Fireworks during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party (for CG)

[horizons82]

This is sort of a crossover thread between general and dining, but I thought I'd post here first since it's mostly about fireworks in the MK.

I'd like to go for dinner at California Grill mid-December and it looks like the only nights my wife and I can take off together are the same nights that Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party is happening in the MK.

Ideally I'd like to reserve a time for CG around seeing the fireworks, but with this being a special event I had a few questions:

1. Are there fireworks during Mickey's Christmas Party?
2. What time do they take place?
3. Is it the standard Wishes or a holiday version?

I looked through the daily Magic Kingdom schedule/list of events on the WDW site, and while I saw info for some of the events I couldn't find anything that specifically gave a time for Wishes or any holiday fireworks for the days I was looking into.

Thanks in advance for any info on this.

 

[marni1971]

You get Holiday Wishes. A totally different show.

 

[rwdavis2]

Keep checking MK schedules for fireworks times. We have always tried to make a reservation 1 hour prior to any fireworks show. The wait staff knows how to work around it so you don't have food sitting on the table while you're on the patio watching.

 

[thomas998]

Unless they changed things, you used to be able to use your receipt from earlier in the evening to get access to an area for viewing even if you had already finished dining at CG.