baloo
Registered: March 2006
Location: Northwestern PA
Posts: 64
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Review Date: Tue January 26, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Christmas Parade & Wishes - No lines, no lines, no lines
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Cons:
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None
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We attended the MVMCP on November 13th. We arrived at MCO at 3:40, checked into ASM around 4:30, and were at MK at around 5:30. What a way to start our vacation! There were no lines for any of the major rides. We got a place curbside in Frontierland for the parade just minutes before it started. The hot chocolate and cookies were a nice treat and the lines there were short, too. We were asked several times to show our wristbands including when we ate dinner at Pecos Bill's and as we entered several ride queues.
We would definitely do MVMCP again!
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jkp
Registered: January 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 5
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Review Date: Fri January 22, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 6
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We attended the VMCP on Dec 8. This was 4th or 5th time we have gone and it will be the last. The parade was so crowded and the people standing on either side of us didn't even have wrist bands. Same was true of the fireworks. The show in Tomorrowland was no where near as good as last year and you had to sit on the ground or stand. The crowds did thin out later, but by then we were freezing cold and decided to call it a night. It might be worth the money if you weren't going to one of the parks that day but I would skip it otherwise.
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magictink
Registered: April 2009
Location: pa
Posts: 3
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Review Date: Wed January 20, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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lots of characters and fun
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Cons:
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none
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Our family attended on Dec 6th 2009. After reading reviews, I was nervous about this. We spent the day in the park, what a nice day, had dinner in the Starlight Cafe, watched the castle light up, so pretty it was. The hot choc. and cookies were good. Daughter has dairy and peanut allergy so I was glad to see they had snacks for her. Also, she was excited. The parade was nice, we had a great spot. I would do this again. My family enjoyed the evening!
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SnowPea
Registered: January 2010
Posts: 2
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Review Date: Fri January 8, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 10
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Based on other reviews, I originally was not planning to attend the party during our recent trip. But, we did attend the Dec 1 party mostly because it was my son's 3rd birthday. I am SO happy that we did. My boys, ages 3 and 5, took BIG naps and we arrived around 4 pm. After 7 pm we were asked on several occasions to show our wrist bands. There were no crowds or lines to speak of. The stations for cookies/hot chocolate/apples/juice were large, well staffed and getting these treats was very easy. (My only other hard ticket event was the MNSSHP in 07 and the lines then for candy were long and definitely not magical!) The castle decorations, special fireworks, and Christmas decorations at every turn made this a very special event, which my family thoroughly enjoyed. On our way out, just before midnight, my children (and me) LOVED the "snow" on Main Street. It was a perfect ending to a perfect day. Although I originally was not planning to attend this event, I will be back!
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alyandaddismimi
Registered: January 2010
Location: Ponder, Texas
Posts: 11
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Review Date: Wed January 6, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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parade
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Cons:
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same as 2007 & 2008, cost
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This event is neat if you have kids and haven't seen it before. I was very disappointed to find there was nothing really different in 2009 from 2007 and 2008. They had the same old costumes, the same old floats, reindeer, toy soldiers, dancers, etc..... On top of that; you can see all of this plus much more by just watching the WDW Parade on TV on Christmas day. Other than the parade and the change of costumes by the cast members they don't other anthing special.
The event can be pretty costly if you have a family.
Unless they change most of this stuff next year I doubt very seriously we will go unless we take someone new.
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Spinky
Registered: January 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 21
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Review Date: Tue January 5, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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hardly any Wait for Rides, Hard to find characters
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Cons:
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A bit costly for large famillys
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We attended the Party on the 15th Dec. I heard the party had sold out but I found the crowds to not be half as bad as I have read about. We arrived at 4pm and got our wrist band, then went off to do some rides. At 7 pm, we heard the announcements that the park was closing for the party and several cast members asked to check our wrist bands, which was nice. We went on a couple of rides then started to look for the character meet and greets. We got Scrooge McDuck over in Fantasyland. He was really good. Then we went over to Frontierland and found Woody and Jessie in the Diamond Horse Shoe. There was a guy playing the piano there and he was really good. We got some of the cocoa and cookies and went off to do a few more rides. The wait was minimal, maybe 10 – 15 mins for most things. We went on Space Mountain which then broke down so we were stranded on that for half an hour, which was a little bit of a pain. They had to turn the lights on and evacuate us, which was a little scary, considering we were about 60 feet up in the air and had to almost drop down from one of the carriages. But they gave us fast passes so it was all okay in the end. We then went to get food at Cosmic Rays and we caught the tail end of the dance party. It looks very similar to the one at Halloween, just no Stitch, it had some elves and a couple of characters came in towards the end. The kids seem to be having a blast and we got a table as it wasn’t overly packed. We saw the second parade which was a lot quieter and was brilliant. I loved the parade and the fireworks were brilliant, 360 degree fireworks rocks.
