Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub So you survived the last 24 hour party...any helpful tips for the upcoming 24 hr party? Going or avoiding ? How would you plan WDW's 24 hours knowing what you know ...
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub That would be good advice which I obviously knew. BUT I decided to ask DL LPers for advice since they recently had a 24 hour event to survive. Thanks anyway
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I see you just joined LP in March so let me extend a friendlier Hello and welcome.
Originally Posted By Hats and Wands Went to the first Disneyland event. Going again. 1) Lockers will go fast. If you don't get one (by getting there at the crack of dawn), expect to carry stuff all day & night. Coats, Jackets, bags, etc., etc. 2) Expect long lines for attactions 3) Expect long lines for food unless you eat at off times. (Dinner at 9:30pm is better then 6:30pm) Late night snacks (or meals) are even better. 4) Don't wait until the last minute to use the restroom (unless you know of a hidden one that no one remembers). 5) Buy merchandise early & head back to room (or car) to put it away. Or buy at end of the party. Do you really want to haul it around all night? 6) Be careful of parkhopping (for those of us on the west coast). Remember it's a GradNite. Do you really want to be stuck "in the wrong park" if the other park closes it's gate? 7) Remember those strollers, cranky kids, etc that tend to go home, the later it gets? They won't be leaving. Plenty of people will be there for the duration which means strollers, cranky kids & cranky adults for the duration. Learn to just ignore the issues. 8) Do the things you can't do any other time. Pictures with the characters in pjs, dance parties, eating foods that are special to the event, etc. 9) Sit and people watch. There'll be plenty of people who'll catch your attention. Those who attend in their pjs, Those who act silly, & unfortunately those who lose their tempers. If the crowds become overwhelming, it's a way to calm your spirit, so that you can continue with the party. 10) Remember, if it's your first time, it's lots of other people's first time too. They are not coming to the event prepared for the inevitable problems that come with people who've been up for 24 hours or more. So let the little things go and just try to have fun. Remember, you can always ride that attraction, buy that churro, or see that show, another time. Well folks, for those who've gone before, did I cover it all? What did I miss?
Originally Posted By schnebs Missed it last time, gonna miss it again. It sounds like last time was a nightmare, and that was a weekday in February - I hate to think of what it'll be like this time.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan Was there last year, will not be there this year, mainly because they are blocking CMs from going this year.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Hats and Wands, I'm not going to the event but I just wanted to say I loved reading your post Seriously, great information and a few LOL's
Originally Posted By ksargen lemisfan - that' a bummer! Guess they figure they want more higher spending bodies? And you can go, if you're willing to buy a regular ticket, right? It's going to be insane, and I've actually seen other folks asking what NICE things they can do for the CMs, since we all know this is going to be one of those "standing on your last nerve" sorts of days...
Originally Posted By Hats and Wands Thanks amazed. Glad I could entertain... We didn't stay until the end. Only lasted until about 12:30 am, but that's because we were at the resort by 10am to see a special showing of Monsters University, then headed into Disneyland. I guess I'm getting old.... Crowds were way better then the Leap Day party, I guess from being distributed in 2 parks. People were not nearly as cranky as I expected & except for the mountains & Racers, most all the lines were reasonable. When Peter Pan, Pirates & Haunted Mansion are all 30 minutes or less - you know it's a good day. As for my list - we carried a backpack for the jackets, ate at 3pm & 9pm & did things like watch Aladdin that we don't normally do. Saw characters, took pictures with our Disney club at midnight, bought one small item that we were ok carrying around & pin traded with cast members. Hope others had as good an experience as we did. (Even the traffic when we left was way better then expected. Good for Anaheim!)
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "Crowds were way better then the Leap Day party, I guess from being distributed in 2 parks." And from most APers being blocked out.
Originally Posted By Hats and Wands >>And from most APers being blocked out<< Wrong info. Passes were blocked out for Saturday - not Friday. That is except for the SoCal Select which is M-T only. APs might not have been able to get back in once the park re-opened on Sat at 9am, but 6am Friday to 6am Saturday, was not blacked out.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "Wrong info. Passes were blocked out for Saturday - not Friday. That is except for the SoCal Select which is M-T only." OK. A huge chunk of APers were blocked out. Point remains the same.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Well I made it from beginning to end .... and saw Doobie in the early morn crowd, I think. Except he was in the "inner circle"of media event only crowd as I was not...so pretty jealous...Lots of fun all the day and night long. Then had to go back to POP Century to sleep for one hour and jump in shower and go to HS for STar Wars Weekend and HyperSpace HOOPLA. Had a lot of fun. and now I am home and bored...and tired. I wish I had been at the Leap Year at DL so I could say I did them both. Probably couldn't survive another and Do Not Recommend It unless you are young...But I did it p.s. Disneyland's looked like it was more fun What do you think?
Originally Posted By Bellella When will they do it next year? If they have the same stuff as they had this year I'm going. Especially since I have seen absolutely NO evidence on the D-land website about the return of the swing dancing to its rightful place.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros There has been no announcement about if or when they'll do another 24 hour event The swing dancing announcement was made on the Disney Parks Blog. The DL website is notorious for not having any useful information, so I'm not too surprised that it isn't there yet
Originally Posted By Yookeroo Picture of the swing dancing here: <a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/05/live-blogging-the-monstrous-24-hour-all-nighter-at-disney-parks/" target="_blank">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...y-parks/</a> "And don’t forget – the “Jump, Jive, Boogie Swing Party” returns to the Royal Theatre for select nights during the summer beginning June 15. Keep an eye on the calendar page on Disneyland.com for dates and information."
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS We had an absolutely wonderful time, except for our 1am reservation at Cafe Orleans for their Bananas Foster breakfast special....the food was terrible!! We arrived at 10am and stayed until closing the next morning. (was also a part of the midnight group photo of Friends of the Mouse **Hi Hats and Wands!!**) We started off with the Eye-Scream sundae and it was amazing (and so cute). We tried the special Mac/cheese/bacon flatbread in DCA and it was ok. There were a lot of specialty food items available which was great to have offered. There were lots of photo opps and we really enjoyed what Toontown had to offer this time around..characters in their pajamas, karaoke and cartoons on a big inflatable screen while lounging in bean bag chairs. So awesome. We walked on so many of the rides - such a huge contrast to the Leapyear 24 hour shindig.
