Do you think they will allow people eating at Ohana on 3rd to remain at Polly and see the fireworks from there?
This is kind of long, sorry.
People on the boards and various Disney guidebooks will tell you Poly restricts beach access to registered Poly guests on big holiday fireworks like 7/4.
I stayed at Poly this year and watched both the 7/3 and 7/4 fireworks from there (it was our first time staying over 7/4). I personally did not see anyone checking resort status for those there to watch the fireworks. I know they have done this in the past from what I’ve read, but I didn’t see it this year. (The only exception to this is a small roped off area reserved for Poly Club Level guests)
If they were to be checking resort status this coming year, then your Ohana ADR isn’t going to help you. But, for 7/3, I wouldn’t be too worried about it - you’ll ‘likely’ be OK if I used this year as a guide (always a bit dangerous, but more of a calculated assessment on my part).
As to where to watch the MK fireworks (for either the 7/3 or 7/4 show), really anywhere around the Seven Seas Lagoon is a good spot. It’s a “360 degree” show - so fireworks are launched from the traditional MK spot, the 180 degree party launch sites, and the island in the middle of the lagoon. The island launch site mirrors what’s shot off from the traditional behind the MK location. It really brings the fireworks more front/center from anywhere on the lagoon (GF, Poly, CR, TTC).
To help with a visual, see pics below...
(Note, these pics were taken from the third floor of the Hawaii longhouse, the main beach area where people watch is just to the left of this).
A good example of the launch sites going all at once - it’s definitely cool! Also, for this show, they park the EWP floats in front of Poly (you can see it in the pic below). They also play the show audio from these floats, so that helps counter the occasional dead/low volume spot on the Poly grounds.
FWIW, on 7/4 Poly did pull out the sidewalk tape for crowd control. Honestly, it was never crowded enough for this to be needed, from my perspective. But it made me laugh. Taping skills obviously not as good as the MK CMs!
