alicat130
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 11, 2014
My sister and I went to our first Christmas party on 12/7. We lined up for Nick and Judy as soon as they opened the line around 4:45 and were first in line. They came out right at 6:15 and we were done around 5 minutes later. We stopped for some treats (3 treat stations) on our way to Fairytale Hall and after some confusion from cast members, we hopped in line for the Tiana and Rapunzel side. Afterwards, we hopped into line for the Cinderella and Elena line. We were finished with both by 7:30. On our way back to the hub, we stopped for the Tangled lights photo and the line moved really quickly, probably around 5-10 minutes.
We made our way to Main Street and found a spot to watch the Castle lighting. There was a photopass photographer in the hub grass area and we jumped over for some quick photos and got the snow globe magic shot. While waiting, we saw them wheel the MVMCP ornament into the hub grass area and as soon as the lighting was over, we got in line and then were off again!
We walked to the line for the Aladdin characters and waited about 20 minutes before deciding they were just moving too slow. I think they met 3 families in that time and were switching out characters again. We went to go get a snowman pretzel and on our way over found Peter Pan wandering around and got a photo. We also saw an almost non-existent line for Jack Sparrow. My sister ran inside Tortuga Tavern to get pretzels and the snow cones while I held our place in line.
After meeting Jack, we wanted to meet Mary Poppins and Bert and I read some incorrect info somewhere that they were in the Town Square. We walked all the way down and didn't find them. We were able to get the candy cane magic shot though. We ended up walking back to the hub area and grabbed a spot for the fireworks. At least we got to see the snow on Main Street, it was so magical!
After the fireworks, we were on a hunt for Mary Poppins and Bert. We had a hard time finding a cast member that could tell us where they were. I think we stopped and asked 4 or 5 CMs before we found the line between the Peter Pan ride and Philharmagic. The lighting where they are is terrible, our photos didn't turn out very well. We made it to Frontierland in time to have a front row spot for the parade. We missed the magic of main street, but we got a lot more done and still got to see the parade, so it was a win-win for us.
After the parade, we very quickly made our way to the Circus area (with more treat stops on the way) and saw a fairly short line for Scrooge McDuck and Donald. We hopped in and were 3 groups from the cut for the night. They were a really fun meet and we finished right at 11:54. We walked as quickly as we could to Seven Dwarfs (we didn't get to ride during the day) and walked in at 11:58. We were off and back on Main street by 12:18. We had only 2 hours of sleep the night before with a full day at MK and the photopass lines were long, so we passed on any more. I did get the MVMCP exclusive pin at the Emporium before walking out.
We had an amazing night and would definitely go to another party in the future! I know we were so lucky with how our night went. This thread was so helpful in our planning for the party (should have read more about Mary & Bert, though!), I hope this long summary helps someone else out!
We made our way to Main Street and found a spot to watch the Castle lighting. There was a photopass photographer in the hub grass area and we jumped over for some quick photos and got the snow globe magic shot. While waiting, we saw them wheel the MVMCP ornament into the hub grass area and as soon as the lighting was over, we got in line and then were off again!
We walked to the line for the Aladdin characters and waited about 20 minutes before deciding they were just moving too slow. I think they met 3 families in that time and were switching out characters again. We went to go get a snowman pretzel and on our way over found Peter Pan wandering around and got a photo. We also saw an almost non-existent line for Jack Sparrow. My sister ran inside Tortuga Tavern to get pretzels and the snow cones while I held our place in line.
After meeting Jack, we wanted to meet Mary Poppins and Bert and I read some incorrect info somewhere that they were in the Town Square. We walked all the way down and didn't find them. We were able to get the candy cane magic shot though. We ended up walking back to the hub area and grabbed a spot for the fireworks. At least we got to see the snow on Main Street, it was so magical!
After the fireworks, we were on a hunt for Mary Poppins and Bert. We had a hard time finding a cast member that could tell us where they were. I think we stopped and asked 4 or 5 CMs before we found the line between the Peter Pan ride and Philharmagic. The lighting where they are is terrible, our photos didn't turn out very well. We made it to Frontierland in time to have a front row spot for the parade. We missed the magic of main street, but we got a lot more done and still got to see the parade, so it was a win-win for us.
After the parade, we very quickly made our way to the Circus area (with more treat stops on the way) and saw a fairly short line for Scrooge McDuck and Donald. We hopped in and were 3 groups from the cut for the night. They were a really fun meet and we finished right at 11:54. We walked as quickly as we could to Seven Dwarfs (we didn't get to ride during the day) and walked in at 11:58. We were off and back on Main street by 12:18. We had only 2 hours of sleep the night before with a full day at MK and the photopass lines were long, so we passed on any more. I did get the MVMCP exclusive pin at the Emporium before walking out.
We had an amazing night and would definitely go to another party in the future! I know we were so lucky with how our night went. This thread was so helpful in our planning for the party (should have read more about Mary & Bert, though!), I hope this long summary helps someone else out!
