DH and I were there. It was an incredible experience.
I've never seen a crowd like that for a Kiss Goodnight.
They did 2, that we stayed for. It was my understanding that a 3rd was planned in 30 more min.
They did one at 45 min after and then another 30 min after that.
The one in the video is the first one. A few left following it but not many at all.
There were thousands of CM there. Probably as many CM as guests. It was very rainy that evening and the park had really cleared out of guests. It had stopped by the last hour but too late for most to return.
We'd eaten at BOG earlier that night and the CM serving us told us they'd been told they were welcome to go if they had no tables left when it began. And they'd told all CM at other parks they were welcome to cover over. It was moved from 30 min after close to 45 min after close to give the other park's CM time to arrive.
The music was turned down for a brief time but the crowd remained totally silent for well longer than that. I've never heard such quiet at Disney.
We even got to meet the lady that was behind it all. DH and I started our morning at the Early Magic event. On our way to ride 7 Dwarfs we met a supervisor who was out to make sure everyone know what rides were open, how breakfast worked, etc. We spoke to him for a bit. He was the manger of New Fantasy Land. Well, as we were walking out following the Kiss Goodnight we saw him again. He recognized us and said "you been here the entire time!" and we said no, we took a break for a nap since we knew we were doing the Kiss Goodnight. Well, he took us over and introduced us to a CM named Anne, also a manager of some sort, and he said it was her brain child.
On the way through the tunnels they were giving out 2 pins. We each got both pins. I wore both of mine the next day and all the CM we saw at Epcot and HS knew exactly where we'd gotten them.
