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

[SaintsManiac]

At what point did the website reflect the price increase? Saturday?

Saturday night or Sunday I think.

 

[bear_mom]

Question about the check in time: do you have to check in then or can you check in later? The check in time for our date is 7:45 for 9pm fireworks. If we wanted to check in at 8:15 would that be okay? Can you take anything with you into the viewing area? We are doing to Garden viewing party.

We have a short trip and want to make the best use of our time. I booked the party more for the viewing location rather then the desserts, one of party won’t even eat anything.

 

[jimim]

i got a call yesterday for my refund. i am actually pretty surprised that they would track down those reservations and call. figured they would leave it up to us and whoever doesn't call it's on them.

pleasant surprise.

jim

 

[jsmla]

What time do you recommend heading to "party" and then the viewing area? I will be solo and don't plan to spend a lot of time at the dessert portion, 20 minutes tops. I prefer to watch from the back of the viewing area so that I can lean on the railing-I'm going to be at the wrong end of a very long Disney day.

Dessert party begins at 8:00
Park open until 10:00
HEA at 9:15
Crowd Level=5

Thanks!

 

[Eloriya]

I booked on Saturday and got my call this morning (voicemail, as I was sleeping in on a day off). I never called or emailed about getting a refund even though I read about it here. Very nice lady gave me the whole message in voicemail and hoped to see me soon

Edit to add that my party is August 16th. In case they're making calls based on distance to date or something.

 

[Dan Murphy]

do you have to check in then or can you check in later? The check in time for our date is 7:45 for 9pm fireworks. If we wanted to check in at 8:15 would that be okay? Can you take anything with you into the viewing area? We are doing to Garden viewing party.

Yes, you can check in later than your assigned check in time. And yes, you can bring some eats to the viewing area.

 

[Dan Murphy]

What time do you recommend heading to "party" and then the viewing area? I will be solo and don't plan to spend a lot of time at the dessert portion, 20 minutes tops. I prefer to watch from the back of the viewing area so that I can lean on the railing-I'm going to be at the wrong end of a very long Disney day.

Dessert party begins at 8:00
Park open until 10:00
HEA at 9:15
Crowd Level=5

Thanks!

I think I would get to the desserts maybe about 8:15. head to the Plaza about 20-30 minutes later. You'll enjoy that back fence area.

 

[DisneyMom1111]

Oh I no I think I was the first person to post about it. Lol I'm glad everyone is getter money back

Thanks for posting about it. I am sure we are all doing a happy dance getting our money back!

 

[CookieandOatmeal]

I sent them an email yesterday and a CM called me this morning to tell me a $20 refund will be coming my way. Also, he said I probably would’ve gotten a call today even if I didn’t reach out as I was on their list to contact about a refund. My date was 6/25 and I booked on Friday.

 

[HatboxHaint]

So I paid $69 per adult...did some people get to pay $59 per adult and then prices changed?

 

[elgerber]

So I paid $69 per adult...did some people get to pay $59 per adult and then prices changed?

Not exactly. When we all booked on Friday, we were charged $69, but the posted price was listed at $59. So they are refunding the $10 per person for the people who booked before they changed the posted price on the website.

 

[Kewz1]

Sadly, the dates for the one night we are able to go became available when I was out of town. That one date is now sold out. Should I keep checking to see if anything opens up or am I just out of luck?

 

[SaintsManiac]

Sadly, the dates for the one night we are able to go became available when I was out of town. That one date is now sold out. Should I keep checking to see if anything opens up or am I just out of luck?

Definitely keep checking. I've canceled before. Anything is possible.

 

[MikeRx]

I got the call about 20 minutes ago and was pleasantly surprised. They are refunding $70 as we are a party of 7 for July 5th. I did not call as I assumed that the increase was in place when I made the reservation a bit later in the day...

It was the right thing to do and they did it!

Mike

 

[ITALIANNYC]

Wow

To my surprise I came home today to an extremely urgent 2 day sent letter from ups.

It said from Disney on it

It’s the friggin gift card they said I would get when I called Sat.

On top of the refund they said I would get Sunday night that I haven’t gottn yet

This company really knows how to do it up when they want to

Off to book another Disney thing lol

 

[pooki1]

Just got a call from Disney saying they are refunding the 70$ overcharge to my credit card

 

[ArielSRL]

If we wanted to check in at 8:15 would that be okay?

That’s when we checked in for ours. Worked fine. 20 min sitting and eating, then headed out to the viewing area around 8:35pm.

 

[no one]

Sadly, the dates for the one night we are able to go became available when I was out of town. That one date is now sold out. Should I keep checking to see if anything opens up or am I just out of luck?

Keep checking. We are arriving next Wednesday and I just made reservations for 4 for next Friday, and actually there were openings for just about every night of our nine day stay.

 

[areno79]

Sadly, the dates for the one night we are able to go became available when I was out of town. That one date is now sold out. Should I keep checking to see if anything opens up or am I just out of luck?

Some dates haven't been opened for booking yet for some reason. 7/3, 7/4, and 9/17. (I'm waiting for 9/17 to open up.) If it's one of those days, keep checking. According to a couple of CM's I spoke with, they haven't opened those specific dates yet so we'll have to keep checking until they open it.

 

[Kewz1]

Some dates haven't been opened for booking yet for some reason. 7/3, 7/4, and 9/17. (I'm waiting for 9/17 to open up.) If it's one of those days, keep checking. According to a couple of CM's I spoke with, they haven't opened those specific dates yet so we'll have to keep checking until they open it.

9/17 is exactly the day I'm looking for. I was wondering why that day was booked but the other days that week still show availability. Thanks for the info!!