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Well, after all these years I finally got to experience WDW during the holiday season. I actually experienced DL during the holidays a few years ago. I hate to say it but MK can't even hold a candle to DL when it comes to Christmas. The biggest thing that bugs me is that you have to go to a party to really experience Christmas at MK. I was there Thursday night and it was sold out. I will say this they really need to reduce the cap on attendence because 22,000 is just too many people. I have been twice to the Halloween party(once on a sold out night) and it never felt as crowded as it did the other night. Here are some of the negatives and positives of the event. Positives 1. Disney actually did a very good job of clearing the park. I do think they should go back to closing the park at 6pm but still have Wishes at 6. Most guests did leave after Wishes but many ran to get in one more ride. However the cast members were everywhere at 7pm(shop and ride entrances, doing a sweep of the park) making sure everyone had wristbands and I didn't see anyone without one that night. 2. Just like the Halloween party the cast members really get into the spirit of the party. I know some of them have been working all day but they seem to really kick the magic up a notch during the parties. 3. Even though the night was sold out I never had to wait in line for the cookies, hot chocolate, etc. They had multiple lines at all the locations we went to and you could take as much as you wanted to questions asked. And those cookies were really good. 4. Finally seeing the Christmas parade and Holiday Wishes was great. Negatives 1. I think Disney has really pushed it too far with the attendance cap on the party. 22000 is just too many people. There are really starting to push it to the point where it is just not enjoyable. Where you are spending a good hour of your time just to get a good spot for the fireworks and the parade. Even the 2nd showing of the parade all the good spots were taken a half hour before the parade started. 2. With all this money they are making off these parties do you think they could invest in some better parade lighting. The lighting for the parade is horrible. While it may work for the Halloween parade because it is supposed to be spooky. Dim lighting for a Christmas parade is unacceptable esp. when you see the amazing parade route lighting DL has. I can't believe it would be that expensive or time consuming to put in some extra lighting esp. in Liberty Square and Frontierland esp. since they now have 3 parties a year. 3. I am sorry but Holiday Wishes was just not that great and can't even hold a candle to Hallowishes. There was just way too many of the same fireworks that are in Wishes whereas Hallowishes has alot more original fireworks. That and they didn't seem to use as many perimeter fireworks and to me the finale was just sorta blah. I will say that "The Spirit of Holiday Childhood Fantasies" was the best part of the show. That had the most unique fireworks of any part esp. the shooting of the rockets over the castle to make it look like a Christmas tree. I just really don't feel that MVMCP was worth the money. It probably is on a night that is not that crowded and I wish I could have gone on one but I had to go when my friends could go. I just think it is ridiculous that they ran the parties all the way up till the 22nd this year. It is just plain greed. I realize the last 6 parties sold out but I wonder how much of that was tourists coming here and finding out the only way they can experience Christmas at Mk is if they pay extra for it. I am sorry but MK can't hold a candle to DL when it comes to Christmas. HMH, IASWC, Believe in Holiday Magic w/White Christmas finale and the Christmas parade. I just find it funny that the park that gets the most play every year on that 2 hour infomercial Christmas day is the least Christmassy of all. However, Epcot is where the holidays truly shine at WDW. From the holiday storytellers, to the awesome Christmas tree, the amazing decorations and displays, the Lights of Winter, the Candlelight Processional which I was really impressed by even though I am not religious and the Illuminations holiday tag. What can I say about the Peace on Earth finale that hasn't already been said. It is one of the most jaw dropping fireworks finales of any show I have ever seen. All I can say is if you can look away during those last 30 seconds look to you left or right and see the look on peoples faces. That is true Disney magic. I was also really blown away by the Osbourne Lights. This was my first time seeing them. I don't know if I would have kept going back again and again if it wasn't for the dancing lights part. The cool thing is they did a good job with the TSO songs but that was nothing compared with the job they did with Feliz Navidad. I hope next year the add some more songs and I can't wait to see what they will do with those. I thought the decorations were great at DAK and the Jingle Jungle Parade was a nice overlay of the standard parade. Overall, I like WDW during the holidays. I was there 7 nights in the last month. However, they really need to do something about MK. I hope they consider adding HMH, IASWC or bringing back Country Bear Christmas and just maybe they will cut the parties back to the middle of Dec. like they used to but I doubt it. I think the MK mgrs. really need to go to DL during the holidays and see how the holidays can be done right. If it wasn't for Epcot the holidays would be very disappointing at WDW.That's just my opinion.

