We found the esplanade about 2/3 of the way back toward DCA to be very nice. The middle was ok also but the monorail starts to get in the way forward of that. One can usually walk right up there right at show time without much trouble. Many people sit too. The biggest thing one misses out there is that you don't see Tinkerbell flying all over the place and the music is just the regular esplanade music.
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