Wow last night was a great party. The 8/11 party was a success for us. I was curious to see what others said but for the middle of August we felt MK was not that bad before the party started. We got in at 6:30.
At around 8:30 the skies got dark and we said wow it looks like rain and then there was a lightning strike that looked like it hit MK. People started to scream. It was pretty freaky. We never saw anything like it plus no rain at all. So then many rides closed for a while. Otherwise we could have done more rides before the party.
We listened to the boards and got most of our snacks in the hub. It was empty whenever we went. But there were long lines everywhere else. They also never ran out of anything all night. We got probably two snacks a person and 2-3 waters per person for our family.
All the CMs were wonderful. More friendly then usually. Good job Disney. So many of them were fun. My son and I got into a battle on Buzz and we did it 5 times in a row (had to get off each time) and the CM was keeping track and teased my son when I won best out of 5. We just kept laughing.
Everything for us was a walk on except 7DMT was about 15 minutes at 12:45am. They let people on rides until the very end. So if you have 2 minutes left - go for it! Space was a walk on for us. And our kids went on again. The CM said they were specifically told not to allow guests to use the short cut. Not sure why. So they had to go in and out again. No big deal. Later in the night space had a minimal wait.
We had a minimal wait - 5 minutes at the Speedway at 11:45pm and 5 min at Winnie the Pooh at 12am.
We got a family portrait in the hub at 1:15am. We saw the Goodnight Kiss and left. There was still many people in the park.
For leaving, we called for two Lyfts at 1:30 at the CR and we were back in our room at AKL by 1:50am. We did see very long bus lines. Disney needs to fix that.
They did add a wristband for last night that for the beginning of the party they were checking. Two people tried to get on Buzz without wristbands but with the lanyards and the CM stopped them and said you need wristbands.
It truly was wonderful and my kids were thrilled with me for the idea of the party. We would definitely do it again in a heartbeat.