MK "Happily Ever After" Dessert Party (Parties) Discussion

I don’t think anyone here is being unreasonable. Most waiting to hear more reviews once word is out and/or a busier time hits.

If it’s significantly more crowded than it has been, I’ll cancel. I know what works and doesn’t for our family. Pretty reasonable.

Here’s the thing though. If you don’t do this, your going to have to line up and wait in a spot for at least an hour to get a nice view anyway correct?

So this one either way you can show up right before fireworks and enjoy the show.

So even if it adds more people, won’t it still be better for your family anyway with the party?
 
Has anybody been able to book a pre-fireworks party for 9/6? I have been waiting for that date and it never opened but now there is an after fireworks party scheduled so I am just wondering if they only have the one party that night?
 
Here’s the thing though. If you don’t do this, your going to have to line up and wait in a spot for at least an hour to get a nice view anyway correct?

So this one either way you can show up right before fireworks and enjoy the show.

So even if it adds more people, won’t it still be better for your family anyway with the party?
Nope. If we don’t do this, we won’t stake out a spot for fireworks at all. We’ll see bits and pieces from wherever we are at the time, or watch from BLT.

We are lucky enough to be in WDW a fair bit, so have seen all of the shows from prime spots. Don’t need to every time. But we will if the spot is really desirable. It won’t be desirable to us if as crowded as the SW party, for instance.

Different strokes and all. But it isn’t unreasonable to wait for more data then make a decision best for your family. That’s what I was responding to.
 

Nope. If we don’t do this, we won’t stake out a spot for fireworks at all. We’ll see bits and pieces from wherever we are at the time, or watch from BLT.

We are lucky enough to be in WDW a fair bit, so have seen all of the shows from prime spots. Don’t need to every time. But we will if the spot is really desirable. It won’t be desirable to us if as crowded as the SW party, for instance.

Different strokes and all. But it isn’t unreasonable to wait for more data then make a decision best for your family. No need to go there. That’s what I was responding to.

This makes sense. I haven’t seen HEA yet so it’s deff more of a priority to me in that regard
 
This makes sense. I haven’t seen HEA yet so it’s deff more of a priority to me in that regard
Makes perfect sense! In that sense, as long as it never gets as crowded as the hub, and as long as it’s affordable to a family, it will still be an attractive option to many. Just not us if ”too crowded” — obviously subjective. :)

But that’s ok. Not every offering is for everyone. I’ll be disappointed if they turn this dessert party into ANOTHER that I won’t do, but meh. Bigger fish to fry and all. ;)
 
GADisneyDad14 made some really good points and I responded to his post and only his post.
Alrighty! Didn’t read that way to me in the context of the entire thread. Let’s blame inherent internet communications challenges. Not a big deal.
 
To end any debate, I will release my list of unreasonable thread participants later today. 8-)

I kid, I kid! :rotfl:

Anyways - I totally get the passion. Dessert parties and special events are as subjective as they come so you’ll see all viewpoints. I used to not really focus on the price all that much but now with DD3 being on the Disney payroll and everything suddenly costing a lot more for my family of four than it did a year ago, I find myself thinking more critically about these things than ever before.

Now to redirect the topic, if Disney would have just added some beers to the new offerings we could quickly pack both events here! :-)
 
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To end any debate, I will release my list of unreasonable thread participants later today. 8-)

I kid, I kid! :rotfl:

Anyways - I totally get the passion. Dessert parties and special events are as subjective as they come so you’ll see all viewpoints. I used to not really focus on the price all that much but now with DD3 being on the Disney payroll and everything suddenly costing a lot more for my family of four than it did a year ago, I find myself thinking more critically about these things than ever before.



I think once we start really looking at the numbers and all the special events one can participate in at Disney, we have to start thinking what's better for us. That's why I get passionate about it. I work hard for my money (ala Donna Summer) and I hate walking away thinking something wasn't really valuable to our experience.
 
Has anybody been able to book a pre-fireworks party for 9/6? I have been waiting for that date and it never opened but now there is an after fireworks party scheduled so I am just wondering if they only have the one party that night?

That’s interesting. Hard to imagine the Plaza Garden version is sold out (none of the others around it are). Strange.
 
That’s interesting. Hard to imagine the Plaza Garden version is sold out (none of the others around it are). Strange.

That is what I thought. When they released the HEA party 9/6 didn't have one scheduled because that is the night we really wanted so I thought it was odd they added an after party.
 
Wasn't 9/6 one of those weird days that we all thought would be MNSSHP? Something was up with that date. It's ringing a bell, because we'll be there that week.

Yes it is a Thursday (a normal MNSSHP night) and for a long time they didn't even have HEA as happening on the website.
 
just read a review of the new after fireworks party. they seemed to imply that only the after party has the new food options. At the same price I was hoping the before party would get the new items too.
 















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