Hi all! I just wanted to add to this thread as we went to this last night (10/2). We had a reservation for 7:50pm. While walking by plaza inn around 7:20 I wandered over to just check what was going on —- there were no parties sat but I asked the girl working if tables were assigned and she replied no, they were newly assigning them “first come, first served”. I then asked to check in… she kind of gave me a hard time, but eventually allowed us to check in. Went inside, paid and got our food.. no discounts for magic key.
Got outside and the “server” greeted us and sat us down at a table. Compared to what I had seen, the tables had all been pushed back toward plaza inn so there was a wide walkway up along the hedges so no one was sat close behind them. This in turn made the tables extremely close together. Would have helped if they removed extra chairs for smaller parties.
Got our drinks. My 10 year old was not allowed to get the hot chocolate - since she is a Disney “adult” she had to get the adult juice. Also were allowed to help ourselves to water and fountain drinks from inside. Snacked a bit on our food, none of it was particularly good - I felt the desserts had some artificial flavor. As soon as I tried the berry cheesecake it reminded me of cough syrup.
At this point it was a bit after 8, fireworks at 9:30. We chatted w the couple next to us to let them know we would be back, left our food, drinks and Merch bags at the table and went to do some rides. Did jungle cruise and then thunder mountain.
Returned to our table exactly as it was left around 9:15. Sat and enjoyed some last bites and sips and enjoyed the fireworks. Was it the best view? No, however having a table to sit at was really nice. Was it worth $55 per person? Mixed. I feel like I am glad I paid for it - we got to ride rides while we otherwise would be waiting for a spot, and while walking back to plaza inn from thunder mountain it was a complete mess of people on main street. I think we enjoyed it enough and also would consider doing it again for other fireworks.
Sorry for any weird spellings or grammatical errors - I’m on my phone so can’t really see the whole post.