Well, we managed to go to the first Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party of the year, and it was an EXPERIENCE. We saw and did everything we could do: we checked out all the cool merchandise, we watched the parade and the fireworks, and we ate a ton of party-exclusive snacks.

Trick-or-treating

We also did a lot of trick-or-treating because if you’re going to pay for a ticket for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, you might as well get all the free candy you can, right? However, we noticed an interesting trend with trick-or-treating this year that we wanted to share.

So one of our best pieces of advice for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party in previous years has been to wait to go trick-or-treating because if you wait until right before the party ends, you’ll be able to trick-or-treat to your heart’s content with shorter lines. However, we guess word got out about that little tip, because that has CHANGED.

Treat trail

In fact, we were SHOCKED at just how many people were trick-or-treating at the end of the party. The lines for treat trails were longer than we expected. Before, you could just breeze on through the treat trails and even do them multiple times and stock up on a lot of candy fast, but that’s no longer the case.

Treat trail

So our best piece of advice now is to just not wait to do your trick-or-treating. You might as well just hit up the treat trails as you’re making your way around Magic Kingdom during the party (and then you don’t have to worry about backtracking). Still, we’re disappointed that our little trick for speeding through treat trails is no longer really valid. Boo (To You).

Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party Treat Bag

We’ll be sure to keep you updated on our best tips and tricks for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, so stay tuned to DFB for more.

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