For you and the older child who doesnt mind the noise, I recommend trying to ride Dumbo durring the fireworks. Our last trip I took my DD on it (then 8yrs) and we were lucky enough to be on durring the christmas version of Wishes. Honestly I wasnt thrilled with having to take her on what basically amounts to a carnival ride (can you tell im not a Dumbo fan?). But when were on the ride with the fireworks going off and the music and all.... WOW it was absolutely amazing. I felt like I was in a commercial for WDW or something. It is one of my fondest memories of the whole trip.