Disney Very Merriest After Hours Ticket activation questions and more!

[ngl]

We will be attending Very Merriest next month with a group of 14. We have purchased all the tickets. We all have Magic Bands. Pre-COVID we did Halloween and Cmas after hours events but cannot recall if we had to go to Will Call to get our Very Merriest tickets or are they linked the band? They are in our app too, of course, and assume we can scan them at main gate? Assume if we go in after 7pm they will have the Merriest bands at main entrance gates or are they doing it later? (Saw some people say they couldn't get them until 8pm?)

Also, I saw the map with the snickerdoodles and hot cocoa stations. I thought I read that this year will also have other things included like popcorn and water. Is that the case? Are they just in carts?

Typically the second parade was less crowded. Wondering if the same is holding true?

ANY tips and tricks are greatly appreciated. This is for my daughter's 13th bday gift so trying to make it special and not waste too much time. Thank you in advance!!!

 

[KristaZ]

Your tickets should be linked to your magic bands - we went this past week and were already in the park, but were able to get our wrist bands just before 7pm and they scanned our magic bands to check for the tickets. I believe if you enter through the front at 7pm, they will give you your wrist bands right there.

Snickerdoodles and Hot Cocoa at available at Pecos Bill's, Cosmic Ray's, Pinocchio Village Haus, and Columbia Harbor House. Popcorn, soda, waters, and ice cream is also included at different snack carts throughout the park - there should be at least 1 open in each land.

We did the 2nd parade and while less crowded than the first, it was definitely still pretty crowded with people 3 or 4 deep on main street.

It's pretty easy to group the entertainment together. We watched the fireworks at 11:15, did the stage show at 11:45, and then waited for the 2nd parade (which didn't hit main street until about 12:30) - so we basically hung around for the entertainment portion the last 2 hours of the night. We caught Reindeer Wranglers at the first show and got in line for Santa right after Enchantment so we were one of the first to meet with him right at 9. We had been at MK all day, so really didn't need to do any rides during the party and instead we just chose to wander and enjoy the atmosphere of the park, but if we had wanted to do rides, we would have had about a solid hour - hour and a half to accomplish those and most were minimal waits from what we saw.

 

[soniam]

You should be able to see your tickets in MDE in the Tickets & Memory Maker tab next to Daily Itinerary in your plans. If they are there, then they are linked to your MB.

 

[20KLeagues]

I am completely shocked and baffled that the Very Merriest Christmas Parties have sold out........I think these things are one of the biggest rip offs Disney has ever done, especially at $249 per person......

A family of 5 would have to pay over $1,300 with taxes for 4 hours in the park...

I am totally floored that people pay this.......But to each their own i guess