We have done this the past three summers. This year, we ate at Mama Melrose. We weren't thrilled with the way you had to order but it was certainly a lot of food. (We would have preferred to choose an appetizer and dessert of our choice but it was ok). You have to get to Oscar's by 8:30 for the 9:00 show. We arrived at 8:15 and had decent seats. I don't know how long the "non package" folks had to stand in line or how early they got there. For us, since we always go during busy July, we figure that we have to eat anyway so we might as well just do the package to save a bit of wait time.