Welcome party ideas

[KT27]

i had asked my planner abut this. it is what i wantd and she said they did not have a oavilion to have food and we could not buy it out. i wounder if things have changed??

They roped off a picnic area for us with ballooons, we had about 6 picnic tables, it was private. They provided pizza, cakes and soda. i would double check yourself.

 

[alauniira]

Do the Disney buses go to the campground. We are staying at Pop Century and do not have cars, but I really like the campfire idea. Do the buses run late enough to come back after the movie??

 

[princessdisneybelle]

Do the Disney buses go to the campground. We are staying at Pop Century and do not have cars, but I really like the campfire idea. Do the buses run late enough to come back after the movie??

We are taking the ferry from the MK. You could just take the bus to MK then catch the boat to Fort Wilderness. I am going to make Custom Maps on the Disneyworld.com site on how to get to the campground from the docks. Nevermind, I guess you can't do the resorts. Darn.

 

[4luvofthemouse]

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[DisBride2007]

KT27, the mini golf party sounds awesome. I would have done it if 75% of my guests weren't over 60.

I don't want to burst anyone's bubble about Chip & Dale's campfire, but you might want to do a dry run for yourself before you get all your guests to go. DH is a huge Chip & Dale fan, so we decided to try the campfire. It was practically impossible for us to get there and we DROVE. Not to mention we normally like kid-oriented stuff and even this thing was too young for us. Chip & Dale kind of walk around but you're really lucky to get them to come up to you, it's not like a character meal where it's a guarantee.

We had a welcome breakfast at Rainforest Cafe outside the Animal Kingdom. That way, it was a meal for people, they could have the whole day to themselves afterward, and it was easy to get to without requiring park admission. The food was great, and it only cost around $12 per person.

However, I have to say that even that wasn't easy for our guests. Only the guests who could tag along with us from our hotel bothered to come (and we paid upfront for everyone, so we lost out a considerable amount of money). It's easy for us to forget who have been to WDW so many times, but the transportation thing is not easy for a lot of people to figure out. That's not even counting the fact that it's really unreliable, I mean sometimes you have to wait 30 minutes or longer for a bus. I will never again go to Disney without a rental car!!!