Got this package for 26 May and just wondering if these reserved seats are good and are they assigned seats or open seating. This will be our 1st time seeing this show.
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Fantasmic Meal Package
- Thread starter jimmyjam1973
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Thanks. I'm okay not sitting front and center. As long as we can see. I'd rather not have to get there 1 hour early if I have to.
CleveRocks
Active Member
But you do have to get there no fewer than 45 minutes before showtime or you give up your guarantee of a seat.
Depending on the day, sometimes people line up for 2 hours or more. The voucher you receive at the end of your meal will state that you must be at the special entrance no later than 45 minutes before showtime. Around 30 minutes before showtime, cast members will remove the rope separating the reserved section from the general seating, and at that time ANYONE is permitted to sit in that section.
When I last saw Fantasmic, it was during a relatively dead time of year, but people started lining up before 5 p.m. for the 7 p.m. show. I arrived right around 6:15 p.m. (voucher in hand) and very easily got seats in the reserved section. I was told that at 6 p.m. (1 hour before showtime) there was an announcement that it was standing-room-only and that people should stop milling around looking for seats. When the CMs removed the yellow rope at 6:30 p.m., a huge sea of people flooded towards us and in minutes every single piece of bleacher bench was covered with people. Anyone who had the Fantasmic Dinner Package but arrived after that point was out of luck and without a seat.
Depending on the day, sometimes people line up for 2 hours or more. The voucher you receive at the end of your meal will state that you must be at the special entrance no later than 45 minutes before showtime. Around 30 minutes before showtime, cast members will remove the rope separating the reserved section from the general seating, and at that time ANYONE is permitted to sit in that section.
When I last saw Fantasmic, it was during a relatively dead time of year, but people started lining up before 5 p.m. for the 7 p.m. show. I arrived right around 6:15 p.m. (voucher in hand) and very easily got seats in the reserved section. I was told that at 6 p.m. (1 hour before showtime) there was an announcement that it was standing-room-only and that people should stop milling around looking for seats. When the CMs removed the yellow rope at 6:30 p.m., a huge sea of people flooded towards us and in minutes every single piece of bleacher bench was covered with people. Anyone who had the Fantasmic Dinner Package but arrived after that point was out of luck and without a seat.
DisneyGigi
Well-Known Member
Agree, get there early because the bad part is the closer it gets to the show starting people cross the ropes.. very frustrating but still worth it.
Magical Dreamer
Well-Known Member
Seating area is pretty good....but, closer is not always better.
Tip:
Take seats 1/2 way up....they are better viewing seats than the front lowers.
Tip:
Take seats 1/2 way up....they are better viewing seats than the front lowers.