Just wanted to make a little post about our first
MVMCP last night. We got there at 3:00pm and immediately got in line. They opened the "gates" so-to-speak at 3:45pm. We got our wrist bands and headed to the laugh floor where we waited for about 10 minutes to see the show. (Also, we followed the CM's directions to skip the hub and get our red santa cookies!) After the laugh floor, we crossed the hub, which was busy but not terrible, and we ate dinner at the Crystal Palace. After that, we went on Jingle Cruise. It was about a 25 minute wait but because my mother is handicapped, we waited only about 10. We went on Aladdin and POTC after and then got eggnog and ginger cookies. We found a spot in frontier land to watch the parade. We were right inside of Pecos Bill. (Side story: Originally we and several other families were sitting on stools from the tables but a CM asked us to put them back because they were for patrons. I thought this was a little ridiculous considering that we had just bought coffee and sodas from Pecos and technically were patrons of the restaurant! We didn't argue though, and we put them back -- only for the stools to be sat on by other parade watchers.) The parade was good and I enjoyed the gingerbread men and toy soldiers, but it was a little lacking somehow. When the parade ended, two of my party went over to Thunder Mountain, where the posted waittime was 35 but we only waited 15. We skipped Fantasy land entirely and crossed the hub again to get to Tomorrow Land. The hub was PACKED for the fireworks! But they had carved out walkways with tape on the ground and it wasn't difficult to cross. Once in front of the laugh floor again, my mom, who was riding an
ECV, took a tumble and fell off her
scooter. People were so nice and helpful, making sure she was okay and helping us get her up. We watched the fireworks show from the bridge, and then we rode the Buzz ride. I sucked. To end our night we went down main street and it began to snow!! We stopped in a couple of stores and were out by 11:30pm.
Overall, we really had a great time. If you've read posts from the Halloween party thread, you might recognize me. I absolutely despised
MNSSHP! (But maybe it was because I had blisters, we didn't watch the parade or fireworks, and it rained so all the rides were closed.) but MVMCP was a million times better. We thought the crowds were about equal to MNSSHP, and it was much better than we had thought being that this is the first time we've been during Christmas and were expecting the worse. We would definitely do the party again!