Will we be thrown out?

[mom2rtk]

Thanks all!

Hopefully I can sort out the Cinderella thing - it's my DD's birthday that day.
Can you imagine?
We get all the way down there, spend 5 days, and on our MK day, HER b'day, she doesn't get to meet Cinderella?
Oy.

Have you considered just going to the party? She could meet Cinderella with Prince Charming.

 

[nalajms]

Did they just started cracking down recently? Or maybe they only do this on certain dates? We were at the Christmas party last year. I'd say a good portion of people sitting on Main St waiting for the parade did not have tickets. You can tell because they leave right after the parade, plus many didn't have the wristbands. They only had one blockade past main street near the circle. We got there around 6:45pm and couldn't even get past this area.

Make sure you get to the ADR early!

 

[lroger01]

... I have one for 6:30pm at Tony's in MK.
... Fastpass+ reservations - inc Meeting Cinderella at the Hall of Awesome between 6:50 & 7:50pm on the same day. It'll be nice, dinner and then meet Cinderella. ...

I know your original issue is with the party, but the times you have listed might have been a problem too. A 6:30 ADR might mean you don't get seated until 6:45 or so. Add in an hour to eat and you'll be out of the restaurant at 7:45 with only 5 minutes to make your FP+ time.

When you reschedule, I'd try and make the important FP+ for Cindy so it starts 2 hours after an ADR.

Also, if this is a must do for your daughter, consider doing it earlier. Even if you switch to another day with full MK hours, you never know what will happen and having some time to spare might give you more options.

 

[jimmysmom74]

Any chance they will let her in at say 6pm since they clearly messed up giving her a FP+ past a party time? I don't know, just wondering if they would ever bend on that? Seems like it is their mistake. Maybe a CM can chime in???

 

[gwynne]

Any chance they will let her in at say 6pm since they clearly messed up giving her a FP+ past a party time? I don't know, just wondering if they would ever bend on that? Seems like it is their mistake. Maybe a CM can chime in???

A CM did chime in on post 18. It doesn't sound like there is lots of rule bending. The CM didn't address your specific FP+ issue, but if it were me I wouldn't expect WDW to accommodate possible FP+ IT oopsies, especially on a party night.
JMO- My overall take at this point is that it might be a great idea to get tickets, especially since it's your dd's birthday.

 

[o0quirkygirl0o]

Moving FP+ is pretty easy. Time consuming, but easy. Just go in and modify it to an earlier time. It will give you most of the day to choose from.

 

[jimmysmom74]

A CM did chime in on post 18. It doesn't sound like there is lots of rule bending. The CM didn't address your specific FP+ issue, but if it were me I wouldn't expect WDW to accommodate possible FP+ IT oopsies, especially on a party night.
JMO- My overall take at this point is that it might be a great idea to get tickets, especially since it's your dd's birthday.

Sorry, didn't see that. Thought maybe for a bday and a IT error might buy her some slack. If she wants to do the party, sounds like a great night, but she mentioned the expense. If she is there during the day, aren't crowds usually low, maybe waits for cindy wouldn't be bad? Just another suggestion if the party isn't in the budget.

 

[WDSearcher]

Did they just started cracking down recently? Or maybe they only do this on certain dates? We were at the Christmas party last year. I'd say a good portion of people sitting on Main St waiting for the parade did not have tickets. You can tell because they leave right after the parade, plus many didn't have the wristbands. They only had one blockade past main street near the circle. We got there around 6:45pm and couldn't even get past this area.

Make sure you get to the ADR early!

As one of the CMs who participated in crowd control and wristband checking for the past four years at the parties, I can tell you that yes ... we check. A lot. And more than once, particularly along the parade route and character lines.

As a guest, it's pretty hard to tell who has a ticket and who doesn't -- and at the Christmas parties (which are normally a bit chillier and have lots of guests in long sleeves) -- it's nearly impossible to scope out a group of people and know for certain at a casual glance whether they have wristbands or not.

The fact that a bunch of people left right after the parade doesn't really prove anything. Lots of people stay through the first parade, grab their hot chocolate and cookies and leave. But really ... if someone is going to scam their way into a hard-ticket party, why in heaven's name would they leave after the parade and not stay for fireworks and other things? Chances are, the people you saw leave after the parade were simply people who chose to leave at that point. Or they went off and did other things and you assumed that they left because they were headed towards the exit instead of farther into the park. Unless you followed them to the turnstile, I'm not sure how you can know they all left.

I just know that at every party I worked, we checked wristbands for every single person along the parade route -- multiple times and for both parades. I had very few exit escorts. Everyone was, as they say, "fully banded".

 

[mom2rtk]

We were at 2 Christmas parties last year, and yes they were thorough. There was a rope into every "land" and nobody got by without showing their band.

We were also upstairs at the train station one night to watch the parade. Not once, but TWICE cast members came up to do wristband check.... which quickly freed up space for us to sit when the girls in front of us jumped up and ran away!

 

[princesspiglet]

They are so thorough that a CM came into the bathroom near CP and asked us for our wristbands as we were walking in and others were walking out at 7:00 sharp.

 

[jweber23]

They allow ADRs any time up to, but not including, 7 PM. So anything up through 6:55.

And it's not like having a FP to a ride. At 7 M they will switch over to party specific characters, so the princesses will have the princes with them.

When they first opened TST, they really botched the handling of this on party nights in a HUGE way. They were allowing day guests to enter that line up until 7 PM, and they had to clear though before the party guests could get in. So party guests getting in line at 7 PM would have to wait 45 minutes to an hour before they could see them. Day guests were seeing the party characters before people who had actually paid for tickets. After many complaints, they finally switched how they were handling things and started cutting that line in advance of 7 PM so there was time for the day guests to clear through by 7.

