Disney Vacation Club is offering it’s members and their guests another great “Moonlight Magic” event at the Magic Kingdom. The event offers great rare characters, free snacks and rides with little or no waiting!
The Moonlight Magic events at the Magic Kingdom are held on Friday, February 24 and Friday, March 3 from 10pm to 1am. These events are already sold out, so you’d need to find a DVC member who already has extra tickets in order to be admitted. If you are attending, here’s what to expect!
Check-In
Moonlight Magic guests are invited to enter the park at 8pm using only their admission to the special event or they can attend the Magic Kingdom throughout the day with a regular ticket or Annual Pass.
Guests may get their wristbands at their DVC resort or the Transportation and Ticket Center check in center. If you are already inside the Magic Kingdom, you may pick up your wristbands at these locations:
- Stitch’s Great Escape – starting at 5:30 p.m.
- Tortuga Tavern – starting at 5:30 p.m.
- Main Entrance – starting at 7 p.m.
CHARACTER GREETINGS
Here’s where all the excitement is at! You’ll be able to see a great deal of really rare characters and characters in special costumes. Some of these characters like Clarice haven’t appeared in many years and others are quite rare.
ADVENTURELAND/LIBERTY SQUARE
- Genie/Abu (Aladdin and Jasmine’s usual spot)
- Terk/Timon (Adventureland Veranda)
- Dr. Facilier (Liberty Square Riverboat)
FRONTIERLAND
- Goofy (Frontierland Sign) – does this indicate Cowboy Goofy?
- Wendell/Big Al (Country Bear Jamboree)
FANTASYLAND
- Chicken Little/Abby Mallard (Storybook Circus Entrance)
- Max: Goofy’s Son (The Barnstormer)
- Ludwig Von Drake/Clarice (Storybook Circus Splash Zone)
- Pinocchio/Fowlfellow/Gideon (Pinocchio Village Haus)
- Cinderella/Prince Charming, Elena, Ariel/Prince Eric, Belle/Beast (Princess Fairytale Hall)
- Rapunzel/Flynn Rider (Tangled restroom area)
TOMORROWLAND
- Bowler Hat Guy (Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin)
ATTRACTIONS
ADVENTURELAND/LIBERTY SQUARE
- The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Jungle Cruise
- Haunted Mansion
FRONTIERLAND
- Splash Mountain
- Big Thunder Mountain
- Country Bear Jamboree
FANTASYLAND
- Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
- Mickey’s PhilharMagic
- Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid
- Peter Pan’s Flight
- it’s a small world
- The Barnstormer
- Mad Tea Party
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
TOMORROWLAND
- Tomorrowland Speedway
- Astro Orbiter
- Space Mountain
- Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
- Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Complimentary snacks/beverages will be available at the following locations:
- Casey’s Corner
- Tomorrowland Terrace
- Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café
- Pinocchio Village Haus
- Columbia Harbour House
- Pecos Bill Tale Tale Inn and Café
- Tortuga Tavern
Snacks available include the following: cookies, chips, carrots, apple slices & fountain beverages.
Chicken nuggets & hot dogs will also be available for purchase at select locations, while allergy-friendly options will be available at all locations. Vegetarian offerings will be available at Tomorrowland Terrace.
ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS
- Meet Disney Vacation Club executives, 9:30-11 p.m. (Lunching Pad)
- Try Everything Dance Party with Mickey Mouse/Minnie Mouse & Nick Wilde/Judy Hopps, 10 p.m.-1 a.m. (Rockettower Plaza Stage in Tomorrowland)
- Moonlight Magic Fireworks Spectacular, Midnight
Do you happen to know where I would find the information?
Do you have any information about the DVC Moonlight Magic at Disneyland Park on Nov 15? I trying to get information but everything is on DisneyWorld. I wanted to know what rides will be open and food they will be serving?
I haven’t seen any info for that party. If I do, it is usually right before the actual party.
So does that mean if you are in line for a character by 1am, you still get to meet them? They don’t pull the characters away at 1am? Ex) Could I get in line for a character at 12:59am?
That’s how it was the first night.
Jennifer, Was Constance up on the bench or was she down on the ground where you could take pics with her? Photopass photographer? Autographs? Any details would be great!!!
Oh, her. She was on bench at ride. She did take photos as she entered and exited
My family and I attended Friday evenings party. I can try and answer some of the questions people had. All the characters we saw were meeting all together. They were very interactive with your group and signed autographs. And the fireworks were awesome. Someone said they are a preview of what’s to come of the new fireworks replacing Wishes. Definitely some neat and new things they haven’t done before.
I just posted about it today :) BTW, these fireworks aren’t a preview of Happily ever after.
