This is my first trip to Disney. We're going Sept. 25th. We are a group of 8 adults going with our grandchildren so we decided to try the Magical Gatherings. It has been a bit of a nightmare. There are four "experiences" - as they call them - that are unique only to Magical Gathering groups. There is the Wishes Fireworks cruise which includes special seating for the group together and photos afterwards with Peter Pan, the Safari at Animal Kingdom which includes a ride thu the savanagh and dinner, another dinner at Epcot with fireworks and a Good Morning Gathering breakfast at Magic Kingdom. All of these are supposed to be coordinated for your whole group so you are sitting together, have special seating for the events, etc. All of these are better explained on the Disney website under Magical Gatherings. (May be under Grand Gatherings). We are staying at the Wilderness Resort cabins and were told they will try to group us all together. It has been a bit of a nightmare scheduling everything - they don't seem to have their act together and keep getting all the arrangements mixed up. Every time you call, you speak to a different person -- sometimes they can locate all of our arrangements right away and other times, they seem to have everything mixed up. We then get all kinds of confirmations in the mail that are incorrect. The only thing that has been correct so far is the amounts they have charged to my credit card. I've had to make many phone calls and have learned to ask to speak to a supervisor or coordinator right away. The only advantage to all of this is that hopefully our whole group will be sitting together for everything. We're keeping our fingers crossed. I believe you can still go to any one of the four experiences above but you don't get the preferential treatment. We were unable to book the Wishes cruise but did manage to get pontoon boats for all of our group. Good luck!
