Can kids see WOC????

[Raindown]

If a person has a FP and the pass provides the time frame to return (let's say 8:00-8:30), are the CMs letting them in earlier? And how much earlier?

There is enforcement of the return time, but I have found that they do let you start to line up before the exact return time.

 

[tholczer]

Someone lets their child squeeze in at the front rail and the parents are in the back.

Now I get nudged, because it is a crowded show and their kids falls, hits their head, get smashed against the rail or thinks I inappropriately touched them. Perhaps I move my arms to get something from my bag, opps I hit their kid. Their child climbs on the rail in a dangerous manner. Have I some duty to act? I just prefer not to find the answers. Mom and dad can get there early.

This makes me sad. I will pass on to you something my Grandma used to say: "You can't drown in a glass of water. But I suppose you can try."

 

[Raindown]

This makes me sad. I will pass on to you something my Grandma used to say: "You can't drown in a glass of water. But I suppose you can try."

It makes me sad too . . . luckily DCA has a lagoon full of water.

 

[Tinkerbelle's Mom]

I keep reading suggestions that people get in early.

If a person has a FP and the pass provides the time frame to return (let's say 8:00-8:30), are the CMs letting them in earlier? And how much earlier?

Thanks!

My experience with this is:

This past Sunday dd and I got fast passes for the 10:15 show yellow section. The fast pass said to return to the Challenge trail between 9 an 9:30 to line up.

Well dd and I walked over there at 8:30 and there was already a line to get into the fast pass area. Keep in mind this was a very informal line. The CMs kept instructing people to go to the end of the line but in truth they had very little control over that.

At 9pm we were let into the challenge trail. There were a few people who did not honor the informal line the CM had instructed us to wait in.

The CMs then proceeded to give us conflicting instructions. First one - fill in all available space. Second One - everyone keep to the left - in case of an emergency. Not two minutes after the second one passed creating a path three vendors walked by selling sodas, ice cream and popcorn. Everyone near me got a kick out of that.

About 9:40 we started moving again. This time we walked over to the ropes near the little Mermaid. As we passed the entrance I saw a group of people who were trying to join the end of the line but the CMs would not let them because they had come after the 9:30 deadline. Several of these people just walked with the moving line and jumped in when we were near the restrooms.

Then we were hearded into the yellow section. The railing areas filled up very quickly. No one wanted to be in the fron section because there was a CM standing near there showing how wet you could get in that section.

Since I am only a little over five feet and dd is shorter than I am we decided to brave the water to have a good view. DD did get a spot on the railing but it was tricky because people were very pushy to get those spots - even right down by the water.

Neither one of us would have been see anything had we not elected to get wet and we did get wet. At times it was like a very heavy mist coming down on us.

I did not like the concept of the pre line to get into the fast pass area. I think if Disney is going to that they need to make it a little more formal and at least rope off the area. The honor system did not work onthe night I was there.

 

[DisneyJewel]

I posted a thread F v WOC that was very helpful too. I actually have AG reservations for WOC, and was really looking forward to the show, but will cancel them (thank goodness they weren't prepaid). My DH does NOT want to wait only to stand and my kids are at ages (8 and 11) where they are too big to get on our shoulders and yet too short to see over many people. So I think it would be a big time investment, plus the money for dinner w/ possibly not a great payoff.

We'll be at the Grand, so if I'm ambitious and the family is gung-ho, I might get FP for the show. We're hoping to do the dessert seating for Fantasmic, if it is not too late. I know it's pricey, but my family would rather miss the show than sit for hours for a spot. I'm the one who really wants to see it!

Thanks to the posters for their trip reports. They've helped me decide that my son, 7, and I will skip WOC and do the Fantasmic dessert seating instead during our mid-August trip. There's no way he will stand for up to two hours before an event, only to find out that he can't see. I'm amazed Disney didn't see (or didn't care) that his would be a nonstarter for families with small kids. We'll wait for a future trip when attendance slacks off, and DS is taller.

 

[CindyH]

I posted a thread F v WOC that was very helpful too. I actually have AG reservations for WOC, and was really looking forward to the show, but will cancel them (thank goodness they weren't prepaid). My DH does NOT want to wait only to stand and my kids are at ages (8 and 11) where they are too big to get on our shoulders and yet too short to see over many people. So I think it would be a big time investment, plus the money for dinner w/ possibly not a great payoff.

We'll be at the Grand, so if I'm ambitious and the family is gung-ho, I might get FP for the show. We're hoping to do the dessert seating for Fantasmic, if it is not too late. I know it's pricey, but my family would rather miss the show than sit for hours for a spot. I'm the one who really wants to see it!

I'm with you. I also made reservations for WCT for WOC, but I'm going to cancel. The "iffiness" of whether we'll have a tall person with a child on his shoulders standing in front of us, plus trying to keep expenses to a minimum, have led me to conclude that WOC is not for us this time around.

It would be totally different if I were doing this with just hubby, and no kids. He's certainly tall enough to see, but it's just not worth the stress and hassle for me to ensure our two kids get a good view.

 

[Kittyskyfish]

Thank you for responding to my question, Raindown and Tinkerbell's Mom!

I think management can fix some of the viewing issues by cutting down on the number of FP's distributed for the shows. Of course, that would intensify the demand for FP's and that's a whole 'nother problem.

Also (by gum!), allow people to sit instead of stand. If it isn't so crowded, then maybe it'd be considered safe to sit? That way, children can have a better shot at seeing the show. I mean, the place IS Disneyland and it should cater a little bit to ... um.... children?

Last, there should be a stroller station to temporarily stash it and cut down on clutter in the viewing area.