Does anyone know if it's even *possible* to see both?
I'm going for 1 day next Saturday, and wanted to see both, so I'm extremely bummed about the scheduling. Jingle Bam is 6:45 that night, Fantasmic is 7. I commonly hear Fantasmic is the better show, but if push comes to shove I think I'm going to have to go with Jingle Bam, because it's seasonal and I've never seen it. I have seen Fantasmic, but it's been years. And Fantasmic will always be there when I come back, wheras Jingle Bam won't. Still I was verymuch looking forward to seeing both, before I learned they were so tightly scheduled.
If, after Jingle Bam I went straight to Fantasmic, is there a realistic prayer I'd be admitted? I don't know when they cut off admittance to Fantasmic. Is it typically before 7, at 7, after 7 or does it vary? Is it typically once they hit capacity? I honestly don't know. Like I said, it's been years.
I'm a party of 1, so I can move briskly enough once Jingle Bam ends, and I'm not concerned with having a good seat for Fantasmic, just getting in. But I seem to recall on past trips that they were fairly hard about the cutoff for admittance to Fantasmic. I know I've been bared at the gate at least once. So I assume if I arrived a couple minutes after 7 (or even 7 on the dot) that they won't even let me in.
Like I said, push comes to shove I think I'm choosing Jingle Bam, but I'll likely try to get in Fantasmic afterward. Assuming I won't succeed, but... if anyone has words of hope I'd love to hear them... hahaha...