Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party is back at Magic Kingdom for 2026, and this year it starts early: the first party is Friday, August 7, with select nights running through October 31. Disney confirmed the full lineup on its official Parks Blog.
When you can go
Disney has scheduled 38 party nights across three months. In August: the 7th, 11th, 14th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, 28th, and 30th. In September: the 1st, 4th, 8th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, 24th, 25th, 27th, and 29th. In October: the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 22nd, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 29th, and 31st.
Each party runs from 7:00 PM to midnight, but your ticket gets you into Magic Kingdom as early as 4:00 PM — so a single party ticket can buy you up to eight hours in the park.
What's new this year
The headline addition is a Stitch Dance Party. Disney says Stitch will host an “ever-changing dance party” at the Rockettower Plaza Stage in Tomorrowland. Trick-or-treating is getting an expansion too, with Disney promising “some familiar (and fiendish) faces” surprising guests along the trails.
What's coming back
The classics all return. Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade steps off at 8:15 PM, and the night still includes the Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular stage show, the Cadaver Dans barbershop quartet, and the Disney's Not-So-Spooky Spectacular fireworks.
Tickets are sold separately for each night and prices vary by date, so weeknights and early-August parties tend to be the easier — and cheaper — way in.
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