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When is Oogie Boogie Bash?

Oogie Boogie Bash runs at Disneyland Resort in Disney California Journey Park from 6 to 11 p.m. on choose nights between mid-August and the tip of October annually. Traditionally, most events are on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Dates for Oogie Boogie Bash in 2025 are:

• Aug. 17, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28 and 31
• Sept. 2, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28 and 30
• Oct. 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28 and 31

How a lot does it value?

Oogie Boogie Bash is a separate after-hours ticketed occasion that is not included in common theme park admission.

Ticket costs for 2025 vary from $139 to $199 per particular person.

If you wish to go to the theme parks on the morning of a celebration day, you will must buy common admission individually. That stated, most visitors will not discover they should buy common park admission on a celebration day.

How do you get tickets?

Even at its more and more excessive worth level, there was unprecedented demand for Oogie Boogie Bash tickets during the last a number of years. Locals love attending yr after yr, and out-of-towners usually prioritize it as effectively, particularly as a result of it usually coincides with their longer fall break journeys.

There’s often a presale for Magic Key passholders with restricted ticket stock launched, adopted by a public sale. In 2025, gross sales will open June 24 for Encourage Magic Key passholders and June 25 for all different Magic Key passholders. The general public sale open to all different visitors begins June 26.

As quickly as the general public sale begins, count on some events to start out promoting out nearly instantly. In at the least a few latest years, each single get together date has bought out lower than 24 hours after the general public sale started.

Due to this fact, it is vitally vital to know with certainty whether or not you wish to attend Oogie Boogie Bash earlier than the sale date so you should buy instantly.

What’s included with an Oogie Boogie Bash ticket?

In the event you’re questioning what an almost $200 ticket (and possibly hours in a digital queue) delivers, the leisure and different particular actions throughout Oogie Boogie Bash are fairly intensive. Most visitors will not have time to do all the pieces. Here is what it’s a must to select from.

Trick-or-treat trails

One of many coolest choices at Oogie Boogie Bash is the possibility to trick-or-treat in Disney California Journey. Forged members hand out beneficiant handfuls of sweet (plus just a few more healthy snack selections) at near a dozen deal with trails strategically scattered everywhere in the park.

These deal with trails provide rather more than easy sweet distribution. Disneyland has made them extra participating by including theming and a live-action Disney villain in most of them. The characters improvise and interact with visitors as they stroll by means of, with extremely entertaining outcomes. The actors make the deal with trails simply as common with adults as they’re with youngsters.

Some favourite villains, together with Oogie Boogie himself, return yr after yr, however Disneyland retains issues contemporary by including a number of new villains to the lineup annually because it retires others. No fandom is simply too distinctive or obscure to be thought of. Within the final couple of years, additions have included Ernesto de la Cruz from “Coco,” Dr. Doofenschmirtz from “Phineas and Ferb,” Decide Doom from “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” and Hades from “Hercules.”

Character meet-and-greets

Whereas it is doable to get your character repair from the interactive deal with path villains alone, Disneyland has a number of extra character meet-and-greet stations through the get together. Right here, visitors can rise up near take pictures and get autographs with the characters as effectively.

Meet-and-greets are often a mixture of conventional Disney characters in particular seasonal costumes and different Disney villains. Well-liked choices the previous few years have included the Sanderson sisters (Minnie, Daisy and Clarabelle dressed just like the witches from “Hocus Pocus”) and Bruno from “Encanto.”

Villains Grove

Villains Grove is a walk-through attraction set within the mazelike environment of Redwood Creek Problem Path.

In the event you’re used to scare zones of Common or Six Flags parks throughout Halloween haunts, this is not that — there are not any leap scares to be discovered. The truth is, there are not any characters or solid members in any respect in Villains Grove. The realm is extra of an interactive artwork piece, with lighting and particular results impressed by the world of Disney villains, together with Dr. Facilier, Frollo, Scar and the Depraved Queen.

Villains Grove would possibly hassle some delicate youngsters, however I’ve seen loads of youthful youngsters actually benefit from the options with no considerations. Observe that Villains Grove often is not obtainable through the first hour or so of the get together. Lots of the results are solely seen after darkish, so Disney waits to open it till after sundown.

Frightfully Enjoyable Parade

Twice per evening throughout every get together, Disneyland additionally presents a full-scale Halloween parade. The Frightfully Enjoyable Parade is unique to Oogie Boogie Bash.

Led by the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hole, it options each basic and villainous characters equivalent to Mickey Mouse, Jack Skellington, Dr. Facilier and Cruella de Vil. The Cheshire Cat historically brings up the rear.

The parade route is prolonged, making it straightforward to view with out wasting your get together time ready or tenting out (or needing to purchase a dessert get together ticket). The route begins at Paradise Gardens close to Goofy’s Sky College. It continues on the principle park path towards Carthay Circle earlier than turning down Hollywood Boulevard and ending close to Guardians of the Galaxy — Mission: Breakout.

