Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party is a special ticketed event at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom that typically runs from mid-August to Halloween. In 2025, it ran on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from August 15th to October 31st. On those days, Magic Kingdom closes at 6PM for regular guests. The Party officially starts at 7PM, but Party guests can start entering the park at 4PM.

Magic Kingdom is decorated for Halloween from mid-August, but the Party features a ton of unique events, shows, and activities such as:

• Trick or treating around the park at designated treat tails
• Special characters that you typically don’t see during the rest of the year
• Special entertainment like Mickey’s Boo-To-You Halloween Parade, Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular, and Disney’s Not-So-Spooky Spectacular Fireworks show
• Special Halloween-only twists on attractions like Space Mountain, Haunted Mansion, and Mad Tea Party
• Specialty food and beverages that are only available during the event hours

In addition, if you time it correctly, you can also take advantage of shorter wait times for popular rides at the Magic Kingdom such as Tron, Space Mountain, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, Seven Dwarves Mine Train, and Peter Pan.

On our visit, we got into the park around 4:15PM and immediately got our wristbands and treat bags. We checked the wait times, and decided to ride Small World, Peter Pan, and Pirates of the Caribbean in the time before the party started. After that, we did some treat trails and then beelined over to The Haunted Mansion. The interactive graveyard at HM doesn’t start until 7:15PM, so make sure you don’t miss it.

After HM, we headed over to Frontierland to watch the 8:15PM Mickey’s Boo-To-You Halloween Parade, which featured a ton of Disney villains that you only see during the Party. The Parade runs about 15 minutes, so you have plenty of time afterwards to hit some rides. We did some Treat Trails, Space Mountain, and Seven Dwarves Mine Train before the 10:00PM Not-So-Spooky Spectacular Fireworks Show.

After the fireworks show, we scooted over to Town Square to meet Mickey and Minnie in their Halloween costumes! I also got to meet Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet, and Tigger in their Halloween costumes as well.

The boys ended the night at Tron, where the wait time was now down to just 20 minutes, while I did several Treat Trails. The Treat Trails at Princess Fairytale Hall had two villains waiting for us. We got to interact with the Evil Queen and Maleficent. Another lesser seen villain that you can interact with during Not-So-Scary is Cruella.

Some tips:

• I tracked the wait times in the Disney app for a few weeks before our Party date. If you want to meet Mickey and Minnie, the shortest wait times (10-15 minutes) is during the 2 parades and the fireworks show. All other times, it’s about 40-50 minutes.
• The shortest wait time for Space Mountain is anytime after 8PM. It stays consistently low throughout the night, so don’t worry too much about making it a priority.
• The wait times for Tron range anywhere between 30-45 minutes for the first 2 hours of the night, so plan to do that later in the night. We waited about 20 minutes around 11:15PM.
• The Treat Trails in Storybrook Circus are pretty quiet near the end of the night. If you swing by in the last 15-20 minutes of the Party, they start giving out first fulls of candy.
• If seeing Max as Powerline is a priority for you, make sure you’re at Main Street, USA for the pre-parade dance. He only performs at Main Street, USA prior to the parade. If it’s not a priority, then I recommend seeing the parade in Frontierland. It starts right by Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe, and cast members take down the ropes as soon as it finishes, meaning you can head out to other rides/activities as soon as it’s done without having to wait for it to go down to Main Street, USA.

All in all, I think if you’re at Disney World during one of the days Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party is running, I highly recommend that you do it. For our date, which was 2 Sundays before Halloween, it was about $224 per person. A standard Magic Kingdom ticket for that date was running $184 per person, so for just $40 more you get to experience all the cool holiday-themed activities, shows, and characters. I definitely thought it was worth it!