Dates, Pricing and More for Disney After Hours Boo Bash

19 thoughts on “Dates, Pricing and More for Disney After Hours Boo Bash”

• Answering my own question from above, all the dates are sold out. I’ll go back to the purchase tickets website weekly to see if they release any more; however, I’m a’feared that my hesitancy has cost me in this case. Shame…this would be been a nice way to start our trip.

• I understand where all these not-positive (aka negative) comments are coming from; however, I find it interesting as I type this at the end of August that tickets are currently not available. I am presuming this means this event is sold out or is there something else at play here?

• My family has been going to MNSSHP for years – except COVID years. We always plan our trip around that party and MVMCP, which means we go for the last week of October and the first week of November to catch both. We booked our trip a 6 months ago, gambling that by Oct 2021 COVID would be under control, etc. I have to say that I AM HEARTBROKEN that the Boo Bash for the only 2 dates we will be there sold out in ONE DAY. I tried and tried, but by the time I got through the next morning, it was sold out! I think that it is great that they have added additional dates in Sept and early Oct, but what about all of the people who booked their vacation around specific dates and those are all sold out? I can’t just change my whole vacation or add that many more days to our trip to encompass another date that isn’t sold out. I haven’t even had the heart to tell my family yet. We have been planning our costumes and reliving how much MNSSHP is our very favorite event at Disney. Again…. heartbroken and not sure what to do about it.

• I’m really disappointed in the pricing. We planned our trip around Halloween to go to the Not so scary Halloween party. Not only am I disappointed that is cancelled but the price for the Boo Bash is ridiculous and includes less. $170 pp for 3 hours is outrageous.

• Is it only deluxe resorts that get the option to buy tickets early? Staying at Pop Century.

  • I’m staying at Pop and my travel agent is purchasing my ticket on Tuesday. I am working with a Touring Plans TA and she has been awesome!

• I I already have reservations to attend MK on oct 26th, if we were to stay for the bash that same night; would we have to buy additional tickets or could we just stay in the park all day and attend the bash at night with our regular park ticket?

  • You need an additional ticket. Anyone that has paid for the after hour event will get a band to wear to show that they can stay for the event. Before the event, anyone without a band will be asked to leave and cast members will nicely escort you out of the MK. Without the band, you wouldn’t be able to get any snacks or go on any rides.

• Sorry but I left out one more thing: besides no fireworks and no full parade, this After Hours Event wont have any character meet-and-greets. Once again, this After Hours Event offers much less for the same price as previous After Hours Events. Of course, each person has to decide if any event is worth while, but Disney might consider what impression many of us have on their current pricing philosophy.

• We were planning on booking this but not at that price – we don’t even know if we will be allowed to travel from the U.K. to the USA and, as far as I can see, it’s non refundable so we would have to rely on our travel insurance to reimburse us if we can’t go. We’ve just had our holiday to WDW at the end of June cancelled due to Covid restrictions. So I’m guessing there are no Brits at WDW at the moment.

• Very minimal impact on park attendance, Boo Bash tickets don’t admit people until 7pm and won’t have THAT many people attending.

• We were originally planning on being at MK on august 24th, but now I’m wondering if we should switch park days to avoid a bigger crowd. How do you think the event will affect daytime attendance at the park, if at all?

• Is there any indication which “select resort guests” will be able to book on June 8th? We will be staying at the Contemporary in October and would like to go if possible. Any info or tips as to where I may check are greatly appreciated. Thanks! Katie

  • We are going in late August and just got an email today about “early booking” for Boo Bash.

  • If you’re staying at the Contemporary in October, you’ll definitely be able to buy tickets for the after hours events that take place during your stay starting on June 8.

    • Do you think Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas guests will be able to purchase tickets on June 8?

• I just told my teenage and preteen grandkids that we wont be doing Boo Bash in August given the high price – $516 this year as opposed to $316 for the longer and fuller event in 2019 – and they definitely agreed. Fewer and later hours, no fireworks or shows, while only an addition of additional snacks (ice cream, popcorn and drinks).
  As far as making money for their stockholders, I’ve been a shareholder for 37 years and exorbitant pricing isn’t good business sense. It will ultimately hurt both the public as well as the company.

  • Keep in mind that this is an After Hours event, NOT a party. The main draw of the parties is special entertainment and attraction overlays/enhancements, with the possibility of lower crowds/shorter lines that during the day.

    The main draw of After Hours events (which have always been priced higher than the Halloween/xmas parties) is nonexistent crowds/walk-on rides, with the unlimited sodas/popcorn/ice cream as a cute extra, and sometimes a “theme” to the event. Boo Bash will be just like Villains After Hours, which was also a spooooooky after hours event.

    I agree the pricing is ridiculous for what you’re getting, but the apples-to-apples comparison here would be between Boo Bash and other ‘special’ After Hours events like the villains one, not between Boo Bash and MNSSHP. You’re paying the crazy price to be in a nearly empty park, not for the Halloween fun.

    Given today’s internet-wide reaction today, it’s clear that Disney has not done a good job explaining this. They have marketed this like a temporary replacement for MNSSHP without actually mentioning MNSSHP, which leads to reactions/comments like yours. I think they would have been better served to clearly explain “We can’t do MNSSHP this year for many reasons, but plan to bring it back next year. In the meantime we are bringing back our guest-favorite After Hours events, which offers you 3 hours to ride whatever you want without waiting in any lines. Also, it will have a spooky Halloween vibe.”

    • Two points: Firstly, the Villians After Hours event had a full parade and special fireworks while Boo Bash has a smaller cavalcade and no fireworks. Secondly, except for the extra snacks (ice cream, popcorn and drinks), the Boo Bash is too similar to MNSSHP in what it includes but with fewer hours, no shows and no fireworks. So even if you compare it to a Villains After Hours event, it still would be a much lesser version to that event as well.
      I’m not so much angry at Disney as I am disappointed at their pricing. I’ve been to MNSSHP and it was the best. At the very least with covid numbers down, Disney should add value to this event by staging a full parade and fireworks show.

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