You can't see all the shows in a half day, but you can go to the park for half a day and have fun. We did a half a day in SW at Christmas, but we have been to the park several times and have already seen everything at least once. We were in the park when it opened and stayed until 1:00 or so. We rode most of the rides, saw one show, and viewed several of the animal attractions. In this amount of time you can see a couple of shows and visit a couple of other attractions. We have season passes so it doesn't cost us anything to go for half a day.