Thank you all so much for your feedback. This is the kind of feedback I was looking for. We are taking a quick trip...August 11-15. We arrive late in the day on 8/11 and fly out on 8/15, so we really only have three park days. I thought that maybe a Halloween party might be the way to go to get more accomplished, but that's not what I'm hearing from folks here. I wanted to know if it's worth the extra $$ to book the tickets.
And it's also good to know that MK during the day of a party is definitely a good time to go. Good intel!!
Thanks so much!