Is MVMCP worth it?

[mejaie]

We have 2 possible nights where we could go, but the extra cost seems a bit high. What extras make it worthwhile?

 

[Charleyann]

I very much enjoyed it. I loved the parade at night and all the Christmas lights! Main street was beautiful ,all lite up with snow falling and me with shorts on!

Charleyann

 

[beattyfamily]

What makes it worthwhile to us is the Christmas parade, the Christmas fireworks, the Christmas shows, the snow falling on Main Street, the characters out and about with festive clothes on, the free souvenir photo and hot choc and cookies, the special MVMCP merchandise you can only get at the parties, the rides having shorter lines, and the all round atmosphere of being at MK at night.

 

[hockey mom]

We have 2 possible nights where we could go, but the extra cost seems a bit high. What extras make it worthwhile?

OH my Gosh---YES YES YES.

It's the whole ambience that goes along with the party. The special parade, fireworks, and just everybody's mood in general. I loved it so much I wanted to buy a ticket for the very next night and go again.

 

[eleanor]

Everyone should do it once at least.Great fun.

 

[pxlbarrel]

When are you going? As you get closer to Christmas, the Christmas parade actually can be seen in place of the regular parade. We were there the week before Christmas and managed to see it during the week. We were also able to watch The Night Before Christmas too and the Holiday Wishes fireworks.

We've done MVMCP once and it was during the 1st week of December a few years back. I have mixed feelings about it. We loved the parade (I love a nighttime parade) and the fireworks are great and we loved the show at the Horseshoe....but it was PACKED. It was so packed, it was actually hard to move anywhere. We weren't able to actually ride anything that evening because of the crowds.

And the other perks? Our photograph was taken by somebody who should take lessons on how to take photographs. Half of my arm was missing from the photo...don't they learn how to frame photgraphs? <sigh>

I think eleanor is right...you should do it at least once...but if you go closer to Christmas, a lot of the extra perks are part of the regular schedule at MK.

If you do go, make yourself a reservation at one of the MK restaurants just at park closing so when the party starts, you're already in the heart of the park. We ate at Liberty Tree Tavern and when they let us leave the restaurant (they kept us in there until the start of the party), we were already close to where the cookies, hot chocolate and photographs were. LOL

 

[Claud26]

Me, my DH, Ds 2 1/2 & DD 5 1/2 went last year 12/08 and loved it. I even had tears in my eyes... My kids loved seeing Santa at Disney world, it made the whole vacation more magical.
You have to do it at least once.