We are back from our trip, and had an amazing time at the party! Myself and my two kids entered at 4pm, used our three fast passes we had booked for pre-party, took a bunch of pics, then rode 7DMT (my son has a
DAS), then headed to Scrooge and Donald's line at 630. We were out of there by 730 and headed over to watch the castle lit up. Then rode a few rides with zero waits (Haunted Mansion, Carousel, Small World). Headed to Tony's right at 9:30 for the party. I posted a couple of pics from our parade viewing spot earlier in the thread. But, it was seriously a million dollar view! Definitely worth the $99. I booked the party while on the bus on the way to the MK. I was SO happy I did! It was a nice break from the heat also, it was HOT on Friday!!! We did watch the fireworks from that same spot, some of them were blocked a little. But, we still enjoyed it! There were several non party goes trying to camp out in our area, they were eventually booted. There was still SO much space in our immediate vicinity during the parade. I guess because there were only a little over 130 guests at the party ( I saw the check in sheet). It still didn't even seem like 130 in that area though! I sent my two kids to meet Mickey while I stayed in our parade spot. The posted line was 10 minutes. Only 10 minutes! They are almost entering the room, and then my 19 year old son says he doesn't want to go in for whatever reason!! (Autism kicks our butt at least once a day lol). So they came back to our parade spot! LOVED the parade! So awesome, so much snow! We enjoyed the food and the desserts at the party, I'm not a drinker, and it was way too hot for hot cocoa! But, the soda and bottled water were good!
Right after the parade we ran to Tortuga for a snow cone and pretzel, then to Thunder Mountain and there was NO wait. This was at 11:50pm. My kids rode once, then got off wanting to go again, but at that point the line was closed. We headed back to the castle to watch a blip of Donald singing Feliz Navidad, then went back to Tony's for a second round of dessert on the patio. We stayed there until 12:30, Tony was around and signing! Since it was now my birthday, we ran over to City Hall for my Birthday Button, but the line was SO long and my daughter was complaining! I said seriously?! It's my birthday! LOL. I've never been IN a park ON my birthday! We didn't stick around in the line, I said I'll get one at the resort. I was a little bummed...won't lie! But, I get it, long day, tired! But, the best was my son...he said "Happy birthday mom" as we were walking out....I was surprised to hear that from him, as he doesn't usually just say stuff like that without being prompted (Happy Mother's Day, Father's day, etc.)...made my day!
Thanks!!
