Getting in line for the 2nd Fantasmic show

[az4boys]

Can anyone give me info on the logistics of getting a good seat for the second show?

I really want my family to see Fantasmic and we really don't like being squished like sardines or jostling for position in a crowd. We've been debating between BB and HB packages and I'm 95% sure we are doing the HB package for the second show. Our kids simply wouldn't appreciate the BB menu enough to justify the cost and the second show seems like our best chance of having space.

We are going next week. With shows at 9pm and 10:30, what time do they let the lines in for the second show?

When do we need to get in line to get a good spot during the second show?

Do we need to camp out in Critter Country during the first show and fireworks? I'd prefer not to, but it may be necessary. It seems like with everyone exiting after the fireworks that we wouldn't even be able to get to that side of the ROA until it was too late to get a good spot. I'd love it if we could ride BTMRR during the fireworks then get to the line in time to get a good seat.

 

[BecAus]

As no-one else has replied yet I'll offer my two cents worth : )
I had great luck with seeing the 2nd show last year in Sept during Halloween-time. However, I did it with FP and I think you are asking specifically about the HB dining pkg.
I watched the fwks in front of the castle and then made my way over to the FP queue area at the Mark Twain dock . They started letting people in around 10.10 - 10.15pm after they had cleared out the area and I got a seat on the ground, in the seated section obviously, and I wasn't crowded at all. I had done the BB pkg the night before for the first show and I ended up the next night sitting right next to where I'd been the night before, about 5 meters away.

You could easily ride BTMRR during the fwks and then do this I would think. Like you say, I feel like it would be very hard to make your way across to the HB viewing entrance location during / after the fwks. Although they encourage people to stay put for the fwks after the 9pm Fantasmic show, and many do, lots and lots also move out of the area.
I am guessing you would want to be in line over there by 9.45pm but it's only a guess.
Maybe someone will post with actual experience from getting from BTMRR across to the other side.

Hope you get some more input - best of luck with it. I hope you get to see the show and have a great time!