Magic Kingdom Fireworks Dessert Party — Restaurant in Bay Lake

SAVE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY! I am in my late 30s and have been a Disney fanatic all my life so I felt the need to let everyone know that this is a huge Disney failure.

I surprised my wife with this party on our honeymoon. This was one of the worst experiences I've ever had.

There was no defined location provided to us at purchase nor any available location listed on the Disney app. Just a start time of 8. So after wandering around for 20 or so minutes looking for a knowledgeable staff member we finally found the location which was in a small room above the Frozen ride. The room was closed off to the entire park; it felt like we were in sub par run down conference room; definitely not the outdoor, high quality experience I expected from Disney. We were seated at a table that looked like it was covered in a tablecloth I'd buy at the dollar store with 6 other people who looked equally disappointed.

The desserts were pathetic and the beverages even worse. The desserts offered throughout any Disney park are far better then anything offered at this dessert party. You are much better off spending $30 per person tasting 3-5 desserts offered at any kiosk or park restaurant.

If you like rice crispies with blue sprinkles, or plain cupcakes dyed blue, or cold brocolli with curdled "cheese fondue" (aka pot of gross watered down cheese wiz) and regular vanilla ice cream, this is the dessert party for you. But if you're visiting from the other side of North America, and are charged $79USD per person, and you're hoping for a magical Disney experience, this is not it.

The beverages are worse than a 1 star all inclusive resort. They use cheap Mott's pina colada mix, and I am still trying to figure out how they made a sangria so horribly. The tequila is bottom shelf but at least they use real Malibu rum. Yes, those are the only 2 hard bar options. The drinks are in small cups and only on the rocks not blended or mixed properly. You have a 1 drink maximum per trip to the table oops I mean bar. So get ready to wait in a long line (no fastpass!) since there's only 1 "bartender" it definitely makes it impossible to enjoy any time together with your group. You have 2 beer options Carona or an American lager. I did not come to epcot to taste beer served at any gas station. Every pavilion at Epcot offers a signature beer but this 'party' does not provide any variety nor anything special. Again you are far better off buying a few beers from any pavilion. It will actually work out cheaper, especially because you only have 30 minutes of actual 'buffet' time. The wine was equally sub par, you can go to Walmart and get the same bottles offered for $6-$9. My wife did not even finish 1 glass. We have great wineries back home and really wished Disney would have provided a MAGICAL (or at least somewhat unique) experience. The other issue is the timing. Wine (or anything, really) is not designed to be slammed back and in the 30 minute buffet window we had. It was a very bad experience.

Tickets say 1+ hour, but the serving time was really only 30-35 minutes, and if you are late (like we were due to the location change and not informing their staff appropriately) the time is even shorter. They do not provide any food nor drinks starting approx 20 minutes before the fire work show, and there is nothing to be had at the fireworks show.

At the fire work show you are in the same area as fast pass holders. I wish we would have saved the money, got a fast pass and purchased some unique drinks and desserts from any of the wonderful establishments in Epcot.

I strongly advise against this unmagical experience! If you are a young family with kids I would further urge against this because lemonade and rice crispies can be purchased from a gas station and brought into the park at 90% savings.

I hope that Disney management reads this posts and acts accordingly! We brought this to guest services and they gave us a fast pass not valid at any of the popular rides. This response furthered the negative experience and was the icing on the cake for...

Seats and Treats. Family of 5, three children 5, 7 and 9.

We went yesterday for the 21:00 showing. We went in at 20:40 and probably the last to arrive.

The drinks selection was great and the desserts were lovely. Staff attentive and polite.

Our table was the main issue. It wasn’t 357 which was allocated to us so there were only four chairs instead of five on the eventual table we were shown too. Dragging a spare chair from somewhere else isn’t magical. My guess is someone turned up earlier than us. and overruled the cast member saying they wanted to sit on our allocated table.

That meant we were sat awkwardly for the next hour and not as much room on our table. Two parties of three were sat in front of us on tables suitable for four.

I told a cast member - she knew I was on the wrong table - later she offered a different table but it seemed further away.

I put my three children in front so they had an ok view. Mine was restricted and I couldn’t see 40% of the fireworks. - I’ll attach it to this review.

It’s an ok experience you may get a restricted view and there was a tree in front of the castle. Children seemed happy but I felt a bit hard done when I knew we were on the...

Every year we go to Disney, we try to select one "add on" experience. This is the only one we've done multiple times. It is such a great value for the money - we go in the fall value season and usually pay $25-30 and it's worth that amount just for the exclusive viewing spot!! All the yummy desserts are just the icing on the cake (no pun intended). Some people do not like the view from the party as you are off to the right side of the castle vs. straight on, but we don't have a problem with that. Tinker Bell goes right over your head and simply not having to stake out a spot for 1-2hrs and be pushed around in the crowds is worth it. The party serves a large variety of bite-sized desserts - cheesecake, key lime pie, lemon bars, tiramisu, cookies, brownies and so much more - along with fresh fruit and beverages - water, coffee, tea, lemonade, iced tea and milk. After the fireworks, they let you linger for a while so you can let the masses move on before facing Main Street again. A word of caution - if you are going to the dessert party, make sure to either eat an early dinner or a light dinner. You do not want to be full before you get to all the...