We went to MNSSHP on October 24, 2006 and we ate at LTT at 4:30 that night. It worked out great for us! We had a nice relaxing dinner with the characters and then we went on some rides and waited for the Halloween fun to begin! I think it's better to get dinner out of the way early and then enjoy the festivities the rest of the evening. We have two boys ages 7 and 5 and right after the fireworks they were exhausted and ready to head back to the WL.