MelOhioDis
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2018
Went to the party on 10/18. Just me and my DD8. We really enjoyed it! Quick recap. I'm sorry that I don't have more specific times. My brain was fried from the crazy heat all week!
Got to the park at 2pm. Watched Festival of Fantasy Parade
Went to Cinderella/ Elena FP
Met Gaston
Meet Ariel FP
Grabbed a snack and headed over to Jack and Sally
Got there a little after 3:30 with little line. Done by 4:37
Went through the bypass (Realized later that we should have gone to get the SoMK card! That was the only thing I wanted to do that we didn't get. Just kept slipping my mind)
Ariel ride FP
Tried to go to the Seven Dwarfs. They weren't coming out for another 45 minutes and already had an hour wait (This was around 5:45 I think) Decided to skip.
Wandered around a bit (this was our 4th MK day of our trip so we had already rode most rides.)
Tried to meet Moana I think around 6pm. Wait was over an hour.
Rode BTR with only 15 minutes wait.
Walked over to Tomorrowland. The Buzz ToT station had started handing out candy around 6:45. Went through that. Line was long but moved very fast.
Got in line for Space Mountain. It was out the door, but posted at 20 minutes. I think they closed the entrance so they could switch the ride over. While in line I noticed a popcorn cart that had Oogie Boodies. Daughter waited in line while I went over. They would not sell until EXACTLY 7pm. FYI..I saw them later on at the hub cart around 11pm also
Was off space mountain by 7:30pm. My daughter who loves space mountain. Did not like it in the dark at all.
Went over to the monster dance party. The people had really crowded the characters so there was just a very small dance area. We just kind of peeked in. The CM's started pulling the characters out and the DJ was telling everyone to back up.
The Carousal or Progress ToT line was really long so we skipped it.
Walked over to Tea Cups. Stopped to ToT at Cosmic rays. Again line long but moved fast.
Went on the Tea Cups. 10 minute wait.
Line for Alice/ Mad hatter looked about 15 people deep. Same with Queen of hearts.
Went over to the Hub for the 8:45 show. Got there around 8:15 and walked straight to the middle of the circle. There was plenty of space, people were crowded toward the front. I think this spot is also elevated. My daughter stayed in her stroller the whole time and could see perfectly (yes I got a stroller for my 8 year old, don't judge! It was just her and I and she's way to heavy for me to carry!
). There was also a little guy next to us standing that didn't have any problems seeing. We were never crowded either. All I have to say is WOW what a show! I wasn't that excited for it, but I'm so glad that we saw it. Definitely one of my favorite things of the night. My daughter loved it too.
After that we tried to find a spot to watch the first parade. Whoa. This had to be the hardest part of my night. I probably should have just stayed in the hub. Went over to Frontierland and it was insane!! We walked all they way down to the end and it was 4 or 5 people deep by that point. We turned down the walkway to Adventureland a little before they roped that off for the Headless Horseman. We were able to see him great, but couldn't stay in that spot so we abandoned that parade.
Went over to PoC. The pirates were stopping people in the line and talking to them. It was actually a bit annoying, I just wanted to get on the ride and it was holding it up! My daughter did kind of enjoy the looking for the Pete guy. That is until he was just standing on the bridge... she said that was lame.
Trick or Treated at Jungle Cruise. No line
Went to check on Moana's line. It was only 30 minutes so we decided to wait. Got about 20 minutes in before my daughter had to use the bathroom. Abandoned line with only a few people ahead of us.
Walked toward liberty square as fireworks were going off. Saw a photo pass photographer who was taking pictures with the fireworks in the background. I loved these!
Did the lantern magic shot by Haunted Mansion.
Trick or treated in fantasyland. No major lines. I feel like we did something else here but can't remember!!
Then circled back around to find a spot for 11:15 parade. It was starting to get full but wasn't crazy. We found a small area just in front of the Christmas shop between two groups. This was a great place to watch! It only has room for maybe two rows so people weren't smooshing into us. Parade was awesome!
We then hightailed it over to the 7 Dwarfs meet. We got there around 11:45 with absolutely no wait! There was one family finishing up. Word of warning-- Don't touch the tops of their heads. The cast members kept yelling at the little girl in front of us to stop. Grumpy finally got up and gestured for her to stop!
We then went over to the Disney Junior Dance party. There were two people there. Doc and Vamprinia were both out. We stayed for a minute.
Went to the Barnstormer ToT.
Minnie was still out so we met with her. Then we went over to Goofy. They had stopped his line, but the CM was nice enough to let us go. We were done with him at exactly midnight.
All in all we got a lot done. There were definitely a lot of people there but it was very manageable. We left with 2 full little bags and half a tote bag of candy. MK had been very very crowded on our other days there, so this was easy in comparison.
I was really glad we went. I think I'd do it again, but not if it costs much more than what we paid this year.
Also, I put some of my candy in my carry on as I knew we'd be close to our wait limit. I put them in ziploc bags and pulled them out when we went through security. The one guy before the xray machine did look through the bag. My daughters bookbag was pulled because i forgot that I had put a snack bag with some applesauce in it. I think if you pull them out yourselves you shouldn't have any problems. The rest was in my checked luggage and it wasn't melted at all. It probably melted more at the party! Gosh was it hot!
