August 23rd, 2014
From 8pm to 1am character meet and greets were staged and roaming throughout the park along side stage shows, dance parties, and fireworks. The event was created in response to the 2013 Unleash the Villains Limited Time Magic event that was inclusive in park admission. While this event was considered "hard ticket", or in other words separate admission, the price was comparable to Not So Scary. As many other bloggers have mentioned, yes the lines were very long.
Was the event oversold? Possibly
Was it worth the admission price? For me yes
Should they make changes for the next one? Absolutely
Overall I highly enjoyed the event for the rare character interaction aspect. I met/took pictures with 11 of the 50 villains. Watched a few minutes of the Hades Hangout at the Sorcerer's Hat Stage, danced at the Awesome Mix Tape Vol. 1 in Animation Courtyard, and was in awe of the fireworks display as always. Club Evil in the Brown Derby was definitely a really cool idea but could have been better executed instead of self seating.
One of the reasons I was able to see so many characters is that I skipped over those that had the largest lines, I already had photos/autographs with, or were often in the parks normally/at other events.
My character list: Tusken Raider (Star Wars), Shan Yu (Mulan), Stromboli (Pinocchio), J. Worthington Foulfellow (Pinocchio), Star Lord (Guardians), Gamora (Guardians), Shenzi (Lion King), Banzai (Lion King), Ed (Lion King), Bowler Hat Guy (Meet the Robinsons), and the Big Bad Wolf.
I was highly impressed by the amount I interacted with and the autograph poster/cards given out at the exit were wonderful!
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