I went to last nights event and had a good time. I've never been to a
MVMCP before so that could sway me. I have been to Halloween party before though.
We got to the park around 6ish, did Space Mountain since we didn't do that our first day at MK. At 7 we got our wristbands by stitch. We were walking around and eventually watched the 8pm fireworks behind the castle near 7 dwarfs which was down for a bit. As soon as the fireworks ended my girlfriend noted that the coaster was running so we quick hopped in there for a very short 5 minute wait. We then did HM and went to BTRR.
After BTRR we grabbed some popcorn and drinks and I went to get the exclusive cake pop and drink and Golden Oak. We then sat outdoors by Pecos Bills to eat, which was unknowingly fortunate because it gave us a great view of the parade through Frontierland since they didn't let anyone stand by the steps leading to that little outdoor seating area.
After the parade we went to Jingle Cruise, waited about 15-20 min. We had a poor skipper which put a damper on it ( she just went by the numbers). We were fortunate though that the day before we went on it twice, and got the same awesome skipper twice. Even with having her twice she had some different jokes each time and she was excellent, I believe her name was Nicole. If the After hours was our only time on the Jingle Cruise I would've been very disappointed, a great skipper makes all the difference on that ride.
We then walked towards the hub, and caught the stage show. We had decent viewing area by the one snack cart so figured we stay and wait for the firework since it was a nice area that we could lean back on. I loved the fireworks. Really well done, after the show I saw my girlfriend wipe tears from her eyes, that made the price I paid all worth it.
After the fireworks we went to the Laugh Floor, this was cute with the christmas jokes. The wait to get in and the show itself really ate up time. If we didn't hit MK on the day before, I'm not sure I would recommend using party hours for this, seriously it used 30-40 minutes.After we were on main street for parade 2. We were able to just walk up, only one row of people in front of use, the snoap was fun and added to the parade.
All together I'm happy we went. I really liked this more than my Halloween party I went to. The issue I see here is do you want to see the added entertainment or do you want short ride times? I'm not sure you can do both. I was also disappointed that only 2 rides had holiday overlays, and Jingle Cruise is available during the day and Laugh Floor isn't really a ride... I saw previously Tea Party, Space Mountain and Speedway had overlays during Christmas parties and would've liked them back.