Got to the park at 2pm. Watched Festival of Fantasy Parade
Went to Cinderella/ Elena FP
Met Gaston
Meet Ariel FP
Grabbed a snack and headed over to Jack and Sally
Got there a little after 3:30 with little line. Done by 4:37
Went through the bypass (Realized later that we should have gone to get the SoMK card! That was the only thing I wanted to do that we didn't get. Just kept slipping my mind)
Ariel ride FP
Tried to go to the Seven Dwarfs. They weren't coming out for another 45 minutes and already had an hour wait (This was around 5:45 I think) Decided to skip.
Wandered around a bit (this was our 4th MK day of our trip so we had already rode most rides.)
Tried to meet Moana I think around 6pm. Wait was over an hour.
Rode BTR with only 15 minutes wait.
Walked over to Tomorrowland. The Buzz ToT station had started handing out candy around 6:45. Went through that. Line was long but moved very fast.
Got in line for Space Mountain. It was out the door, but posted at 20 minutes. I think they closed the entrance so they could switch the ride over. While in line I noticed a popcorn cart that had Oogie Boodies. Daughter waited in line while I went over. They would not sell until EXACTLY 7pm. FYI..I saw them later on at the hub cart around 11pm also
Was off space mountain by 7:30pm. My daughter who loves space mountain. Did not like it in the dark at all.
Went over to the monster dance party. The people had really crowded the characters so there was just a very small dance area. We just kind of peeked in. The CM's started pulling the characters out and the DJ was telling everyone to back up.
The Carousal or Progress ToT line was really long so we skipped it.
Walked over to Tea Cups. Stopped to ToT at Cosmic rays. Again line long but moved fast.
Went on the Tea Cups. 10 minute wait.
Line for Alice/ Mad hatter looked about 15 people deep. Same with Queen of hearts.
Went over to the Hub for the 8:45 show. Got there around 8:15 and walked straight to the middle of the circle. There was plenty of space, people were crowded toward the front. I think this spot is also elevated. My daughter stayed in her stroller the whole time and could see perfectly (yes I got a stroller for my 8 year old, don't judge! It was just her and I and she's way to heavy for me to carry!
). There was also a little guy next to us standing that didn't have any problems seeing. We were never crowded either. All I have to say is WOW what a show! I wasn't that excited for it, but I'm so glad that we saw it. Definitely one of my favorite things of the night. My daughter loved it too. After that we tried to find a spot to watch the first parade. Whoa. This had to be the hardest part of my night. I probably should have just stayed in the hub. Went over to Frontierland and it was insane!! We walked all they way down to the end and it was 4 or 5 people deep by that point. We turned down the walkway to Adventureland a little before they roped that off for the Headless Horseman. We were able to see him great, but couldn't stay in that spot so we abandoned that parade.
Went over to PoC. The pirates were stopping people in the line and talking to them. It was actually a bit annoying, I just wanted to get on the ride and it was holding it up! My daughter did kind of enjoy the looking for the Pete guy. That is until he was just standing on the bridge... she said that was lame.
Trick or Treated at Jungle Cruise. No line
Went to check on Moana's line. It was only 30 minutes so we decided to wait. Got about 20 minutes in before my daughter had to use the bathroom. Abandoned line with only a few people ahead of us.
Walked toward liberty square as fireworks were going off. Saw a photo pass photographer who was taking pictures with the fireworks in the background. I loved these!
Did the lantern magic shot by Haunted Mansion.
Trick or treated in fantasyland. No major lines. I feel like we did something else here but can't remember!!
Then circled back around to find a spot for 11:15 parade. It was starting to get full but wasn't crazy. We found a small area just in front of the Christmas shop between two groups. This was a great place to watch! It only has room for maybe two rows so people weren't smooshing into us. Parade was awesome!
We then hightailed it over to the 7 Dwarfs meet. We got there around 11:45 with absolutely no wait! There was one family finishing up. Word of warning-- Don't touch the tops of their heads. The cast members kept yelling at the little girl in front of us to stop. Grumpy finally got up and gestured for her to stop!
We then went over to the Disney Junior Dance party. There were two people there. Doc and Vamprinia were both out. We stayed for a minute.
Went to the Barnstormer ToT.
Minnie was still out so we met with her. Then we went over to Goofy. They had stopped his line, but the CM was nice enough to let us go. We were done with him at exactly midnight.
All in all we got a lot done. There were definitely a lot of people there but it was very manageable. We left with 2 full little bags and half a tote bag of candy. MK had been very very crowded on our other days there, so this was easy in comparison.
I was really glad we went. I think I'd do it again, but not if it costs much more than what we paid this year.
Also, I put some of my candy in my carry on as I knew we'd be close to our wait limit. I put them in ziploc bags and pulled them out when we went through security. The one guy before the xray machine did look through the bag. My daughters bookbag was pulled because i forgot that I had put a snack bag with some applesauce in it. I think if you pull them out yourselves you shouldn't have any problems. The rest was in my checked luggage and it wasn't melted at all. It probably melted more at the party! Gosh was it hot!
