Hello all!
A voice from the past is returning to the thread. It is I (3LVDisney). I have not been keeping up the past few months as my mother has been extremely ill and has not been getting any better. I have been very busy between that and work. Anyway, there has been requests for my trip report to
MVMCP last December. Was it worth it? Was it fun? Was the hot chocolate hot? Was there really snow on main street? Well, I can state that we did get to go last year on December 7th, 2006. The parade was wonderful. The fireworks show was terrific. The free cookies and hot chocolate were great! There really is snow on Main Street. The whole park was "decked out" in the Christmas theme (much more so than some of the other areas of WDW). They had all the characters out in XMAS costumes. They had dance parties for the kids. Santa was there, too (he sets up on main street and kids / adults can visit with him). PhotoPass had special rates for the event and there was even special merchandise that can only be purchased at the event. We had a great time, but I will warn you that it can be very busy at even the "low season" point in December. Also, temperatures can fluctuate greatly. In fact, the only complaint that we had was that the night we went to MVMCP, it was soooo cold that we could not stay for the whole thing. We had a 2 year old with us and we were freezing! The hot chocolate kept us going for as long as possible, though. Also, they do have many rides open for the event, but the lines were almost as long as they were during the day. So, to sum it up, would we do it again? You bet! We are going this year on the night we return from the cruise 12/9/07.
Let's see............I have to read through all the 28 pages of posts to catch up, but here is what our plan is so far.......
We will be at Disney staying at the new Animal Kingdom Villas (we joined there as charter members in addition to our Saratoga Springs membership) from December 2nd through the 5th. We will go on the cruise with all of you from the 6th - 9th and then return for a couple of days to Saratoga Springs (currently) before leaving back to St. Louis on the 11th. Our party will consist of the following:
Me (Andy), my wife (ToniAnn), our 3 year old daughter (Elizabeth), my wife's mother (Paulette) and father (Ron), and my wife's aunt (Patricia) and uncle (Joe).
All of us will be on board for the pre-trip to WDW and the cruise and then 5 our of the 7 of us will be at WDW after (aunt and uncle can't stay).
We would love to meet up with the big Surf and Turf group prior to the cruise. Does anyone have an "official" schedule or do I need to go through the 28 pages to see what is going on. I hope our current planned schedule can match up with some of the things you guys are doing as it sounds like such a nice and fun group!
I promise to keep checking and posting to this thread between now and our trip!
Sincerely,
3LVDisney
Prices suck........but got the lowest they offered.
