Last year, Friday the 13th witnessed evil with the “Unleash the Villains” event at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. At the end of May this year, there was good vs. evil for the Rock Your Disney Side 24-hour Party at the Magic Kingdom, complete with the Disney Villains Cavalcade. Now, Disney’s Hollywood Studios is getting another premiere event that will end the summer so prepare for…Villains Unleashed.
Yes, I’m overly excited and will definitely be there. Want to know why I’ll be there on Aug. 23, 2014?
Well, Villains Unleashed is essentially going to feature over 50 of the most evil characters that Disney has to offer. Yes, over 50, and they’re going to be spread throughout the park so they aren’t located just in one crowded spot.
Tickets for this event are likely to go on sale in the next few days so be on the lookout because with just one night of Villains Unleashed…tickets will go fast. My understanding is that AP and DVC will get first crack at tickets, but that has yet to be confirmed.
Supposedly, AP and DVC will be able to buy their Villains Unleashed tickets starting on June 5, 2014, and the general public should be able to buy theirs beginning on June 9, 2014. Waiting on full confirmation for these dates.
This special event will begin at 8:00 p.m. and last until 1:00 a.m. Here are just a few of the things you can expect from Villains Unleashed:
- Unique character interactions
- Villain dance parties
- Attraction ride-alongs with Disney Villains
- A Disney Villains pre-show prior to Fantasmic!
- Disney Villain meet-and-greets
- Special fireworks
- And much more…
Please know that this is all tentative until Disney officially announces it.
Many of the complaints for the “Unleash the Villains” event were that it was too crowded, there was not much organization, and things were just chaotic. Well, this year’s event will fix all of those problems.
There won’t be overcrowding this year as Villains Unleashed is a hard-ticket event and only so many tickets will be sold. The chaos will go away and the organization will be at a high due to severe amounts of planning going into it.
Who knows? If the Villains Unleashed goes well, this may very well end up as an annual event and Disney may even add more nights for next year. It could turn out to be Disney’s Hollywood Studios’ answer to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party over at the Magic Kingdom.
Remember, full details on Villains Unleashed coming the moment all is official from Disney. The event will be happening, but a few details are still being ironed out.
I hope this is true and they should do it for Halloween time opposite the MNSSHP to thin out crowds! – We were at the Friday the 13th event and it was a total un-Disneyfied mess!
But Disney didn’t have to put that Friday the 13th event on at all. Thing is, with it being a hard-ticket event along with the MNSSHP the same, there is no need to do them on the same night. Only a certain number of tickets will be sold for each.
When will tix go on sale today for AP?
That hasn’t been confirmed yet as stated, but an announcement will be made once they do.