Went to the party on Tues Dec 13. We had a great time! Focused on shows, parade, a few rides, and all the treats our tummies could handle!
Went in with a plan, and it turned out okay. Yes, Main Street felt very crowded, but that was expected.
Got to the park around 3. Had a park hopper ticket, so just entered through regular line. Glad we did, the party line was long! Went on a couple of rides, ate dinner, and ended up in Tomorrowland area when the party officially started.
Grabbed treats right away, hopped inside Club Tinsel for dance party (polar bears are fun!), saw 7:40 Totally Tomorrowland show, 8:05 Voiceplay (they were fantastic!), cut across main st, circled around enjoying more treats, a couple of rides, and atmosphere, watched 9:25 castle stage show, found a spot for fireworks, then went ahead and stayed on main st until 11:00 parade because it was so busy feeling. It was more relaxing to just sit and absorb everything around us.
A few minutes after 11 a voice came over the loud speakers and said "Due to technical difficulties..." then cut out. Oh my gosh! Talk about panic,
I thought they were going to cancel. Everyone started mumbling, trying to figure out what was going on. A couple minutes after that, another announcement came on (I've never heard main street so quiet!), that said due to technical difficulties they were delaying the parade a few moments. Whew! I can handle that!
Anyway, the parade went on. We had a fantastic view at the back of the hub, curbside seat, with castle in the background.
After parade we only had time to go back to ride 7DMT, only waited about 15 min.
Overall, we had a fantastic time! Weather was perfect, warm. I wore shorts and a light weight Elf shirt.
We made it to all the treat stations (some multiple times!), except the circus one. I loved the eggnog. Peppermint cookies were my favorite.
I also loved seeing the special lighting everywhere (candy cane on BTMM!). Cast members were fantastic, cheerful, and helpful.
Only glitch happened when my magic band rejected my pin and I had to go to guest services to reset it. Turned out okay because we strolled down main street again (love the snow, even though I'm from up north and see it all the time! Lol) and got more large snowman cookies from inside city hall.
We took our time leaving, snapping pics as went, soaking in as much party as we could. Got back to the room around 1:30 (when we found out mousekeeping didn't clean it that day! But that's a whole other story...!).
So to sum up: would I do the party again? Yes. In a heart beat.