we have only seen the FW show once 2 years ago and we just happened to sit and rest a bit in the hub(an hour before the show) and just continued to *camp* when we saw the schedule. I would def. say it was worth it for us to sit for an hour, we had a park bench (my 10 yo. son fell asleep and slept through the show, LOL) and just kept sending someone out for snax. Yes, the heat from the pyrotechnics was awesome,the music was awe inspiring and the postive exciting energy you get from the people around was incredible.