All in all, it was $100 for the 2 of us. I think if we had a large family then we may not do it again but as it is just the 2 of us, the money was okay and we really enjoyed our selves. We left the park at midnight. They gave us a photo card as well, any photos purchased from it got 40% off. Unfortunately, we were staying for 2 weeks so we didn’t get to use that promotion but it was nice. The cocoa was nice as it was a little cool and we stashed a few cookies away and had them for breakfast the next day. I would recommend this as the characters and fireworks and parade make it worth it.
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wishskinnietink
Registered: January 2010
Location: Buffalo, NY
Posts: 1
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Review Date: Sun January 3, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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short lines, extra attention
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Cons:
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none
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I was a bit apprehensive about attending after previous reviews. This was our first experience with MVMCP. We attended 11/19, with our children ages 7 and 5. We made sure that we tuckered them out at the pool and they had a long nap before heading to the park at 6pm for dinner at Tony's. All staff were checking arm bands and we saw several people being escorted out. We immediately headed for the rides and there were no lines at all. They even let us ride on Goofy's Barnstormer 3 times in row without getting off. We stopped and danced with the characters at the Dance Party which my 5 year old loved. After we got Pirates there were a few cast members that played games with my kids and then they gave them certificates. We watched some of the fireworks but the kids were not really interested, and since it was all about them we went on more rides and enjoyed the cookies, hot cocoa, and apple juice. The parade was awesome and the castle was truly beautiful. I would definitely do this again. The only thing I would have done differently was to make it in line earlier to see Santa, because we ran out of time. It was a blast!
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olijewell
Registered: December 2009
Location: Kent, England
Posts: 2
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Review Date: Thu December 31, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 7
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Pros:
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The Parade
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Cons:
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Cost cutting?
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Firstly I should say we last did MVMCP in 2006. We enjoyed it then and as it had been 3 years we decided we would go again not knowing when we will be back to WDW.
The parade was superb, but other areas we were really disappointed comparing to 2006. Obviously the Twas the Night Before Christmas show is gone. The new show on the Tomorrowland Stage is ok to give it credit, take it for what it is.
Holiday Wishes I could take or leave, I'm not sure why but to me it didn't have the same wow factor as regular Wishes. We saw the Castle Forecourt show which was also good. Cookies were pretty bleh, hot chocolate was nice to warm us up while waiting for one of the shows.
The thing that to me was worse this time was the real lack of event merchandise. Some people may criticise Disney for trying to get every extra dollar, but we looked around the shops and there was very little special merchandise other than cheap t-shirts, certainly nothing that I wanted to take away as a momento.
Yes I'd probably go again in another 3 years, but I would do so hoping it had gone back to my 2006 experience over this year.
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rachaface
Registered: December 2009
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 2
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Review Date: Wed December 30, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 7
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Pros:
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fun for the holidays
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Cons:
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expensive, a lot of lines, crowded
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so, i'll start this out by saying im not religious and don't affiliate with christmas - however, i really enjoyed going to this! I did go by myself, so it was awesome that i could do what i wanted to (which more or less consisted of meeting all of the special characters that aren't out during the normal times like the tweedles and bullseye as well as characters in holiday clothes). I was planning on seeing the first parade, but it was seriously so crowded for December 8th - it was definitely the most crowded party they had so far. Some people were waiting for the parade as soon as the Christmas Party started and for a hard ticketed event, i found that a little extreme. Personally, if I had managed my time better, i would have been more pleased with the event and been able to do everything I wanted to but I don't even think I went on a ride that night because i was just popping through all of the character meets and special events for the party.
With that said, I thought it was a blast but if you don't care about meeting special holiday characters or don't really want to see the parade, I wouldn't bother going. It's possible ride lines were shorter but I never even had time to go on a ride. The free cookies and cocoa is a cute touch, but i kept forgetting to take advantage of it. I would go again, but i would really consider pre-mapping out a time schedule.
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clbohio
Registered: December 2009
Location: ohio
Posts: 10
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Review Date: Tue December 29, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? No
| Rating: 5
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Pros:
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nothing
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Cons:
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crowded
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I love Christmas and I love Disney. BUT. this is not worth the extra money in my opinion. The regular Wishes fireworks and Spectromagic parade are just super. This was just unnecessary. All the trees and superb Disney decorations were enough to get me in the holiday spirit. I just loved Osborne lights at Hollywood studios (spectacular!) That said, I would have always wondered what we were missing had we not gone to it. The staff did go around often and escort nonpayers out. The parks were unbelievably slow when we were there Nov 15-22. So we didn't appreciate the short lines at the party like you normally would when the parks are busy . So take my review with a grain of salt. Due to our lucky/no lines Disney visit, I just was not
impressed with the party and would not go again. Sorry....and again I love Disney and Christmas.
