How does preferred seating for Aladdin work?

[Disney Dider]

Thanks!

 

[bradk]

you show up 20-30+ minutes to the hyperion box office and when the theatre is ready, they let you into the orchestra before the standby line. you sit wherever you want.

you do need to show up early though because seating is limited and they will turn you away if they fill up

 

[Disney Dider]

Thank you!!!

 

[tortugaverde]

To be honest, after seeing Aladdin... I am not sure I would want the preferred seating. Those folks had to turn completely around for the elephants and look straight up to see the carpet (of which they could really only see the bottom I assume). Those two scenes where the best, in my opinion... although the whole show was great!!! I myself would do the mezenine (sp?) section... and really you would have to wait for the same amount of time as for the preferred seating.

I wonder what others thing about this? Do those of you who have done preferred seating for Aladdin think the seats were better than the mezenine (I obviously can not spell that word...)???

 

[avalon451]

I don't know how the crowds normally work for this. It turns out that the week we were there (March 24-28th) was the busiest on record for DL. So when we went to Aladdin with our preferred seating tickets, we saw the people lining up for the 12:25 show at 11:15. That turned out to be the preferred seating crowd. They took your tickets at the front box office area, and put you in a covered area on the side of the building to wait. It looked to me as though we wouldn't have had to line up so early, people who came much later still got in and got great seats on the orchestra (floor) area. We had seventh row center, very nice seats.

That said, it is TRUE-- mezzanine would have been better, especially if you could get in the first couple of rows. For the two scenes you mentioned, it was hard to see anything (especially the carpet). But, on that very busy day, people lined up at 11:15 and waited over an hour, and unlike the preferred seating people, they waited in direct sunlight.

I suspect it's not so dire usually. That was a very packed park.

 

[hlbtimes2]

You dont have to sit in the front section when you use prefered seating. You can sit where ever you want. We, too, thought we had to sit near the front the first time. On later visits we figured out we could sit anywhere. I highly recomend the first row in the back 1/2, so that you are right behind the short divider wall. You'll have a great view of EVERYTHING.

 

[TravelinGal]

You dont have to sit in the front section when you use prefered seating. You can sit where ever you want. We, too, thought we had to sit near the front the first time. On later visits we figured out we could sit anywhere. I highly recomend the first row in the back 1/2, so that you are right behind the short divider wall. You'll have a great view of EVERYTHING.

GREAT TIP!! Thanks!

 

[bumbershoot]

We sat in the very back row of the preferred seating area, on the "inner" edge of the bank of seats closest to the door. We weren't closest to the door, we were on an aisle, but we were in the closest *group* of seats to the door.

OK that's hard to explain. I should have taken pictures.

Anyway, the elephant walked RIGHT behind us, and it was VERY cool. I really liked sitting there for that.

Alas DS had to use the restroom right before the carpet scene, so I was making my way out and over towards Monsters Inc to the bathrooms (yes you have to go outside to get to bathrooms!) during that scene, but hubby said it was very cool, even from those seats.

That said, I didn't like lining up that early, and it wasn't covered other than the umbrellas which DS wanted to knock over. Very close to others, too (though I imagine the normal line was close, too). And I think the regular line got in first.

I am obviously of mixed emotions about preferred seating.

 

[tortugaverde]

I don't know how the crowds normally work for this. It turns out that the week we were there (March 24-28th) was the busiest on record for DL. So when we went to Aladdin with our preferred seating tickets, we saw the people lining up for the 12:25 show at 11:15. That turned out to be the preferred seating crowd. They took your tickets at the front box office area, and put you in a covered area on the side of the building to wait. It looked to me as though we wouldn't have had to line up so early, people who came much later still got in and got great seats on the orchestra (floor) area. We had seventh row center, very nice seats.

That said, it is TRUE-- mezzanine would have been better, especially if you could get in the first couple of rows. For the two scenes you mentioned, it was hard to see anything (especially the carpet). But, on that very busy day, people lined up at 11:15 and waited over an hour, and unlike the preferred seating people, they waited in direct sunlight.

I suspect it's not so dire usually. That was a very packed park.

Hey, I was there the same week The crowds were CRAZY!!!! We got in line for the mezzanine section 15 -20 min before the show started. We were about 8 or so rows up from the ledge... and I thought had a pretty awesome view. We did have to wait out in the sun... but it was not that long of a wait.

 

[keishashadow]

can't remember, believe i read it's thru a TA or pkg?

we'll be @ DLH for 5 nights (non-pkg); any luck on asking nicely @ desk for tixs?

 

[TravelinGal]

can't remember, believe i read it's thru a TA or pkg?

we'll be @ DLH for 5 nights (non-pkg); any luck on asking nicely @ desk for tixs?

They came in our package. It was a paper coupon (one per person) that had little tabs on the side for Aladdin, Muppet Vision, ITTBAB, and Golden Dreams. I don't know any other way to get one. Maybe someone is selling them on ebay - like fast passes...