Fireworks from Poly Beach or Wilderness Lodge Beach?

[Laura Kelly]

We're not going to a park on arrival day, but want to start the trip off with a bang. I'd really like to do a character meal AND see the fireworks from the beach. Depending where we eat will probably be the deciding factor of where we watch the fireworks, but is there a better view? Is there another spot that I'm just not aware of?

 

[mesaboy2]

WL's beach does not offer a good view of Wishes. Poly's beach may also be problematic.

 

[Laura Kelly]

Why is it problematic? We'll be spending 2 other days in MK so we'll see them at the castle at least once, but I wanted the kids to at least get a glimpse night 1, just to get them excited and kick off our vaca

 

[Robo]

Why is it problematic?

The Poly beach is a mess with major ongoing construction projects.

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You can see the MK fireworks shows very well from the TTC

and they pipe-in clear, crisp audio from the show.)

Note: you are not allowed to stand directly in the actual Ferry loading area.

You can see them from the boat-dock and an outside

observation deck near Narcoossee's restaurant at the

Grand Floridian. Anyone can stand on Narcoossee's Deck.

The outside deck is not a part of the actual restaurant. (All serving is done inside.)

The deck is accessed from the sidewalk outside the restaurant.

Also, good viewing from the Patio overlooking the Marina.

The sound of the show is piped into these areas too.

At the Contemporary, there is viewing on an outdoor

observation area on the 4th floor.

The California Grill observation areas are reserved for patrons that day of the Grill or Bar.

(Fireworks shown above are simulated.)



At Wilderness Lodge, the "secret place" to watch the MK fireworks is from the northern area of the Cast Member (CM) Parking Lot.

At the Fort Wilderness Campgrounds Marina (angle shown on the map below,) some of the view (especially of the "Fantasyland" pyro) is blocked by the now unused Discovery Island in Bay Lake and by the high-rise buildings of the Contemporary Resort.

But, the view from the Ft. Wilderness' sand beach (farther north) is more open.

Still the tree-level can block the views of the lower-firing pyro.



Here are the angles of the views in the Bay Lake area.

Below are the angles of the views in the Seven Seas Lagoon area.

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As for viewing from INSIDE the dining area of restaurants

(you usually need ADRs for most, and they are usually busy during the shows)...

you can see (and hear) them at California Grill at Contemporary,

'Ohana at Poly, Narcoossee's at the Grand Floridian,

and (if you have access there) the Top of the World at Bay Lake Tower.

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[Laura Kelly]

Wow! Thank you very much

 

[Wood Nymph]

At Wilderness Lodge, the "secret place" to watch the MK fireworks is from the northern area of the Cast Member (CM) Parking Lot.

Have you checked this view lately? I went to the cast member parking lot of the WL in Dec 2013 and the view was terrible. There was a chain link fence with vines growing on it and bushes and trees in front and behind it. And the monorail was between the parking lot and the MK. Maybe I was standing in the wrong place.

The view from the beach near the marina isn't too bad. You can see most of the fireworks.

 

[Robo]

Have you checked this view lately? I went to the cast member parking lot of the WL in Dec 2013 and the view was terrible. There was a chain link fence with vines growing on it and bushes and trees in front and behind it. And the monorail was between the parking lot and the MK. Maybe I was standing in the wrong place.

The view from the beach near the marina isn't too bad. You can see most of the fireworks.

OK.

 

[ChadInOKC]

My video from the Poly beach of the fireworks from a Christmas Party event in 2013.

 

[rainboots]

Robo - you are a wonderful resource, thank you!