Osborne Lights question

[AmericangirlinFrance]

I have a question about the Osborne Lights at DHS. On the day we're planning on going, the Osborne Lights are scheduled for 6 p.m., and the park closes at 8 p.m. Does this mean that the Lights are turned on at 6 p.m., and you can walk through them any time between 6 and 8 p.m., or is it a show that only lasts 20 or 30 minutes, so you have to line up in advance to watch?

Thanks!

[Mickey's Best Girl]

The lights will be turned on at around 6pm and will stay on until park closing. The only show involved is when the lights "dance". This happened about every 10-15 min. when we saw them this year.

[Robo]

Originally Posted by AmericangirlinFrance

I have a question about the Osborne Lights at DHS. On the day we're planning on going, the Osborne Lights are scheduled for 6 p.m., and the park closes at 8 p.m.

The Osborne Lights attraction presented an unusual
problem for WDW.
When they were "acquired" by Disney from the Osborne
family (not OZZY, BTW) there was a huge amount of
national publicity about them.
Disney got a lot of "mileage" out of having them and
they needed to DISPLAY them for lots of guests to see
(after dark).
But...
Even in the winter months, it simply does not get
really DARK in Florida until about 6pm.
So the lights can't be properly viewed until that
time.
(They simply are NOT a daytime or even "regular hours"
attraction).
And the DHS park usually closes (except EMH) only an
hour or so after dark.

Since Disney spends a major (MAJOR) amount of time and
money to set-up, promote, fund the electricity and
CM's and (after the holidays) remove and store these
hundreds of thousands of lights, they needed a way
that guests could actually VIEW them.
(Otherwise, what's the POINT?)

So since, at sunset, MOST (up to 7,000) guests in DHS
are SITTING IN THE FANTASMIC! THEATER and can't SEE
the lights as it gets dark... AFTER the show, the CM's
actually ENCOURAGE the exiting crowds from Fantasmic!
to go over and see the Osborne Lights.
Even though the rest of the park is closed, the lights
are in full glory, and there are even some concessions
open for refreshments.

There are some nights when the OLights are being used
for a private "event" and regular guests are not
allowed in.
You simply will not KNOW about this unless you stop at
Guest Relations that day and ask if the OLights will
be available after Fantasmic!

As for how late?
If Fantasmic! is at 7pm, then its over at 7:25pm, most
guests are out of the theater by 7:50pm and headed to
the Osborne Lights.
I'd estimate that they would keep the OLights open for
a hour-plus, so, say 9:15pm-9:45pm would be the
approx. wrap-up.

On EMH nights, the OLights should be on and open to guests until the EHM is concluded.

See the following thread for more confirmation of this-
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1884272


VIDEO CLIP-
Osborne Lights DANCING to "Trepak" (Nutcracker) by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (30 seconds)
(This is just a hand-held shot from my STILL Camera, but its a good example of the lights.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMlmWjKPVto

Sorry that the quality must be so severely reduced for posting on the web.

[Skip to my Lou]

The Osborne lights get turned on and they stay on until the park closes. Just to give you a little info on the lights they are really cool. The people who run DHS connect sound to the lights so the lights are on que with the music.

[Samantha/NC]

We ate dinner at Sci-Fi Tuesday evening, we were concerned that we would not be able to see the lights, our waitress told us that even though the park closes at 8:00--they keep them on for about 45 minutes to an hour afterwards.
They did, and it was so nice to walk around with no crowd!!!

Samantha

[AmericangirlinFrance]

So, it's possible to see Fantasmic at 6:30, then see the Osborne Lights before the park closes at 8? That's what I'm trying to figure out. This is the week of Dec. 13-18 - supposed to be pretty low crowds.

I've never been to WDW at Christmastime before, so this is all new to me!

[disney queen]

americangirlinFrance, you are going the same time we are!! the osborne lights are great! you should have plenty of time to see them after your dinner. we did just the opposite--late lunch at 50PT then to the OL in time for them to be turned on for the night! have a great trip!!

[JAL2525]

Originally Posted by Samantha/NC

We ate dinner at Sci-Fi Tuesday evening, we were concerned that we would not be able to see the lights, our waitress told us that even though the park closes at 8:00--they keep them on for about 45 minutes to an hour afterwards.
They did, and it was so nice to walk around with no crowd!!!

Samantha

We did the same and it was a nice relaxing way to end the day...don't forget to mention the manmade snow that falls.