parade taping

[brian95]

anyone been to mk on xmas parade taping day. its our first full day and the kids would like to start at mk. we are rd people. can we get anything done or should we wait until the next day. or maybe hop there in the evening

 

[Dan Murphy]

I have been there on taping day, never again if I can help it.

 

[brian95]

thanks dan that's kind of what I was thinking

 

[Dan Murphy]

Possible hop in the evening though may be a thought as you asked.

 

[boBQuincy]

We are usually at WDW on taping days and have avoided MK for all the obvious reasons. Last year we went on parade taping day to meet my brother and were dreading it, but... it was not that busy. We arrived at MK around 2:30 pm and after about 15 minutes got a front row spot on Main Street, near the Confectionery. We saw Neal Patrick Harris and the last few floats of the parade. We watched a drum corp perform at the Hub then went for dinner at Columbia Harbor which was not busy at all.

After that we used our FP+ (and FP-) to go on about 4 rides, watched Wishes, then rode 2 more rides and watched Main St Electrical Parade. MK was nowhere near as busy as we expected, but this may have been an unusual year. Getting to MK later in the day may be a good plan.

Later that month we saw ourselves on the parade broadcast on Christmas day (for about 2 seconds)!

 

[I-4Bound]

We've been on parade taping days for the past 2 years, and it wasn't really much of an issue. All of the parade stuff is centered around Main Street, and if you stay away from that area, you should be fine. I think we went on the 2nd or 3rd day of taping both times. Good luck!

 

[totallytigger]

anyone been to mk on xmas parade taping day. its our first full day and the kids would like to start at mk. we are rd people. can we get anything done or should we wait until the next day. or maybe hop there in the evening

We went on parade taping day last Dec and had a blast. We avoided Main st and the Hub and found relatively short lines for rides.