October 28, 2016

Location: Main Street, USA, Magic Kingdom

Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party has always been one of my favorite events of the year. While the party is highlighted by events like the Hocus Pocus Spelltacular and Mickey's boo to You Parade, there are soome details added to the park specifically for this event. One of my favorite details for the party once sat around the Partners Statue at the Hub at the end of Main Street. Here guests could once find four bronze statues of Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto in Halloween costumes as well. During the Hub expansion the area where these statues once sat was replaced by planters and any hope of them returning seemed lost.

Or so we thought. It ends up the Hub Expansion brought these bronze statues back in an unexpected way. With the addition of the Hub increasing in size, Disney also added a more on stage friendly exit to the park behind Main Street East. Throughout the years, Disney had used this backstage exit to help filter out the crowds when the park was extremely busy. When the expanded the Hub, they finally added planters, along with billboards, to this backstage walkway to appear more show ready. This year, Disney added a nice little touch to this back stage area for guests during Halloween time.

That's right, Disney has brought back these statues, but only for when the park is extremely crowded: