Thank you for this! I was starting to get really nervous about going to a sold out party on 11/1. I'm reassured to hear from someone who would do it again! Do you have kids?
I'd love to hear from anyone else who has experienced a 10/31 or 11/1 party! We're planning to take DD who will be 4 for the 11/1 party. Please help reassure me we can still have a good time. It'll be our first party. I really just want to do the treat trails, a dance party (prob at the Diamond Horseshoe, we love Toy Story), and see the parade and fireworks. If we let DD have enough candy, I'm sure we'll be able to do the second parade! I'm still contemplating whether we'll try to do character photo-ops.
I've been on a sold out night twice and then a less busy nights several times as well.
I'd do a sold out night again myself if that is all I had to choose from BUT you need to be prepared with a plan and set of priorities and you have to realize you probably won't get to do everything you want to do. Even on a non-sold out night, the night flies by.
At the parties, the most crowded things are the party-specific things like the free face-painting, the shows, the parade and fireworks and the character meet and greets. Most of the rides are practically walk ons.
So if you are going to focus on party specific things, you need to have a plan and set priorities. If you want to do character ops, you will waste a lot of party time waiting in lines. If you also want your face painted, then you may not be able to ride rides or see a show but may still have time for the parade and fireworks. It's a matter of priorities.
If you are going for the atmosphere, riding rides and trick or treating then you will probably think it's not so bad.
But you will not be able to ride several rides, do the parade and fireworks, trick or treat, do face painting, and meet lots of characters. There just isn't enough time for all that with all the waiting you'll be doing in the character lines.
I'd still do a sold out night again though, in a heartbeat!
