Hi all. DS and I will be at the Christmas party in just a couple of weeks but no regular MK ticket that day. I told DS to pick his top 3 ride choices for the party, and much to my surprise he said he really wants to do 7DMT…
I don’t want to “waste” party time standing in the line for it when I know we will already have to wait for SM with the Christmas overlay. Will I be able to purchase an ILL for 7DMT for a time between 4-6pm when the park is still open to everyone? With just the two of us I don’t particularly mind shelling out that expense but I’m not sure ILL will be an option if we don’t have a “regular” MK ticket for the day.
You don’t need an APR for a park to buy an ILL there if you have hoppers. But you only have a party ticket?
Yes, we only have a party ticket with entry at 4pm. Party starts at 7. We are attending the party in the middle of our otherwise all UOR trip.
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I honestly have no idea but I hope someone does.
Me too! 
I’m trying to figure out what we can realistically do in those 3 hours before the official party starts at 7. During the party, priorities will be everything Christmas including the fireworks, 2nd parade, decorations and cookies/snacks, and the ride overlays on SM and as much I hate to say it…Tomorrowland Speedway…
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I see why you would hate to say that 
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I’ve asked over on WDWMagic for you.
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Thank you!
I have been googling and looking for an answer to this and keep coming up with nothing…hmm…maybe an actual park ticket is necessary and a party ticket doesn’t allow eligibility to purchase an ILL?
When there was FP+ a party ticket allowed you to book FPs. There was no verification process, so you could book them for any time. Obviously in practice people booked for 3:30pm, 4:30pm & 5:30pm.
So that makes me think a party ticket should allow you to book an ILL or G+ rides for those 2 hours. It would be good to get confirmation though.
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@Tall_Paul1 was going to do this on his trip but we’ll never know since he has mysteriously disappeared. 
@OBNurseNH cautioned that she had heard someone claim that they lost one of their subsequent park days when they tried to get a LL on a party-only day. If you wanted to be 100% sure that wasn’t happening, you could have the CM at the tapstiles manually scan your party ticket rather than relying on your MB.
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This is what I have read: you can only get Genie + for MK if you purchased “length of stay” Genie+ before the change (reports are even when the party ticket is the only ticket used that day, it was available on other ticketed days). You can book MK as a hopper even if you only have a one park per day ticket with an APR at another park.
There have been some reports of ILL purchase with only a party ticket but not Genie+ as far as I know (except noted above).
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We don’t need Genie +. I just wanted to purchase an ILL only for SDMT that evening around 5:00ish using our MVMCP ticket. And…I wonder, too, what happened to TallPaul???
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I have read two reports of ILL purchases of SDMT with a party ticket only. Since you are staying offsite, you can try at park opening?
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That’s good news! We are actually staying that one party night at ASmovies, so I can be eligible at 7am for the ILL. Thanks! 
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I don’t know if there was a hidden reason why it worked for these two but I honestly don’t think many people have tried.
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Seems to me you should be able to do a reasonable SB line between 5:00/6:00. Reasonable as in less than 30 minutes as non ticket holders exit the park.
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I think you can. But I’m not 100% sure.
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I did this during MNSSHP! We had only party tickets on 9/23, no other park tickets or APRs for that day. I was able to purchase ILL for 7DMT for my family for 5pm. Worked out really well!!
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Awesome to hear! This is the time I’m hoping to get an ILL as well!
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