Magical Gathering??

[Nevada]

What is Magical Gatherings? I know it is larger groups but what benefit does it give you? How does it work?

My sister and her 2 (or 3) children might meet up with us but they won't be staying on property. That would make 10 (or 11) of us.

 

[scrapperjill]

I'd like to know more about this also. We have a group of 12 going in October...From what I've found there are not really any "perks"....but options you can pick and pay more for...that your whole group can do together...But if there are any perks I'd love to know.

I also think you can just sign your group up as a Grand gatherings group...but not do any of the group activites that cost extra. I've heard the by being a grand gatherings group you can go through group dinning for your ADR...that may be a perk that's worth it.

 

[adisneylife4me]

You have to have at least 8 people in your group to be considered a "Grand Gathering". Note that children 2 and under don't count as one of the 8 (I assume it's because you don't officially pay for them).

We did a GG 2 weeks ago. We had 15 in our group. We did 3 of the GG experiences, which were all very good. Especially the safari and the magical fireworks voyage (this one was my personal favorite - highly recommended). Other than the experiences, there isn't much of a benefit. Actually, we found that if people wanted to do separate things, it got a bit confusing on Disney's end. They messed up part of our groups' reservations based on something another person did.

All in all, it was worth it. We had a great time together!

 

[Goofy4]

I've heard the by being a grand gatherings group you can go through group dinning for your ADR...that may be a perk that's worth it.

It would be nice if the GG people could make the dining reservations as well (one-stop shopping), but we were transfered to group dinning. Likewise, I'm having some difficulty thinking of what the perk is with group dining.

For Grand Gathering info, check out http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wd...s/ggLandingPage?id=GrandGatheringsLandingPage