Best places to watch fireworks/fantasmic/parades?

[jacobsmommy]

What are the best places to watch the following:

fireworks-
Fantasmic-
DL parade-
CA parade-
Block Party Bash-
High School Musical Rally-
Did I miss any?

 

[wendypooh22]

Just my opinion... There are tons of "preferred" spots, but these are mine:
fireworks- Near It's a small world.. The hub is just way too crowded for us.. I know that we miss some stuff, but it's okay..

Fantasmic- We order some food and grab a table near the Riverbelle Terrace.. It gets crowded up there, but we like it.

DL parade- I like to sit near the train station at the end of mainstreet. We watch the parade and then it's a quick walk to DCA.

CA parade- I have only waited once for the electrical parade. It was wide open, so we found a spot near the end of the parade route. We lucked out and got a bench (maybe you will get lucky and see the pre-parade show with the guy selling the light up necklaces... we were there that night)

Block Party Bash- Sorry, we havent seen this one.
High School Musical Rally- Oops, another we didn't see...(sorry albort)

 

[952LisaR]

bumping any advice on High School Musical or the Block Party?

 

[jacobsmommy]

I haven't been to DL in thirteen years, so I don't remember anything at all about it. Any advice on where to view these events from would be great!

 

[HydroGuy]

Remember Dreams Come True fireworks - my opinion is very different from Wendy's as I think you have to see the fireworks from the hub. It is an incredible experience, and the fireworks show was designed to be viewed from there because of all of the special effects on and around the castle. Totally worth it IMO to deal with the crowds.

I have seen the fireworks twice from the hub, and the spot I liked best is out in front of Refreshment Corner aka "Coke Corner". If the hub was a clock and the castle was at 12:00, we were at about 7:30-8:00. It was a great spot to see everything. We got there 60 minutes early.

Fantasmic - we like to get down near the water in a sitting area, which can be done pretty easily on nights when they have two showings and you go the the second one. You can get a good spot 30-40 minutes in advance.

POD - saw this twice as well. I am not sure there is a best spot, it depends on the show stops and what floats are nearby. We avoid Main Street for this and saw it both times back by the Matterhorn area.

Electrical Parade at DCA - only saw this once when it was at DCA, and we saw it from Sunshine Plaza and that was fine.

BPB - Saw this once from Sunshine Plaza as well. Our spot was not that great because we wanted to scoot over to Calif. Screamin after the Bash, but it was still fine. You can also see this over by Paradise Pier.

HSM - too new - haven't seen it - we plan to see it in June

 

[TeacherDad]

Saw the fireworks on Friday, March 16 on the edge of the hub. Again, think of the hub as a clock and we saw it at "9:00". The view was fine, but we were packed in tight. We arrived 90min before they started - so did many other people.

 

[MommyWithDreams]

We saw the fireworks last night and we were about 50 feet in front of the partners statue. We arrived maybe 30 minutes early. We were right in the middle of the street so the ground things in front of the castle were blocked slightly but we were VERY happy with our spot.