. That’s the earliest you’re allowed to enter Magic Kingdom for the pre-party “mix-in” together with your occasion ticket, and the road to enter the park normally types earlier than 3 p.m. (We advocate arriving no later than 3:30 p.m.)
For those who’re already in Magic Kingdom previous to this, we extremely advocate going to one of many wristband stations within the park relatively than exiting and re-entering. Not solely will the road be shorter, however this will provide you with a definite benefit in the event you’re planning on doing the most well-liked meet & greet on the very entrance of the park on Most important Avenue.
Right here’s a listing of all of the character areas on the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together…
Character Meet & Greets at MNSSHP
Most important Avenue USA
- Sally & Jack Skellington: City Sq. Theater (hottest meet & greet, line types at 4 pm)
- Minnie & Mickey Mouse: City Sq. Theater
Fantasyland
- Alice, Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts, Tweedle Dee, and Tweedle Dum: Outdoors the Mad Tea Get together
- Anastasia, Drizella, and Woman Tremaine: Fantasyland
- Ariel and Eric: Close to Underneath the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid
- Belle: Enchanted Tales with Belle Queue
- Gaston: Close to Gaston’s Tavern
- Pluto: Entrance to Storybook Circus
- Daisy and Goofy in Halloween Apparel: Pete’s Foolish Sideshow
- Pooh as a Bumble Bee, Piglet as a Butterfly, Eeyore as a Clown, and Tigger as a Pirate: Pooh’s Thotful Spot
Adventureland
- Aladdin, Abu, Princess Jasmine, and Genie: Agrabah Market
- Captain Jack Sparrow: Caribbean Plaza Close to Pirates of the Caribbean
Frontierland
- Shaker, Wendell & Massive Al: Frontierland (roaming)
Tomorrowland
- Elvis Sew: Throughout from Monsters Giggle Ground
Character Sightings at MNSSHP
Along with character greetings, you would possibly run into different spirits round Magic Kingdom on these frightful evenings. These are sightings versus meet & greets since you usually see the character and may possibly (in the event you’re fortunate) rating a selfie, however not a posed picture or prolonged uninterrupted interplay. We’re massive followers of character sightings, and need Walt Disney World would do extra of them.
Haunted Mansion Residents
- Hitchhiking Ghosts: Frontierland Balcony and the Diamond Horseshoe Stage (varies all through the night)
- Miss Carlotta, Madam Renatta, and Broome the Butler: Haunted Mansion Graveyard
Different Disney Characters
- Donald Duck in his Halloween Costume: Mickey’s PhilharMagic
Disney Villains
- Mom Gothel: Most important Avenue Bypass/MNSSHP Arrival Hall
- Maleficent & Evil Queen: Princess Fairytale Corridor (unconfirmed for 2025)
Mickey’s Boo to You Halloween Parade Characters
Greater than 50 characters seem in Mickey’s Boo to You Halloween Parade, which runs twice nightly from Frontierland to Most important Avenue, U.S.A. at 8:15 pm and 11:15 pm.
