After Hours Villains... some questions

[mshanson3121]

1. Is it like the Christmas party and you're able to enter the park a few hours early and book 3 FP+?

2. Are the wait times (we would be looking at a June date) really good?

3. Do they still have the nighttime fireworks? Just the regular ones? Or are they special?

4. Do you find it worth it? My son is a HUGE Villains fan, but the idea of paying $200 per person (we're Canadian) for 3 hours in the park, a 20 minute stage show and some popcorn, is a bit absurd. But maybe it's that good?

 

[texasgingerbread]

I don't know if you've read this or not, but this is a great review. Josh is known for his knowledge of WDW. I haven't been but read this and it answered most of my questions.

https://www.easywdw.com/easy/blog/review-magic-kingdom-disney-villains-after-hours/

 

[mshanson3121]

I don't know if you've read this or not, but this is a great review. Josh is known for his knowledge of WDW. I haven't been but read this and it answered most of my questions.

https://www.easywdw.com/easy/blog/review-magic-kingdom-disney-villains-after-hours/

Thanks!

 

[MNDisneyMommy]

I went last year, so it might be different this year, but based on that experience:

1) Yes, we booked FP and got in early. I think 6 perhaps or 7. We got FP for Jungle Cruise, Peter Pan, and Haunted Mansion, since they are rides that take a lot of time or I expected to be quite busy (plus we were with a large group of varied interest in thrill rides and Disney experience). We did those three plus squeezed in Small World and had a Sleepy Hollow waffle as fireworks were going off. We headed direct to Pirates and waited until party start for the overlay. We worked out way through Big Thunder and then over across Fantasyland then Tomorrowland. We watched the last stage show which is after the ride lines are closed, watched the dragon (which was TOTALLY awesome), and left.

2) Wait times were decent but not amazing. They were shorter than the day, but definitely not walk on - waits fluctuated - think 10-20 minutes for Big Thunder, 30 for Space, etc. We didn't even ride 7DMT because it was like 45 minutes or so. When there is only a few hours, you definitely don't want to be stuck in a line that long.

3) Regular park fireworks (so HEA) at normal time. Once the actual party time started, they did the Villains stage show hourly.

4) You'll have to decide on worth it. We were on a trip where this event was our only Disney park time, I have a discount from DVC, and it was blazing hot in the middle of summer so nighttime was the best touring time anyway, and we all had plenty of energy to stay up late. We had a fantastic time with our friends. If I was at Disney with my family (5 and 7 year olds or grandparents) we'd totally skip this, the kids would be scared and not like it anyway, we wouldn't be able to stay up that late since we normally rope drop, and correct it wouldn't be worth the extra $$ on top of a day of park admission.