Can you see Happily Ever After from the Polynesian?

[Islandmom71]

We have 7:00 reservations at O'Hana and were planning in watching the show from the beach after. Are we going to have to hop on the monorail and deal with the crowds at MK?

 

[msk]

You can see the fireworks but not the castle projections from the beach. The projections are wonderful!

 

[CAS239]

Have you seen the new show before? If you haven't then you'll need to watch it from inside the park.

Just like Wishes did, you can see the fireworks from the surrounding outside area, but HEA is a projection heavy show that the fireworks coincide with. There's still just as many, if not more, fireworks in HEA that there was in wishes.. But to fully see the show you need to be in the park

 

[GADisneyDad14]

I think it depends on the experience you want to have. Yes, with the projections and lighting around the hub/castle, the hub area is really the best spot to be to take in the 'full' show.

But, HEA is still a GREAT fireworks show and the "entertainment value" of watching from outside the park (Poly, etc) is still quite high in my opinion. Frankly it's a better 'show' watching from Poly than Wishes was. Some of the big fireworks are amazing.

Poly is a great spot because it's close to being a direct view of the castle so has a nice viewing angle between the castle and big fireworks. You have to be a bit careful on the beach because the volume is notoriously low. Stay closer to the path/Hawaii building for better sound (there are speakers in the ground along the path).

As to your specific circumstances, I would be very worried about getting to MK in time with a 7pm Ohana reservation (assuming HEA is 9pm). Ohana runs notoriously behind and it's not unusual to be seated well after your reservation time.

Worst case scenario, you don't get seated until 7:30.... takes an hour to eat/pay (which is pretty fast for some people), you're leaving for MK 8:30...it's going to be a big fight getting up Main Street toward the castle in time. And that assumes no monorail delays, etc. I think that's way too tight.

I'm spitballing a bit here, but unless I were on the monorail leaving Poly at 8, I probably wouldn't want to attempt watching in the MK and would just stay at Poly.

If this were me, I'd enjoy dinner at Ohana, grab a drink from Tambu, and head to the beach after dinner.

If you do have an opportunity to see HEA from inside the MK at some other point in the trip, I would make an effort to do that.

Have fun!

 

[Kimi313]

We will be going down to DW for a long weekend and would love to see HEA! We use to love watching Wishes from Main Street halfway down the street to take it all in. For those who have seen HEA is the view still good from the street on Main St or do you need to be close up? Thank you for opinions!

 

[hakepb]

We will be going down to DW for a long weekend and would love to see HEA! We use to love watching Wishes from Main Street halfway down the street to take it all in. For those who have seen HEA is the view still good from the street on Main St or do you need to be close up? Thank you for opinions!

It depends on your vision, but I think closer is better to see some of the characters included in the projections

 

[msk]

We watched right in front of the statue of Walt and Mickey. It was a perfect spot.