Fantasmic scheduled for same time park closes?

[twinnersmama]

Our first day at WDW, DHS is scheduled to close at 10pm. Fantasmic is listed at 8:30 and 10pm. Is this right? Will they have the 10pm show at the same time the park closes? We have 7:40 ADRs for 50s Prime Time and hoping we could catch Fantasmic at 10.

 

[Robo]

Our first day at WDW, DHS is scheduled to close at 10pm. Fantasmic is listed at 8:30 and 10pm. Is this right? Will they have the 10pm show at the same time the park closes?

Happens all the time.
There are many nights when Fantasmic! is schduled to begin a half-hour AFTER DHS is "closed."

Remember that most guests wanting to SEE Fantasmic! will already be IN the theater by 30 minutes or more before show-time.

We have 7:40 ADRs for 50s Prime Time and hoping we could catch Fantasmic at 10.

Sounds like a great plan to me!

Be sure to go to the theater 45 minutes before show-time for the second show.

And when you arrive early for the "second show," there WILL likely be a "line" (of sorts.)

That's because they hold guests back from entering the seating area while the CMs clean the theater after the first show.
But don't worry, once they start letting guests enter, the theater will likely not be full by any means. The second show virtually never "sells out" even when the park is busy.

 

[raider97]

They did this for our trip last April. We went to the show and when we were done the rest of the parks was closed. We hit several shows on the way out though to avoid the mass bus lines. Have fun!!

 

[Robo]

We hit several shows on the way out though to avoid the mass bus lines.

I guess you mean STORES.

We do that, too.

 

[mirs]

yep fantasmic is generally scheduled for the hour that the park closes. and raider97, you and a million other people head for the stores along hollywood blvd after!