Like everyone else, my head is sort of spinning trying to sort through these 2025 prices for Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party. It’s not really so much that the increases were unexpected (they never are) or that the party definitely can’t be worth it, because if it was “worth it” to enough people last year, a relatively standard uptick in prices won’t change that.
Really, there are two things that have got me writing yet another Not So Scary post today (well, three—I had too much sugar with lunch). First, we’ve continued to see prices go up and up over the years without the party changing that much. Second, I had to type “A family of two adults and two children would spend around $954 to visit on [Halloween]” earlier today, and seeing that number—so close to $1000—really caught my eye.
I concluded that pricing point with the truth—I don’t really want to evaluate the “worth it” question again until I attend the party in August. But as I thought about it, I decided there was at least a little work I could do. (FWIW you can read my overall thoughts on the party over in our Complete Guide to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party).
How much are prices really up?
The lowest price for Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party is unchanged from last year—$119 pre-tax per adult. But at the upper end, we’ve gone from $199 (pretending to not be $200) to $229 (not even pretending to stay close to $200). They ripped that bandaid off. This naturally invites the question—will there be $30 worth of new things this year?
Again, with this huge increase confined to All Hallows’ Eve and All Hallows’ Eve Eve, it’s maybe not the proper question. Those dates see huge demand, so it’s not shocking to see Disney really push the limits on those days. But, for the sake of wanting to write more today, let’s run with it…
What’s New at Not So Scary In 2025?
Let’s talk about what’s new at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party in 2025.
Jack gets a fa—er, skull-lift. You can see over on the Disney Parks instagram that Jack Skellington will debut a new head this year. I think it looks pretty cool, and it’s certainly an improvement on his old look, seen above.
Mickey & Minnie Greeting. Disney explains that, “Mickey and Minnie will, for the first time, greet guests together in their Halloween costumes” at Town Square Theater.
The unfortunate truth here is that this basically will just take some pressure off of the Jack and Sally greeting, which is going to be more popular than ever because of Jack’s new face (see above). We’ve met Minnie at the party before with little issue. This greeting will have Mickey (yay!) but probably quite long lines (boo…get it?). I’d call it a lateral move, honestly.
New Character Surprises. Last year saw the welcome addition to some characters to the trick-or-treat lines, like Maleficent, above. I think it’s really cool to get to see these characters up close-ish, and Disney is implying we’ll have “even more” of these this year.
New Zombies 4 Dance Party. Disney has confirmed this will take place at Rockettower Stage. It replaces the Descendants dance party, so I’m not sure that would really qualify as new.
So, overall, we’ve got what I’d consider tweaks, not real upgrades.
I’d be interested to know what the balance of new and returning guests at these parties is like. We’re definitely experiencing party-price fatigue as Zoe gets older, with the tentative plan being to limit Zoe to one party a year (rather than both).
But we’re atypical guests. I suspect many locals who have lower-cost annual passes feel this splurge is a nice treat. Travelers approach this with a completely different lens, and parents traveling near to Halloween may feel like they have little say in the matter.
And all of this “what’s new” sort of misses the forest for just a handful of trees. The not new things are exceptional treats. When you’re feeling nickeled and dimed, it’s natural to ask where those nickels and dimes are going. But the bigger picture is that somehow we’ve been forking over well over $100 per person for these parties for years now, and until that slows, Disney will probably just keep riding the wave.
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