Possible to do all 3 DL night shows in 1 evening?

[Liquidice]

Quick question - First time ever going to Disneyland later this month but will only be there for a few days (Fri, Sat, Sun) and my schedule doesn't allow 2 separate nights to see the evening shows at Disneyland (one night I have the World of Color Dessert Party and I stupidly chose the 2nd showing which I think means I can't make it over to DL for any of the evening shows, with the earlier show I may have been able to catch the 2nd MSEP or Fantasmic). The 3rd night I don't think I'll be able to see any of the evening shows due to a dinner reservation).

I think time wise its feasible for this to work, but I'm wondering if it is possible to see all 3 Disneyland night time shows on the same day with the reserved packages?

I currently have a Plaza Inn Dining Package with the MSEP reserved seating. I believe the package is only for the first showing at 8:45pm (I know we should probably show up at least 1.5 hours early if not more than that).

Then I assume I can walk over (or maybe just move from my reserved area to stand on Main Street) to see the Disneyland Forever Fireworks at 9:30pm, I may not get a primo spot for it, but I should be able to watch it?

I also have a 6:10pm River Belle Terrace reservation and I assume I can upgrade to the Fantasmic package (do this at the restaurant check-in podium at 11am?) and I can select the 10:30pm show and go there right after the Disneyland forever fireworks end to see Fantasmic. Again maybe not a primo spot to see it, but can't be too awful since it is in the reserved area?

I want to make sure this would work so I don't end up paying extra for the River Belle Terrace Dining Package and then can't make it

Thanks!

 

[dina444444]

This should work. You’ll be able to move up Main Street after the parade passes.

 

[ktlm]

I think it will work. I'd try it. After the parade I would try to work my way over to a fireworks watching spot where you have easier access to get towards the Fantasmic area.

 

[Pluto468]

You can for sure see the fireworks from Main Street, so that shouldn't be a problem. I'm not sure you even need to get to your MSEP viewing area 1.5 hours ahead of time. I think what people like about the parade package is that you can show up closer to when it starts, like 30 minutes. Maybe someone who has done the package can confirm.

Another idea is to skip the packages and watch the parade and fireworks over by Small World. They do the projections over there, and the area is never as crowded as Main Street. Then you could cut through Fantasyland over to Rivers Of America for Fantasmic.
We watched the parade and fireworks that way a couple of weeks ago and it was great. We found seats for the parade about 20 minutes before it started and had a good view, sitting on the steps across from Small World.

Of course, if you just like the main Street view of everything, keep your current plan.

I agree with PP about making your way down Main Street right after the parade so it's quicker to get over to Fantasmic right after the fireworks end.

Keep checking for World Of Color. The time and night I wanted became available about a week before our trip. The dessert party was wonderful!

 

[Liquidice]

You can for sure see the fireworks from Main Street, so that shouldn't be a problem. I'm not sure you even need to get to your MSEP viewing area 1.5 hours ahead of time. I think what people like about the parade package is that you can show up closer to when it starts, like 30 minutes. Maybe someone who has done the package can confirm.

Another idea is to skip the packages and watch the parade and fireworks over by Small World. They do the projections over there, and the area is never as crowded as Main Street. Then you could cut through Fantasyland over to Rivers Of America for Fantasmic.
We watched the parade and fireworks that way a couple of weeks ago and it was great. We found seats for the parade about 20 minutes before it started and had a good view, sitting on the steps across from Small World.

Of course, if you just like the main Street view of everything, keep your current plan.

I agree with PP about making your way down Main Street right after the parade so it's quicker to get over to Fantasmic right after the fireworks end.

Keep checking for World Of Color. The time and night I wanted became available about a week before our trip. The dessert party was wonderful!

Thanks! The reviews for the MSEP reserved area I read said the line for the reserved area starts an hour before they start seating you, and I think they start seating you at 8pm for the 8:45pm show - but I don't know, if anyone has any experience they can share would greatly appreciate it!

Appreciate the advice on Small World too, that is a good idea!

And thanks @ktlm and @dina444444 for confirming, appreciate it!

 

[confetti]

We did all three in one night without any package reservations. We started on main street near the hub for MSEP. We waited about an hour and a half. We could have come later and still gotten a decent spot, but we were ok to just sit for a while. After the parade, we moved into main street for the fireworks. That was a little stressful because so many people were moving into that area at the same time that people were trying to cross main street. But we got a pretty good spot. Then after fireworks we made our way over to Rivers of America for F!. We kinda grabbed the first open area we spotted, which was kind of off center to the right. We could have gotten a more centered spot but we didn't want to fight crowds.

It was a little much to do all of them back to back to be honest, but I'm still glad we did it. We had 4 day tickets, so I didn't mind using an entire evening for shows. If we only had a day or two, I'm not sure I would have given up so much time.

 

[Disturbia]

I was researching the same thing. It’s really crowded, so be prepared; the electric parade is ending Sept 1st (would love for it to be back at Mk) btw so it’s even more popular. We have younger kids so we won’t be doing everything on the same night.

Sometimes fireworks get cancelled but there’s a nice dance/projection show.