OFFICIAL New Animal Kingdom Experiences UPDATE 5/28: Reports from first night in Post #2

[myjourney]

My friend who works at AK just told me he got tickets for us to the night time employee preview on Tuesday night from 8:30-12:00 I am so excited and hope o come back and give a review of the JB show and nighttime safari. They will also have the street party.

 

[yulilin3]

My friend who works at AK just told me he got tickets for us to the night time employee preview on Tuesday night from 8:30-12:00 I am so excited and hope o come back and give a review of the JB show and nighttime safari. They will also have the street party.

I don't think the CM preview has JB show. My friend is also going to that preview. They included everything but the JB show

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

You can't book dining packages on the app.

I don't believe they are booking any dining packages for the 2nd show. Not this time at least. I have 2 7:00 ADR and both say for 1st show (unless that is just wrong as PP discussed

I am wondering how you got a 7 p.m. dining package, because on the website, it says you have to dine 2 1/2 hours before showtime. The 1st show always starts at 9 p.m, so the last dining reservation you should be able to get is at 6:30 p.m.

 

[thornton0511]

What's your date?
You may want to try calling and asking questions. Hopefully the CM will be knowledgeable. I'd hate to suggest you try canceling first, in case what happened with mine was purely a coincidence and not because I had released my party of 8. But if you do get gutsy and try, perhaps do it late at night when there's not as much activity, and have a second computer ready to refresh as soon as you hit cancel. Good luck!

Monday June 6th party of 5. Good idea about the late night thing. I don't know what we will end up doing, but since we already have FP for the first show and the normal ADR the only thing we are losing at this point is an extra FP so it's probably worth it to just keep it the way it is.

 

[myjourney]

I don't think the CM preview has JB show. My friend is also going to that preview. They included everything but the JB show

I could be wrong but the tickets showed something about a light show

 

[AngiTN]

I am wondering how you got a 7 p.m. dining package, because on the website, it says you have to dine 2 1/2 hours before showtime. The 1st show always starts at 9 p.m, so the last dining reservation you should be able to get is at 6:30 p.m.

I had the same question but that time is what it offered. And the reservation says 1st Showing.
It may end up being 2nd showing, I have no idea. Just know what it says.

 

[AngiTN]

I could be wrong but the tickets showed something about a light show

That may be talking about the light show on the Tree of Life

 

[AngiTN]

I was able to book the dining package via the app. Maybe it was a fluke but it happened lol

Must be a change with the latest update. Prior to that a dining package wouldn't show up to book

 

[yulilin3]

I could be wrong but the tickets showed something about a light show

here's my friend's invite. The JB show is in rehearsal until Friday

 

[belleincanada]

Hey there - forgive me if this has all been said. Normally I'd go through all the posts but between planning our wedding and planning an epic Disneymoon (which includes our first MNSSHP which then in turn means preparing epic costumes) I'm just trying not to pull out my hair.

We arrive Sept. 11th and staying til 22nd. I know we don't know about ROL yet. Hopefully ANY kind of update about it comes soon?

As of now AK hours on the website are 11pm until Labour Day (yes I'm Canadian and spelled labour with a "u"). Do you think they'll announce soon if late hours are going to be extended into the Fall? Cause don't get me wrong I'm excited for our Tiffins ADR, but I'm pretty sure my future hubby and I would love to have dinner not at 4:40pm ...since right now AK is only open till 5pm in September and therefore ADRs end at 5pm.

Thanks, all.

 

[Momof2Singers]

I had the same question but that time is what it offered. And the reservation says 1st Showing.
It may end up being 2nd showing, I have no idea. Just know what it says.

Mine is the same, I think we are 6:45 and says 1st viewing, but I may reconsider. It is $10 higher per person and we already have a reservation during the week at Tusker, no one in my family likes the Tiffins menu, if it is also a fast pass, and we book it, does that mean, we can't get a 4th fast pass until after the show?

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

Mine is the same, I think we are 6:45 and says 1st viewing, but I may reconsider. It is $10 higher per person and we already have a reservation during the week at Tusker, no one in my family likes the Tiffins menu, if it is also a fast pass, and we book it, does that mean, we can't get a 4th fast pass until after the show?

You should be able to book another fastpass as soon as you scan your magicband to enter the viewing area of the show (if fastpasses are still available).

