This will be our 4th NYE at the Fort and the party is our favorite way to ring in the New Year EVER. I'm thinking that they will rope off an area of the beach and put the food and drink on that wood deck that is near the boats or they can set it up on the right side as you come in to the beach. Maybe they will use that area behind Loop 300? that has a better view fo the fireworks (I think they set up events there for some of the carriage rides).
The beach was full of people last year and if they completely restricted access to dessert guests only, I would liken it to closing off the hub to only dessert party guests. I can't imagine it will come to it. I also don't think the problem of offsite guests is that big. Last year, we saw car after car turned away at the guard gate, even saw security chasing one down when the driver thought he was smart and ignored the gentleman. When the sign that parking is limited is out, every single car gets stopped. I guess they can bus over, but that would require payment of a parking fee at the parks. The beach area is pretty big and while the areas closest to the walkway are crowded, if you walk more than halfway over, it thins out and there's plenty of room. Maybe people come to visit with friends who are staying there and therefore are not "staying" there?
I hope no one pays up and Disney files this in their "FAIL" folder.