I have to say, I wish they would flush the parks. For the WDW Christmas hard ticketed events they literally forms lines of CM's and walk from the corners of the park out, checking wristbands. you can't go into any store, restaurant or even bathrooms. It's frustrating when you're the one who has to leave, but it would help limit the crowd.
Thank you for all your imput.
I will also add that this thread would be great if the first few posts were regularly updated with this years information. When I first checked these threads they left me confused because the first few posts are from 2012 and I just didn't want any old information in my head fouling me up.
I dislike having to have a 'tour plan' at the parks because we go to often and usually off season that we don't have to be so specific. But I feel like having direction for the Halloween Party will be better than not. Also since DS is now 12 I think we can make it until midnight. I hope those last few hours are a lot of fun after people have cleared out.
Amommy21 --
Thank you for your suggestion. The thread is already great, though!
(Look at the number of views of the thread -- we're cookin'!)
The very first post of the thread was updated this year (you can see the last date I added anything to it at the very bottom of that post). The other information -- like the post for for the MHP this year -- was updated this year, when the dates first came out. And in another post I clearly indicated "info which may be applicable to 2013," or some such wording, because, quite frankly, a lot of info doesn't change that much from year to year. (
ETA: I just deleted any and all info that could be confusing from the General Info post on page 1.) Plus, sometimes there won't necessarily be info for certain things released each year (like lists of treats for example).
Here's the thing -- and I say this because I pay very close attention to the flow, patterns and pacing of threads, especially my Halloween and Christmas threads, so I know what I'm talking about! -- the Halloween threads move at a much faster pace than the Christmas threads. After a certain number of pages, as the thread grows and grows (and this thread was around last year too), most people stop looking at the first page. So I don't go to too much trouble to revamp the first page when I know people are not paying much attention to it. In fact, often times I will post things here in the thread -- answers to questions or comments -- and people don't even see them.
Now in the Christmas thread -- because I started a brand new one at the end of last year -- I could set it up exactly the way I wanted to set it up, and the first page of that thread has different posts and sections for everything. Because that new thread was in its infancy, people were still paying attention, but now, as it grows and gets longer, people stop looking at the first page. It's the natural inclination to just bypass the first pages of a thread if it is long and jump into the discussion at the end.
When I start a brand new Halloween thread (I wanted to get through this season before doing that), it will be set up like the first page of the Christmas thread but it takes a
lot of time to put all of that together the right way -- and it's time that is probably not reasonable to take when this current old thread will end soon.
The important thing at the moment is to provide a place for people to discuss the Halloween Time season, and ask and answer questions, and learn information. And we have all been doing that.
Thanks for the current info