‘Mickey’s Trick and Deal with’ present

Whereas most leisure on the occasion is little kid-friendly, Disney has one providing that may run throughout the whole Halloween season this yr (together with throughout Oogie Boogie Bash) focused particularly for youthful visitors. The theater that often hosts the “Disney Jr. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Dwell” present as a substitute may have an identical Halloween-inspired stay efficiency.

“Mickey’s Trick and Deal with” present doesn’t have any spooky parts and options the Fab 5 characters. Count on a number of dancing, adopted by just a few sweet treats.

Guardians of the Galaxy — Monsters After Darkish

Whereas additionally not particular to Oogie Boogie Bash, visitors ought to take a look at the Guardians of the Galaxy — Monsters After Darkish attraction in Avengers Campus whereas on the occasion. This particular seasonal trip overlay options heavy metallic music and plenty of monsters.

The trip is not suited to small youngsters. You must be at the least 40 inches tall to trip, and it options huge drops, loud sounds and doubtlessly scary moments.

Sensible suggestions for visiting Oogie Boogie Bash

Know what to put on

An vital a part of the enjoyable of Oogie Boogie Bash is that every one visitors can costume up in costume. The artistic neighborhood of better Los Angeles often outdoes itself with this uncommon alternative. Many households and associates plan elaborate group costumes, each Disney and non-Disney themed.

Though it may be enjoyable to decorate up, the get together is probably not as enjoyable in case your costume is not applicable for the climate. Some visitors could not understand that Southern California’s summer season tends to reach later than it does elsewhere within the nation. August, September and even early October are sometimes when the parks are at their absolute hottest.

In the event you plan to start out through the 3 p.m. mix-in time, temperatures might be effectively over 90 levels on many get together dates. Lengthy sleeves, fleece or lots of layers can really feel stifling. I often plan a dressing up that may work in hotter climate however that I can layer over if and when temperatures drop after the solar units.

Have a plan for meals that is not sweet

In the event you plan to be on the get together from 3 p.m. till closing, you will cowl lots of floor and burn lots of energy — and you may want some lasting gas to maintain you going. Planning to subsist on sweet alone is not a recipe for get together success.

As soon as the get together begins, nonetheless, it is exhausting to justify spending valuable time sitting down for dinner. For that purpose, I like to recommend utilizing the mix-in time to eat an early dinner so you’ll be able to benefit from occasions unique to the get together. I often use the Disneyland app’s cellular ordering function after I enter the parks to preorder a pickup round 4:30 or 5 p.m.

In the event you nonetheless really feel hungry later within the night, there are snacks you’ll be able to seize on the fly that will not take an excessive amount of time, from corn canine to the choices on the Cozy Cone.

Plan a wise technique for navigating the get together

Whereas Oogie Boogie Bash is capacity-controlled, it not often has what I would contemplate low crowds. You want a wise technique to navigate across the choke factors. (Attempt to zig when others zag.)

After attending a number of occasions, I’ve seen just a few methods which have paid off for me:

• Trip sights through the first parade: Company who cannot keep up till park closing will prioritize watching the primary parade earlier than they depart early. Which means many sights have brief wait occasions through the first parade. I had nice luck, for instance, dashing to Monsters After Darkish proper as the primary parade began one yr.
• Wait on the most well-liked deal with trails: The immersive deal with trails that includes new villains are extremely popular within the first hour or two of the get together. I would suggest leaving the most well-liked villains till as late within the evening as doable, when traces can be shorter. It is a bonus that you just will not must lug round baggage of heavy sweet for the whole thing of the get together in the event you wait a bit to trick-or-treat.
• Character traces are the largest time suck: The meet-and-greet characters are at all times the longest traces of the whole get together. In the event you merely cannot miss this expertise, select one character to prioritize and line up for the expertise through the mix-in interval, as much as an hour upfront.
• Decide up a celebration map: Even in case you are an everyday at Disneyland, the parks really feel completely different throughout events. The app is not as clear about party-only choices, so choose up a bodily map to assist navigate.

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Backside line

For Halloween followers, Oogie Boogie Bash often hits the mark and justifies its excessive worth. I’ve at all times had a blast the years I’ve attended and felt it delivered, however that does not imply it is value it for everybody on each sort of go to.

There are a lot of different splurges and add-ons that will must take precedence. Do not let FOMO bust your finances.

Earlier than spending a whole lot of {dollars} to attend, contemplate whether or not the get together will work on your touring household or group. I not often suggest it for visitors with small youngsters, because it runs too late for most children’ bedtimes.

If it really works for your loved ones, have a technique to get probably the most on your cash. And in the event you select to skip it, relaxation assured that there is loads of Halloween to expertise elsewhere within the parks, even with out an Oogie Boogie Bash ticket.