We did! It was the highlight of our trip
My son loves the electrical parade- upon check in I asked at the podium if at all possible we would like to sit outside and

they were happy to seat us!
We had an excellent view and it was sooo much fun to watch from our seats, the floats went right by us just a couple feet away.
Some of the crowd tried to ooze up onto the veranda (in fact standing right in front of us), but the CM's were really polite and simply asked people to vacate the veranda where people were eating.
I am hoping to do a repeat this May