Babe the Blue Ox
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 2, 2007
If past history is any indication, the waits for the DHS headliners will be even shorter once Fantasmic is back online. The crowds start heading toward the amphitheater well before showtime leaving everything else pretty much wide open. The best setup was when F! was performed an hour before park close then again a half hour after closing time. This allowed for multiple rerides on the headliners over the last hour and a half to two hours of operation. Tower of Terror would even stay open 10-15 minutes after the posted close time if you wanted to get in 1 or 2 more loops.An awful lot can change between now and next May. Fantasmic! is coming back in November. It used to begin before park closing. Having a real nighttime show again in HS may significantly affect crowd movement patterns (park-hopping), as well as retaining daytime crowds longer through the days/evenings than currently reported at HS. Re-evaluate after Fantasmic! has been showing for a couple months.
This still gave plenty of time to stroll in to the F! theater before showtime, and the place was usually less than half full. Those were the days.