Listed below are the characters you’ll see in Boo to You, organized by parade unit:
- Mickey and Buddies
- Mickey Mouse
- Donald
- Minnie Mouse, Daisy and Clarabelle Cow dressed because the Sanderson Sisters
- Chip ‘n’ Dale
- Pluto
- Goofy
- Disney Animation Princesses and Princes
- Snow White
- Princess Jasmine
- Prince Aladdin
- Rapunzel
- Flynn Rider
- Disney Villains
- Captain Hook
- Mr. Smee
- Ursula
- Flotsam and Jetsam
- Cruella De Vil
- Horace and Jasper
- Queen of Hearts
- Ache and Panic
- Oogie Boogie from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas
- Anastasia and Drizella
- Dr. Facilier
- Bowler Hat Man
- Foulfellow
- Gideon
- Jafar
- Maleficent
- The Queen
- Mom Gothel
- Disney Parks Characters
- Haunted Mansion Gravediggers
- Constance Hatchaway
- Hitchhiking Ghosts
- Wendell, Massive Al, Shaker, and Romeo McGrowl
- Different Traditional Characters
- Dopey
- Alice
- Mad Hatter
- Pooh
- Tigger
- Misplaced Boys
- Peter Pan
- Wendy
- Tinker Bell
- Captain Jack Sparrow
- Captain Hector Barbossa
- Clara Cluck
- Vanellope von Schweetz
- Ralph
MNSSHP Character Technique & Wait Occasions
Longest Strains for Characters
- Jack Skellington and Sally – 90 Minutes to 4 Hours
- Elvis Sew – 45 t0 90 Minutes
- Tigger, Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore – 45 to 60 Minutes
- Princess Daisy & Pirate Goofy – 45 to 60 Minutes
- Minnie & Mickey Mouse – 10 to 60 Minutes
We can not stress sufficient the diploma to which the above are estimates. Even those with big ranges. For instance, we’ve waited lower than 10 minutes for Jack Skellington and Sally on Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together nights up to now. That’s an excessive instance, as these had been dates that had been impacted by extremely wet nights and/or hurricane scares…however that’s changing into an more and more frequent phenomenon, so don’t depend it out.
On different events, we’ve waited much less time than the ranges above due to extraordinary timing. Both we jumped in line at simply the proper time originally of the evening, or on the finish of the evening. However it’s not all excellent news. We’ve additionally averted traces that had been really longer than 2-3 hours on the excessive finish, with staffing shortages, significantly sizzling climate, or colossal crowds skewing the wait instances for standard meet & greets above the aforementioned averages.
Characters That Usually Meet Early
- Jack Skellington and Sally – Roughly 4:30 p.m.
- Elvis Sew – Roughly 6:30 p.m.
- Tigger, Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore – Roughly 6:30 p.m.
Once more, these are approximations, they usually’re primarily based on previous precedent versus 2025. Since they’re unofficial and unpublished, they’re additionally topic to vary. Truly, it’s not simply these characters who’re topic to vary. Each different character is meant to come back out at 7 p.m., however that doesn’t at all times occur.
Considered one of our go-to meet & greets is inside Storybook Circus; there have been instances after they’ve come out at 6:45 p.m, and different events after they haven’t proven up till virtually 7:15 p.m.
Clearly, we don’t attend each single Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. That may shortly get ridiculously costly! Nevertheless, we’ve been doing this yearly since 2007, and attended over a dozen events in 2019 alone. From that, we’ve realized a ton…however there’s nonetheless a whole lot of inconsistency and variability.
Simply one thing of which you ought to be conscious as you propose the characters you need to meet–and every little thing else you’ll do throughout MNSSHP. You might be able to accomplish far much less–or far more–than is listed in our 1-Night time Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together Plan! With that in thoughts, right here’s our optimum strategy to characters throughout the occasion…
What’s This? What’s This? There’s Folks In every single place! – Jack Skellington and Sally meet in City Sq. Theater beginning round 4:30 p.m., which is why it’s extremely advantageous to get your get together wristband early and “beat” the get together mix-in company arriving by way of the entrance entrance. For those who may be within the foyer of City Sq. Theater proper when the road opens at 4:00 p.m., you may be out of right here by 5:30 p.m. or earlier.
For those who don’t get into Magic Kingdom till 4:15 p.m. and line up then, it’s potential you received’t be out of line till round 7 p.m. in the event you get unfortunate. Significantly, quarter-hour may be that a lot of a distinction.
Our expectation is that this line is even longer on the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together attributable to Jack Skellington’s new head. Significantly (once more). It’s one of many few new issues, so many followers will make this a high precedence for a contemporary picture with the new-look character.
It’s Off to Storybook Circus We Go – For those who’re too gradual for Jack Skellington and Sally, or in the event you’re actually quick and are out of there early, otherwise you merely don’t care about Nightmare Earlier than Christmas characters, Storybook Circus generally is a good decide.
