MVMCP and dinner - what time is best to not miss anything?

[Golf4food]

For December 7th we are planning to spend half a day at Epcot, and we have a lunch ADR for Le Cellier at 11:30 am when they open. We were planning to head back to our resort to rest for a while, then head over to MK around 4:30 to get in for the MVMCP. We currently have an ADR for LTT at 7:30 that night, but now I’m wondering if we shouldn’t move that ADR to an earlier time (if there are any left) – will eating at 7:30 make us miss most of the parades and such during the MVMCP? We are going to be spending all day in the MK the next day, so we are only planning on doing mostly MVMCP stuff on the night of the 7th, so I don’t want to be eating for an hour during all of the best events. We’ve never done the MVMCP before, though, so we weren’t sure when we made our ADR originally.

Do any of you MVMCP veterans have any advice on this one?

 

[beattyfamily]

I personally wouldn't eat any later then 6:00p if I was going to the party.

Eating at 7:30p you'll miss around 2 hours of the party!

I normally eat around 5:00p - 5:30p.

 

[goofy4tink]

I've done MVMCP 3 times now....the first time we ate at LTT at 4:45 and it worked out terrifically. Now, however, I don't plan on a meal in MK before the party. I would rather eat at one of the monorail resorts and then head over to MK. If you can get an ADR someplace in the area for around 5:00 you'll be fine. I don't think I would want one for 7:30ish...too much going on that I would want to be doing.

 

[MickeyNicki]

The last 2 years we ate at CP at 4:45 and by the time we got out the park was cleared and the crowds were non existant. We did not wait for anything, got our picture taken without a line, no line for cocoa and cookies, no line for the parade (eveyone got a front row seat)

This year we are changing it up and going to Boma at 4:30 so I think we will be back at MK around 6 or so

 

[Sunkissed]

This will be our second year with a 5:30pm ADR at LTT prior to MVMCP.

 

[goodeats]

We had a 5:00 ADR at Kona Cafe, and the timing was perfect.