Fall Comes Early at Disney World

It may still be hot as blazes outside, but Disney's (NYSE: DIS) ready to leave summer behind at the world's most visited theme-park resort. Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party kicks off next weekend. Aug. 25 will be the first of 34 nights between now and the start of November that finds the Magic Kingdom closing early for day guests, reopening at 7 p.m. for visitors paying at least $74 a night for five hours of rides, themed shows, and trick-or-treat stations.

Halloween in August doesn't have the same kind of ring as Christmas in July, but it's still an early jump for costumed revelry, even for a media giant that's been known to stretch the holiday time line. Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party rolled out during the first weekend in September last year, and now it's starting a week earlier, adding two more nights and increasing its ticket prices by a couple of bucks.

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