I know its early but any help with NYE ....

[minnieandmickey]

would be great. We have never been to WDW during the holiday season and we know it will be a mad house but any ideas or planning help would be great. Also we will be coming in on the 29th will CP and Light Festival(cant remember the name but at MGM) still be going on?

 

[okiegirl]

Hi, You are going to have a blast on NYE. Just keep a mindset that their will be alot of people there. We were there Dec. 26th through Jan. 3 and the parks were packed until the 3rd. My best advice would be to plan , plan , and plan some more. I made PS's for almost every meal except breakfasts which we ate in the room, and some counter service meals. The wait for restaurants can be over 2 hours. Get to the parks early, take a midday break and stay late. The parks open really early at the time of years so get their as soon as they open. You will have around an hour to do a lot before it gets crowded. NYE is crazy if you plan to be at MK get their early, we did
Epcot and it was wild but a lot of things to do. Definately make a PS for this night as soon as you can. We ate at Biergarten in Germany and there was a 3 hour wait that night, we waited 15 minutes. My husband was telling me that I planned to much but after the first couple of days decided I was the best thing since sliced bread. Another thing is to fastpass as much as possible. Ride lines were very very long, we went on almost everything and longest wait was 30 minutes compared to 2 and 1/2 hours. Have a ball, enjoy the great shows, parades and the atmosphere. If you have any question feel free to PM me.

Stacie

 

[okiegirl]

I forgot to add that I don't know about the CP we have two little boys that I don't think could have sat through that, but I do know the Osbourne Lights ended on Jan. 2, and are definately a must see.

Stacie

 

[happyatdisney]

We were also there last year, 12/27 to 1/1. We had a blast. Echo previous post about being prepared for lots of people. Go understanding that you need to plan about meals, use fastpass, and possibly not get to see everything you want, and you will be OK!

You do not mention if you will have kids with you, or their ages. We were fortunate in that DD is 14, and was able to "accept" missing out on a few rides due to lines that were just too long (of course, part of the reason we missed out was because she couldn't get out of bed early enough )
If you have little ones who will be devasted not to ride certain things, then make sure you make those rides a priority, and get to the parks when they open. You should not have too much trouble then.

Be prepared, as already mentioned to get those priority seatings done for major meals. We did counter service early for lunch (11 am, no wait time), and sit down meals each night. Breakfast was in our room, except for one character breakfast on New Years Day. NYE priority seating is a MUST. I was ready to call at exactly 90 days out, was on hold for an hour, but got our seating at Chefs de France. It was a lovely dinner. Even at that, we still waited for our table for about 45 minutes.......and were amazed at the people who walked up that evening, hoping to get in. The maitre'd just shook his head

The Candlelight processional went until 12/30: don't miss it! The Osbourne lights at MGM were also magnificent. See them at the end of the evening, after the initial "crush" of people have passed. We went around 10, and no one was there. It was great.

Let me know if you have any other questions, and have fun planning! Wish we were going to be there with you!