I'm with you. I never got to see the welcome show. Sounds like I missed something wonderful! And what's worse, my daughter and I were just there in early December 2016, and we had an 8 am ADR for BOG, and we were so excited to get to walk through the park with it somewhat empty, but I ended up cancelling early that morning, not because I wanted to, but for a few other reasons. First, my DD had a terrible headache very early that morning and she lost a lot of sleep, and a good nights' sleep was imperitive for that day because she was performing with her theater troop in Disney Springs that afternoon. Secondly, we were staying at POP, and it was so far away, we would have had to get up super early to get her performance ready (hair, stage makeup) and then get to MK for our ADR. Poor kid just really needed her sleep, So I made a hard decision and cancelled that morning as soon as their phone lines opened. I was not charged for cancelling, so that was really nice, however, we were both really disappointed to miss out on early MK and BOG.
We are going back this December and plan on an early BOG breakfast. I suppose being that we don't know what we missed, we won't feel disappointed. However, we were hoping for an "empty" park to walk through. We are staying at the Contemporary, so at least we'll be close this time! We only stayed 3 nights with our last trip because she couldn't miss a lot of school, plus we didn't have our man with us. This time, our family will be complete and we'll be happy just getting in early! Well make the Best Of What's Around, no matter!
I hope your next trip works out for you and your hubby!