I’d imagine that for many kids the highlight of the party is trick-or-treating around Magic Kingdom. I know it was for my kiddo!

When you first enter the park you will be directed to the side of Main Street USA and be given a trick or treat bag.

Then you’ll get your first trick or treating stop and will be handed about six pieces of chilled candy!

This begins at 4 pm, even though the party doesn’t officially start until 7 pm.

There are 16 designated candy hand-out locations all around the park which are marked by these large blow-up signs. The lines for candy at these stations were extremely long from 7 – 8:30 pm. I would suggest waiting to hit them up until after that if you can!

There is also candy handed out after some headliner attractions. We were given candy when we got off of Splash Mountain and Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin (I’m sure they give out candy after other attractions as well).

This candy should be enough to tide the kids over until later when the treat station lines die down!

Here is a sampling of what we got – it was really good candy!

 

If anyone in your party has a food allergy, let the cast members know when you pick up your bag. You will be given special colored bags that indicate you need allergy-friendly candy.

Cast members at the candy stations will give you tokens you can redeem for safe treats at Liberty Square Ticket Office and Town Square Theater.

The Hocus Pocus Villian Spelltacular stage show is not-to-be-missed – even with little kids! It involves projections on the castle, singing, dancing, and some pyrotechnics.

It occurs three times nightly at parties until September 28th (8:30, 10:45, and 12:00) and at parties after that four times nightly (7:40, 8:35, 10:45, and 12:00). I estimate it lasted about 15-20 minutes.

My five-year-old daughter loved seeing all the villains dance! We arrived at the first nightly showing only a few minutes before the show began and were able to find a place to watch fairly close to the stage on the right side of the castle.

We loved the special fireworks show at Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween party – Disney’s Not So Spooky Spectacular. It occurs nightly at 10:15 pm.

We were able to snag a decent spot to view on Main Street right before the show began. It contains character appearances, projections on the castle, villain songs from a bunch of Disney movies, and unique Halloween-themed fireworks.

One of the highlights of the party is checking out all of the other guests’ costumes! This was probably my favorite aspect of the party.

Normally adults can not wear costumes in the theme parks, but the Halloween party is the exception. If you want to dress up, check out the regulations from Disney regarding costumes during the party here. 

Take time to enjoy a special Halloween-themed treat while you do some people-watching.

We got this Maleficent ice cream cone (she’s our favorite villain) at Storybook Treats for $5. It was lime soft serve in a chocolate cone and we really liked it!

 

You can check out all of the special food items available at the Halloween party in this post over at AllEars.net

Some attractions at Magic Kingdom has special features during the party. Among these are: