This is where I start to get nervous. With this being our first Disney vacation, let alone first MVMCP, I don't know how to "plan" the whole evening (starting at 4pm) when we don't know what the schedule of events looks like. We just plan on arriving around 3:45, getting an event list and prioritizing off of that. I didn't make any ADRs or FP for this reason alone.
Since the party doesn't start until 7pm, I wasn't sure if characters or food items for the party were available prior to that. We have 2 other MK days scheduled so I wasn't too terribly worried about getting in a bunch of rides, but more so going for the holiday events. We loosely have Moana, Judy Hopps/Nick Wilde and maybe Jack Skellington planned if none of them overlap. Hopefully that isn't an issue? I'm really hoping we get a sneak peek into the schedule before we leave. We're going on November 12th, which it looks like is about the 3rd party?