"Official" Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party 2017 - Believe in the Magic

[bhyer]

This will be my first Christmas Party. Can't wait.

My daughter wants to have dinner at Cinderella's table or BOG the night of the party. I know you are allowed into the park at 4 even though the party ticket officially says 7. Do they let you in earlier than 4 if you have a dining reservation?

 

[JadeDarkstar]

unless this is the only night you are doing MK, It has been highly suggested not to spend party time eating a big meal. However, I do think they will not let you in before 4, because Dinner would start at 4 or 5.

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

This will be my first Christmas Party. Can't wait.

My daughter wants to have dinner at Cinderella's table or BOG the night of the party. I know you are allowed into the park at 4 even though the party ticket officially says 7. Do they let you in earlier than 4 if you have a dining reservation?

No, they might start allowing party guests to enter a few minutes before 4, but I wouldn't count on it. They won't let you in earlier just because of an ADR. I would make the reservation around 4:15 just to be safe.

 

[ashmac8]

I am going as part of a larger group. This will be our first time attending one of the parties. Our mom surprised us this week and said she would like to pay for all of our (and our kids) tickets to the party. Very generous and we are super appreciative. Is it possible for me to assist her (once tickets are released) and buy everyone's tickets in one transaction? We all bought our own regular tickets separately and added them to our MDE. I wasn't sure how it works with the special even tickets.

Thanks in advance.

 

[amytaylor2]

We live right on the NC coast too. I wish we had the time to be able to have annual passes and get some use out of them but I just don't think we'd get our money's worth. Maybe one day.....

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

I am going as part of a larger group. This will be our first time attending one of the parties. Our mom surprised us this week and said she would like to pay for all of our (and our kids) tickets to the party. Very generous and we are super appreciative. Is it possible for me to assist her (once tickets are released) and buy everyone's tickets in one transaction? We all bought our own regular tickets separately and added them to our MDE. I wasn't sure how it works with the special even tickets.

Thanks in advance.

Are all your MDE accounts linked? If so, you should be able to do this no problem.

 

[ashmac8]

Are all your MDE accounts linked? If so, you should be able to do this no problem.

Hmmm, well i am linked with all of my sisters and my mom but none of our spouses have accounts nor do the kids. Perhaps this will be better if we all purchase our own.

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

Hmmm, well i am linked with all of my sisters and my mom but none of our spouses have accounts nor do the kids. Perhaps this will be better if we all purchase our own.

But your spouses and kids should be under yours and your sisters accounts, right? When you purchase the tickets you just need to be able to say who is using them. If all the names show up to select, you're good.

 

[ashmac8]

But your spouses and kids should be under yours and your sisters accounts, right? When you purchase the tickets you just need to be able to say who is using them. If all the names show up to select, you're good.

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Thanks you're right. I'll dig in and check.

 

[bhyer]

unless this is the only night you are doing MK, It has been highly suggested not to spend party time eating a big meal. However, I do think they will not let you in before 4, because Dinner would start at 4 or 5.

We are attending two Christmas parties. On the 9th and then the 10th. The 10th is our last day at Disney World and because of the rules around having to use a 10 day pass within 14 of first use (and not knowing that when we made our plans) we can't go into the parks on the last day except for the Christmas Party. My daughter wanted to do Cinderella's Castle for dinner on our last day. I'm thinking it's going to be super crowded that night and we should have done the character meet and greets we wanted the night before. This 2nd night we were thinking to have dinner and then focus just on the parade and fireworks and stage show. We don't do the trick or treating (my daughter is 30!) and would maybe want to do 1 or 2 rides. Do you think doing the dinner is a bad idea?

 

[harv0033]

Sorry if I am just being dense on this one....but confused about fastpass during party....this year will be our first xmas trip and first MVMCP...

If I have park admission that day, I'll be able to assign FPs as usual? But only up until the Party starts?
MVMCP tickets also have FP ability? what does that mean? if they do, do they "combine" with my FPs for normal park admission?

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

We are attending two Christmas parties. On the 9th and then the 10th. The 10th is our last day at Disney World and because of the rules around having to use a 10 day pass within 14 of first use (and not knowing that when we made our plans) we can't go into the parks on the last day except for the Christmas Party. My daughter wanted to do Cinderella's Castle for dinner on our last day. I'm thinking it's going to be super crowded that night and we should have done the character meet and greets we wanted the night before. This 2nd night we were thinking to have dinner and then focus just on the parade and fireworks and stage show. We don't do the trick or treating (my daughter is 30!) and would maybe want to do 1 or 2 rides. Do you think doing the dinner is a bad idea?

