The Disneyland Paris Halloween party: there’s no longer a paid party

When you search for "Disneyland Halloween party," you’re often picturing a separate nighttime event, with its own ticket and entertainment held just for the evening. That’s a fair expectation: the event really did exist for years, under the name Disney Halloween Party. Other parks still offer this kind of paid evening event, by the way: the closest one, Parc Astérix, opens its "Peur sur le Parc" nights every fall.

Here’s the straight answer for Disneyland Paris, though: that paid format is a thing of the past.

I spend the Halloween season at the park every fall, and I see this question pop up again every back-to-school season. Rather than leave you searching, I’d rather give you a clear answer: here’s what’s gone, what’s now included in your ticket, and the one day that really makes a difference, October 31.

I’m not trying to put you off. I just want you to show up with the right expectations, without a letdown at the gate, and to see what an evening at the park can still give you.

The former Halloween evening event, officially the Disney Halloween Party, was a paid, separately ticketed event held on one or two dates at the end of the season. The park reopened in the evening, roughly from 20:00 to 2:00 in the morning, and those late-night hours were the whole appeal.

In practice, the event offered things you couldn’t get during the day: headliner rides open very late, like Phantom Manor, Big Thunder Mountain, or Pirates of the Caribbean, themed areas brought to life by dancers and actors, and meet and greets with rare characters seldom seen the rest of the year, like Jack and Sally or Oogie Boogie.

Everyone could dress up on those nights already. Back in 2019, to give you a historical benchmark, a ticket cost somewhere between €69 and €79 per person, and annual passholders got a discount.

One thing not to mix up: Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party still exists, but it’s a paid evening event at the American Disney parks, with no connection to Disneyland Paris. When I talk about the end of the party here, I mean the French version. The event had been launched many years earlier, though I can’t pin down an exact start date.

The last paid edition of this Halloween evening event took place in 2022, over two nights (October 29 and 31), with rides open until 2:00. The format was officially ended in 2023: since that year, there’s been no separately ticketed Halloween party.

Instead, Disneyland Paris built extended hours right into the regular admission ticket, at no extra cost.

In other words, the party hasn’t "disappeared" in the sense that nothing happens in the evening anymore. What was dropped is the separate ticket and its exclusive entertainment, in favor of a season included with standard admission. If you’ve read "since 2023" somewhere about the end of this event, that’s correct.

Today, there’s no paid evening event on top of the daytime visit. Everything that makes up the Halloween season is included in your regular admission ticket, from morning until closing time.

In practice, the season includes the park decorations (pumpkins, skeletons, ghosts), the "Mickey’s Halloween Celebration" parade that runs two times a day (see the Halloween parade), and Halloween projections on the facades of Main Street U.S.A. (since 2025) at nightfall, on a limited number of dates. You’ll also run into characters in costume, like Goofy as a skeleton or Chip ’n’ Dale as ghosts, plus Disney Villains: Cruella, Jafar, the Queen of Hearts, Maleficent, or Captain Hook (see the Halloween villains).

For food, seasonal menus pop up, like the Unlucky Nuggets at the Saloon or the Phantom Manor éclairs at Last Chance Café, along with seasonal merchandise in the stores. In 2025, the Disneyland Hotel even put up Halloween decorations for the first time since it reopened.

For exact dates and a day-by-day breakdown, it’s best to check the season program and my complete Halloween season guide, which are kept up to date.

October 31 is the one date that really earns the "Halloween party" name. Compared with the rest of the season, it’s the only day where things feel different.

First, hours are extended: in 2026, the two parks stay open until 23:00, so you can enjoy the evening atmosphere much longer.

Next, costumes are allowed for everyone that day, adults included, while the rest of the season they’re reserved for kids (the exact rules are in dressing up for Halloween). It’s also one of the most in-demand days of the year: expect a crowd peak, and plan ahead with the crowd guide.

Finally, the ticket. For October 31, you book a dated admission ticket for that day, the most expensive of the season, for 1 park or 2 parks alike. Don’t misread this: it isn’t an "evening" surcharge, it’s simply the price of a dated ticket for a date in very high demand. The undated ticket (Billet Liberté in French), on the other hand, is blocked on October 31. To pick the right ticket, see the ticket guide.