We also did the 9/21 party, myself DW and DD20 (I will try to be as specific as I can on some times, memory is a little fuzzy on some). We got to the park right around 4:00 and it took less than 5 minutes to scan in and get our bands. We went to get our SOTMK cards and shop in the Emporium for a few minutes (
@FoxC63 we were told that the Stitch pin is sold out from CM's at Emporium, Frontierland and also the Big Top). We then went back to the bypass for our bags and starter candy, did a couple prop photos with very minimal wait (2-3 minutes each) 4:14 and 4:18.
We then hung around in Tomorrowland for awhile and tried the Candy Corn Milkshake because DD and I were hoping against hope that it would taste like candy corn.... It didn't sadly. While it was an OK shake, it was not worth the extra expense for a plain vanilla (orange colored) shake with a little cotton candy and a tasteless marshmallow. We then did SM, PM and then Buzz (5;23) before walking over to the Big Top Tent to look at that merchandise. Walked over to Pecos Bill for Hades Nachos as they were selling them already at 6pm but not the worms and dirt....
6:49-6:54 Hitchhiking ghost photo
6:59 ToT Country Bear Jamboree - very short line
7:01 Cadaver Dans
7:19-7:24 Grave Digger photo (went immediately at last song from Cadaver Dan)
7:35-7:48 POTC, thought the "overlay" was meh... but love that ride anyway!
7:49-8:10? ToT @ Pirates? (not really Pirates, but the tables across the street from Pirates), Splash, Tom Sawyer and Country Bear again.
At this point DW and DD went toward the hub to stake out a spot for Hocus and I waited on line at the popcorn cart in front of LTT for Oogy Boogy. Took less than 5 minutes and they had a bunch there. Then went to watch HP on the street in the hub just on the other side of the Frontierland bridge. Very crowded but we were able to see everything fine. We then made our way back to Frontierland and staked out a spot across from LTT so we could head to HM right after the parade. Let me tell you what.... IT WAS CROWDED! First parade, 20 minutes before start and it was already 4-5 deep for as far as i could see around LTT. We were right next to a bypass that would close for the parade so we ended up with front row, but unless you got there early you were deep in the crowd there. LOVED the parade, HH then Grave Diggers were fantastic!
9:40? ToT CHH - smallish line that went fast
9:48-9:53 - Buggy Magic shot in front of HM - then watched Madame XXX and Butler Broome interact with the crowd
10:00-10:10 ToT - Pinocchio and PhilharMagic then grabbed a seat on a rock behind the castle for the fireworks. Love the view from here, and while it is not perfect with having the Castle framed in front of you with the fireworks going off around it, I will gladly trade the lack of crowding and shoving for the 360 degree view this spot gives you.
10:30 - went straight to Pooh M&G and were told 45 minutes and the line looked about right for that (we passed for now)
10:31 - ToT at Cosmic, Monsters Inc and CoP (Space is still down and has been for awhile)
10:50 - Watched the Tea Cup overlay, probably the best of the bunch....
10:58 - 7D M&G - told ~30ish minutes, but there were not a lot there (looked more like 15-20) so we decided to go. After 1 pic they went on break, 3 mins later a CM came out and said that Dopey had something in his eye and they weren't sure how long Snow White needed to get it out.... We decided that with ~20 lbs of candy, Space still down and nothing left to "must do" we would wait it out, sitting on the carpet of course, lol. The CM's were great, they played Disney trivia giving out pieces of candy to those that answered correctly. Every few minutes some in line would leave, making us ~5 in line when they finally returned at 10:25. Got our pic at 11:31! I am a huge 7D fan and wanted this photo (and Pooh as you will see from below pic) but we all decided that we wouldn't wait more than ~20-30 min for pics, so getting this one made me happy!
11:32 - Look to see that SM IS UP!!!!! We beeline over there to see a 10 min wait on the board and DD and I rush in and we are done at 11:46. Before we went on we were both "eh" about the "overlay", but we really LOVED it - pitch black and blasting music made for a real fun ride that I was really surprised at.
We decided at 10:45 that we had more than enough candy than we could handle so we passed on any more ToT for the evening.
Biggest piece of advise for everyone: Wait till later to ToT. The lines were very long from 7pm-~8:30ish, but after 9 or so they were very short and at 10:30 they were complete walk-throughs with no wait at all!
We then headed for the exit via Starbucks for the Not So Poison Apple Cupcake to take back to the room. Others have said was very sweet and of which my DD stated "Holy cow, that is the SWEETEST thing I have ever eaten!" She did manage to finish it the next day though....
We did get the HH Magic Shot at 12:15. A little bit of advise here - there are 3 photographers doing this, the 2 on either end had lines because they were closest to the exits, the one in the middle had no line and ALSO has the best angle of the Train Station being dead on center. Got on the bus back to resort after a short 5 min wait.
All in all we had a lot of fun and did just about everything we wanted to do : HP, Parade, FW, POTC, SM, ToT, Cadaver, Grave Digger & 7D M&G and ate the specials we wanted. The only thing we missed was the Pooh M&G, but I preferred the 7D over that one so I am happy! So while we thoroughly enjoyed the party, unless Disney changes the # of people or the crowding in some way shape or form, this is probably a one and done for us. It really was VERY crowded and unless you had a plan all set before you would not get to do what you hoped to do, imo.[/USER]