Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party
Last year we were able to spend a week at Disney World around Christmas time, literally combine my two favorite things (Disney and Christmas) and I was pretty much in heaven! We went the first week in December and the crowds weren’t bad at all! We were hesitant at first to go to Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party as adults with no kids but honestly it was great! With no kids we were able to out wait the crowds and get some VERY cool shots on Main Street USA with me being the only person there!
Tickets
It was the longest day for us, we got to Magic Kingdom at rope drop and we were one of the last 10 people in the parks {HELLO, dream come true!!}. We actually took the next day off from parks just so we could relax a bit, you can read more about the rest of our trip here. It was such a cool experience and even better with little to no crowds! It was definitely worth the money to us, it made such great memories. I believe that we paid $109 per person for the party tickets. This was on top of our tickets for that day but that really just had to do with us not having extra days. I don’t think {as adults} that it was too hard to do the whole park and the event in the same day if you are short on time!
Wristbands
It was nice because all we had to do during the day was go and pick up our wristbands for the party at one of the locations they were handing them out. We picked ours up at the location in Adventureland. Around 5 pm we just asked a cast member where to get the bands and they told us where to go. I believe if you are entering the park a bit before the party, they will just give you your wristband at the front gate. But easy to get either way!
Photos
This was both Dustin and I’s first time so we didn’t want to plan anything out, we just decided to let the night take us where it wanted. We did want to get a lot of cool pictures though- MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. With the lack of people, we were able to get shots that we wanted without waiting for a ton of people to get out of the way lol yes they were a bit dark but very easy to brighten up! We stayed in the park until 2:15 getting shots. We really closed down the park and it was a dream come true!
Food & Treats
I will say that the one bummer about the party was my gluten allergy and the lack of snacks. Now don’t get me wrong, they had options - but they were pretty much all the same at each station. Where as for normal treats there were tons of goodies! They had things like Peppermint crunch cookies, Snowman Soft Pretzels. Ginger & Molasses Cookies with eggnog, Snickerdoodle cookies, and chocolate chip cookies. I think in hindsight, I didn’t try hard enough to find to find foods that I could have. Like I am looking at the map now and it says there were things like apple cider, snow cones and hot chocolate. Which at the time I just wrote off but I could have enjoyed those things!
One tip I do have is to eat an actual meal before the event! We ate at dinner at Pinocchio Village Haus before the event and we were so glad we did! One other thing we did was get a spot to watch a few of the shows and then Dustin ran to get us some coffee from Main Street Bakery to drink while we were watching them. It was actually cold that evening and the hot coffee was great! TIP: Bring an extra layer if you are going to be in the parks at night in December. If you would have told me before the trip that we would need one, I would have said you were lying. But I actually bought a long sleeve shirt and wished I had a hat or a blanket!
Entertainment
We decided that because we rode rides all day long we wanted to really enjoy the extras that the party had to offer! We watched A Frozen Holiday Wish, Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmastime Parade, and Holiday Wishes. All of these shows had multiple showings so we were able to go when it was convenient. We ended up watching the shows in the middle of the evening and doing rides before and after! We had a blast watching these shows and the parade, there were characters I had never seen out before in the parade which was really cool.
Merchandise
They did have event specific merchandise, we ended up getting Mickey’s Santa Hat but other than we didn’t get anything! They had things like special magic bands, trading pins, pass holder merchandise and other things like clothing and toys!
Overall, we would absolutely recommend doing Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, alone as adults or with your kids! Disney always goes above and beyond to make something magical and special and this applies to the party as well! We loved seeing characters, riding the rides and eating treats all while not having to navigate huge crowds! We will absolutely be back to do it again!
