We did it in April and did not love it. The reason for this is because as soon as we showed up, which was about 8:00pm we were told that is was a busy party night and that we should eat quickly and go get our spots in the garden. I am not sure if the CM should have put that much emphasis on eating quickly. We were looking forward to sitting enjoying the dessert (which were just so-so) and then going down to the garden at 8:45. I think even if we did this we would have been fine to get a spot, but we had never done a party so we were listening to the CM's advice. It was nice that they had the photopass person there and there certainly did seem like there was plenty of space, so not sure if the CM's comment was just a tactic to clear out the dessert portion quickly. during the fireworks we had a father right up at the fence who still decided to hoist his child up on his shoulders, so needless to say my 4DD could not see, but thankfully there was a couple who let her get up in front of them. I did feel that there should be some rules if attending the party and CM enforcing them. At any rate I see they now have an after dessert party which I could see would be more enjoyable with better food offerings and not having to worry about eating quickly in order to get to the viewing area in time.