We went to MNSSHP last year (see siggy pic ) We had a lot of fun. We semi dressed up and glad we only wore what we did because anything else would have been too hot or painful on my feet. The characters all get dressed up and then they'll bring out some you don't see very often so skip the candy lines and go for the characters. Also the carriage is somewhere by frontierland and adventureland. I'd go there kind of early as the line easily builds up. We absolutely loved the party and we will be going back next year.

The only ADR of your's I've gone to is LTT and we really liked it. BF still talks about the "thanksgiving meal" restaurant there as his favorite. My favs were chef mickey's (love those mickey waffles) and then Biergarten - Yumm-o! I was instructed for next year - character meals only (except Beirgarten) haha. We got a kick out of them.