New Years Eve

[Cassie]

Originally Posted by gill38

Are there two lots of firework at Epcot of NYE?

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Yes - 6.30pm and 11.40pm

[sammyj7]

Don't know what to do we land new years eve do we...

1 go to the villa dump everything and go to Epcot or
2 go to the villa... Go Walmart/Publix have an early night as will be tired!

But if we go Epcot that counts as day 1 on ticket 😏

[kcsunshine73]

Originally Posted by sammyj7

Don't know what to do we land new years eve do we...

1 go to the villa dump everything and go to Epcot or
2 go to the villa... Go Walmart/Publix have an early night as will be tired!

But if we go Epcot that counts as day 1 on ticket 😏

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Yeah, I wouldn't want to surrender a ticket day for an evening so would prob head to DTD for free or a hotel if you can book dinner at this time.

[Guest]

We did DTD with a meal at Raglan Road then the new years eve show at Cirque Du Soleil

[Bethany]

We've done Epcot and HS during the times we've been there for NYE. This year we're going to head back to HS and coincide that with the boardwalk and maybe have a nosey through some of the hotels too.

[tracey1302]

We went to Epcot for NYE in 2004 and it was the best NYE I've ever had. We booked in at Alfredo's (now Tutto Italia) and had an amazing meal there with and experienced an electric atmosphere. All the Italians celebrated the New Year when it broke in Italy while we were there, and then an hour or so later, all the waiters and waitresses made us stand up in front of anyone (we were the only British in there) and sing the national anthem when the New Year broke in Britain, and then we celebrated again at midnight with the Americans with the most amazing fireworks display I have ever seen. Celebrated the New Year three times in one night. It was just out of this world amazing. Cannot recommend Epcot enough for this very special night!

[Tink-a-bee]

I'm still undecided about NYE Epcot does sound great, but will it be okay with a 4 and 7 year old - I'm just thinking about the recent thread about Epcot at weekends during the food and wine festival, and I'm imagining scences of drunken chaos! I'm just worried that it will be too busy and hectic for them to enjoy it properly.

What do seasoned Orlando NYE'ers recommend? Thinking maybe SW, or perhaps Celebration...?

[Guest]

I might be in the minority but we hated it at Epcot on NYE. It was just too busy for works, you couldn't get on anything and the atmosphere was lost because it was just too busy.

I had been advised to go early because sometimes the park gets closed due to it being full - I asked the question whether it would be better to go once the first lot of fireworks had finished but was told that there was a possibility that we would not get in so we went along early (well the park had been open maybe an hour or so) - there was no fastpasses left - the queues were 240 mins (who would stand that long?)

By the time the first lot of fireworks were due we had had enough - the kids (well they were 20 and 18) just wanted to go and so did we to be honest) so we left with thousands of others who were going after the first lot of fireworks. There were a lot more people leaving than coming in. If I had to do it again and wanted to see the New Year in at Epcot I would go later.

I am going to be over there on New Years Eve again this year - am not sure what we are doing but we won't be in any parks

[Guest]

We were in Outback doing the 7pm happy new year shout with loads of other Brits - boy did the Yanks look confused

[kcsunshine73]

We have our one night onsite on NY'sE (Apart from the surprise night I know my DH has booked SOMEWHERE, thanks to the little package identical to our NY one!) and we have a balcony room booked at the GF so that if we get too tired in MK we can convene on the balcony to watch the MK fireworks!