How long after MSEP begins is it possible to cross Main Street?

[Ari37]

Hi everyone,
The title mostly says it all, but we are planning a late arrival at MK on an evening when the MSEP is scheduled at 9:00 and 11:00 PM, and Wishes is scheduled at 10:00 PM. We will have already seen Wishes and MSEP another night, and will be trying to hit some headliners with (hopefully) shorter waits. We are planning to hit some attractions in Frontierland and Adventureland between 10 and 11:30 PM, and then were thinking of heading over to Tomorrowland around 11:30 to squeeze in one last ride on Buzz or Space. However, it just occurred to me that the late MSEP may not have passed all the way through Main Street by 11:30 PM. Does anyone have a rough estimate of when we should realistically expect to be able to cross from Adventureland to Tomorrowland after the parade?
Thanks in advance for the information!

 

[cattywampus]

I don't know the answer to your specific question, but I was very surprised to learn during our first WDW visit that there is NO street crossing during the FOF parade. Coming as DL vets, we planned to cross over near Liberty Square (prepared to wait for correct interval) and were surprised to find out we had to wait for the entire parade.

We arrived late to MK in November at approximately 11:20 pm while 2nd MSEP was going on, but we did the opposite and headed straight for TL and found crowds very low. It was an EMH night and we got so much done between 11:20 pm - 1:30 am with very low crowds. It was easy for us, since we just arrived from the west coast and had not had an early flight. Even the 7yo did great!

Depending upon the answer to your MSEP question, you might choose to go to TL first and then cross back to Adventure/Frontierlands.

 

[Ari37]

Thanks so much for your response, cattywampus! It is very helpful to hear about your recent evening experiences at MK! I have considered doing TL first as well, but since we will begin touring a bit earlier than your party did (9ish), I figured that wait times in Frontierland and Adventureland would taper off before TL waits. If it is not possible to cross main street later in the night to get over to TL, however, I will certainly be re-arranging the itinerary a bit!

Does anyone else have recent experiences with traveling around MK during the MSEP?

 

[Ari37]

Any other recent experiences? Still trying to figure out a game plan