To reply to my post...we just finished our tour. It did change slightly from before. Max size for semi private tour is now 12 but was 15 at one point, and 10 when we did it in Dec. Private is 10 but after 5 you pay additional per person till you get to 10. At 11, they require an extra guide. It would be over $5000 for 10 people on the private tour!!
Lanyards are new, not black cords, they are still transitioning to them. Also they did have cold cereal and milk, orange juice, a glazed pastry and danishes, no donuts, bagels, or regular croissants. They also had coffee, including espresso and hot chocolate etc in a machine, you need to ask for decaf. We were not given the option for VIP parade or the night show, last Xmas we did get VIP viewing for the Macy's Xmas parade. We did not ride as many rides but covered the biggies. We did the raft ride...did not do Jurassic park, ET, or Simpsons.
We added in twister, did more backstage stuff, including MIB, the mummy, saw the security office for transformers, saw the ride maintenance area for spiderman, and afterwards we did Twister and stayed to watch them reset it. Our guide was Brian, and he was very passionate, fun, knowledgeable and entertained a large variety of ages.
