I live in da Bronx so sadly, no, but I have seen plenty of videos and reviews from Uni and Dis fans alike. The fireworks, at least on the first day, were not good. It was a generic firework show set to Frozen music. I personally thought the parade was quite...not interesting. Perhaps I saw a different video or something. Hey, if you liked it, more power to you.
Why is it when people are critical of Disney it means that that person wants to "see WDW fail". Only a moron wants WDW to fail. If WDW would shut it doors tomorrow, all the theme parks in Florida would suffer. That's undeniable. I'm just amazed that when someone calls out WDW's flaws, they are depicted as a bully to Disney. When Universal, especially during it's dark times, were mocked constantly but you didn't see me saying "you guys just want Universal to fail!" Sorry to say if Disney deserves a bit of criticism right now. For being the leading theme park, you would except more.