The issue right here is that it’s unclear whether or not this meet & greet will begin early throughout the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. This was once the Seven Dwarfs, and it will then. Then it switched to Minnie, Daisy, Donald & Goofy final yr. Each of these meet & greets have been retired. Now it’s simply Daisy and Goofy for 2025. It might not open early, wherein case there’s no sense in prioritizing it.
These characters meet in Pete’s Foolish Sideshow, which is within the deepest nook of Magic Kingdom. On account of that–and the meet & greet not beginning fairly as early–the road usually doesn’t type as quick. (If it’s a sizzling day, the road can also be slower to type as a result of the wait begins outside within the solar.) You possibly can arrive right here round 5 p.m. and nonetheless be effective–probably even 5:30 p.m.
Pooh’s Posse – For those who begin with the Storybook Circus characters, it’s straightforward to then bounce over to the Pooh line by the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh in Fantasyland. That is additionally probably the most standard meet & greets at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together.
All 4 meet collectively, they usually solely take one picture per visitor. It felt much less like a meet & greet and extra like a “picture meeting line.” On the plus aspect, the wait wasn’t practically so long as it has been up to now.
Skip the Strains! – For those who observe the above technique, it’s most likely going to be someday between 7:30 p.m. and eight p.m. if you’re lastly completed. That is the purpose within the get together when the character meet & greet traces are longest. So, except you’re a hardcore hunter of characters, it’s time to do one thing else. (Or you possibly can persist with characters, however you danger burnout.)
One possibility is to as an alternative hit up the dance events and areas of Frontierland and Fantasyland which have free-roaming characters to “skip” the traces and nonetheless get your character repair. For those who do see free-roaming characters, go work together with them! They usually don’t get very lengthy waits regardless of if you go and they’re, and may be tons of enjoyable.
Put up-Fireworks – We don’t advocate anybody skip Mickey’s Boo-to-You Halloween Parade or Disney’s Not-So-Spooky Spectacular Fireworks. For those who watch each, that’s going to occupy you from round 8:45 p.m. (assuming you don’t wait till the final minute for a parade spot) till 10:45 p.m. After that, you possibly can resume character looking.
One good possibility right here is making a beeline to City Sq. Theater after the fireworks. For those who watch from the tip of Most important Avenue close to the Prepare Station and are quick, you possibly can probably catch the road for Jack Skellington and Sally when it’s shortest. That is additionally an excellent time for Mickey Mouse in the event you’ve already knocked out a lot of the extra standard characters.
Now can also be an excellent time for the Aladdin characters and Captain Jack Sparrow in Adventureland or the royalty in Fantasyland.
Final Name for Uncommon Characters – In contrast to points of interest, you can’t line up for characters till 11:59 pm. Most traces for uncommon characters get minimize round 11 p.m., but it surely actually varies primarily based on crowds and demand (Disney’s purpose is to have the final company out of line as near midnight as potential–however that always runs over).
Accordingly, you actually need to be in line for any of the ‘longest traces’ record by 11 p.m. There have been instances after we’ve had luck leaping into line as late as 11:15 p.m.; on different events, we had been denied shortly earlier than 11. We’re followers of doing Elvis Sew as our “final name” character, and in our anecdotal expertise, his line tends to die down later within the night. Winnie the Pooh and his posse usually have shorter traces–most likely as a result of these characters skew youthful.
Earlier than Midnight, Meet Mickey & Minnie – After 11 pm is the very best time to go to Minnie and Mickey Mouse. For those who choose to observe the second parade from Most important Avenue, you possibly can normally race right here, beat the group, and nonetheless arrive earlier than his line is minimize. No matter if you do that, don’t do it as a part of the ‘wave’ of company exiting after the parades or fireworks–that’s when the road is longest. You both must beat these exodus crowds, or keep away from them completely.
