Staking my claim... Fireworks Viewing

[kittyab]

You can get a good viewing of the Wishes fireworks from some of the resorts and there are not crowds.

 

[GPC0321]

Totally hit or miss, but if it rains an hour or so before HEA, that’s the night you can walk up minutes ahead of the start time and still get a great view.

Ha! I was literally just thinking about this a little while ago while cooking dinner and contemplating my strategy for staking out a spot for HEA. I saw it last December in an absolute crush of humanity (one of the few non-party nights of the week). We had a pretty good view, but the crowd was overwhelming even to me and I don't mind crowds. A well-timed thunderstorm rolling through about an hour before fireworks would be nice.

 

[JerseyJanice]

Ha! I was literally just thinking about this a little while ago while cooking dinner and contemplating my strategy for staking out a spot for HEA. I saw it last December in an absolute crush of humanity (one of the few non-party nights of the week). We had a pretty good view, but the crowd was overwhelming even to me and I don't mind crowds. A well-timed thunderstorm rolling through about an hour before fireworks would be nice.

I have to tell you that I was so bummed over the weather forecast for the week of my trip. They were talking tropical depression, and my two previous trips were impacted by Hurricanes Matthew and Irma. I just couldn’t believe my luck.

Over the weekend I was there, it rained a lot. Saturday had many heavy storms rolling through. That night was so damp and windy, it was flat-out cold.

Sunday was another rainy day and I think that kept the locals away. We went to MK that evening and walked on to a bunch of attractions. An hour or so before HEA, it poured. I was on Splash Mountain with my sister-in-law and our log got stuck in a jam. We got drenched. It was too much water for the ponchos.

But after that downpour, the rain cleared up. Warm in our damp ponchos, we took a Dole Whip break then walked right up to a premium spot in the hub to see HEA.

After the show, we rode 7 Dwarves twice in a row as walk-ups. We went on Pooh and then stood in the middle of Main Street and saw Once Upon a Time.

It was one of the most productive nights I ever spent at MK—a big silver lining to a whole bunch of storm clouds.