The specials were meh, but I enjoyed it just because we got to see a bit of Matt Smith at the end, whom I've already taken a liking to. I think he'll do a fine job.
To be honest though, I kind of wish that they would go back to having older Doctors, mainly because I'm a huge fan of James Nesbitt and I think he'd make a killer Doctor:
(I say this mainly because I loved "Jekyll", and when they announced Moffat would be taking over Doctor Who I was kind of hoping for James Nesbitt to pair up with him again. :P )