Last Countdown – The final efficiency of Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular begins at midnight, which provides you a “bonus” 20 minutes on the finish of the occasion. This can be a good approach to lengthen Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together, however even this remaining exhibiting is crowded. Clearly, this isn’t a personality meet & greet–only a piece of recommendation we’re including since you’ll most likely be performed with characters by midnight and there’s an excellent probability you didn’t see this earlier in the event you had been aggressive with the character looking. Take pleasure in this satisfying finish to your night!
Planning a Walt Disney World journey? Find out about motels on our Walt Disney World Lodges Evaluations web page. For the place to eat, learn our Walt Disney World Restaurant Evaluations. To economize on tickets or decide which kind to purchase, learn our Suggestions for Saving Cash on Walt Disney World Tickets publish. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys publish takes a novel take a look at intelligent objects to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney World Trip Guides will assist. For complete recommendation, the very best place to begin is our Walt Disney World Journey Planning Information for every little thing it’s essential to know!
YOUR THOUGHTS
Have you ever attended Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together? Which character meet & greets are your high priorities? Did you meet Jack Skellington & Sally…or had been these traces too lengthy for you? What about Elvis Sew, Pooh’s Posse, or different uncommon characters with extra average traces? Do you disagree with something in our 1-night MNSSHP character looking plan? Any questions? Listening to your suggestions–even if you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
Meet & greets are a preferred factor to do throughout Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. This character information for the 2025 MNSSHP covers the place to seek out every spot, common wait instances, priorities & technique, and when to do high-demand M&Gs. Technique is necessary, as a result of characters may be very time-consuming, with lengthy traces losing hours of the occasion. (Up to date August 15, 2025.)
The very first thing it’s essential to know is that it’s necessary to plan forward. That’s at all times the case with Walt Disney World, but it surely’s significantly necessary for characters at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. For those who merely arrive at 7 pm when the occasion formally begins, seize a celebration map, and head to a meet & greet, you’re going to be at a definite drawback.
It’s because Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together really begins earlier than 7 pm, a number of characters meet previous to then, most traces type earlier than then, and the get together map doesn’t even record which characters seem the place. That’s the unhealthy information…for the typical attendee of Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. That’s excellent news for everybody who reads this, as you’ll have a couple of hours headstart, throughout which the principle factor to do is meet characters at MNSSHP…
Earlier than we get began, there’s extra “unhealthy” information. You can’t probably meet each single character at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together in a single evening. You’re going to need to make tough choices when it comes meet & greets, since you merely can not do all of them. There are air quotes round unhealthy above as a result of it is a considerably good downside to have–partly brought on by there being so many characters.
However it’s additionally partly brought on by lengthy traces at a number of of the uncommon characters, which makes the time dedication too lengthy to fulfill all of them. So it’s considerably of a blended bag. In any case, we advocate skipping any characters that you possibly can meet throughout a standard day in Magic Kingdom, or at one of many different Walt Disney World theme parks. Talking of which, for every little thing it’s essential to learn about this occasion–past characters–see our Final Information to 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together!
Talking of technique, let’s speak you thru the evening. You need to ensure you’re in Magic Kingdom together with your costume as near 4 p.m. as potential. That’s the earliest you’re allowed to enter Magic Kingdom for the pre-party “mix-in” together with your occasion ticket, and the road to enter the park normally types earlier than 3 p.m. (We advocate arriving no later than 3:30 p.m.)
For those who’re already in Magic Kingdom previous to this, we extremely advocate going to one of many wristband stations within the park relatively than exiting and re-entering. Not solely will the road be shorter, however this will provide you with a definite benefit in the event you’re planning on doing the most well-liked meet & greet on the very entrance of the park on Most important Avenue.
