Attended the party today 8/23! Was a lot of fun, but missed a lot.
Long story short we split up to start the day. Group 1 did big thunder a late lunch and little mermaid, then around 420 the rain set in, group 2 had arrived and we all were trying to do splash but it was down. So we did pirates, and tiki room, got our wristbands and hit up haunted mansion right around 6, then small world, and Peter Pan.
We had a ILL for mine train from 5-6 but since it was down at that time we could use it during the party! This was a highlight! After this the rain had pretty much stopped. Then we hit up Winnie the Pooh, we also stopped at all the treat stations we passed.
We got lucky while waiting to ride Winnie the Pooh, Pooh and friends came back from break and waved and gave my girls high fives. I wanted to wait to meet them but the line was over an hour and we couldn’t justify that.
Headed back to dumbo, barnstormer and the Disney junior dance party.
Again wanted to wait for Minnie, Donald and daisy but they couldn’t even give me an estimated wait time and just didn’t seem to make sense to us. We stopped at cosmic rays for some not great food and the dance party, the kids loved the dance party!!
We then did space in the dark, this was not my favorite! Some more trick or treating, caught the fireworks but missed the parade and decided to head out.
I am bummed I missed the parade, but just means I need to come back another time!
Overall I really enjoyed the few things we did specific to the party, and I didn’t think the crowds were to bad. I think if your waiting for characters or only doing Halloween party specific stuff it may seem busier.
Eta - I did a lot of research and mostly knew what to expect but my sister was shocked and how most CMs had no idea, no idea how long the waits were, where wristband distributions are, what food is available etc etc.