For us we enjoy it mainly because we can sit and relax and a good way to end a day at MK. To me, it is way overpriced especially when we started doing them they were only $25 a piece for the same experience pretty much. It is just something we save up for and do each trip. It is just DH and I so that makes a big difference.
It sounds amazing!! Were you able to book it on your ADR day? Our window opens on Sunday.
Yes, I was. In fact, as I was sitting here waiting for our window to open that day I tried it early and it allowed me to book it. Not sure how early I could have done it. Sometimes though they don't have them out there yet so if you don't see it just keep trying it. There are other options besides the one you do. There is one where you eat the desserts prior or after and then there is a reserved spot elsewhere to watch them. Those don't cost as much as the treat and seats one. We just like that one but heard great things about the others also.
I like the idea of treats and seats. We will see how things play out here soon.
I'll be honest I read some stuff before my January trip and thought, boy is this going to be a rip off. And as far as the dessert goes, its WAY overpriced, but the price to not have to scope out a spot on main street AGES before the fireworks start and you get a great view, that's pretty much priceless.
That’s why we are doing it too. I have too big of a party to hold spots together, midway through our trip the heat will be getting to us, and this is the day we’re planning to have G+ at MK so we will want to make the most of ride time and have that seated reserved space with drinks waiting and guaranteed. Plus my nephew is very sensory sensitive and probably would’nt be able to do fireworks in the middle of a crowd. We’re hoping a little distance, a little space and the ability to wear his ear protection with relative privacy will help him be able to enjoy it. And a building to escape to easily if not.
The only thing I am waiting to see is what the procedure will be for GotG. I hope the VQ stays b/c that will make it easier for us to ride, but some people think it will go to standby before Sept. I know I can still do ILL, but VQ is free. Also waiting to see if Remy goes back to ILL, which might actually help me. I'm all about avoiding lines at Epcot on arrival day!
I think I saw fireworks times listed at 9:00 for both parks. It should become clearer when we get closer, I hope.
I could be wrong, but the dessert parties are categorized as Enchanting Extras, which I believe are supposed to open up at midnight, not 6am like ADRs. I was able to book mine while I waited for 6AM to roll around for my ADRs with no problem.
I mean, they aren't terrible, but they're not the most amazing thing you've ever had. Although I could eat just a plate of the chocolate covered strawberries they had and be a happy camper. SOOOO good. And the juices they had were really good. I had a nice glass of champagne of course, but the non alcoholic choices were really yummy.
Can't really help with your other questions, but if you're already in the park from Early Entrance then I would try and be near Small World, go past HM and round the Rivers of America. Most direct route. If you went back to the hub, then you'd need to go through Liberty. Adventure is probably more busy with people trying to get to Jungle. That line fills up fast!
I like your plan for MK day. We have had to think about our plans as we too are not going to the party. I'm very bad in the heat as well, so taking a late afternoon dinner break and heading back to the hotel might be just fine. I avoid MK on party night, other than doing early morning. So we saw it as an issue and are working around it. We go to room in the afternoon and then go back out at night. Do you just have the one MK day?
We have one other MK day but it’s on a Monday so I’m expecting higher crowds and not being able to get as much done that day.
You may find that you can get more done on a party day because people often avoid MK due to the shortened hours. Do you have park hoppers? You could always spend the evening in Disney Springs?
I think with an AC late lunch you’ll be ok. Maybe plan to spend the post-lunch hours doing things like Philharmagic, finishing shopping, meeting characters, stuff that will keep you more inside and feel less like running around in the heat?
I definitely think a nice AC break mid day would be enough. You could make it a little longer by taking the monorail to a monorail resort table service restaurant for lunch (Steakhouse 71 and Grand Flo Cafe are awesome lunch spots)
That’s actually a perfect idea because then you get that little bit of sensory break too from the sounds and crowd.
Thanks for all the great replies. I was actually thinking about doing this for Grand Flo cafe but I was wondering if that was something that sounds good in my head but in reality would feel like a lot of running around.
So this is good to hear. We’ve never been to GF so I bet we’d enjoy looking around in the AC a bit.
I grabbed myself a treats and seats spot for my resort day. Which then had a domino effect on my plans lol but I also realized I had forgotten about the half day I have to work so I needed to move stuff around that day as well. So now I have a perfect day for stacking DHS rides 
- work in the morning, stacking LL as I do it lol.
I mostly worked backwards on my dates and got almost everything I wanted that morning between 6 and 6:30am. Logged on later in the morning and knocked out a couple of others. Plus I booked the rhino experience out of the blue a little after midnight before going to sleep to wake up for 5:50am (because sleep is for the weak!) (I'm still so tired today, ha!)
