Watching Electrical Water Pageant & Wishes From 1 Location?

[SarahDisney]

Hey awesome people!

I searched a bit and didn't see a recent thread that answered this, so if there is one and I just missed it, please point me to it!

We'll be down at Disney soon and we're hoping to catch both Wishes & Electrical Water Pageant on a non-park night. Wishes that night starts at 10 PM (the Electrical Water Pageant schedule seems to be the same as it usually is). Any suggestions for one place where we can see both? I know that used to be the Poly beach, but with the DVC bungalows, I think I've read that the view is no longer the same for Wishes.
If we do have to see them from different locations, any suggestions for two locations that are close enough that we won't have trouble getting from one to the other with plenty of time?
We were actually thinking of seeing the fireworks from the 4th floor observation deck at the Contemporary - is there any way we'll see the Electrical Water Pageant from there? (My instinct is no because I don't think it overlooks the water, but I figured I'd ask the experts).

(And yes, I know the Electrical Water Pageant is nothing special, but I still want to see it once, and I figured that a no-park night was a great opportunity to combine seeing Wishes and the water pageant. Also, we're not looking to make any ADRs for that night, so while there are probably some awesome viewing locations from restaurants, those won't work for us. Ditto for special cruises or whatnot.)

Thanks in advance for any and all helpful advice & suggestions!

 

[Happy_Haunt999]

If you plan on watching Wishes from the Observation Deck of the CR, you might have to go out back to see the Electrical Water pageant, because the times we have seen it there it was in the lake behind the CR and BLT. I know it comes through the 7 Seas Lagoon, but I can't remember what the view would be like from the front of the CR.

Your other choice to see both would be the GF near the Lagoon/docks.

 

[hiroMYhero]

You can get good views of both at GF.

Water Pageant: from the boat dock area near Narcoossee's.
Wishes: from the patio area near Gasparilla's. The Wishes music is piped in and it's a wonderful and uncrowded viewing area.

 

[CarolynFH]

We watched both from the GF boat dock earlier this month. You can also view both from Narcoossee's outside deck - don't have to eat at or even enter the restaurant.

 

[SarahDisney]

If you plan on watching Wishes from the Observation Deck of the CR, you might have to go out back to see the Electrical Water pageant, because the times we have seen it there it was in the lake behind the CR and BLT. I know it comes through the 7 Seas Lagoon, but I can't remember what the view would be like from the front of the CR.

Your other choice to see both would be the GF near the Lagoon/docks.

You can get good views of both at GF.

Water Pageant: from the boat dock area near Narcoossee's.
Wishes: from the patio area near Gasparilla's. The Wishes music is piped in and it's a wonderful and uncrowded viewing area.

We watched both from the GF boat dock earlier this month. You can also view both from Narcoossee's outside deck - don't have to eat at or even enter the restaurant.

Thanks, guys! It sounds like Grand Floridian is the place to be to see both.

If anyone has any other suggestions, please keep them coming!