At the price tag of $79 per adult and $47 per child, this makes a pricey add on to your Disney trip for the whole family.
I think it makes a great “new to you” experience, and something extra special when you are celebrating a special occasion. I will book Happily Ever After Plaza Garden Viewing on every Disney trip, but this party I do not see as something I will do every time. While I would not consider the FROZEN Ever After Sparkling Dessert Party a MUST do, I think it was worth it. After, you can leisurely walk out of EPCOT at night…one of my favorite parks at night! This adds a lot of value to this party, and gives you a special ending to the evening. Then, they lead you to the entrance to FROZEN Ever After and you get to ride as the park is closing. After Illuminations, guests meet at the entrance to the dessert party area, and are given an aqua wristband. One value added aspect to this party is the ride on FROZEN Ever After when the show is over. This was SUCH a fun touch, and my daughter loved it! When you watch the fireworks through them, they look like snowflakes. Shortly before Illuminations began, the Cast Members came around to each table and passed out fun glasses for us to wear.
But, the FROZEN dessert party you are seated at a table and chairs for the show as well, and that was awesome. The same is true with the Star Wars Galactic Spectacular Dessert Party ~ your reserved seating area is on the ground in front of the Chinese Theater. So, that means we have to sit on the ground. We have chosen to not book the Terrace View for the Happily Ever After, mainly because I think the view is better from the Plaza Garden. You could easily use this as a later dinner or a snack to get you through the evening, and not feel like you loaded up on sweets.Ī second aspect that I appreciated was the table and chairs for the entire show. I felt like the food here was very good, and not all sweets. Even though I don’t drink a lot of alcohol, it was still nice to have the open bar and fun FROZEN themed drinks. There are hot dips, flatbreads, a spicy snack mix, cheeses, fruits, sweets, and an open bar. One thing that I think really adds value to this dessert party is the food and drink offerings. I was seated with my back to the lagoon, and it had to reposition my chair to get a view of the show. So, that was sort of a surprise…I thought we were going to have a table to ourselves, but it turned out to be great! Had I known that we would have been seated with others, we may have returned a bit sooner, so we could get our choice of chairs at the table. We were seated at at table with 3 other guests, as the tables are 5 or 6 tops. The table settings, food, aqua and white color scheme….all fits so well together. The theming of this dessert party is, in my opinion, fantastic. Upon returning to the seating area, we were shown to our table.
Plus, we found a Memorymaker photographer, who told us his “magic shot” was to capture guests against the sunset. So, we tapped in for our FROZEN Fastpass and met a few characters around World Showcase. We checked in pretty early, and had some time to waste before we had to be back to be seated for the party. When we arrived at the check in area, they gave us a wristband and checked us in.
DISNEY ILLUMINATIONS DESSERT PARTY FULL
So, getting a prime viewing spot with the dessert party is nice, but you can still get the full show by either staking out a spot around the lagoon about 30-minutes before it starts, or picking up a Fastpass later in the day for the Fastpass viewing area. You can see the show on the lagoon from virtually anywhere in World Showcase. Having seen Illuminations many times, and it not being a “must do” for us, I hadn’t even worked it into our park plans for our trip. I was unsure as to if I wanted to book this or not ~ I’ve not met a dessert party I didn’t like1 All of the dessert parties offer food, drinks, and reserved seating for the fireworks show. However, knowing that Illuminations was ending, and always wanting to try a “new to us” Disney experience, I booked the FROZEN Dessert Party taking the chance that we would indeed love it…and we did! I have also enjoyed the Star Wars Galactic Spectacular Dessert Party, and most recently the FROZEN Dessert Party.
We have experienced the Happily Ever After Dessert Party with Plaza Garden View several times. While they are an extra paid event, I have seen the value in them over and over again. Dessert parties at Walt Disney World are something we really love.
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