Right here’s a listing of all of the character areas on the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together…
Character Meet & Greets at MNSSHP
Most important Avenue USA
- Sally & Jack Skellington: City Sq. Theater (hottest meet & greet, line types at 4 pm)
- Minnie & Mickey Mouse: City Sq. Theater
Fantasyland
- Alice, Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts, Tweedle Dee, and Tweedle Dum: Outdoors the Mad Tea Get together
- Anastasia, Drizella, and Woman Tremaine: Fantasyland
- Ariel and Eric: Close to Underneath the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid
- Belle: Enchanted Tales with Belle Queue
- Gaston: Close to Gaston’s Tavern
- Pluto: Entrance to Storybook Circus
- Daisy and Goofy in Halloween Apparel: Pete’s Foolish Sideshow
- Pooh as a Bumble Bee, Piglet as a Butterfly, Eeyore as a Clown, and Tigger as a Pirate: Pooh’s Thotful Spot
Adventureland
- Aladdin, Abu, Princess Jasmine, and Genie: Agrabah Market
- Captain Jack Sparrow: Caribbean Plaza Close to Pirates of the Caribbean
Frontierland
- Shaker, Wendell & Massive Al: Frontierland (roaming)
Tomorrowland
- Elvis Sew: Throughout from Monsters Giggle Ground
Character Sightings at MNSSHP
Along with character greetings, you would possibly run into different spirits round Magic Kingdom on these frightful evenings. These are sightings versus meet & greets since you usually see the character and may possibly (in the event you’re fortunate) rating a selfie, however not a posed picture or prolonged uninterrupted interplay. We’re massive followers of character sightings, and need Walt Disney World would do extra of them.
Haunted Mansion Residents
- Hitchhiking Ghosts: Frontierland Balcony and the Diamond Horseshoe Stage (varies all through the night)
- Miss Carlotta, Madam Renatta, and Broome the Butler: Haunted Mansion Graveyard
Different Disney Characters
- Donald Duck in his Halloween Costume: Mickey’s PhilharMagic
Disney Villains
- Mom Gothel: Most important Avenue Bypass/MNSSHP Arrival Hall
- Maleficent & Evil Queen: Princess Fairytale Corridor (unconfirmed for 2025)
Mickey’s Boo to You Halloween Parade Characters
Greater than 50 characters seem in Mickey’s Boo to You Halloween Parade, which runs twice nightly from Frontierland to Most important Avenue, U.S.A. at 8:15 pm and 11:15 pm.
Listed below are the characters you’ll see in Boo to You, organized by parade unit:
- Mickey and Buddies
- Mickey Mouse
- Donald
- Minnie Mouse, Daisy and Clarabelle Cow dressed because the Sanderson Sisters
- Chip ‘n’ Dale
- Pluto
- Goofy
- Disney Animation Princesses and Princes
- Snow White
- Princess Jasmine
- Prince Aladdin
- Rapunzel
- Flynn Rider
- Disney Villains
- Captain Hook
- Mr. Smee
- Ursula
- Flotsam and Jetsam
- Cruella De Vil
- Horace and Jasper
- Queen of Hearts
- Ache and Panic
- Oogie Boogie from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas
- Anastasia and Drizella
- Dr. Facilier
- Bowler Hat Man
- Foulfellow
- Gideon
- Jafar
- Maleficent
- The Queen
- Mom Gothel
- Disney Parks Characters
- Haunted Mansion Gravediggers
- Constance Hatchaway
- Hitchhiking Ghosts
- Wendell, Massive Al, Shaker, and Romeo McGrowl
- Different Traditional Characters
- Dopey
- Alice
- Mad Hatter
- Pooh
- Tigger
- Misplaced Boys
- Peter Pan
- Wendy
- Tinker Bell
- Captain Jack Sparrow
- Captain Hector Barbossa
- Clara Cluck
- Vanellope von Schweetz
- Ralph
MNSSHP Character Technique & Wait Occasions
Longest Strains for Characters
- Jack Skellington and Sally – 90 Minutes to 4 Hours
- Elvis Sew – 45 t0 90 Minutes
- Tigger, Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore – 45 to 60 Minutes
- Princess Daisy & Pirate Goofy – 45 to 60 Minutes
- Minnie & Mickey Mouse – 10 to 60 Minutes
We can not stress sufficient the diploma to which the above are estimates. Even those with big ranges. For instance, we’ve waited lower than 10 minutes for Jack Skellington and Sally on Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together nights up to now. That’s an excessive instance, as these had been dates that had been impacted by extremely wet nights and/or hurricane scares…however that’s changing into an more and more frequent phenomenon, so don’t depend it out.
