Chef Mickeys is awesome. Great food and some of the best charecter interaction there is. We have done this twice and all agreed that we will continue to do this as a tradition. Even though my kids are older no wthey still love the place.
On Fantasmic....My wife and I did not consider the Fantasmic Dinner Package a great deal. We ate at Mama Melroses. Our food was not horrible but not that great either. The entry to Fantasmic is the big deal as you do not have to wait in line with the huge throng of visitors. They let you through a back gate and you walk a good ways up a slight incline to the stadium. There is a section completely reserved for the Dinner Package to the far right of the stadium. When we got there we had pretty much our pick of where to sit. I did notice that there were plenty of seats at other spots in the stadium that were not resevered seats. We could have made it into the show with a wait and not had to get the package. My niece (parents are DVC) stated that they get counter service and go to the stadium slightly early. They sit and eat while waiting for the show. They avoid the long wait and line by showing up early but since it is meal time they waste no touring time in doing this. There is not a bad seat in my opinion. You could get closer to the action if you were up front but this was not necessary to see and really enjoy the show. Mid level seats may actually be the best seats. The stadium was packed and reminded me of a concert but there were seats available all around the stadium when we arrived. It was raining a bit that night and they announced that under certain weather conditions they may cancel the show. With the package you would lose here as you are not entitled to a rain check on the seats you have reserved. My wife looked at me and promptly announced that if they cancelled the show after what we paid for our meal and it's lackluster taste, she would be more than a bit aggravated. Of course we understood that this is something that can just happen. With the meal being what it was and he stadium having seats upon our arrival at the place, I believe that we will forego the package deal from now on. Perhaps a different restaurant would have made a difference. This just my opinion. I had never seen Fantasmic and therefore have never waited for a seat. I do not know if the package is worth it to simply avoid the wait. I will say that it would have to be a very significant wait time and threat of no seats to get me to do this again. I did not see a lack of seats really even though the crowd was thick so I can't see the need for me to do this again. Just my personal experience.
