How early for shows?

[deebs]

How far in advance do we need to get into line for
- Fantasmic
- Beauty and The Beast
- Nemo
- Lion King

Thx

 

[Chuckers]

What time of the year are you going? It will make a difference for crowd sizes and line-up times.

And what show are you looking to see? First in the morning? Last in the day?

In general, 20-30 minutes for all but Fantasmic.. I would give that one about 45 minutes to an hour for up front seats.

Whenever I have seen Nemo, B&TB, and FOTLK, they've always been letting in up to show time. (Never full). Fantasmic is always a madhouse. Although I have never been to the second seating for Fantasmic, it may be different.

 

[deebs]

We will be there in November. Thanksgiving week. There is only 1 fantasmic showing. I'm open to times we see other shows. I guess it all depends where our fastpasses fall

 

[LarryFmScotland]

We will be there in November. Thanksgiving week. There is only 1 fantasmic showing. I'm open to times we see other shows. I guess it all depends where our fastpasses fall

Thanksgiving week is pretty busy so I would give about 30 to 40 mins for all the mentioned shows apart from Fantasmic and I would shoot for about 75 mins for good seat and an hour for an OK seat.

Though sometimes, I've been known to sneak in at the last minute if I'm on my own and find a gap somewhere. That won't work with a family.

Cheers Larry.

 

[Chuckers]

For Fantasmic, you may want to look at having dinner at one of the 3 TS restaurants in HS that give you special seating. (I forget which three they are, but you can find out at the WDW website - dining options.) This will give you a guaranteed decent seat.

 

[CAS239]

Fantasmic
-45 min to an hour. This is really the only show a FP is great for

Beauty and The Beast
-No need to wait. Can walk up a few minutes befor the start and get good seats. For really up close seats though I'd recommend about 20 min prior to start time.

Nemo
-It's a huge theater. So I'd say 10-20 min prior to start time and you should be good.

Lion King
-About 20-30 min prior for good seats