Hollywood Studios After Hour Event: Dealing with Disney take on this event
Hollywood Studios After Hour Event:
So.. My experience with the Special Ticket after hours event at Hollywood Studios.
Let me tell you! This event is GOLDEN!!! Is it pricey? Well, yes
What is not pricey at Disney?
Is it worth it? YES
Hollywood Studios After Hour tickets are available just one night a week as a ticket option. Currently there are a no nights available during the holiday party season but hoping it is added back to weekly availability starting in January. I am not sure though. It is still good to learn about past events to get better perspective on possible new events.
Cost for our ticket: $135.00 (w/o tax)
Normal daily ticket: starts at $109.00
What you get:
· Character Greetings
· Mickey Mouse
· Minnie Mouse
· BB-8
· Chewbacca
· Kylo Ren
· Olaf
· Toy Story Land Pals
My perspective, it is paying a little more than a full day ticket price. You only can enter at 7pm and stay 3 extra hours after park closing. So, you get park time before park closes PLUS you get 3 hours of VERY limited guests/crowd levels.
When you enter for the party, there is a designated entry (lots of signs). They provide you with special wristbands to have to separate you from the regular guests. You still must go through security/bag check and Park entry process. I still recommended giving yourself 60 minutes travel time to arrive and go through entry process. Disney Transportation is available during these events and a full hour after the event.
Even when entering park at 7pm during normal hours, it was not bad crowd wise. We had dinner before we went to the park. We walked around, did a couple of rides while park was still open on rides with lower queues.
We walked in the shops and lands to just enjoy the ambiance of being there.
Once the party started, we literally walked on every ride! We even took our time during our stay. We have 3 children in vast age ranges; 7, 14, 19 with different ride/thrill level interests. We could have done way more but we took turns on doing attractions each one wanted (so lots of back and forth across park-which was fine for us). We did EVERYTHING we wanted to do with ease just during those 3 extra hours than we could have with a full day regular park ticket. (this may be ideal for guests with special needs that can’t handle crowds or wait times). It was completely awesome to hop back and forth between Rock’n’Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror for walk on rides! --of course, after so many rides and me ‘old’ now ☹ --I did get extremely nauseous, luckily, we were pretty much done anyway! As we were walking back to car, I was constantly looking at what bushes may be available! Yes, that bad!
One Note: We asked to ride in the sections of attraction we preferred ! This was GREAT!
One Note: We asked to ride in the sections of attraction we preferred ! This was GREAT!
Another HUGE advantage, since we came in late to the park, we literally had first row parking in first section of lot, could not get any closer! Score!
Another bonus!! Free Mickey Bars, Ice cream sandwiches and Frozen Fruit Bars, Free Popcorn and bottled coke products such as coke, sprite, Dasani and water.. This was fabulous!!!
Towards end of the night, the cast members were trying to pan off all their goods. Some guests were taking merchandise bags and filling them with bottled drinks. I can’t lie, we did it too! We saw two cast-members trying to give a box full of ice cream away. We could not take this, not sure how many people would be able to actually take this and keep it frozen from park to resort or home.. But kudos to the gesture.
You can also avoid the summer heat by taking advantage of these after hour event parties. The temperature was perfect for us during the event. We wore T-shirts and shorts and it just felt wonderful. I actually got a tad chilly late at night and this was Mid July in FL! That says quite a bit! The next morning, we slept in and enjoyed our resort.
We were even able to meet so many characters this trip: Bo & Woody, Olaf, Mickey & Minnie. We could have met more but we have already met so many over the years. This is great for those who have not and want to!
Reminder: You are up late!! We left the park about 1:30 am.. With a 7-year-old. Now, I did have her stay up late for a couple of months prior to this event to build her endurance in staying up late. That helped a good bit!
Great advantage: Awesome Photopass shots and/or personal scenic pictures. Since there were so few people in the park, we were not having to wait or dodge around other guests to get some pictures we wanted!
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