 

[AngiTN]

Mine is the same, I think we are 6:45 and says 1st viewing, but I may reconsider. It is $10 higher per person and we already have a reservation during the week at Tusker, no one in my family likes the Tiffins menu, if it is also a fast pass, and we book it, does that mean, we can't get a 4th fast pass until after the show?

Right, no additional FP till you see the show. Shouldn't be much left at that late hour but you never know.

We plan to dine at Tiffins no matter what so it was a no brainer to us to combine the 2. We plan to use FP on a different night, to compare the 2 viewings, if they are different.

For our July trip I'm not sure if we'll do TH, Tiffins or FP. I have all 3 planned. We'll decide after we go in June which method and/or meal would be better.

 

[ArielSRL]

Monday June 6th party of 5. Good idea about the late night thing. I don't know what we will end up doing, but since we already have FP for the first show and the normal ADR the only thing we are losing at this point is an extra FP so it's probably worth it to just keep it the way it is.

I have heard of 3 people doing the cancel thing successfully. None that have had problems. But I'm afraid to risk it, too!

 

[Momof2Singers]

Right, no additional FP till you see the show. Shouldn't be much left at that late hour but you never know.

We plan to dine at Tiffins no matter what so it was a no brainer to us to combine the 2. We plan to use FP on a different night, to compare the 2 viewings, if they are different.

For our July trip I'm not sure if we'll do TH, Tiffins or FP. I have all 3 planned. We'll decide after we go in June which method and/or meal would be better.

Sounds like a plan, unfortunately we only go every 2-3 years, and at 17 and 22, we may not even have another trip as a family due to my girls going in different directions. One is recent college graduate with a Bachelors of Music in Performance, who knows where she will be, she was interested in Disney, but chances there are slim to none. My husband was thinking of maybe purchasing a condo there, but again, you know how that goes, hot fast passes are gone at the 30 day mark.

 

[disneylove16]

I'm having a hard time making a game plan for our AK night. I'd like to try to get FP's for the nighttime Kilimanjaro Safari, for JB, and EE. If the sun doesn't set until 8 pm, would we be better off doing the 9 pm showing of JB, and doing the rides after? Or do the rides between 8-10:30 and do the 10:30 JB show?

 

[yulilin3]

I'm having a hard time making a game plan for our AK night. I'd like to try to get FP's for the nighttime Kilimanjaro Safari, for JB, and EE. If the sun doesn't set until 8 pm, would we be better off doing the 9 pm showing of JB, and doing the rides after? Or do the rides between 8-10:30 and do the 10:30 JB show?

The sun doesn't set until around 8:20 in June, later in July and August.
I would get a fp for JB show at 9pm, then ride Everest since there's no fp that late at this point (or is there? I haven't checked) and try and grab a safari fp for later, maybe 10pm to 11pm?
I'm thinking most people will leave after the 9pm JB show, just like with Wishes, then the rides should have shorter wait

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Hey there - forgive me if this has all been said. Normally I'd go through all the posts but between planning our wedding and planning an epic Disneymoon (which includes our first MNSSHP which then in turn means preparing epic costumes) I'm just trying not to pull out my hair.

We arrive Sept. 11th and staying til 22nd. I know we don't know about ROL yet. Hopefully ANY kind of update about it comes soon?

As of now AK hours on the website are 11pm until Labour Day (yes I'm Canadian and spelled labour with a "u"). Do you think they'll announce soon if late hours are going to be extended into the Fall? Cause don't get me wrong I'm excited for our Tiffins ADR, but I'm pretty sure my future hubby and I would love to have dinner not at 4:40pm ...since right now AK is only open till 5pm in September and therefore ADRs end at 5pm.

Thanks, all.

I'm sorry to say, but if disney continues its recent trend you probably won't get updated hours or news about the nighttime show for a few months.

Hopefully I'm wrong, but lately disney has just been waiting a really long time to post any sort of updated hours.

 

[disneylove16]

The sun doesn't set until around 8:20 in June, later in July and August.
I would get a fp for JB show at 9pm, then ride Everest since there's no fp that late at this point (or is there? I haven't checked) and try and grab a safari fp for later, maybe 10pm to 11pm?
I'm thinking most people will leave after the 9pm JB show, just like with Wishes, then the rides should have shorter wait

Thank you! I haven't heard whether or not EE FP's are available for nighttime, but that sounds like a good strategy!

 

[jknc]

If anyone is doing the ROL package this coming weekend, PLEASE post your review of the seating and overall show as soon as you can.
I have this booked for 6.3 and hoping it has some value.