Well we are having the best time here so far. Here's a brief rundown of what we have done.
Sunday night: Osbourne Lights at DHS - FANTASTIC
Monday AM: Got to DHS close to opening and scored fast passes for Toy Story Mania. Then went to Playhouse Disney, Beauty and the Beast show and then used our fast passes. Had lunch at Brown Derby which is one of our favorites.
Monday PM: Went back to the room for a while and went to the quiet pool and hot tub at the BCV for a bit before getting ready for our evening.
Monday night: Dinner with Pooh and friends at the Crystal Palace. So far our only "okay" experience. The food was pretty bad which isn't the case at breakfast. But we had fun with the characters. Then we went into the park which was more crowded than I have ever seen it. Ever. Went to Small World and the carousel and then we were headed to the front of the park to watch Holiday Wishes when we hit gridlock. Way way way too many people approaching the "hub." So we stopped in our place (for Mina and Emily it was in the middle of it all) for Lizzie and I near Caseys. We found a GREAT place to watch fireworks without crowds. Then back to the room after all that.
Tuesday AM: We entered the gates of the MK at 7:45 a.m. and it was EMPTY. We walked on to Space Mountain, the race cars and buzz lightyear. Mina and Emmy walked on to Pooh and got us fast passes for Splash later on and then we all met at Dumbo and went on after a short wait..then on to Peter Pan..then we all went to the Castle to watch the show at the Castle stage and wait for Pat and her family. I got us all some fast passes for Space Mountain for later. Then we all went around together. Had the best time with Pat, Stacey, Stephen, Laura, Cullen and Pat's daughter Bobbi and her little boy William and their friends. During the course of the day we rode Haunted Mansion, Space Mt. again, Splash Mt., some folks rode the Blue Line and Small World and the Carousel, Buzz Lightyear again, Goofy Rollercoaster and perhaps one or two more. We saw the afternoon holiday parade including Santa then left the park to get to Chef Mickey's for dinner. Had a fantastic dinner. Lots of great character interaction and good food too. We were all exhausted by now (and it was all of 6:30 p.m.
) But we went to the Poly for some shopping since we hadn't done enough of that yet. but the girls got Disney Gift Cards from Santa in their stockings and they were burning a hole in their pockets. After that, we went to MK to catch the bus back to BCV. We were all pretty tired so we just hung out in the room and the girls were asleep by 9:15. And we were done by about 11.
We slept in this morning and are just now going over the Epcot for a short while before going to ESPN Club to watch the Sun Bowl - Pitt vs. Oregon State. We are planning to go to Epcot after the game as we have dinner resevations at Le Cellier. Hoping to get some fast passes for later when we go over right now. We shall see.
In all our times of going to WDW we have never done the "early morning" thing very well. But it is truly the secret. Getting there at or close to opening allows you to ride a bunch of rides, walk around without wall to wall people and get fast passes for later and get out before the crazy crowds happen.
Ok..we are off now! Have a great New Year's Eve everyone.
We walked toward Spaceship Earth and saw that it was a 65 minute wait. What? for Spaceship Earth. It was at this moment we made a great decision. FLEE. We left the park as it clearly was insane and wasn't going to get any better. We had been pretty prepared for this for New Year's Eve day but had to see it for ourselves. 