In this case, no, the dinner is not a bad idea. I would still schedule the dinner for before the party starts.

By trick or treating do you mean getting cookies? The Christmas parties only offer the cookies and drink.

Sorry if I am just being dense on this one....but confused about fastpass during party....this year will be our first xmas trip and first MVMCP...

If I have park admission that day, I'll be able to assign FPs as usual? But only up until the Party starts?
MVMCP tickets also have FP ability? what does that mean? if they do, do they "combine" with my FPs for normal park admission?

MVMCP people can reserve fast passes for 4-7 (or 6:30). Regular day guests can make fastpasses until that 7 or 6:30 window.

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

MVMCP people can reserve fast passes for 4-7 (or 6:30). Regular day guests can make fastpasses until that 7 or 6:30 window.

This is correct, but just to clarify further you cannot do both sets of FPs on the same day.

 

[monique5]

We are attending two Christmas parties. On the 9th and then the 10th. The 10th is our last day at Disney World and because of the rules around having to use a 10 day pass within 14 of first use (and not knowing that when we made our plans) we can't go into the parks on the last day except for the Christmas Party. My daughter wanted to do Cinderella's Castle for dinner on our last day. I'm thinking it's going to be super crowded that night and we should have done the character meet and greets we wanted the night before. This 2nd night we were thinking to have dinner and then focus just on the parade and fireworks and stage show. We don't do the trick or treating (my daughter is 30!) and would maybe want to do 1 or 2 rides. Do you think doing the dinner is a bad idea?

You have a good plan for what you want to accomplish. We've had an ADR for 4pm on a party night and it works fine. You would only need to be in line at 4pm for Sandy Claws & 7D based on last year's reports. You should be done not later than 5:30pm, so you would still have time for a few M&Gs, if not the major ones, and a few rides, just not 7DMT. You can book 3 FP+ on your MVMCP ticket b/t 3:30-6:30pm, but with an 4pm ADR you would only be able to use 1. Also, there are treats (cookies, cider, water, etc.) included with MVMCP ticket, but No trick-or-treating (MNSSHP).

 

[bhyer]

You have a good plan for what you want to accomplish. We've had an ADR for 4pm on a party night and it works fine. You would only need to be in line at 4pm for Sandy Claws & 7D based on last year's reports. You should be done not later than 5:30pm, so you would still have time for a few M&Gs, if not the major ones, and a few rides, just not 7DMT. You can book 3 FP+ on your MVMCP ticket b/t 3:30-6:30pm, but with an 4pm ADR you would only be able to use 1. Also, there are treats (cookies, cider, water, etc.) included with MVMCP ticket, but No trick-or-treating (MNSSHP).

Oops. My baaaad. I'm also making plans for the Halloween Party and was posting on a different thread with questions related to that.

 

[missangelalexis]

We are attending two Christmas parties. On the 9th and then the 10th. The 10th is our last day at Disney World and because of the rules around having to use a 10 day pass within 14 of first use (and not knowing that when we made our plans) we can't go into the parks on the last day except for the Christmas Party. My daughter wanted to do Cinderella's Castle for dinner on our last day. I'm thinking it's going to be super crowded that night and we should have done the character meet and greets we wanted the night before. This 2nd night we were thinking to have dinner and then focus just on the parade and fireworks and stage show. We don't do the trick or treating (my daughter is 30!) and would maybe want to do 1 or 2 rides. Do you think doing the dinner is a bad idea?

If you aren't focused on character meets that night, then I don't think it's bad to make a dining reservation. However, I would say the earlier the better so it doesn't eat in to party time. Make it for 4:15-4:30, this will ensure you are done before 7.

 

[RB5]

Has anyone attended the first night of MVMCP that could tell me if it's crazy packed? I have 2 choices of dates while we are there. Nov 9th which is on a Thursday (it's also the very first party) or Nov 10 which is a Friday and leading into the Veteran's Day weekend. Which one would be the better, less crowded option?

 

[harv0033]

This is correct, but just to clarify further you cannot do both sets of FPs on the same day.

OK, gotcha...was hoping they would "stack" but, alas, no.

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

Has anyone attended the first night of MVMCP that could tell me if it's crazy packed? I have 2 choices of dates while we are there. Nov 9th which is on a Thursday (it's also the very first party) or Nov 10 which is a Friday and leading into the Veteran's Day weekend. Which one would be the better, less crowded option?

Same decision here....I'm going with the Thursday party because I think Friday will be worse being a weekend and a holiday.

 

[RB5]

Same decision here....I'm going with the Thursday party because I think Friday will be worse being a weekend and a holiday.

I think I'm leaning towards Thursday too. Probably both days will be near capacity or sold out.