I booked this online before we left and was pretty pumped about it, nut I was worried that it would be a waste of $69 each. The reviews seemed pretty good, so I took a chance.
This is the area for the dessert party near GMR before they started to allow people in.
This was where we ended up grabbing a table. All the way to the left of this pic in the back.
There was a decent line for check-in by the time we arrived, but it moved very quickly. They checked your name and gave you a wristband and in you go!
First we grabbed a drink at the bar. Obviously.
We both got a First Order Finale and they had no problem with letting us get two drinks a piece so we also got a cup of The Force. I thought that was cool to not limit you to one drink at a time, or make us both go up for drinks. Good stuff.
He got a table all the way in the back away from anyone else and it was a perfect choice. We had a good old time back there on our own with an area to kind of walk around to keep our legs from getting too tired. I do wish they had some seats for you cause it does kill your legs to stand in one place the whole time. That's my only complaint.
I went up and got us plates of food while Rob held the table. I loved the stormtroopers on the tables.
So, as you could already see there was a bar with a few bartenders who kept the drinks coming fast. There was an area to serve yourself the different lemonade flavors and a big thing of ice full of sodas and water.
Off to the side were tables full of the food. Here are some trays of the cheese sabers and C3PO biscuits.
Rice Krispie treats and Darth Maul eclairs.
Darth Vader cupcakes, which struggled to stay upright.
BB8 cupcakes
Some pics of our plates, of which we had many.
The C3PO crackers were not my fav but the smoked sea-salted “Quarter Ration” biscuits were awesome. I ate those and the cheese sabers all night. I was so glad they had a few savory options like those in there. Especially when I am drinking.
The Darth Vader cupcakes with chocolate peanut butter frosting were good, as were the rice krispie treats, but the Blue Milk Panna Cotta with Crispy Pearls was NASTY! We both gave ours one bite and tossed it. Yuck!
The Darth Maul eclair was good but the pistachio cherry bites were not my fav.
This is what a lot of my plates looked like.
I loved the BB8 lemon cupcake with buttercream frosting! Fitting since I had my BB8 shirt, ears and MagicBand on that evening.
There was also a station serving Space Junk bread pudding with all kinds of crazy goodies in it like pretzels and M&Ms.
I had mine with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream. Yum!
Some more savory items like the biscuits and pesto crisps and smokey dipping sauce.
And of course I had to hit the freeze dried nutella station.
I got mine with chocolate sauce. It was like a super rich peanut butter and chocolate ice cream.
And of course we got some selfies.
And the fireworks were awesome!!! My favorite ever after Wishes. And we were up close and personal for them with no waiting in a massive crowd. It was almost worth it just for that alone. Especially in HS where it feels so crowded on the main street.
After the fireworks as you made your way out of the party area we each got a Chewbacca stein!
I love this thing. I drink from it all the time. If you follow me on Instagram you know this to be true.
To break it down, awesome viewing area with no pushing or shoving or anger at strangers required. So many drinks. Like, sooooo many drinks. They knew our faces at the bar by the end of the night. We got our money's worth for sure. And some tasty and unique food options themed nicely around Star Wars. And a freakin' Chewbacca stein. Two in fact! This was so worth the money. Oh, and I totally grabbed a bunch of sodas and bottled water before we left. I have no shame in my game.
I would do this experience again in a heartbeat. It was maybe my favorite time this trip.
And to top off a great evening we got out to the bus stop expecting a huge massive line, but there was no line. We got on the bus right as it was leaving and it was crowded, but not overwhelmingly so and we had a nice conversation with the folks around us. That was a huge victory alone just to not have to wait in a mass of people at the end of the night for the bus. Worked out perfectly.
What an awesome awesome day!!!