I've treated myself to a second visit to Orlando this year for my Birthday! Staying at Universal Orlando, but hope to visit Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios, but I only have 5 days in total including departure day.
I'm thinking of going to the Mickey Christmas and Jollywood parties, but I'm only interested in rides (and not shows, food or character meet and greets), and probably won't have time to enter the parks early.
In fact, my flight arrives at MCO after 6pm on 13 November, and there's a Jollywood party on that night! Is that cutting it too fine? I guess by the time I go through customs, check-in at Universal, then uber it to Hollywood Studios, it will be about 8.30pm!!
Is it worth going to these parties for the rides only? If I enter the park an hour or so after the party officially starts, do I still have a good chance of getting on all the big rides? I've done After Hours at both parks before and most rides were pretty much walk-ons apart from Tron and Seven Dwarfs...I guess the parties may be busier though!
Thanks for any tips :-)
I did Jollywood Nights last year (I was down there for my December birthday as well haha) and managed to get on all the rides I wanted, plus got to see the muppets show and have some food. I think we left the party a little early too. Personally, I don’t think the cost of those tickets would make it worthwhile unless you take advantage of the early entry. I also did an After Hours at HS in March and there is a big difference in crowd levels, but either way, rides were pretty easy to get on (Mostly because a lot of people just go for the shows, characters, etc.). I’m going again in a few weeks and am almost following your plan lol. We land at 1:00 and are doing MNSSHP that night. Mostly for rides, so I’ll let you know how that goes if you’re interested! I will also add, as a solo traveler, you can get soooo much more done in an evening if you want! I also just realized I gave arguments for both sides of your question lol, but I hope it helped! 😂