TheDisneyNurse
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Tonight’s our party night! We’re getting to the park around 2:30/3ish, and we’ll be at Tony’s later in the evening. Who’s going?!
Weather is beautiful today.
Weather is beautiful today.
Tonight’s our party night! We’re getting to the park around 2:30/3ish, and we’ll be at Tony’s later in the evening. Who’s going?!
Weather is beautiful today.
I’ll be there. I hit the park in the morning and now resting for the party. My hubby is super sick so it will just be me and my almost 3 year old. I was able to take him off the Tony’s reservation so at least I’ll get my money back for that. If you see a very stressed mother pounding Prosecco at the party, say hi...it’s probably me.Tonight’s our party night! We’re getting to the park around 2:30/3ish, and we’ll be at Tony’s later in the evening. Who’s going?!
Weather is beautiful today.
I sure will! We’ll have a toast together, lol. I’m wearing a multicolored christmas sweater and jingle jangled up the wazpp. I’m Kristen!I’ll be there. I hit the park in the morning and now resting for the party. My hubby is super sick so it will just be me and my almost 3 year old. I was able to take him off the Tony’s reservation so at least I’ll get my money back for that. If you see a very stressed mother pounding Prosecco at the party, say hi...it’s probably me.
We just switched from the 20th to the 18th because of the forecasted rain. We lost a few good fastpasses but I think it was a good decision. We can easily put up with cold but rain would really ruin the party for us.
We're supposed to be going to Thursday's party. I'm really hoping the forecast changes. I hate that it jumped from a 30% chance to 90% for rain.
So far we’re having an amazing night! We did Splash, SM, the magic carpets, Pooh, Barnstormer, and met J&S and Rapunzel and Tiana with their Princes. We went to almost every cookie stop and we’re currently carrying around a popcorn tub filled with cookies and apple sauce. The merch is pretty sparse, I just bought the baseball style party tee. We just met mickey with literally a 30 second wait. And J&S have a super short wait, but we met them earlier.
It’s in the mid 50’s here and we are lovin’ it. We’re sitting in the lobby and Tony’s waiting for the party to start. Our plan is to step outside around 950 to see Holiday Wishes, and then come back out around 1045 to get a parade spot. We’ll judge based on the crowds.
I am big time stressing about Thursday’s weather forecast. I know it’s Florida and can change on a dime, but rain’s been predicted all week. The only thing that’s changing is the % - - - and not in a good way! Thankful we have Tony’s booked now - just hope the parade and fireworks don’t get cancelled.
The 20th and 21st are our only options as well. DH asked me yesterday if we could / should switch, but it would just mess up too many other plans to really be a viable option. I figure if it’s a total washout they may offer tickets to come back the next night, which we could do after our dinner at Artist Point, so maybe all won’t be lost. I’m just crossing fingers and toes that the forecast changes!Same here...we also have tickets for Thursday and I am definitely worried. I've noticed the same trends as you have and the increasing % chance of rain for the evening in particular.
The 20th and 21st are our only options because we arrive late on 12/19, but I deliberately didn't book 12/21 because I figured the last party of the year would be sold out and absolute madness from a crowds perspective. Despite that, I'd consider begging Disney to let us change days if we didn't have paid CL FP+ booked for 4, 5, & 6 pm at AK on 12/21...plus the Wishes dessert party booked for 12/20. Also, I figure it's far enough out that the forecast could still change and we could end up at a sold out 12/21 party where it's also raining buckets.
Just out of curiosity...has anyone done both the Wishes dessert party and Tony's party on the same night? I considered switching from the Wishes party to Tony's when I read all the good reviews, but after seeing the food offerings (we're vegetarians) I realized we couldn't eat a lot of the food so we wouldn't get as much value from it as most other people. Instead, I booked the Festival of Fantasy lunch package at Tony's on 12/22, which includes the parade viewing. I know it won't be quite the same because it'll be during the day and the snow won't be falling, but I really hate paying for a lot of food we can't eat, and I felt like the FoF was a good compromise.
I am big time stressing about Thursday’s weather forecast. I know it’s Florida and can change on a dime, but rain’s been predicted all week. The only thing that’s changing is the % - - - and not in a good way! Thankful we have Tony’s booked now - just hope the parade and fireworks don’t get cancelled.
See you there on the 19th. I read the rain was going to end toward evening so I think it will be fine!We feel the same way. Arriving late on the 19th (actually will be early morning of the 20th at this point) and we are also nervously watching the forecasts. Looks like we are arriving just in time for a cold front the 4 days we are there. We also have Tony's booked. My wife is very worried about the parade and fireworks. At least it will be warm and dry in Tony's.
I hope so!!!!See you there on the 19th. I read the rain was going to end toward evening so I think it will be fine!
Just wanted to make a little post about our first MVMCP last night. We got there at 3:00pm and immediately got in line. They opened the "gates" so-to-speak at 3:45pm. We got our wrist bands and headed to the laugh floor where we waited for about 10 minutes to see the show. (Also, we followed the CM's directions to skip the hub and get our red santa cookies!) After the laugh floor, we crossed the hub, which was busy but not terrible, and we ate dinner at the Crystal Palace. After that, we went on Jingle Cruise. It was about a 25 minute wait but because my mother is handicapped, we waited only about 10. We went on Aladdin and POTC after and then got eggnog and ginger cookies. We found a spot in frontier land to watch the parade. We were right inside of Pecos Bill. (Side story: Originally we and several other families were sitting on stools from the tables but a CM asked us to put them back because they were for patrons. I thought this was a little ridiculous considering that we had just bought coffee and sodas from Pecos and technically were patrons of the restaurant! We didn't argue though, and we put them back -- only for the stools to be sat on by other parade watchers.) The parade was good and I enjoyed the gingerbread men and toy soldiers, but it was a little lacking somehow. When the parade ended, two of my party went over to Thunder Mountain, where the posted waittime was 35 but we only waited 15. We skipped Fantasy land entirely and crossed the hub again to get to Tomorrow Land. The hub was PACKED for the fireworks! But they had carved out walkways with tape on the ground and it wasn't difficult to cross. Once in front of the laugh floor again, my mom, who was riding an ECV, took a tumble and fell off her scooter. People were so nice and helpful, making sure she was okay and helping us get her up. We watched the fireworks show from the bridge, and then we rode the Buzz ride. I sucked. To end our night we went down main street and it began to snow!! We stopped in a couple of stores and were out by 11:30pm.
Overall, we really had a great time. If you've read posts from the Halloween party thread, you might recognize me. I absolutely despised MNSSHP! (But maybe it was because I had blisters, we didn't watch the parade or fireworks, and it rained so all the rides were closed.) but MVMCP was a million times better. We thought the crowds were about equal to MNSSHP, and it was much better than we had thought being that this is the first time we've been during Christmas and were expecting the worse. We would definitely do the party again!
I am big time stressing about Thursday’s weather forecast. I know it’s Florida and can change on a dime, but rain’s been predicted all week. The only thing that’s changing is the % - - - and not in a good way! Thankful we have Tony’s booked now - just hope the parade and fireworks don’t get cancelled.