Where to go to see..........

[canadianjovigirl]

Just trying to finalize our itinerary in my planning book that i am taking on vacation and just wondering if anyone has a link to the show times etc. at Disney. I have planned park days to see the fireworks etc. as this is our first trip. So far we have

Nov 10 - Animal Kingdom
Nov 13 - Epcot to see Illuminations
Nov 16 - Disney Studios to see Fantasmic
Nov 17 - any disney park any suggestions????
Nov 18 - Magic Kingdom to see Wishes/Spectromagic
Nov 19 - any disney park thought we would let the kids pic their favorite

Any suggestions on where to go to see the fireworks/shows and how far before they start do we need to be there???? Wish i would have known about the dinner packages/cruises earlier as that would have made it easier, but i do think these are must sees for our family as this is our first trip....

Thanks in advance for any suggestions

[ses1230]

Show times:

http://pages.prodigy.net/stevesoares/

Click on a park at the top of the page for show times.

[wvdislover]

Originally Posted by canadianjovigirl

Just trying to finalize our itinerary in my planning book that i am taking on vacation and just wondering if anyone has a link to the show times etc. at Disney. I have planned park days to see the fireworks etc. as this is our first trip. So far we have

Nov 10 - Animal Kingdom
Nov 13 - Epcot to see Illuminations
Nov 16 - Disney Studios to see Fantasmic
Nov 17 - any disney park any suggestions????
Nov 18 - Magic Kingdom to see Wishes/Spectromagic
Nov 19 - any disney park thought we would let the kids pic their favorite

Any suggestions on where to go to see the fireworks/shows and how far before they start do we need to be there???? Wish i would have known about the dinner packages/cruises earlier as that would have made it easier, but i do think these are must sees for our family as this is our first trip....

Thanks in advance for any suggestions

What are you doing Nov 11 and 12, and 14 and 15? If the only park days you have are the ones listed above, I would spend Nov 17 at MK, as well as the 18th. There's so much to do, and you want to make sure you get it all in! I wouldn't worry about the dinner packages/cruises issue. The Fantasmic dinner packages don't give you really good seating in the stadium, and the cruises are very expensive. Maybe save that for something special for another trip.

Our favorite spot to watch Spectromagic is right outside of Liberty Tree Tavern. Avoid Main Street for Wishes--extremely crowded. We watched outside of Crystal Palace this year...a bit crowded, too, with a lot of people walking by, but we could see the fireworks really well. Watching them from Fantasyland, near the Pooh ride gives you a totally different perspective of the fireworks, and it's not nearly as crowded (can't see Tink from here, though). Another crowd-free way to watch Wishes is from the Poly or the Grand Floridian. You're watching from a distance, but it's still a neat place to watch from. Have an awesome first trip!

[canadianjovigirl]

Originally Posted by ses1230

Show times:

http://pages.prodigy.net/stevesoares/

Click on a park at the top of the page for show times.

Thanks, but that looks like it only shows the current week.........i am needing November.

[vicki_c]

Originally Posted by canadianjovigirl

Thanks, but that looks like it only shows the current week.........i am needing November.

The "small" entertainment items are only released on a weekly basis. Things like Spectro/Wishes/Fantasmic are on the Disney calendar - check right here on wdwinfo.com for the park hours/entertainment, or the Disney site.

[canadianjovigirl]

Thanks so much for the tips on where to be to watch them. We are actually arriving in Florida the end of October but have a bunch of other stuff planned so we are spending the 6 days at WDW and our son has never been but the girls have been to Disneyland once 5 years ago. The kids are now 14, 11 and 9 so it will be easier to see more without needing naps and early bedtimes.

Originally Posted by wvdislover

What are you doing Nov 11 and 12, and 14 and 15? If the only park days you have are the ones listed above, I would spend Nov 17 at MK, as well as the 18th. There's so much to do, and you want to make sure you get it all in! I wouldn't worry about the dinner packages/cruises issue. The Fantasmic dinner packages don't give you really good seating in the stadium, and the cruises are very expensive. Maybe save that for something special for another trip.

Our favorite spot to watch Spectromagic is right outside of Liberty Tree Tavern. Avoid Main Street for Wishes--extremely crowded. We watched outside of Crystal Palace this year...a bit crowded, too, with a lot of people walking by, but we could see the fireworks really well. Watching them from Fantasyland, near the Pooh ride gives you a totally different perspective of the fireworks, and it's not nearly as crowded (can't see Tink from here, though). Another crowd-free way to watch Wishes is from the Poly or the Grand Floridian. You're watching from a distance, but it's still a neat place to watch from. Have an awesome first trip!