Fantasmic package

[princessap]

We are doing a two or three night stay in February and I am booking us onsite for the first time (dh doesnt know yet..lol).
I booked dinner at 1900 park fare and did the fantasmic dining package.
Do you think it will be rushed
We arrive the 13th
14th do Magic Kingdom and then back to grand floridian for dinner (what time do we need to leave park at? and can we get back in to park for wishes?)
15 do disney hollywood studios and dinner at hollywood/vine and then fantasmic at 7pm. Is fantasmic worth doing a ts to get priority seating? (they actually dont have fantasmic listed for the week prior so we pushed it back a week!)
then we are debating leaving the night of the 15 to head to clearwater or stay the night and explore resort next day and maybe swim in morning...what does that sound like?
thanks

 

[TDC Nala]

We are doing a two or three night stay in February and I am booking us onsite for the first time (dh doesnt know yet..lol).
I booked dinner at 1900 park fare and did the fantasmic dining package.
Do you think it will be rushed
We arrive the 13th
14th do Magic Kingdom and then back to grand floridian for dinner (what time do we need to leave park at? and can we get back in to park for wishes?)
15 do disney hollywood studios and dinner at hollywood/vine and then fantasmic at 7pm. Is fantasmic worth doing a ts to get priority seating? (they actually dont have fantasmic listed for the week prior so we pushed it back a week!)
then we are debating leaving the night of the 15 to head to clearwater or stay the night and explore resort next day and maybe swim in morning...what does that sound like?
thanks

I'm taking it you want to know if you will be rushed at Park Fare if you want to get back into the park for Wishes.

What time is the reservation and what time is Wishes?

If you don't have a hopper ticket and you have already been in MK that day, yes you can get back into MK for Wishes. If you have a hopper ticket it doesnt' matter what park you use it in first.

 

[princessap]

thanks. I am wondering if the whole three days will feel rushed. lol

Our reservation is at 1740 at GF. how long does it take to get there from mk? is it worth it?

thanks

 

[princessap]

also wondering if fantasmic is worth paying for a
ts to get priority seating? kids are 3 and 4 and worried they wont see if we dont get good seats

 

[TDC Nala]

If you want to get there faster from MK, take the boat. The boat goes to GF first. If you take the monorail you will be riding an almost complete circuit, although you may want to take the monorail if it is cold or the weather is bad. Going back to MK, take the monorail.

1740? If that's 24 hour time, it's 3:40. If you meant 7:40, I still don't know when Wishes takes place.

I haven't been to Fantasmic in a long time, don't have kids and haven't been to 1900 Park Fare in several years so I'm going to defer most of those questions. But a heavy schedule with little kids may not be a good idea. It's also generally noted that if you don't have the "priority seating" you don't have to show up to wait to get into Fantasmic more than an hour before the show, like a lot of folks recommend if you don't want to be in standing room. You should probably get there about 45 minutes prior to the show even with the priority seating though.

 

[princessap]

sorry I am a nurse so always do 24 hr clock. Dinner is 1740 which is actually 540pm and wishes is at 8pm.
thanks for the tip about the boat!

 

[TDC Nala]

You shouldn't have a lot of trouble getting back to MK after Park Fare with an early reservation.

 

[ccgirl]

also wondering if fantasmic is worth paying for a
ts to get priority seating? kids are 3 and 4 and worried they wont see if we dont get good seats

Well...as far as Fantasmic..the way I see it is you have to eat anyway; right?? It's not so much getting the "good seats" it's not having to wait in line for a very looonnnggg time with little ones. The seats for the Fantasmic package are way over to the right. They are fine but not front and center. Having said that, I was very glad I booked it with little ones so I didn't have to wait in line for an hour and a half.

 

[RetroPopArt]

YES YES YES do the Fantasmic dinner package. It's soooo worth it to have reserved seating and a special entrance. I would've never had seen Fantasmic at WDW if I had to wait in the regular line. The food at H&V is blah but it's worth it for the show


tonya.

 

[TDC Nala]

From what I remember about Fantasmic, if your children are afraid of fire I would not sit too close to the stage.