Amidst the glitz and the glitter…..Jollywood Nights, Disney’s newest holiday party was born! As you might have already guessed this newest late night event is taking place this holiday season in Hollywood Studios. With an old Hollywood vibe and a glamorous adult feel, this party is one for the books!
We started off our party evening with an early 4pm dinner at the Hollywood Brown Derby. Our thoughts here was to go forward with getting into the park before the rush of party guests at the start of the event. And boy were we right! When party-only guests were allowed to enter, there was quite a swarm at the front of the park. IF you are in the park prior to the start of the party, you could check in at one of two in-park locations to get your wristband and credentials for the event. The official party time was 8:30-12:30am.
During this event there were specialty cocktails, drinks, and snacks, themed shows, various entertainment, photo opps, character meet and greets, and rides were open as well. As for me, I usually never ride attractions during special events. I love focusing on the specialty shows, snacks, etc. This party was no exception! My priorities this night were the Nightmare Before Christmas show titled What’s This? Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas Sing Along and the Disney Holidays in Hollywood show featuring Kermit and Miss Piggy! Both these shows were a brand new experience and completely worth the time spent. The shows ranged from 20-30 minutes long. They were both very entertaining and engaging!
Projections kept the “Hollywood Toy Hotel” and the Chinese theatre beautifully lit and sparkling. And the night was ended with Jingle Bell! Jingle Bam! Musical entertainment could be found at the Tip Tip Club in the HTH Courtyard and in Commissary Lane you could find tons of latin music and dancing!
I tried a ton of the snacks offered and was not disappointed in the least! My favorites included a fabulously stacked Christmas tree cookie stuffed surprisingly with a tart raspberry jam and I also loved the dark hot chocolate topped with cherry flavored whipped cream! These were definitely standouts as well as the Birria taco from Commissary Lane offered to compliment the latin theme of this area of the park.
Overall, I had a great time at this party but there were a couple of hiccups. Because of some of the lines, I was unable to snag those big time character photos. But, on the bright side, the food was great and I had great views of the shows and projections. While I did think this event was fun, I think it is most definitely geared toward the adult crowd. If you are taking more of a family oriented trip with smaller children, I’ll still recommend the old standby of Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. But I sure am glad I was able to experience Jollywood Nights!
