Reviews of Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party (Magic Kingdom)
Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 12/07/2019
Rating: (8) Recommended
We attended Mickeys Very Merry Christmas party on November 18,2019. (I have been to this party three other times in the last 10 years and have loved it each time.) We got into the park easily at 4pm. They moved the party crowd in very quickly and efficiently while allowing the regular park guests to exit .The lines are very long for the cookies and hot chocolate but move incredible fast. Not all the attractions or rides are open but most of the popular ones are. We were able to ride our favorites throughout the evening without a long wait time. I was glad to see the cast members checking for party wristbands as it is expensive to attend and many regular park guests were trying to stay in the park for the party. There is truly a different feel at the party versus regular park hours . The cast members are dressed festively and Main Street comes alive with the lights and snow. I highly recommend attending the second run of the parade as it is much less crowded .
If you can't decide if you should attend the party vs a regular park day consider this..... if you don't really care about the snow ,cookies, special parade or some of the special dance shows for the teens and kids then you will likely be happy with just attending the park during regular days and hours. If you only have one day for the Magic Kingdom then you will have more available to you during the regular hours but you will miss the party feel. It is truly a Christmas party as only Disney can do.
Pros:
Great Christmas Party feeling . Special parade. You can enter at 4 and it closes at 12 leaving you plenty of time in the park.Cons:
Everyone had the same idea on how to spend the time before the party began at 4... and that was to go to the Grand Floridian and look at the beautiful gingerbread house and decorations. The lobby of the hotel had many people just hanging around until closer to 4 and the lines for the monorail were the longest I've seen. They moved quickly but the lines were still long.Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 12/07/2019
Rating: (9) Recommended
I highly recommend going. I wasn’t interested in meeting characters but it’s worth it for the short wait times alone, plus fun shows and festive atmosphere.
Pros:
A Frozen Wish is fun to watch and the fireworks were amazing! (We watched frozen Storybook Circus) We got on everything we wanted to with short lines abs the few cookies we got were great!Cons:
The parade is definitely not the best.Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 11/15/2019
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
Not the happiest place on earth! Over sold, too crowded to even see the parade, cancelled shows and rude cast members. Will be never go back and would not recommend this to anyone unless less tickets are sold. It was obvious that greed overtook customer experience.
Pros:
Snack lines moved well. Decorations were pretty!Cons:
Too many tickets sold! Shows all delayed or cancelled!Reviewed by DisneyRobin Review Date: 11/11/2019
Rating: (9) Recommended
Here’s a rundown of our night at the 1st Xmas party on Nov 8.
It was a drizzling in the evening and then the rain kept picking up throughout the night. Luckily, we brought rain jackets!
We arrived at the party at about 7pm. (Today, we did mk in the morning, ak in the afternoon, rested at our room in the contemporary for a while and then walked over to the party).
We walked up the back street behind Main Street where they handed out cookies, had lots of photo ops and had Xmas music playing - very festive!
We picked up some cookies at a few places on our way over to splash mountain. We walked right on twice in a row and then went on btm and just waited about 5 mins to ride.
After that, it was about 7:45 so we decided to watch the 1st parade. We walked up to a great front row spot in frontier land - right across from town hall. I videoed and took lots of pics. Fantastic parade as usual! Loved it!
Then, we picked up some more treats as we walked over to Tomorrowland for the speedway, Space and Monsters Xmas overlays. The speedway was festive but the rain was not that much fun - although it probably helped to keep the wait time down - only about a 5 min wait. We sat in a puddle and had a driving rain in our faces. Lol. We still had fun.
Space mt was about a 20-30 min wait but we were just happy to be out of the rain for a bit. We heard that the ride was having tech difficulties but it was up and running again. Super fun with the Xmas music and Xmas lights... it was much brighter inside than usual so we could see the tracks very well. Almost seemed like we were outside!
We missed the fireworks while we were on SM but it was pouring out so we didn’t mind.
Monsters inc was lots of fun with a Xmas theme to all of the jokes.
Club tinsel was cute. We had some treats and enjoyed watching the reindeer dance.
Then, we walked right on Winnie the Pooh and under the sea and at 11:20 waited about 15-20 mins for SDMT. Our last ride of the night was jingle cruise which we walked right on and had a very funny skipper! Great way to end the wet night.
On our way out, we danced to the Xmas music in the hub and took lots of pics as we walked down Main Street.
This was such a fun way to kick off the Christmas Season!
Pros:
Short lines, festive atmosphere... lots of fun!Cons:
It rained:(Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 11/10/2019
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
We are annual passholders and have done the Christmas party in the past, so we thought we had a good idea of what to expect. This is the first time I can say we were truly disappointed at that party on 11/8. Despite rain for the whole event, crowds were intense everywhere. We enjoy these events because the kids can experience so much more in the short amount of time. We only had success with our fast pass rides and on the teacups. It was nearly impossible to get thru the lines for the complimentary snacks, the stage performances were all cancelled or delayed, and we waited a considerable amount of time for a bus to take us back to the resort (I feel like Disney usually does a good job of anticipating crowds leaving and are prepared with bus departures). At first, we thought maybe we just had some bad luck this trip, but after talking to other guests and guest relations, the feedback we heard was all generally the same as ours. What a disappointment and waste of money 🙁
Pros:
Festive atmosphere, exceptional cast membersCons:
Long lines for food and attractions, cancelled performancesReviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 08/15/2019
Rating: (10) Recommended
We went last year(2018) and loved it. Of course it was crowded, it should be. We went mid week and did everything we wanted to do, including mine train and space mountain twice. We waited for the late show by the castle and walked right up to within 10 feet of the stage just as it started. No one was there and the kids were thrilled at 11:30pm. They didn't want to go to bed, that night was so much fun.
Pros:
Characters, free snacks, ridesCons:
It was cool, bring a sweaterReviewed by jennarenay96 Review Date: 06/13/2019
Rating: (10) Recommended
This party is awesome! You can feel the Christmas magic as soon as you step onto Main Street.
Pros:
Very festive, free goodies throughout the park, awesome parade, awesome stage show, awesome fireworks, and you get to meet unusual characters!Cons:
It can be a little crowded at timesReviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 11/19/2018
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
We have gone to MVMCP several times and found it to be outstanding, crowds where low and all the entertainment was exceptional this year on 11/15/18 we went and was very disappointed in the crowds, it was extremely crowded, couldn't get near the complementary snacks and the rides all had long lines, when I asked a cast member they indicated that the ticket sales is not just limited to a certain amount of people its now open to whomever buys a ticket. Seems to be very greedy now, Walt would have never wanted this.
Pros:
Beautiful fireworksCons:
Extreme amount of crowdsReviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 09/30/2018
Rating: (9) Recommended
I haven't been to the party for a few years, we go to the halloween party and it has so much more to offer. I have to say the 2017 party was different. The free snacks were great this year. Before the cookies were the same at all the locations. This year there was a huge selections including pretzels and snow cones.
Pros:
Great fireworks good snacks cool eveningsCons:
crowds were a little bigReviewed by Disney nut Review Date: 09/29/2018
Rating: (10) Recommended
Love Christmas time in Disney and MVMCP
