Your Grand Gathering experiences

[jedi jen]

Hi everyone,

My extended family is thinking about all going to WDW together in August. I am wondering if we should do any Grand Gathering experiences? Have any of you? If so, would you mind sharing which ones, if you recommend them, and if the food/entertainment was good? Thank you.

:)

[Hayden's Dad]

We did the Breakfast at Tony's Town Square, and that was fantastic. I thought it was well worth the money. They had a little dance party with the kids, and good food. The characters were Pluto, Goofy, Chip, Dale, Mickey, and it was hosted by Tony himself (who was awesome)

I would do it again if we ever have that many people going again.

[5fromabove]

It was a lot of fun! :) I'll share our experience in photos so you'll get a good idea of what I'm talking about :D

We started in the Contemporary hotel where we had snacks and were greeted by Captain Hook and Mr. Smee...
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Then Captain Hook walked us out to our boat and said "goodbye"
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First, though, he introduced us to our Pirate, Patch. He was very funny, here he is giving our 15yo DD a hard time, LOL...
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He did Disney Trivia on the boat ride over to the Seven Seas Lagoon where we saw the Electrial Water Pageant...
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After that, we had a spectacular view of the fireworks in the Magic Kingdom--complete with music and narration...
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On the way back, they did more trivia and one of our kids won a "matey" cap...
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Then they told the story of Peter Pan and when we got to the dock there was a surprise that we hadn't told the kids about :secret: ... Peter Pan was waiting for us (our 7yo DS is a big fan).
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It was a great experience and the kids had a great time. Have fun planning. :)

[jedi jen]

Thank you both so much for the great information. It is great hearing about your experiences and it is getting me excited. :cloud9::mickey:

[jedi jen]

Thank you both so much for the great information. It is great hearing about your experiences and it is getting me excited. :cloud9::mickey: