Parades and Entertainment: Holiday and Summer peak season

[KentB3]

I have an example of a possible list of parades and major entertainment events for my 6th Disney theme park. Although I have no idea what date this park would open if/when Disney ever builds it, but this is a good idea of what I would run for the schedule:

June-August (Summer peak season):

Magic Kingdom:
12noon, 3pm: Daytime parade (not yet named)
8:45pm, 10:45pm: Main Street Electrical Parade
9:30pm, 11pm: Fantasmic!
10:15pm: Fireworks (show not named yet)

Disney Studios:
2pm, 7:30pm: Parade (not yet named, similar to Disney Paris Studios parade)
9:30pm: Sorcery in the Sky Fireworks


December 1-Friday before Christmas week:

Magic Kingdom:
3pm: Daytime parade
5:45pm: Main Street Electrical parade
6:30pm: Fantasmic!
7:15pm: Christmas/Holiday parade
8pm: Christmas/Holiday Fireworks show

Disney Studios:
2pm: Parade
7pm: Sorcery in the Sky Fireworks


Friday before Christmas Week-December 31:

Magic Kingdom:
12noon: Daytime parade
3pm, 7:15pm: Christmas/Holiday parade
5:45pm, 8:45pm: Main Street Electrical Parade
6:30pm, 9pm: Fantasmic!
8pm: Christmas/Holiday Fireworks show

Disney Studios:
2pm, 4:30pm: Parade
7pm: Sorcery in the Sky Fireworks

If anyone has questions, comments, and/or suggestions, please fell free to post!

 

[DisneyFan 2000]

Move the fireworks display to 10 pm.... The park will be open 'till midnight! You need to give guests a reason to stay!

 

[KentB3]

Originally posted by DisneyFan 2000
Move the fireworks display to 10 pm.... The park will be open 'till midnight! You need to give guests a reason to stay!

The reason I placed the fireworks during the Summer peak season at 10:15pm was to give the guests extra time after the first Fantasmic! show to find a good spot to view the fireworks, as well as extra breathing time between shows and walking distance to the area.

IIRC, Disneyland's Fantamsic! last 22 minutes and WDW's runs for 26. If I scehduled the fireworks at 10pm and had a 26 minute show, that would only give guests 4 minutes to walk to and find a viewing spot for the fireworks. Also, having the fireworks 15 minutes later would give the guests a reason to stay, as you mentioned in your reply!

 

[NemoRocks78]

I think there may be some trouble during your summer peak season. You have a 9:30 and 11:00 pm Fantasmic!, 8:45 and 10:45 Main St. Electrical Parade, and 10:15 fireworks. Usually, people will line up for Fantasmic more than 120 minutes before showtime to get good seating, and a majority of guests are usually there 120 min. or more before showtime. So, guests who want to see the 11:00 Fantasmic will start getting to the theatre at 9:00, but still must wait outside for the 9:30 show to end. They'll also be missing the 10:15 fireworks from a good spot, and possibly the Main St. Electrical Parade, seeing how long it takes to get to your outdoor stadium from somewhere like Main Street. Maybe the best way to go is one Fantasmic!, no fireworks except on holidays, and the two parades. Fantasmic, fireworks and a parade seem like too much for nighttime activities. MK has only two, and same with DL. I say go this route. If you want all three in the summer, I suggest this route-

Summer Schedule-
7:00 PM, 11:30 PM-Main Street Electrical Parade
10:00 PM-Fantasmic!
10:45 PM-Fireworks show

This schedule gives people about 20 or so minutes to find a place for fireworks after Fantasmic ends, which isn't that bad. Fireworks could also be moved to 11 PM, so then people will already be in line for the parade at 11:30 PM.

Winter Schedule *this includes fireworks*
7:00 PM-Christmas parade
8:30 PM, 10:45 PM-Main Street Electrical Parade
9:45 PM-Holiday fireworks show


This would mean keeping Fantasmic! a seasonal show, but if you don't want to go that route, I suggest this-

7:00 PM-Christmas parade
9:30 PM-Fantasmic!
10:30 PM-Holiday fireworks show
11:30 PM-Main Street Electrical Parade

That schedule gets all four shows in, but each only with one show time. That schedule could be for the week before Christmas and the time after. Here's the one for the time in December before that-

5:45-Christmas parade
7:30-Fantasmic!
8:30-Holiday fireworks show
(forget the Main St. parade during this time)

The Disney Studios schedule looks good!

 

[KentB3]

Originally posted by NemoRocks78
I think there may be some trouble during your summer peak season. You have a 9:30 and 11:00 pm Fantasmic!, 8:45 and 10:45 Main St. Electrical Parade, and 10:15 fireworks. Usually, people will line up for Fantasmic more than 120 minutes before showtime to get good seating, and a majority of guests are usually there 120 min. or more before showtime. So, guests who want to see the 11:00 Fantasmic will start getting to the theatre at 9:00, but still must wait outside for the 9:30 show to end. They'll also be missing the 10:15 fireworks from a good spot, and possibly the Main St. Electrical Parade, seeing how long it takes to get to your outdoor stadium from somewhere like Main Street. Maybe the best way to go is one Fantasmic!, no fireworks except on holidays, and the two parades. Fantasmic, fireworks and a parade seem like too much for nighttime activities. MK has only two, and same with DL. I say go this route. If you want all three in the summer, I suggest this route-

Summer Schedule-
7:00 PM, 11:30 PM-Main Street Electrical Parade
10:00 PM-Fantasmic!
10:45 PM-Fireworks show

There's a major problem with your Summer Schedule. It's still daylight at 7pm, so it would be impossible to hold the MSEP at that hour! Also, having two showings of Fantasmic! would help break up the crowds and giving less time to wait to get into the theater. Fantamsic! can also be viewed from outside the stadium, even from top stories of the buildings at the back of Adventureland (much like NO Square at Disneyland).

BTW, when Disneyland still had MSEP (which now runs in a modified form at California Adventure), here is what the nightime Summer Schedule looked like.

8:50pm, 10:25pm: MSEP
9pm, 10:30pm: Fantasmic!
9:35pm: Fireworks

This schedule gives people about 20 or so minutes to find a place for fireworks after Fantasmic ends, which isn't that bad. Fireworks could also be moved to 11 PM, so then people will already be in line for the parade at 11:30 PM.

Winter Schedule *this includes fireworks*
7:00 PM-Christmas parade
8:30 PM, 10:45 PM-Main Street Electrical Parade
9:45 PM-Holiday fireworks show

*That was for all of December*

This would mean keeping Fantasmic! a seasonal show, but if you don't want to go that route, I suggest this-

7:00 PM-Christmas parade
9:30 PM-Fantasmic!
10:30 PM-Holiday fireworks show
11:30 PM-Main Street Electrical Parade


That schedule gets all four shows in, but each only with one show time. That schedule could be for the week before Christmas and the time after. Here's the one for the time in December before that-

5:45-Christmas parade
7:30-Fantasmic!
8:30-Holiday fireworks show
(forget the Main St. parade during this time)

MSEP is one of the most well-liked and best-known of Disney's parades. So, there will definitely be a showing of that, at least sometime during the week!

 

[KentB3]

Originally posted by KentB3
BTW, when Disneyland still had MSEP (which now runs in a modified form at California Adventure), here is what the nightime Summer Schedule looked like.

8:50pm, 10:25pm: MSEP
9pm, 10:30pm: Fantasmic!
9:35pm: Fireworks

I just found out from a schedule in the Google Groups Usenet Archives http://groups.google.com that Disneyland had 3 showings of Fantasmic! around 1997-98, when MSEP was heading towards the end of its run in Disneyland. The 3rd Fantasmic! show was at 11:45pm.