ATTQOTD:
Disneyland Resort:
2007 Walk in Walt's Footsteps. I really enjoyed this tour. They will show you some of the original tiki room animatronics since Disneyland's Enchanted Tiki Room was the first use of audio animatronics in a Disney theme park. They also discuss various inspirations for Disneyland from all over the world and go over some of the now long closed attractions. A few select attractions include front of the line as your tour guide tells you about the significance of the attraction. Seeing as how Disneyland is the only theme park in the world built by Walt Disney himself, there are some very unique things in Disneyland that will never be found anywhere else.
2009 and 2010 Holiday Time at Disneyland. This tour is only offered during Disneyland's holiday season which is roughly mid November through early January. While it is heavily focused on Christmas, it does address holiday traditions of other faiths such as Judaism. Tour included free fudge sample, immediate entrance during the tour on Haunted Mansion Holiday and It's a Small World Holiday, reserved seating for A Christmas Fantasy Parade, and gingerbread cookie with hot cocoa in the holiday souvenir plastic mugs they always sell, and a pin. I've done this tour twice since the first year it rained so hard they did the rainy day cavalcade instead of the parade and multiple attractions were down during the tour. Disney gave us free fastpasses good for any ride in the park due to the issues. They were offering full tour refunds to anyone who wanted one before the tour began due to the weather.
2010 World of Color Dining Package. I did this when World of Color first opened. It helped immensely that I loved the santa maria tri tip served at one of the restaurants, but this restaurant is now closed. Still, it was a great way to get a nice viewing spot for a very popular show when it first opened. Probably not necessary today.
Honorable Mention: Though I have never done a Halloween party, I did the 2014 24 hour Show Your Disney Side party dressed as a Jedi. Walking around Disneyland being addressed as Master Jedi, having little children believe I really was a Jedi, and having characters treat me like a Jedi was quite possibly the best day I've ever had at Disneyland. If you like dressing up as a Disney character, doing so in park is amazing.
Walt Disney World:
2012 Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. I did this because I wanted to and to celebrate my 2012 Coast to Coast. I went to the 2nd party of the year. New Fantasyland was open to party guests so I also managed to get a reservation at Be Our Guest. I enjoyed the party a lot. Didn't spend a lot of time on rides since I was checking out the party experiences, although I did make sure to dine at Be Our Guest as it wasn't even open to the public yet.
2017 Star Wars Guided Tour. I did this the day after the Dark Side Challenge. The timing was a mistake. As much as I wanted to extend all the Star Wars excitement I was wrapped up in with my Kessel Run, this tour proved to be too much walking one day after finishing a multi race challenge. Now, the content of the tour was great. I even learned some new things about Star Wars that I did not know before. At that time, the tour included popcorn, water, a dinner at one of the quick service places, and the Star Wars dessert party. Children on the tour were also given guaranteed places in Jedi Training Academy where every single one of them got to fight Darth Vader instead of the much lesser known Seventh Sister. I don't think I would do the tour again, but I really enjoyed it. I recommend it for Star Wars fans. I liked the dessert party as well. Some of my photos at Magic Kingdom from after the Star Wars fireworks at DHS (MK open until 11) feature my Chewbacca stein and all my medals.
2017 Rivers of Light Dining. Based on recommendations and reviews from people such as
@Dis_Yoda , I chose Tiffins. Getting the reserved seating for Rivers of Light was great. I enjoyed the show. But the absolute highlight of that night and easily the dining highlight of the entire week which was filled with food that I like or love, was Tiffins.
I'm considering adding either the Frozen dessert party (to switch things up) or doing the Star Wars dessert party again to celebrate the 2018 Dark Side race weekend accomplishments. I
might do one of those. I am
definitely dining at Tiffins again.