From my recent experience, they no longer sell the CD in the parks. We asked a cast member about it and said they stopped selling it. I don’t think they have sold the CD for the past few years. I lost my CD about 5 years ago.
It really depends on when you're going and who the narrator is. When we were there on Christmas Day in 2012, we walked by around 1pm and there were probably already 100 people in line (the first show is at 5pm). We did the dinner package and got in line 45 minutes before our show time and were probably the 20th in that line and got a great seat.
I don't want to be a Debbie Downer, but I don't know if you can get close to the stage doing standby. I always do the dinner package and usually end up about halfway back in the theater.
im not looking to be first 20 rows or whatever. I just don't want to be all the way in the back or worse, miss out on getting in.
I just found out about it too! I had to fight to get lunch reservations with access to the 5 PM show with Neil Patrick Harris!
thats fine, but you still didn't answer my question. how early do I need to get in line to make sure I get in?
going this weekend and its Kurt Russell. No dining packages available. been checking every 30 minutes.Soon as the park opens! That way you'll be absolutely guaranteed to get in.
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Realistically there are WAY too many variables to give you an exact time to show up. It depends on who is doing the reading. People line up five hours ahead for Neil Patrick Harris. And occasionally they walk up 15 minutes before the show starts, on a quiet weekday night with an unknown reader. If you're one or two people, you're more likely to find a last minute seat, than if you're a party of 12.
Assuming you're not trying to see NPH, I'd stroll by and take a peek at how the line looks around noon. If it's small, I'd check it again in an hour, and again, an hour after that. Then every half hour. Jump in whenever it starts to look long.
Alternatively, plan on seeing the final show of the night, get into the standby line 15 minutes before the show starts, and hope for the best. If there's no seats left, at least you haven't wasted much time.
Or just stand behind the theatre and watch it from there.
OR, just do what we do, and get yourself a dining package. It's a wonderful excuse for a sit down meal and you don't have to get in line more than half an hour before the show (make it an hour, if it's NPH).
Not sure if you went yesterday or are going today. We were there yesterday and even with the cold weather the standby lines were long. People who got in line around 3:30 didn't make it into the first show. By around 4:00 the "standing area" behind the ropes in the back had every front spot taken. By 4:30 the standing area was parade like, with people running up and standing in the taped off areas and then when told they couldn't stand there they tried to make everyone else move back so they could get behind the tape. And were then offended when people who had been waiting in the cold for 30 minutes already stood their ground.
But other then that little blip and the wind - it was a lovely show.
yup. this was me. got in line at 3:00 and was 10 people away from getting into the 5:00 show. When I got into the 6:45 was dissapointed to see how much empty seating space there was. Disney needs to do a better job of making people squeeze in to fill space that isn't blocked by a tree. could have easily fit another 20 people into just the rows around me.Not sure if you went yesterday or are going today. We were there yesterday and even with the cold weather the standby lines were long. People who got in line around 3:30 didn't make it into the first show. By around 4:00 the "standing area" behind the ropes in the back had every front spot taken. By 4:30 the standing area was parade like, with people running up and standing in the taped off areas and then when told they couldn't stand there they tried to make everyone else move back so they could get behind the tape. And were then offended when people who had been waiting in the cold for 30 minutes already stood their ground.
