Ok lets go see Warwick Davis!
We of course have zero experience with any of this, and immediately fire off multiple questions:
( which I now have answers to!)
1. where is the Premiere Theatre?
2. how many does it hold?
3. how popular is this show?
4. do we need a special wristband to get in?
5. what time should we line up?
6. should we try to get lunch first?
The Premiere Theatre is a 1500 seat theatre located on New York Street.
It is no longer open to the general public except during special events.
Heres a brief blog from Disneys website:
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...backlot-theater-at-disneys-hollywood-studios/
The theatre is housed inside a replica Soundstage building which also serves as the San Francisco Mural Backdrop. (it normally hides behind a barricade wall everyone typically walks by. But not today! Doors are open!!)
The line up for this venue begins in an alley directly across the street - adjacent to the Muppets Show building
No special wristband or ticket is required. So we get in line at 12:30pm
This is what we encountered at that time. We were lucky. It was cool and shaded in this area.
And this is what the crowd grew to by 1:20pm The entire alley was jam packed, and the line stretched outside all the way around the block and way up the street.
Heres an outside shot taken earlier. The alley we were waiting in is where the rust colored steel steps are behind that steel framing. You can see the line already forming around the block.
Once the doors open, the street is blocked off and the entire line is shuffled thru this que to maximize crowd control.
Here we go! It felt really great walking in knowing we had gotten a seat.
I tried to snap a photo of the size of the line way behind us - which was still outside and around the block.
