Night of Joy - crowds?

[mrsltg]

Hi All-

We are going to be at MK on Friday, 9/10. It's our only day at the parks because we'll be departing the following morning on the Western Magic cruise! Anywho, does Night of Joy increase the crowds tremendously?

Thanks!

Erin

 

[Suzanne74]

Just bear in mind that MK closes at either 5:30 or 6pm that night. You have to buy a SEPARATE ticket to get into Nights of Joy - it is expensive - like $29.99. It will be held from 7-12:30am from what I have researched. Supposedly the nights are REALLY packed - even the rides. That is why they have extended it to 3 nights this year - Thu, Fri and Sat. I am a little dissapointed in this. We will be there from 4th-11th and I really wanted to be at MK our last night. I have no interest in the NOJ or paying extra to see it so I have been looking into possibly going another week instead.

During the day I bet MK isn't that bad. Not too many people would want to spend $60 bucks to only be there until 5:30pm.

Your best bet is to buy a 1 day hopper pass and do MK during the day - hop on the monorail and do Epcot at night. Illuminations is great way to end the day and look forward to your cruise.

Hope this helps!

 

[mrsltg]

Thanks, Suzanne! We're really only looking to be in the park until around 3 or so anyway. This day at MK is just because we're going to be headed that way and figured we have to visit the Mouse and give him some more money! After 3 we figure we'll head back to the hotel, take a swim, eat dinner, and get an early night dreaming of the Magic!

Erin

 

[lisa_from_nj]

What is the Night of Joy? I've never heard of it!