FP+ for Main Street Electrical Parade

[flea1267]

If you do FP+ for Main Street Electrical Parade do you have to leave the area after it's over or can you stay put and watch Wishes from that area? Thanks for any input or experiences!

 

[BrianL]

I think the two areas are different, so you could stay in the Parade FP area, though I don't think the parade FP area is an ideal spot from which to watch Wishes, though I'm not sure of exact locations these days after all the hub construction.

 

[Robo]

I think the two areas are different, so you could stay in the Parade FP area, though I don't think the parade FP area is an ideal spot from which to watch Wishes, though I'm not sure of exact locations these days after all the hub construction.

Agreed.

At THIS time (and for how long, we don't know) the Parade FP+ viewing area is in Town Square (the MK flagpole area) all the way up Main Street away from the castle.
-AND- what so many FORGET to include in this discussion is the THIRD evening event at MK, "Celebrate the Magic."
CtM is a show that is considered by many to be more original, unique, exciting and entertaining than
the parade or the fireworks.
CtM starts 15 minutes before Wishes and must be seen from a spot not too far from the front of the castle.

Also, (and I consider this to be a major deal breaker)
they intentionally leave the lights of Main Street fully ON
at the Town Square end of Main St. during CtM and Wishes.
This is to facilitate guests leaving MK during these shows.
The very fact that hundreds (thousands?) of guests will be
walking, pushing strollers, piloting ECV's, and even yelling back and forth at each other
over the music of the shows, etc. makes for
an atmosphere that's incompatible with enjoying two of the three major MK nighttime events.

Add to that the thousands of bright lights in your line of vision in shows that are designed to be
seen under dark conditions, it's not a positive experience in my estimation.
That means that while the current parade FP viewing area is barely adequate for viewing Wishes, it is a VERY POOR location to see CtM.

Maybe (MAYBE) the parade FP viewing will move back to the Hub within the near future,
but nobody knows IF and nobody knows WHERE.

Below is my GUESS of where the new Hub FP+ Parade view area MIGHT be, MAYBE be starting sometime in November '15.
It is just a GUESS. Only time will tell if I'm right (or at least close.)

 

[BrianL]

So, they haven't moved the Parade FP area back to the hub yet? Then I definitely agree with Robo that that will be a very poor viewing area for CtM/Wishes. The best viewing for those is the back of the hub, where the Wishes FP is now on Robo's map. If you do FP the parade then I would try to move up Main Street quickly to a better vantage point.