So we haven’t been to WDW in over 10 years. We love F! and this is a special trip for us. However we have never gone without doing the dining package. Alas, being there mid-November it’s not an option. Assuming it’s standby only what time should we line up. A bit worried as we’re old folks now, 90 minutes would be REALLY hard.
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Fantasmic Reopening Watch
- Thread starter WondersOfLife
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mattpeto
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Some of our insiders here did suggest it would be on Genie+, which make the most sense since it was a FP+ previously and DHS needs the inventory.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
Anyone else finding no dining packages available any date? They had been widely available until yesterday.
evenstephan
New Member
Do the Fantasmic dining packages require prepayment like some other special dining? I'll be looking to make a reservation soon for a trip in early January, and we haven't quite settled the size of my party. If it books like a normal ADR, I'll look to make it for the larger number (then call to change it if fewer people can attend), but if it requires pre-payment, I'll look to make the booking for the number that I now know will be able to attend.
nickys
Premium Member
No prepayment required.
SaucyBoy
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
It reopens to the public on Nov. 3
Starship824
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
Yep!!!!! There's a few Streams scheduled tonight and tomorrow night! So glad DHS isn't making this a Secret CM Preview!!!
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
Are they ever reopening the dining package? Day 4 of it not being bookable.
Mikomike12
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So, how much change are we expecting beyond the new sequence?
Starship824
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
Only Disney knows and we’ll find out tonight
pdude81
Well-Known Member
I'm wondering if they will just do ILL for the dining package sections early on and see how that goes. It's not like they need a tool to sell TS reservations currently.
Disney Analyst
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My hope is a fully upgraded lighting package / projections, new fountains (unlikely it seems), and an updated pyro package.
mattpeto
Well-Known Member
We don't talk about? No no.
Starship824
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
I really hope they updated the fountains too, they did do a fountain test where the water was very high and the World of Color fountains I think can get up to 200 feet high so that's encouraging at least.
Starship824
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
Oh well
Disney Analyst
Well-Known Member
Next refurb... in 25 years.