Characters came out starting right at 10pm. The only times I noticed they were not out all night was during the fireworks. Regular fireworks were at 9pm. Dvc firworks at 1215am. Characters were back out a few minutes after fireworks ended. I lined up for shadowman during fireworks and was 3rd in line. After fireworks ended we were able to meet shadowman, cowboy goofy, country bears and timon n terk. Abu and genie still had a long line so we skipped them. I heard all lines were open till 1am. I can say that the line for timon n terk remained open till 1am. Lonest lines were pinocchio crew and belle n beast side of princes hall. We did 8 character meet without much effort as we did 3 rides, dance party with zootopia and a 45 minute diner break at cosmic rays for free hot dogs and chicken nuggets. Not bad for 3 hours. I would line up 45 minutes early for 1st character and try to jump in a line during fireworks. Fireworks were one of the best ones i have seen. I am able to attend both parties so our goal was to get half at each and we already have darkwing from last year. Got abu and genie from parties. Prince’s too but they have new outfits so we will try to get them again.
Yes lines closed promptly at 1am
Chicken Little and Abby were together the two times we saw them.
They were all night
Clarence Hatchaway (from stretching room) was out at Haunted Mansion too.
Clarence?
Were the fireworks at the end of the night or did the characters come back out after? and were they out at all other times besides fireworks?
The fireworks were at midnight. Characters were out after that.
We met Pinocchio gang during the fireworks
12:15am Only Dr Facilier left during Fireworks. Others kept meeting.
Kenny you were correct it was cowboy goofy
Kenny they had hot dogs, chicken nuggets, foutain drinks, lays chips, chocolate chip cookies, appleslices ALL FREE. No icecream this year
We lined up at 930 for bowler hat guy and met him at 10:07
He is at the riverboat. We lined up during the fireworks as they had pulled him. He was back right after and we were 3rd in line. Its the right side against the rock wall.
Characters did sign. Most had photopass photographer
No Photopass for Timon and Terk
The characters were out together. Chicken little and abby. Genie and abu. Even timon and terk were together. Clarice was her own line. Ludwig was not out. It was darkwing on the other side of splashzone with his own line. Max was solo by barnstormer. Country bears were together. I didn’t make it to Pinocchio characters. Belle and beast side of princess hall was over an hour most of the night. Characters were pulled for fireworks.
Yes, Chicken Little and Abby Mallard were together.
No Mickey Bars!!! Kind of disappointed
How long were the character lines last year? Is it pretty easy to try to meet characters and ride some attractions during the party?
Did the characters stay out until 1am?
Just provided my review for 2017
Hey Kenny. If you get any answers to my questions after the first party in Friday, please respond. I am really confused about how you listed characters together with a “/” and am in need of clarification. Thanks.
Kenny- do you know how far in advance they will open the registration for the other parties that are planned later in the year?
There are no other dates listed for Magic Kingdom, but there are going to be other Moonlight Magic parties around Walt Disney World and Disneyland.
Typhoon Lagoon will have parties Thursday, June 22, 2017, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, Wednesday, July 5, 2017, and Thursday, July 13, 2017
Animal Kingdom has parties on September 6, 2017 and Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Epcot has parties Monday, December 4, 2017 and Monday, December 11, 2017
Disneyland will have its first Moonlight Magic party on November 15.
Be sure to check the DVC Magic Ever After landing page for updated information and to reserve your spot at the party!
https://disneyvacationclub.disney.go.com/membership-magic/
Ugh ok so will I I was hoping you’d be at the first so you could tell us what exactly to expect. if you hear any news about the characters from the first night please share!!
And Kenny will you be there the 24th?
I’ll be at 2nd party at this time.
any word yet on if character will sign, have cards or just greet?
Not sure. Bring your book with you.
Do the characters sign autographs at the party?
Don’t know
Please tell me if there’s a / such as chicken little/abby mallard does it mean they’re both meeting together or swapping out?? also just wanted to mention that I saw this today and was so bummed that it was sold out but i kept checking online for openings due to cancellations and i was able to get a spot after checking once in a while for a few hours!! So don’t be discouraged if it’s sold out just keep checking.
Last year the groups were together for specific set times, but I can’t promise what they will do this week.
Are there going to be anymore dates for these parties?
Don’t know. Check DVC website
Wish they did this for pass holders . Or at least swap some of these characters in for Halloween!
Thanks for the great info! Two questions…
1. Do you know if the fireworks will be the same as the DVC special fireworks from their event in Magic Kingdom last year, or did they create a new fireworks show?
2. When you were listing the characters, the ones that you listed together (for example, Ludwig Von Drake/Clarice) does that mean those two characters will switch off and it will be one line for both, ie. you won’t know which character you are meeting until you get to the front of the line? Or does it mean that those 2 characters will be at the same location together, but different lines for each? If they switch off with just one lone for both, do you have a strategy for how to meet the one you want if you only want to meet one of them? Thanks as always for all your help!
Thank you Kenny, I can’t wait for Friday! I wish i didn’t have a 3am wake up time for the 10k on Saturday!
Thank you for posting! We’ve been wondering what to expect! Even more excited to go!
Any idea how busy these will be? We are going on Friday to see the rare characters.
Attendance is limited. We were able to get in a total of 9 different meets, many came out together.
I’ll be there on Friday! Can’t wait! Thanks so much for posting this info- super excited about Dr. Facilier! :) Any idea how far in advance we’ll need to line up? Thanks!
Hard to know for each character. They put out so many. I’d go an hour early for the first, then keep moving.
Not a DVC member but it seems only fair they should be offered more opportunities like this. Sounds like fun.
DVC parties are the best.