Went to the party on 11/14. It was a mixed bag.
Really enjoyed the ornament and the cookies/drinks. We got to try a lot of the food offerings. The Christmas tamale was good, the gingerbread cola was unique-glad we shared as I would have felt sick if I drank it all my self, the Christmas chicken fingers were actually quite tasty, but the best thing we tried was the pomegranate float from aloha island. It was so refreshing-definitely don’t skip this!
We got some good pictures, my daughter ride space for the first time, and my other daughter rode barnstormer as her first ever rollercoaster like my oldest had done years ago. Bought a couple party pins.
However, the parties are starting to lose their appeal to me. They are really expensive, but the bigger issue are the crowds. Disney has increased capacity and it’s really hampering the experience-for both
MNSSHP and
MVMCP. So they have increased the price, and capacity, but they have not increased the party time itself. The fact that the parties are only 5 hours is ridiculous. There are simply too many people now to experience a lot of the party offerings.
The line to meet Winnie the Pooh and friends reached 90 minutes on our nigh, and while our 2 year old LOVES Winnie and was wearing a Christmas shirt with him on it, we couldn’t justify spending literally 30% of our night to meet them. Jack and Sally are always crazy-even though we don’t have interest in meeting them-Mickey and Minnie were at 40 minutes and the gang in the back reached 50. Stitch’s line was crazy as well.
We were talking that night that we’d actually be willing to pay more for the tickets if it meant they lowered capacity.
My oldest did have the absolute best Mary Poppins interaction though. Mary is tucked away next to town hall back off the street and people just don’t know she’s there. There was no one else in line so Mary spent about 10 minutes with us. We jumped into the chalk drawing complete with the wink and blink, we tried talking to her umbrella, and took pictures lifting off while hold the umbrella.
So there were definitely magical moments that night-the fireworks were great and the parade is very long! But it’s getting to the point where the parties are starting to lose the value they once had.