who was your gotta see meet and greet??
Donāt laughā¦ We are not meet and greetersā¦ We do rides and candy (ds loves trick or treating at mk, guess it makes it more fun!?!) and we love the parade! Make sure you grab a spot early if you catch the first paradeā¦ We like the spot in front of liberty treeā¦ Also, this year we discovered the candy path to the left of barnstormer, no lines, lots of candy and a fun way to monsters inc dance party! We love love loce mnsshp and are already planning costumes for next oct!!!
cause you know I LOLed!!! I am thinking my kids would want to M&G with Jack and Sallyā¦ Me 7 dwarfs donāt know if both will be able to happenā¦ then rides, candy, dancingā¦ LOL
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short and sweet and back to the hotel after to relax before party?
You wonāt want to hear this but it goes by so fast!!! Make sure you make your FPP between 4-7, that should help! And just plan plan plan! Hahaha!!! One meet I (and no one else ) wanted to see was lotso!
@chilepeppr4 I had my 68 year old DMiL and DS11. We hit TH pre-rope drop for breakfast, Safari, Everest x2, and FOTLK. we left sometime before 1. Went back to POR for a swim and a rest, made it to MK at 4:30.
We made FPP for MK and ended up not using one. It does happen VERY fast.
Transportation was no problem. The pre-rd TH helped us get the most bang for the buck.
We ended up having a morning at the AoA pool and relaxing. Lunch at Landscape of Flavors, then we packed up our costumes and bused to Epcot around 1pm. We did most of FW with fpp, and took the monorail to MK at 4:30. It was me, DH, DD8 and DD6. We changed into costumes when we arrived.
Then, lined up for the 7 Dwarfs at 5:30 while eating yummy Pinocchio Haus flatbread for dinner in line. Done with the M&G by 7:00, and did a few other meets, rides and candy during the first parade, and caught the fireworks and 2nd parade.
It does go by so fast, but it was so much fun. A highlight of our trip for sure.
This is going to sound confusing butā¦ Here we go
If the morning of the party we decide to go to AK only for breakfast and to ride safari then head back to hotel and use our party ticket to get into MK at 4 can we still use FFP between 4-7 at MK even tho we entered AK first ( as of now we DONT have hopper tix)
Not confusing at all. Yes, as long as you do not book any FPP for AK, you can book FPP for MK between 4:00 and 7:00. No PH is required to do this.
Also, you should be able to get a lot more done in AK in the morning than just breakfast and KS and still get back to the resort for plenty of rest/nap/changing time before the party. As you are going to be at KS, then FotLK and the Pangini Trails would be very convenient.
I have heard that the park is super nuts b/w 4-7pm b/c of party and day guests still being there? have people found this to be true? B/c of that I was planning on going to MK in the morning of the day of the party from like 9ish til 12ish, (use our original 3fpp during that time), add a 4th fpp to be used in the evening, go back to hotel and rest in the afternoon, come back around 4 or 5pm and do a TS dinner somewhere in the park before party time. Bad idea???
@mjsmomma most people have said to skip TS in a party nightā¦ Lines for meet and greets build early. Late lunchā¦ And a quick QS on the fly during party is what I heard is the tip
@mjsmomma actually if you look at the crowd calendar, party days are traditionally low level days because of the short hours. Most of the congestion weāve seen (both MNSSHP & MVMCP) comes at the entrance and Main Street. Once back away from that, itās all good.
We made the mistake of scheduling LTT during MVMCP last time. Donāt!! Too much valuable time lost. Stupid thing is, the intelligent folks here told me not to do it. Silly me.
thx guys! good thing I have lots of time to rethink this!
I think the 4-7 craziness was a reality this year. You have to expect it and plan for it. I think people were surprised with the crowds all day on most party days. That may just have more to do with the fact that the crowds have been building lately in the world with very few slow times. I scheduled my TS for around 2:00 so that I could have a big meal right before the party. I would not use party time, and I would not go hungry!
my kids (age 5 and 9 at trip time) will still need to eat fairly close to regular meal times, thatās just how they roll. so we will probably eat lunch around 11 or 12 and need dinner sometime in the evening. is grabbing something at an MK CS a totally bad idea around 5 or 6pm? We wonāt be lining up for Halloween characters at all, they just arenāt into that.
We grabbed food at Caseyās, and every party there is always Sleepy Hollow, but that is basically waffles (not like thatās a bad thing). If you ate close to 5 you should be fine.