Rock Your Disney Side - 24 hour character party at Magic Kingdom

[disney4life2008]

Nope I went last year and did 6

@tinkgrl1685, Exactly- I would be wasted for at least a day afterwards. Unless I was a local, it wouldn't be worth it at all for me. Then again, I've never been one for all-nighters so there's not much that could make me stay up for 24 hours straight.

That happened to at last years event. I was worked in Fort Myers from 7am until 4pm, then drove to Magic Kingdom (3 hours); arrived at MK around 7pm and stayed all night until the 6am closing. By 6am I was a zombie. What made matters worse was I could not check into my hotel off site until 4pm and I was dead tired. I ended up going to AK and sleeping through several shows of Lion King, lol.

 

[jesemeca]

We made it from opening till 4:40am. By the time I went back to bed this morning I had been up for over 26 hours. Then I only got about 5 hours of sleep. Honestly, I'm not that tired yet. But I have to get up early again for Star Wars weekend, so off to bed I go. I'm not sure I would do it again, but it was a very fun day. I saw the sunrise over Cinderella Castle, met some Instagram friends, rode the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and met Maleficent and the Evil Queen. Overall it was a great day. It would have been even better if it wasn't so hot. That's what almost did me in. I will be posting a trip report about it all sometime in the future, after I finish my cruise report!

 

[jesemeca]

To let ya'll know, I was capturing the live stream from both parks, I have WDW done being sorted, I missed from 1:01:25AM-4:07:10AM. Other than that it's pretty much there. Will head to youtube once I render it. Time for music then It's on to sorting 4 DLR cams at about 5 hours plus each

I will be keeping an eye out for these. I walked by and waved a few times.

 

[jesemeca]

The cooler temps was the best part for me. We left around 3:30. When I almost fell asleep on the train I knew it was time to call it a night.

The FP+ for Anna/Elsa & Rapunzel/Flynn was a mess when I went. Waited about an hour; line didn't even move for about 25 minutes for some reason. Flynn was fun but in hindsight I would've done something else if I knew it would eat all that time. I took one look at the wait time for Mal & EQ and kept on walking. No thanks!

We left at 4:40am after three of the five of us fell asleep on the train. Lol.

 

[ImagineerDude]

See, part of me wants to agree with you both, that I too would be dead to the world the next day. Then again, part of me thinks it would be totally worth it lol

Trust me, it's totally worth it!

We did it last year and were gone from Indiana a total of 47 hours. Only 31 of those we in Florida and we flew! I really want to go next year if they do one! Any rumors about the next one? I need a trip to start planning.

 

[BigTxEars]

Trust me, it's totally worth it!

We did it last year and were gone from Indiana a total of 47 hours. Only 31 of those we in Florida and we flew! I really want to go next year if they do one! Any rumors about the next one? I need a trip to start planning.

That is hardcore!

 

[bluewings]

I would love to try it. I think I would have a decent chance at it, I've been awake 24+ hours straight before but that was mostly out of the sun and nowhere near as much walking.

 

[SorcererDonald16]

We left at 4:40am after three of the five of us fell asleep on the train. Lol.

I saw a lot of folks catching cat naps there! Not a bad place if you can sleep while in motion (something I've always struggled with).

I didn't know about the cameras or I would have waved! I got there around nine, left around 1; came back 5:30 or so. More than enough for me in that heat.

 

[Cesar R M]

I was in COP around 3:30 and can vouch that 30s dad was in that exact stat. Mouth not moving, arm looked detached. It was very uncomfortable to see him in such rough shape.

he fell ? got stuck somewhere? or how could it happened? I mean.. his arm detached and wrist cut in half?
sounds awful!

 

[R W B]

Staying awake for 24+ hrs is not a problem for myself, staying inside the Magic Kingdom for 24 straight hrs is what would be my problem. I can't stay there all day on a normal operating hour day, idk how I would last. I hope to try it with my fiance one year though, hopefully next year if they do it again.

 

[Arty Cordova]

he fell ? got stuck somewhere? or how could it happened? I mean.. his arm detached and wrist cut in half?
sounds awful!

What is the COP?

 

[Kman101]

Carousel of Progress

 

[disney4life2008]

Staying awake for 24+ hrs is not a problem for myself, staying inside the Magic Kingdom for 24 straight hrs is what would be my problem. I can't stay there all day on a normal operating hour day, idk how I would last. I hope to try it with my fiance one year though, hopefully next year if they do it again.

LOL I could do 24 hours in shifts with at least 4 trips to my room to sleep. But 24 hours nonstop in the park is too much for me, lol. I love MK but that is overkill. On a typical vacation I timeout about 5 hours and that is when I need to leave to another park or go back to my room.

 

[horizons82]

Sorry for being off-topic a little, but when I was checking the wait times on the MDE app, at no point did any of the wait times seem to be as bad or as high as I would have expected for this event.

From anyone who was actually there--what were the crowds like at various times for the 24-hour event? Just from looking at the app wait times, it actually seemed to be a slower day overall--perhaps because the 24-hours was able to spread the crowds out some?

 

[cheezbat]

I stayed at the parks the full 24 hours...but I park hopped. 24 hours straight in the MK is just too much. After about 15 hours I'm set.

 

[cheezbat]

I was quite disappointed with this event. They advertise it as a big rare character event, yet aside from Hercules characters and a few more rare villains...where were half the characters in the photo shoot?

 

[wdrive]

I was quite disappointed with this event. They advertise it as a big rare character event, yet aside from Hercules characters and a few more rare villains...where were half the characters in the photo shoot?

At home because TDO (and TDA for that matter) won't cough up the money

 

[asianway]

I was quite disappointed with this event. They advertise it as a big rare character event, yet aside from Hercules characters and a few more rare villains...where were half the characters in the photo shoot?

No one ever said those characters would be there. It was a vanityPR stunt for Tommy

 

[Kman101]

And to be fair, it seemed like WDW did more than Disneyland did.

 

[Sketch105]

I had a great time at the event, but my biggest disappointment was I had yet another chance to meet Bowler Hat Guy, and I still didn't get to (the line was long, it was 3am, and my friend was getting tired).