On different events, we’ve waited much less time than the ranges above due to extraordinary timing. Both we jumped in line at simply the proper time originally of the evening, or on the finish of the evening. However it’s not all excellent news. We’ve additionally averted traces that had been really longer than 2-3 hours on the excessive finish, with staffing shortages, significantly sizzling climate, or colossal crowds skewing the wait instances for standard meet & greets above the aforementioned averages.
Characters That Usually Meet Early
- Jack Skellington and Sally – Roughly 4:30 p.m.
- Elvis Sew – Roughly 6:30 p.m.
- Tigger, Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore – Roughly 6:30 p.m.
Once more, these are approximations, they usually’re primarily based on previous precedent versus 2025. Since they’re unofficial and unpublished, they’re additionally topic to vary. Truly, it’s not simply these characters who’re topic to vary. Each different character is meant to come back out at 7 p.m., however that doesn’t at all times occur.
Considered one of our go-to meet & greets is inside Storybook Circus; there have been instances after they’ve come out at 6:45 p.m, and different events after they haven’t proven up till virtually 7:15 p.m.
Clearly, we don’t attend each single Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. That may shortly get ridiculously costly! Nevertheless, we’ve been doing this yearly since 2007, and attended over a dozen events in 2019 alone. From that, we’ve realized a ton…however there’s nonetheless a whole lot of inconsistency and variability.
Simply one thing of which you ought to be conscious as you propose the characters you need to meet–and every little thing else you’ll do throughout MNSSHP. You might be able to accomplish far much less–or far more–than is listed in our 1-Night time Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together Plan! With that in thoughts, right here’s our optimum strategy to characters throughout the occasion…
What’s This? What’s This? There’s Folks In every single place! – Jack Skellington and Sally meet in City Sq. Theater beginning round 4:30 p.m., which is why it’s extremely advantageous to get your get together wristband early and “beat” the get together mix-in company arriving by way of the entrance entrance. For those who may be within the foyer of City Sq. Theater proper when the road opens at 4:00 p.m., you may be out of right here by 5:30 p.m. or earlier.
For those who don’t get into Magic Kingdom till 4:15 p.m. and line up then, it’s potential you received’t be out of line till round 7 p.m. in the event you get unfortunate. Significantly, quarter-hour may be that a lot of a distinction.
Our expectation is that this line is even longer on the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together attributable to Jack Skellington’s new head. Significantly (once more). It’s one of many few new issues, so many followers will make this a high precedence for a contemporary picture with the new-look character.
It’s Off to Storybook Circus We Go – For those who’re too gradual for Jack Skellington and Sally, or in the event you’re actually quick and are out of there early, otherwise you merely don’t care about Nightmare Earlier than Christmas characters, Storybook Circus generally is a good decide.
The issue right here is that it’s unclear whether or not this meet & greet will begin early throughout the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. This was once the Seven Dwarfs, and it will then. Then it switched to Minnie, Daisy, Donald & Goofy final yr. Each of these meet & greets have been retired. Now it’s simply Daisy and Goofy for 2025. It might not open early, wherein case there’s no sense in prioritizing it.
These characters meet in Pete’s Foolish Sideshow, which is within the deepest nook of Magic Kingdom. On account of that–and the meet & greet not beginning fairly as early–the road usually doesn’t type as quick. (If it’s a sizzling day, the road can also be slower to type as a result of the wait begins outside within the solar.) You possibly can arrive right here round 5 p.m. and nonetheless be effective–probably even 5:30 p.m.
