I have done New Year's at DL for the last 7 years. For the first 5, we hung out in the parks and rang in the new year in the Disney Mosh Pit with the other sardines. No more! For the last two years we have attended a family friendly NYE party at the Paradise Pier Hotel. You can buy a package that includes a buffet at the PCH Grill. Afterwards, you adjourn to a nearby ballroom where there is a DJ playing music. Non-alcoholic drinks are available inside the ballroom and there is a full bar just outside. The dance party gets regular visits from characters (Max, Daisy Duck, Mini, Micky, Pluto, to name some). It's a hoot and also includes a champagne (or Martinelli's) toast at midnight. The party runs til 1AM. We find this much more fun than "being" in the park at the stroke of midnight. It's just too crowded for us. We feel we get the best of it all as we can appreciate the decorations and still see some of the outdoor entertainment (mostly more DJ activity and a lot of hooting and hollering). Something to think about. - dagrumpster  15.3 #5618 7:40AM

"Nobody goes there anymore. Its too crowded." Yogi Berra - SorcererBHhaha  408.5 #319 12:35AM

Sometimes attractions do their own version of the countdown. We did at Indy last year and it was really fun for those of us inside who couldn't do an actual countdown and be part of the melee outside. - IDVandalSkipperCM  1297.5 #63 8:02AM

I think the package was $55 PP last year. You can reserve via the Disney Dining hotline. Since ALL other prices have gone up in 2012, I assume these went up as well. We haven't booked yet. - dagrumpster  15.3 #5618 8:07AM

I have done New Year's at DL for the last 7 years. For the first 5, we hung out in the parks and rang in the new year in the Disney Mosh Pit with the other sardines. No more! For the last two years we have attended a family friendly NYE party at the Paradise Pier Hotel. You can buy a package that includes a buffet at the PCH Grill. Afterwards, you adjourn to a nearby ballroom where there is a DJ playing music. Non-alcoholic drinks are available inside the ballroom and there is a full bar just outside. The dance party gets regular visits from characters (Max, Daisy Duck, Mini, Micky, Pluto, to name some). It's a hoot and also includes a champagne (or Martinelli's) toast at midnight. The party runs til 1AM. We find this much more fun than "being" in the park at the stroke of midnight. It's just too crowded for us. We feel we get the best of it all as we can appreciate the decorations and still see some of the outdoor entertainment (mostly more DJ activity and a lot of hooting and hollering). Something to think about. - dagrumpster  15.3 #5618 7:40AM

"Nobody goes there anymore. Its too crowded." Yogi Berra - SorcererBHhaha  408.5 #319 12:35AM

Sometimes attractions do their own version of the countdown. We did at Indy last year and it was really fun for those of us inside who couldn't do an actual countdown and be part of the melee outside. - IDVandalSkipperCM  1297.5 #63 8:02AM

I think the package was $55 PP last year. You can reserve via the Disney Dining hotline. Since ALL other prices have gone up in 2012, I assume these went up as well. We haven't booked yet. - dagrumpster  15.3 #5618 8:07AM

I really don't know what the big fuss is about this lunch.. It looks to plain for me :/ - yvetteissogoofy  162.1 #2124 4:57PM

great classic combo! so what does the paper say? - HandMeAChurroImmaFaint  1799.5 #42 5:04PM

They have the best desserts there. So yummy.😍 - PrincessAuroraMomma  393.2 #341 7:18PM

It's more about sitting outside of the hub and enjoying the greatness of the parks around us, makes everything 100x tastier, just a proven fact - MarshaMouse  2871.2 #15 7:18PM