We attended this dessert party on Dec 2, and I just filled out a survey about it.
Our two cents... it was myself and my 11yo daughter...
Good (in order of best/most important):
- CMs awesome as always, across the board. Period.
- Reserved seating -- both the RESERVED and actual SEATING are important to us.
- Food was generally good; liked the fondu and chips, popcorn, punch
- Loved Santa Goofy photo op
- Table decor & ornament are cute
Bad (from WORST to just not great):
- Tables WAY, WAY TOO CLOSE together!! I would have paid more to have space to get in and out of our seats to access the buffet.
- View of the show: we sat at the back, center of the reserved area (got out there as soon as they opened it). It was perfectly fine for the projections, IMO. Absolutely RIDICULOUS wrt the majority of the fireworks -- so obscured. I think that they should either design the show such that the view from these areas is decent, or warn people that it is a severely obstructed view wrt the fireworks portion -- the same way they warn you when you buy theatre tickets in some sections of the theatre.
- We had table mates who seemed lovely, but we would have preferred an option for a table for two. I know we were warned in the fine print -- it's just a preference, even though it wasn't a surprise.
The show itself...
- Loved movie magic projections before JBJB
- Meh for JBJB. The lasers were the best part of that show, from our perspectives. Just falls flat to me.
Overall, any night in WDW is a great night!! We had a great time just being together on this mother/daughter trip, and actually really loved Movie Magic and the projections on ToT. It was a lot of fun experiencing SNOW during these shows while enjoying 63-degree weather. We're glad we did this once to get a taste of DHS over Christmas, but would not do this dessert party again. Might watch the show from a distance, and would definitely catch the ToT projections again.