Pooh’s Posse – For those who begin with the Storybook Circus characters, it’s straightforward to then bounce over to the Pooh line by the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh in Fantasyland. That is additionally probably the most standard meet & greets at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together.
All 4 meet collectively, they usually solely take one picture per visitor. It felt much less like a meet & greet and extra like a “picture meeting line.” On the plus aspect, the wait wasn’t practically so long as it has been up to now.
Skip the Strains! – For those who observe the above technique, it’s most likely going to be someday between 7:30 p.m. and eight p.m. if you’re lastly completed. That is the purpose within the get together when the character meet & greet traces are longest. So, except you’re a hardcore hunter of characters, it’s time to do one thing else. (Or you possibly can persist with characters, however you danger burnout.)
One possibility is to as an alternative hit up the dance events and areas of Frontierland and Fantasyland which have free-roaming characters to “skip” the traces and nonetheless get your character repair. For those who do see free-roaming characters, go work together with them! They usually don’t get very lengthy waits regardless of if you go and they’re, and may be tons of enjoyable.
Put up-Fireworks – We don’t advocate anybody skip Mickey’s Boo-to-You Halloween Parade or Disney’s Not-So-Spooky Spectacular Fireworks. For those who watch each, that’s going to occupy you from round 8:45 p.m. (assuming you don’t wait till the final minute for a parade spot) till 10:45 p.m. After that, you possibly can resume character looking.
One good possibility right here is making a beeline to City Sq. Theater after the fireworks. For those who watch from the tip of Most important Avenue close to the Prepare Station and are quick, you possibly can probably catch the road for Jack Skellington and Sally when it’s shortest. That is additionally an excellent time for Mickey Mouse in the event you’ve already knocked out a lot of the extra standard characters.
Now can also be an excellent time for the Aladdin characters and Captain Jack Sparrow in Adventureland or the royalty in Fantasyland.
Final Name for Uncommon Characters – In contrast to points of interest, you can’t line up for characters till 11:59 pm. Most traces for uncommon characters get minimize round 11 p.m., but it surely actually varies primarily based on crowds and demand (Disney’s purpose is to have the final company out of line as near midnight as potential–however that always runs over).
Accordingly, you actually need to be in line for any of the ‘longest traces’ record by 11 p.m. There have been instances after we’ve had luck leaping into line as late as 11:15 p.m.; on different events, we had been denied shortly earlier than 11. We’re followers of doing Elvis Sew as our “final name” character, and in our anecdotal expertise, his line tends to die down later within the night. Winnie the Pooh and his posse usually have shorter traces–most likely as a result of these characters skew youthful.
Earlier than Midnight, Meet Mickey & Minnie – After 11 pm is the very best time to go to Minnie and Mickey Mouse. For those who choose to observe the second parade from Most important Avenue, you possibly can normally race right here, beat the group, and nonetheless arrive earlier than his line is minimize. No matter if you do that, don’t do it as a part of the ‘wave’ of company exiting after the parades or fireworks–that’s when the road is longest. You both must beat these exodus crowds, or keep away from them completely.
Last Countdown – The final efficiency of Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular begins at midnight, which provides you a “bonus” 20 minutes on the finish of the occasion. This can be a good approach to lengthen Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together, however even this remaining exhibiting is crowded. Clearly, this isn’t a personality meet & greet–only a piece of recommendation we’re including since you’ll most likely be performed with characters by midnight and there’s an excellent probability you didn’t see this earlier in the event you had been aggressive with the character looking. Take pleasure in this satisfying finish to your night!
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YOUR THOUGHTS
Have you ever attended Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together? Which character meet & greets are your high priorities? Did you meet Jack Skellington & Sally…or had been these traces too lengthy for you? What about Elvis Sew, Pooh’s Posse, or different uncommon characters with extra average traces? Do you disagree with something in our 1-night MNSSHP character looking plan? Any questions? Listening to your suggestions–even if you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
