I'm guessing this is the case. We went to the Wishes Dessert Party with Plaza Viewing on 12/19/16 and were quite late showing up for the party (got stuck in a torrential downpour at BTMRR). When we finally got there (probably a good 20 minutes late), the upper area was already packed, so they sat us at a table just above the terrace party guests (I'll call it "mid-mezzanine"). We were the ONLY people sitting there (keep in mind, this is 6 days before Christmas!). They then escorted us over to the garden and it was so spacious, we could have done cartwheels in there and wouldn't have hit any one. Fast forward to the last week of August 2017 and we booked the HEA dessert party with plaza viewing thinking we'd have a similar experience - yeah, nope! We got there late again (this time on purpose as I wanted to sit on that level again). We were seated on the same level, BUT this time, THAT was packed! Lines at the buffet were nuts and they ran out of coffee cups (CM said they didn't have a lot to begin with . . .huh? It's a dessert party with a coffee service, you need coffee cups.) No CM's escorted us to the garden and by the time we got there, we realized people had been camping out there for a while. We found a spot, but it was packed. It also wasn't secured well as we saw an entire family (led by the dad), jump a rope and sit in the area (I told a CM and that was taken care of). I have the party booked again for Dec. 20, but I'm re-thinking it as it sounds like this is par for the course at this point. No sense in paying extra if the garden is going to be as packed as the general viewing area.