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Disneyphile4 life
Registered: February 2009
Location: Georgia
Posts: 5
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Review Date: Tue December 29, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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fun, fun, fun, no lines
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Cons:
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waited in line for space mountain and it shut down
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DH and I attended the MVMCP on the last night 12/18 and after a small glitch we had a blast. My ticket that was printed for me at our resort wouldn't go through at the turn style so they sent us to guest relations and she gave us another. It wouldn't work on the 1st try either. But the 2nd try, it did. Our only other mishap that night was with Space Mountain. Once we got in to the park, which by the way, was decorated beautifully. We went straight towards Space Mountain to check it out after its almost year renovation. We only waited for maybe 10 min, and played the new games that are set up as you wait and then a cast member came on and said they were having technical problems and shut it down. We were quite disappointed. And never made it back over that way. You could practically walk on to any ride you wanted. And given this time of year, it was well worth the extra money not to have to spend half the day waiting in lines. We drank complimentary hot chocolate and ate comp. cookies as well and even got snowed on. The parade was great and all the shows were cute and very entertaining. We missed the fireworks that night but got to see them at Narcoosees over the water. Breathtaking. All in all, a fun night and well worth it. We will be back.
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njbeachgirl13
Registered: December 2009
Location: NJ
Posts: 7
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Review Date: Tue December 29, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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A nice holiday event & not crowded
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Cons:
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No more Night Before Chirstmas show & same old parade from 2 years ago
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It is a definite must do if you love Disney World and the holidays. It was not as festive as previous years. This was my 4th party. I went in 1994 (1st time)and loved it. That is when they offered the Jolly Holiday package and saw the Night Before Christmas show at the Contemporary's Fantasia Ballroom, which was beautifully decorated.
2 things that need to change. A new parade. It was the same from 2yrs ago and the Belle's Storybook show needs to allow a limited number of people. If you cannot find a seat, you should wait for the next show. People were in front of others who could not see well. A fight almost broke out while I was there. Very rude people stood in front of a family and refused to move. This was the 7:30 show on 12/1. The Cast Members were afraid to do anything. They were kids. My final thought is that it is great to do but the parade must be redone and Belle's show should have a limit on entry.
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Pembury19
Registered: December 2007
Location: Outside Boston
Posts: 37
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Review Date: Mon December 28, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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no lines, parade, fireworks
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Cons:
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crowds at shows
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Dec 18th. Went in fearing the worst since this was the only sold-out night for MVMCP and having read the bad reviews. Pleasantly surprised. CMs were militant about wristband checking, which was great. walked right on to splash, mansion, pirates, thunder, etc. ate at pecos bills with no line and the parade and fireworks were great. did not fight the crowds to get to the shows, but maybe next year we will try. we will also try to get there by 4:00 to enjoy more of the park prior.
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firefghtrwife
Registered: June 2009
Location: Virginia
Posts: 29
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Review Date: Fri December 25, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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THIS IS WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE!!
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Cons:
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The additional cost
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This is a MUST DO!! I was so happy with the parade, and shows-but the fireworks ohh at the end, let you just un-knowingly exhaling because of how beautiful and spectacular it was!!! This is a wonderful experience! Characters you definelty don't see during the day are out!
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royalpalmtree
Registered: December 2009
Posts: 1
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Review Date: Fri December 18, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Everything
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Cons:
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Nothing comes to mind
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My mom, sister and I (all adults) attended Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party for the first time last night (December 17th, 2009) and had a blast. After some of the negative reviews I had read, I was very pleasantly surprised about a lot of things. I had visions of barely being able to move through the park because of the crowds, long lines for the rides, long lines for bad tasting cocoa and cookies that ran out early, barely enough time to do everything, and tons of people around without wristbands. NONE of my worries were justified.
We showed up at 4pm and they were already letting MVMCP guests in, so we got to enjoy the park for 3 full hours before the event even officially started. No lines or waiting for the monorail at the TTC, or for the wristbands. When we were ready to leave, we again got right on the monorail with no wait. The Hub and Main Street were pretty crowded all night because a lot of the special events happen in those areas, but not to the point where it was impossible to make your way through if you needed to. All other areas of the park were fairly empty, which was nice.
-There were cast members everywhere checking for wristbands, and there were almost no people without wristbands left in the park by 8pm. Starting promptly at 7pm, people without wristbands were being turned away from all of the rides, and stopped by cast members on the street and asked to leave. A very short while after the event started, we stopped seeing people without wristbands.
-Lines for rides were almost nonexistent, even for rides that would normally have really long lines. The longest we waited for anything was maybe 10 minutes (the great majority of rides had no line at all). It was great.
-The fireworks and parade were both great. My mom thought that Holiday Wishes was the best fireworks display she had ever seen at WDW. We saw the second parade in Frontierland and got a great front spot only 10 minutes before the parade started, and got a perfect spot for the fireworks 10 minutes before they started as well. We also saw the Celebrate the Seasons show and really enjoyed it.
-The cookies and cocoa were a nice little treat that added to the fun, and the novelty of getting something *completely for free* at Disney never quite got old for us. The cocoa was good (it was average hot chocolate with marshmallows), and the cookies were very, very tasty. By the end of the night, we had each had three helpings of both. The "lines" for the treats were literally only a few seconds long, and the cookies and cocoa were both still available right up until park closing.
Overall, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party was a festive and magical Disney experience, and totally worth the money. We will definitely be doing this again!
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