I have put together a video for Halloween Horror Nights. From vampires to zombies to drunken fools it is just another day at Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights Sweet 16. Here is the link. This was my first time at HHN. I had a blast going with diff. people on 3 nights(10/8/15/22). I can't compare it to previous HHN's but it was light years ahead of other theme park Halloween events I have been to. I thought most of the mazes were good but with the way they were ramming people thru them it wasn't really easy to get a scare unless you are a teenage girl. However, I thought the scare zones were great esp. Deadtropolis. The whole set design of the area was awesome and that they had over 40 zombies roaming around the crowd was great. I had a great time and can't wait for next year. BS

I think if they totally retheme the island it will be totally out of place on the Rivers of America. Maybe if they made part of the island as some secret Pirates Cove that would be cool.

Only an enthusiast could have made this post. Hilarious.

I'm sorry, any actual themeing at all would be heavily themed for a Cedar Fair park.

I think the 2 parks in one problem is something that happens to most of the parks Cedar Fair buys. When you go to Dorney and WOF it is very easy to tell the old parts of the park and the Cedar Fair. I think due to the lack of space it has been way more pronounced at Knotts. Instead of adding new sections like they have done at the other parks they are ripping up the old sections and putting in new stuff that just does not mesh. I do think it is ridiculous that CF has upped the height restriction on a bunch of rides that ran perfectly fine for years at their previous height. But we are talking about Cf who have been notorious for their "Gestapo" ride ops. I would get my snaps in while you still can on the Flyers at Carowinds because I bet that will go away. I think Knotts needs a few family rides to balance the park back out but I don't know if it will ever get its charm back. But who ever expected CF to build a GCI woodie and a heavily themed launched coaster. So who knows.

Shiekra last Thursday.

Actually tickets for Corteo run $40-$70. The tickets for the touring shows are not that expensive unless you get the VIP tickets. It is the tickets for the shows in Vegas that I think have gotten really outrageous.

To me it is all about having fun. Some people take this whole hobby way too freakin seriously. I have fun whether i am at a park with friends are enthusiasts or with friends who are not. I just can't stand the enthusiass's who take this stuff too seriously and will get into arguments about "whether Superman at SFMM is a coaster or not" like it is something that will effect your life like affordable health care or gas prices. Those kind of people are the ones who make this hobby not fun.

As someone who goes to CA about every other year. This past Aug. I had the choice of going to Knotts with one coaster I haven't ridden or go to SFMM with 2 I hadn't ridden. I chose Knotts. Every visit I have had to SFMM was lackluster at best. I don't understand the people who slag Silver Bullet. I thought it was great and had the first geat Cobra roll on any inverted. The overbank before the cobra when you are sitting on the right side in the front seat was sick. Has KBF lost some of its charm over the years, yes but it is still run wayyyyyyyyyy better than SFMM

ride-Space Mountain park-Disneyland One of the most fun rides in the best park in the world.

My Dream Night at SFEG would be taking me and my 100 friends over to Lakeside so we could ride something that doesn't suck.

U2 in Atlanta last year 11/19/05. That was one of 4 times I saw them last year. Wish I was going to see them in Hawaii in Dec.

I have seen O, Zumanity, Alegria, Dralion, Quidam, Varekai, Mystere and La Nouba. All of the shows are great with Quidam being the best touring show that I have seen and O being the best resident show and O was simply the best show I have ever seen period. Are the tickets expensive? Yes but O is simply like nothing you have ever seen before.