Is it worth the price? How good is the view of the fireworks and Tinkerbell's flight?
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Wishes Dessert Party
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CAPTAIN HOOK
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We did it last August - Your tables are allocated prior to your arrival and most are situated well under the canopy, so guests will stand along the wall to get a good view meaning that you cannot really eat and watch as your view is obscured. Desserts on the other hand are plentiful and really lovely
How many people are usually there? Will my children be able to see, or is it going to be just liking standing anywhere else?
CAPTAIN HOOK
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There were around 20 tables (I think) of guests. If you get to the wall then you'll get a good view
It is one of the best ways to watch Wishes. No pushing or shoving and no former NBA stars standing in front of you 2 minutes before the show starts.
Haha
Honestly, you have to determine how much money it will cost you for your group and then decide how much your time is worth. Assume you may scarf down 15 dollars worth of desserts per person now take the rest of the cost and that is what you are paying to not have to stake out a good spot and stay with it for an hour to insure you get a good view. That's really all you are paying for. You don't get to sit down and watch you are going to still be standing just like if you were out with the huddled masses.
Of all the desert deals we have done at various Disney parks the only ones I can say we found worth it where you were either seated or got something special out of the deal... Such as the cruises in the lagoon to view the fireworks, that's nice because it is completely out of the way of the park and gives you a different view from what you can get in the park... the other one that used to be good was the Fantasmic desserts viewing at DL before they removed the seats (not worth it now because you no longer get reserved seats).
Otherwise I personally don't see much point in the desert deal Disney pushes. Not saying this is the worst one out there, that prize would probably go to the EPCOT Illuminations Sparkling Dessert party which is vastly overpriced for what you get... Wishes is probably a middle of the list deal that some may be able to justify... but only you know how much your times worth because that's all this really does is save you about an hour of waiting.
StarshipDisney
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We did the Wishes Fireworks Dessert Party twice during our recent trip (12 & 15 September 2016). Did it twice this time just to make sure that we got to see Tinker Bell fly since we did the party once back in 2010 and she did not fly then due to weather. Got to see Tinker Bell twice this time.
You no longer have assigned tables and they just give you the best table available upon arrival. I requested a different table and got the one I asked for. You can sit and see the fireworks from most any table...but I preferred being along the railing,
They no longer have the wonderful Crème Brule and it seems like the desserts overall were not as good as what they had back in 2010. I was not impressed by the current selection. It was wonderful to have a seat for the fireworks but now that we have done it 3 times, I doubt we will do it again. It is worth doing once but 3 times is enough for us.
You no longer have assigned tables and they just give you the best table available upon arrival. I requested a different table and got the one I asked for. You can sit and see the fireworks from most any table...but I preferred being along the railing,
They no longer have the wonderful Crème Brule and it seems like the desserts overall were not as good as what they had back in 2010. I was not impressed by the current selection. It was wonderful to have a seat for the fireworks but now that we have done it 3 times, I doubt we will do it again. It is worth doing once but 3 times is enough for us.
Desserts on all the special ticket parties have really gone down, and not just at MK but other Disney parks as well. It seems they have decided that the bottom line is going to be saved by cutting a few dollars from the cost of an already very profitable product. We noticed that in the past you could get mickey ice cream bars at the EPCOT Sparkling dessert party which kind of helped rationalize the expense for people going that had kids who couldn't drink because they charged adult prices for those under 21 but above 10... Well they stopped that option and replaced it with scoop your own vanilla ice cream... Not sure that saved them more than maybe 50 cents a guest at most but they seem to think that the small savings made sense for them.
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danyoung56
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Really? You mean less sand, less hot arid country? Cool!