We did the party last night. I’m a huge fan of Disney and have been going to parks my whole life. We were residents of Orlando for many years and often annual passholders. We’ve also done both the
MNSSHP AND
MVMCP since they started years ago, but have not been in the last 10 years to either. Probably has been 5-6 years since we’ve been in a park.
Last night was extremely warm, incredibly crowded, and for us, not worth the money. We are two adults and three teens.
Only interested in rides. Not any meet and greets or parades.
We walked through the gate at 7pm. Went through the bypass (crowded) got our candy and treat bags, and made a beeline for Pirates. We saw huge crowds, lines for TOT were insane. 30 minute wait for POC and the overlay was just dumb. Directly to Splash. Wait was only 15 minutes. Directly to BTMRR, wait was 10 minutes. Trick or treated for apple sauce at Tom Sawyer. Then Haunted Mansion, 35 minute wait. Directly to Small World, walk on.
Then we headed over to Tomorrowland Terrace for our terrace view dessert party. By now it was 9:30pm. So, about 1.5 hours of waiting equaled about 2.5 hours of navigating crowds. That’s how insane it was.
The dessert party was not worth the money. It was nice to have a place to sit for the fireworks, but the desserts themselves were just Ok. Our view was about 25% obstructed by a giant rocket ship. The cheeseburger spring rolls were good. They did bring us a nice surprise present. We sat there through the fireworks, had a few bites of dessert (biggest thumbs down to doom buggy cream puff, Skellington cupcake was decent) and went on our merry way. We headed to Space Ranger Spin, about a 10 minute wait. Then to Space Mountain, about a 15/20 minute wait. We did really like the dark ride. Did treat line at Cosmic Rays. Went over to Little Mermaid, basically a walk on. Then got in line at 11:45 for 7DMT (I do not get the hype). We only sat for the Hallowishes dessert party, and not for long. We did not wait in any lines for parade or meet and greets. We bought nothing the whole night. But with the crowds, all this is the entirety of what we got to do.
For us, the party is not worth the time or money anymore. We do not have young kids. We did love seeing everyone in costume. People really knocked it out of the park and it was very enjoyable in that way. The trick or treating is actually super fun to me. We did get about a pound of candy each and munched on it most of the night. But the crowds and the heat really killed this for us. It’s amazing to me that Disney has found a way to basically get two days park admission out of 24 hours. It used to be one of my favorite events of the year, but I would actually not ever do it again. For us, DAH sounds more our interest.