I was at Fantasmic last night, and there was practically no one in the reserved seating for dinner packages. I have never seen it empty like that. Apparently no one is using the new package deal because of the increased cost. Incidently, we got to Fantasmic only 15 minutes early (this was on a Friday) and still got somewhat decent seats, second to last section, third row, so I really don't think the dinner package is necessary if you are only using it to get seats.