StarWarsGirl
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Like I said, I've seen bits and pieces. And it's becauseWell I never thought I'd see the day. You're the first person I've ever come across who adamantly prefers WDW's Fantasmic. On your next visit, don't cheat yourself out of seeing our version in person. You can sit if you watch all the way at the front, which can easily be done for the second show without a long wait (there's almost always a second show).
I just cannot fathom why you would purposely NOT see it, even with 5 days in DL (which is more than enough time). Next time you're here, do yourself a favor and see it - at least that way we can take your opinion seriously.
I have seen both - WDW and DL- live, in person. There's no comparison, and I've never met anyone who's seen both who thinks otherwise. You very well may like WDW's better even after you see it, but to be completely close-minded for no reason at all? It's unbecoming.
1. I was with my parents, and they made the decision
2. It was insanely crowded and hard to get a spot. This was in June.
3. We were going to the one in FL 6 weeks later. When there were other rides that really wowed us and that we didn't have in FL, we wanted to make the time to see them as many times as possible. We're more ride people than show people. Or parade people. We usually only watch the nightime parades if we happen to be in between rides when they happen. I went to WDW for 10 days in January and didn't bother with Fantasmic! over there. Actually, I didn't bother with any of the live shows, especially since we had just seen the traveling production of Beauty and the Beast in Baltimore the week before and thought "Well, nothing in Disney compares to this!" I think it's been 5-7 years since I've seen Beauty and the Beast in Disney, and probably longer since I've seen Little Mermaid. We did the stunt shows last August. Like I said, I saw bits and pieces of Fantasmic in DL and wasn't wowed by any of what I saw. Not in the way that I'm drawn in and wowed by the one in WDW. Plus there's 8000 seats at the one in WDW (woops, started to type Disney before I realized I was talking about 2 Disneys, lol) I'd rather watch fireworks since I don't have to wait forever for them. Even then I only wait 5-10 minutes for them to start usually. It's not purposely not seeing it; it's just I'd rather be on Matterhorn. Or Pirates. Or Space Mountain. Plus, when I was there, everyone talked through the entire performance. There must be some sort of Telepathic rule against it in Disney World. If we get the chance, maybe we'll stop, but if it takes more than 5-10 minutes to grab a spot, we're moving on. I'm going in June for my graduation trip. Which means I'm in charge. And it means I can finally get all that cool graduation stuff I'm always seeing.
I will be taking the time to see World of Color. We don't have it in WDW and I'd rather take the time to see something like that since I only get to go to Disneyland every couple of years whereas I get to go to WDW at least 2 times per year for 10-16 days per trip. I'll be 6 weeks away from a WDW trip when in Disneyland. Our rule in Disneyland is that we do what we cannot do in WDW since we go more frequently. For example, we will not be doing Soarin' because it's the exact same ride. It's Tough to be a Bug, Captain EO, Muppets, Peter Pan (though we really don't do it in WDW either due to long waits) Dumbo (ours is better now anyway) Star Tours (though I may make an exception because it is my favorite ride), and Tea Cups also fall on this list. We'll probably do Under the Sea once if it's not a long wait just to see the interior, but I've heard it's also a carbon copy of the one in WDW. Toy Story Mania is the exception because it's tough to get a ride on it in WDW (we were there for 10 days and only able to do it once due to long waits) so we get on it as many times as we can out there since the wait is super short compared to the WDW counterpart. There was one day I was in the Studios in the evening. There had been a really bad thunderstorm (I mean terenchal rains, lightning throughout the sky, just a dangerous storm), and the park cleared out. Star Tours was a walk on. We stayed over at that end of the park and rode it 5 times while the rain. Rock n' roller Coaster was 10 minutes. Tower of Terror was 13 minutes (a walk on). Toy Story Mania was 180 minutes. That ride is completely ridiculous all of the time in FL. The only way to get a Fastpass is to grab it as soon as you get in, and if you don't get one, you have to skip Fantasmic and ride it at park closing.