We first took our son when he was three months old. He is now 15 months old and we just got back from a six day stay. He loved it and seemed to have a great time. He kept wanting to ride Pirates over & over. Same thing with the Haunted Mansion & Pooh. As soon as we got off of something, he...
I have seen the following and they all seemed to be enjoying themselves:
Don Johnson, Melanie Griffith, John Smoltz, Peter Gammons, Nancy Kerrigan, Dan Reeves, Pricess Diana & her kids, Ivan Rodriguez, Hulk Hogan.
I remember that press release. In fact after seeing your post, I found it in my WDW files. However, I kind of wish that is what they would have done. Sounds like a lot more fun to me.
We always go that exact time each year for the holidays and it is never really that crowded. We'll be there starting December 3rd this year. Some years are more crowded than hours, but it is never bad.