How does this New Years Eve plan sound?

[AJT607]

We are doing dinner at California Grill on Dec 30th to watch the early MK fireworks, then have a dessert party booked to watch the midnight fireworks. On Dec 31st, we have a brunch at Narcoossee's at 11:15am. After brunch, we are planning to take the monorail over to the Epcot to take in the energy of all of the NYE festivities. We're staying in a studio at Boardwalk Villas so we will be able to walk back after the Epcot fireworks.

 

[FSU Girl]

We are doing dinner at California Grill on Dec 30th to watch the early MK fireworks, then have a dessert party booked to watch the midnight fireworks. On Dec 31st, we have a brunch at Narcoossee's at 11:15am. After brunch, we are planning to take the monorail over to the Epcot to take in the energy of all of the NYE festivities. We're staying in a studio at Boardwalk Villas so we will be able to walk back after the Epcot fireworks.

That sounds like a great plan for New Years!

 

[sponica]

So I'm planning ahead for next New Years where my boyfriend and I will spend it at Disney for the first time.

So original plan was stay at either contemporary (have this currently booked) or bay lake tower theme park view and watch the fireworks from our balcony to avoid the crowds. We are going to be there 12/29-1/1.

My new idea is do 12/29-12/31 over at magic kingdom and watch the firework show from our balcony for the 30th. This is the exact same show as the 31st right? Then switch hotels to one of the Epcot resorts and go into Epcot on New Year's Eve to watch their fireworks. Reason for switching hotels would be so we can walk back to our room after midnight and not have to rely on Disney transportation

I just watched a video of Epcots fireworks and I really liked them. I'm just a little nervous about this plan. How crowded will Epcot be this day? Will we be ok going into the park around 7 at night? I'm thinking we could spend some time at the hotel during the day and go later into the park for dinner and then to find a spot to watch. Second idea is do that private firework cruise, which I assume books up fast and with a split stay I'll be at a disadvantage since it'll be my 180 mark. Is there a chance to get that?

My biggest concern are how crowded the parks will be which is why the original plan was just to watch from our balcony.

What do people think? Should I switch to the split stay and do both parks?

I def think Epcot on the 31st is the way to go, granted I went a zillion years ago and yeah it's crowded but the walkways are wider so it doesn't feel as bad. I really don't remember when the crowds got bad (I also don't remember what we did, we were there ALL day and only a couple of us were over 21 so we definitely didn't drink our way around the world)