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Sheryl · 12-09-2002

I went to Mickey's Christmas Party Sunday (Just a few hours ago)! It was packed, and felt as if everyone stayed until the very end.

The soap snow was very neat! It falls all over main street...very impressive! My kids loved it!

Here is a tip!
The parade is twice. If your night runs the same, the 8:15pm one starts in Frontierland and ends at the beginning of Main Street, however the 10:40pm one starts at the beginning of Main Street and ends at Frontierland (meaning the first time slot goes one way, and the next one the other way).
My crew went to see the 10:30pm show of Mickey's Twas the Night Before Christmas (behind Buzz Lightyear's ride) and then ran over to catch the parade, but we got the end of it because I didn't consider it was going the other way! LOL. Oh well, what we did see was neat.

The cookies are sugar cookies with sprinkles. I had in my mind they would be chocolate chip..(I have no idea why!). You can get lids for the hot chocolate but I didn't see any straws.
So bring your own straws if you want them. And although I think you can eat all your want (I had two cookies and 3 cups of hot chocolate), there are only two stations to get the "goodies".

Bring a watch! Somehow I ended up on It's a Small World and missed the fireworks...completely. LOL!

Bring a camera! There were lots of characters out for pictures.

I got to sneak away and go on Alien Encounter - without my kids. Which is my next tip... Don't... please please =don't= go on Alien Encounter for the FIRST time WITH your kids. PREVIEW IT!! You will not regret it...because your child screaming in shear terror isn't really something you want to experience, and I have yet to be on that ride where there haven't been kids in the room crying uncontrollably. I feel so terrible for them... fortunately tonight, half way through, one dad of two crying kids was able to take them out! I didn't even know you could do that! I think he just pushed the chair up and got out! Super Dad! Hopefully he saved them from having nightmares... I've never and will never take my kids on it, but what a smart guy to realize he could get out of there if he wanted to!

Hope this helps!

This was my first time ever to go to the Christmas party and the only lasting impression I was left with was that it was very "Santa" and I did, noticeably so, feel an absence of anything spiritual. So as nice as it was, I probably won't go again. Not to offend anyone. If you are into Santa, it's definitely the place to be! And I certainly didn't expect anything Christian from Disney. I just didn't realize it wasn't really meaningfully fun for me without it.

Also, I looked at the ceiling a lot. LOL!
I think they should paint the ceiling or cover it or something on a lot of the rides. Like, even in It's a Small World - it's so beautiful down below and then you look at the ceiling.. let's just say, it's not pretty. Where are suggestion boxes?

12-09-2002	#13 (permalink)
Sheryl Mouseketeer Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 66	I went to Mickey's Christmas Party Sunday (Just a few hours ago)! It was packed, and felt as if everyone stayed until the very end. The soap snow was very neat! It falls all over main street...very impressive! My kids loved it! Here is a tip! The parade is twice. If your night runs the same, the 8:15pm one starts in Frontierland and ends at the beginning of Main Street, however the 10:40pm one starts at the beginning of Main Street and ends at Frontierland (meaning the first time slot goes one way, and the next one the other way). My crew went to see the 10:30pm show of Mickey's Twas the Night Before Christmas (behind Buzz Lightyear's ride) and then ran over to catch the parade, but we got the end of it because I didn't consider it was going the other way! LOL. Oh well, what we did see was neat. The cookies are sugar cookies with sprinkles. I had in my mind they would be chocolate chip..(I have no idea why!). You can get lids for the hot chocolate but I didn't see any straws. So bring your own straws if you want them. And although I think you can eat all your want (I had two cookies and 3 cups of hot chocolate), there are only two stations to get the "goodies". Bring a watch! Somehow I ended up on It's a Small World and missed the fireworks...completely. LOL! Bring a camera! There were lots of characters out for pictures. I got to sneak away and go on Alien Encounter - without my kids. Which is my next tip... Don't... please please =don't= go on Alien Encounter for the FIRST time WITH your kids. PREVIEW IT!! You will not regret it...because your child screaming in shear terror isn't really something you want to experience, and I have yet to be on that ride where there haven't been kids in the room crying uncontrollably. I feel so terrible for them... fortunately tonight, half way through, one dad of two crying kids was able to take them out! I didn't even know you could do that! I think he just pushed the chair up and got out! Super Dad! Hopefully he saved them from having nightmares... I've never and will never take my kids on it, but what a smart guy to realize he could get out of there if he wanted to! Hope this helps! This was my first time ever to go to the Christmas party and the only lasting impression I was left with was that it was very "Santa" and I did, noticeably so, feel an absence of anything spiritual. So as nice as it was, I probably won't go again. Not to offend anyone. If you are into Santa, it's definitely the place to be! And I certainly didn't expect anything Christian from Disney. I just didn't realize it wasn't really meaningfully fun for me without it. Also, I looked at the ceiling a lot. LOL! I think they should paint the ceiling or cover it or something on a lot of the rides. Like, even in It's a Small World - it's so beautiful down below and then you look at the ceiling.. let's just say, it's not pretty. Where are suggestion boxes?