I sure hope their handling of FP+ doesn't cause that mess again.

I have reservations for BOG at 7pm the night of mnsshp and talked to a cast member. They said if was fine.

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

Did they just started cracking down recently? Or maybe they only do this on certain dates? We were at the Christmas party last year. I'd say a good portion of people sitting on Main St waiting for the parade did not have tickets. You can tell because they leave right after the parade, plus many didn't have the wristbands. They only had one blockade past main street near the circle. We got there around 6:45pm and couldn't even get past this area.

Make sure you get to the ADR early!

That's why I quit goiing to the parties... I was getting ripped off by folks who just stayed for free.... Why should I pay when others just got to hang around. (And yes I know they just hung out and waited on the fireworks and parades because they were making fun of the "Suckers who paid for this party" )

I hear it's better, but then I read the "I got a FP+ good until 7:30" and the poster a while back who screamed about being tossed out but managed to stop and shop and buy food on the way out...

Sorry Disney, you get my money when you get your act together on this!

 

[WDSearcher]

That's why I quit goiing to the parties... I was getting ripped off by folks who just stayed for free.... Why should I pay when others just got to hang around. (And yes I know they just hung out and waited on the fireworks and parades because they were making fun of the "Suckers who paid for this party" )

I hear it's better, but then I read the "I got a FP+ good until 7:30" and the poster a while back who screamed about being tossed out but managed to stop and shop and buy food on the way out...

Sorry Disney, you get my money when you get your act together on this!

I don't know that it's fair to assume that the problem is wide spread when you've heard a couple of instances of people who stayed who shouldn't have. Even in a situation where there are guards at the gates and stanchions at the bathrooms, there will be people who sneak in, hide or cheat. There will always be someone who "thinks" that they saw someone without a wristband or "knows" that there are people who are there without tickets. But there is seldom proof provided. I'm not sure how you would know beyond the shadow of a doubt that Disney "got their act together"?

 

[lanejudy]

I have reservations for BOG at 7pm the night of mnsshp and talked to a cast member. They said if was fine.

Any way you can get that changed to 6:55pm or something? While you might be OK, I've always had the understanding the the ADR has to be PRIOR to 7pm. Not sure if you talked to an in-park CM in person, or simply called - unfortunately you might get any number of answers over the phone. It'd be a shame for you to miss the ADR if they are being strict that night.

Enjoy your vacation!

 

[powellrj]

I have reservations for BOG at 7pm the night of mnsshp and talked to a cast member. They said if was fine.

If you talked to someone on the phone, you may be surprised that many times they give wrong information.

 

[jweber23]

Any way you can get that changed to 6:55pm or something? While you might be OK, I've always had the understanding the the ADR has to be PRIOR to 7pm. Not sure if you talked to an in-park CM in person, or simply called - unfortunately you might get any number of answers over the phone. It'd be a shame for you to miss the ADR if they are being strict that night.

Enjoy your vacation!

lol, don't think I can get it changed considering it was impossible to get in the first place. A cast member transferred my phone call to a dining supervisor and he said that if it would have been a problem I would have been notified while making the reservation (special event ticket needed for entry). He said that if its right at 7 it's no problem, just to be there ten minutes early to get situated.

 

[sweetdana]

So I just checked availablity on the night I do have party tickets, there are no FP during party hours.

I had called the FP / IT peeps prior on this, as I was going to try and figure out how to add tickets to get FP for HM later.. and they said currently no FP during Party hours.. so Are you 1000000% sure it is a party night?


I also agree with PP.. BUY TICKETS. best event around!

 

[princesspiglet]

lol, don't think I can get it changed considering it was impossible to get in the first place. A cast member transferred my phone call to a dining supervisor and he said that if it would have been a problem I would have been notified while making the reservation (special event ticket needed for entry). He said that if its right at 7 it's no problem, just to be there ten minutes early to get situated.

Please let me know if this actually works for you, because I have first hand experience that it does not. For one thing, the CM's on the phone are notorious for telling people the wrong information and a dining supervisor at the reservation center has absolutely no power over the CM actually working the podium at the restaurant. The reservation center dining supervisor only has control over the dining reservation CM's who work the call center.

Second, I have seen first hand a family get turned away for a 7:00 ADR on party nights. Happened last year at CP when we checked in for our 6:45 ADR at 6:30 and another family checked in at 6:45 for a 7:00 ADR while we were waiting. They were asked for their party tickets and when they said they did not have them, they were told they would not be seated since the party officially started at 7:00. A manager even came out and spoke to them and they were turned away- even after throwing a big stink and complaining that "they were told" by the people on the phone that they would be fine and that they were checking in 30 mins early.

I really do hope it works out for you, but please don't be surprised if you get turned away.

 

[DavidNYC]

Why oh why can't Disney do the obvious thing and just not give out 7pm reservations. Just do. 6:55 and 7:05 - it would avoid so many issues on party nights!

 

[maxiesmom]

lol, don't think I can get it changed considering it was impossible to get in the first place. A cast member transferred my phone call to a dining supervisor and he said that if it would have been a problem I would have been notified while making the reservation (special event ticket needed for entry). He said that if its right at 7 it's no problem, just to be there ten minutes early to get situated.

Oh boy. I really don't think they will seat you. If you go on line and make an ADR for a party night it tells you that as of 7 pm you need a party ticket in order to keep your ADR. You really should look for an early ADR if at all possible. If it is not possible, then show up early, but be prepared to be turned away.