Just got back! What a fun trip.
Weather: Great time to go - sunny, warm but not humid. Had one morning of rain (real rain, not just a quick shower) but other than that, fine!
Crowds: Not bad, except for the MK. MK was a madhouse the day we were there.
Wait times: Decent and usually overstated. For example: a 40 minute posted stand by wait for Toy Story was really a 25 minute wait. The only ride that was actually it's posted wait time was Soarin'.
Fastpasses: A must! We used FP for: Tower of Terror, Rock n Roll, Toy Story, Soarin, Test Track, Everest, Kali. Worth the effort for sure.
Walked on to: Tough to be a bug (first ride of the day) and Dinosaur (went during parade time), Voyage of the Little Mermaid (pouring rain outside), Living with the Land (just after Soarin'), Mission: Space (not sure why such a low line?).
Missed: Big Thunder and Splash Mountain (crowded and had no FP), Indiana Jones (missed the last show due to bad timing on our part), Maelstrom (never made it to Norway).
FYI - if you get ill at Disney (hubby was sick, sick sick the second day we were there) you can get transportation free to an Urgent Treatment clinic that is near Downtown Disney. Hubby had a bad sinus infection and needed antibiotics. He missed half our day at Hollywood Studios and our third day (our MK day) he needed to head back to the hotel for a nap. Threw off my planning but I just rolled with it and what can you do?
Fantasmic is totally worth the effort to go see. If you were on the fence about it, I'm pushing you over to the 'go see' side. We didn't have dinner reservations but that didn't make any difference. We did see the 10 pm show after there was an 8:30 show. The arena was mostly full for the 10 pm show. We didn't line up until about 9:00 ish. They started letting people in way before 10 so we were not just standing around for an hour.
Any questions???
Weather: Great time to go - sunny, warm but not humid. Had one morning of rain (real rain, not just a quick shower) but other than that, fine!
Crowds: Not bad, except for the MK. MK was a madhouse the day we were there.
Wait times: Decent and usually overstated. For example: a 40 minute posted stand by wait for Toy Story was really a 25 minute wait. The only ride that was actually it's posted wait time was Soarin'.
Fastpasses: A must! We used FP for: Tower of Terror, Rock n Roll, Toy Story, Soarin, Test Track, Everest, Kali. Worth the effort for sure.
Walked on to: Tough to be a bug (first ride of the day) and Dinosaur (went during parade time), Voyage of the Little Mermaid (pouring rain outside), Living with the Land (just after Soarin'), Mission: Space (not sure why such a low line?).
Missed: Big Thunder and Splash Mountain (crowded and had no FP), Indiana Jones (missed the last show due to bad timing on our part), Maelstrom (never made it to Norway).
FYI - if you get ill at Disney (hubby was sick, sick sick the second day we were there) you can get transportation free to an Urgent Treatment clinic that is near Downtown Disney. Hubby had a bad sinus infection and needed antibiotics. He missed half our day at Hollywood Studios and our third day (our MK day) he needed to head back to the hotel for a nap. Threw off my planning but I just rolled with it and what can you do?
Fantasmic is totally worth the effort to go see. If you were on the fence about it, I'm pushing you over to the 'go see' side. We didn't have dinner reservations but that didn't make any difference. We did see the 10 pm show after there was an 8:30 show. The arena was mostly full for the 10 pm show. We didn't line up until about 9:00 ish. They started letting people in way before 10 so we were not just standing around for an hour.
Any questions???