MVMCP was not for us...

[kelleybean]

I was talking to a cast member and was told party nights are sold to half of total capacity, which is a little more than 86,000.

So, a sellout means you were partying with more than 43,000 other guests.

Plus. Since they paid extra, they're sure to stay most of the whole time. Very little bleed-off.

We debated MVMCP last night. Opted instead for Saturday's EMH till 1 AM. It didn't cost more and the bleed-off of exiting guests was constant. With every ride we rode, the waits progressively decreased.

I was wondering about this! We went on 11/13 and were shocked by the crowds (had attended a MNNSHP with a similar crowd ranking on Touring Plans). We were thinking that they had to be selling more tickets to the Christmas Party! The parade was a pain - had to stake out a spot very early in Frontierland - didn't even attempt Main Street. By the time the parade started it was completely filled behind us, whereas the same spot for the Halloween party was only 2-3 people deep.

We weren't at all interested in the characters and our main focus was the rides, so I think the party might be a good idea who wants to do that. It's cheaper than a day ticket, and we had minimal waits. Mine Train was exactly 17 minutes. We had good luck with the waits between 4-7 too and were even able to get 2 FP's for that time, and after the party started we pretty much walked on everything. Not sure if that would change for a sold out party.

We had let our AP's lapse so this was our way of getting our Disney fix in. Having said all that, I don't think we will be doing the Christmas Party again. We are already planning on doing MNSSHP again next year - we absolutely loved it - but the Christmas one left us underwhelmed.

 

[ziravan]

I was wondering about this! We went on 11/13 and were shocked by the crowds (had attended a MNNSHP with a similar crowd ranking on Touring Plans). We were thinking that they had to be selling more tickets to the Christmas Party! The parade was a pain - had to stake out a spot very early in Frontierland - didn't even attempt Main Street. By the time the parade started it was completely filled behind us, whereas the same spot for the Halloween party was only 2-3 people deep.

We weren't at all interested in the characters and our main focus was the rides, so I think the party might be a good idea who wants to do that. It's cheaper than a day ticket, and we had minimal waits. Mine Train was exactly 17 minutes. We had good luck with the waits between 4-7 too and were even able to get 2 FP's for that time, and after the party started we pretty much walked on everything. Not sure if that would change for a sold out party.

We had let our AP's lapse so this was our way of getting our Disney fix in. Having said all that, I don't think we will be doing the Christmas Party again. We are already planning on doing MNSSHP again next year - we absolutely loved it - but the Christmas one left us underwhelmed.

I was here in Sept and we booked MNSSHP. It was pouring rain at 6PM. We called Disney from our room at AKV and after some grousing about what she could and couldn't do, the CM rebooked us for later in the week. We had a blast.

I haven't done MVMCP and I purposefully skipped it this year because our trip is short and we brought MIL, so I wanted to focus on both being a park commando AND allowing for rest time. I think we made a good decision to choose Sat's late EMH over MVMCP. (Plus, we park hopped from DHS, so we didn't have to deal with the larger EMH crowds during the day).