Just wanted to share our experience with the 12/6 party, since I can’t seem to fall asleep.
We got to the party around 5:15, after an early dinner at Ohana. Used one fp for Peter Pan’s Flight at 5:40. Our priority was really rides, since this was our only MK day this trip, and we got everything in that we wanted to do. I didn’t really pay attention to posted times, but we never waited more than 15 minutes for anything except 7DMT, which was about a 20-minute wait (we got in line at 11:35 for it). Several rides were walk-ons, with most being less than 10 minute waits (except Space, which was 14 minutes).
We also did several of the treat locations without any significant wait...lines were long but they moved quickly. We did stop for several party-exclusive photos but didn’t do any character meet and greets. Watched the fireworks from in front of Splash Mountain and it wasn’t crowded back there at all. We also managed to get a pretty good spot for the second parade in front of the Frontierland Shooting Arcade just one row of people back from the rope literally as the parade was already going on.
I haven’t been to
MVMCP in 20 years so I don’t have anything to compare it to other than a normal day at the park, but it definitely felt super crowded until about 10:30-11:00.
All in all, we had a great time though, despite the crowds. We hit all the rides we wanted to do, got all the snacks we wanted to get, and every CM we encountered was nothing but pleasant and helpful. Would I do it again? Yep, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.