Will we be able to see parades/shows without FP?

[aprilfoolwed]

Will we be able to enjoy Wishes, MSEP, Illuminations, etc without a FP? Some are just not available during our stay.

 

[Jdismom]

Yes, definitely! You don't need to have FPs to see any of these. FPs will assure you a good spot, but there are plenty of places to watch all of these.

 

[magicaldisney]

We don't waste our FPs on shows, parades or fireworks. You can definitely see everything with them. Just do some research on the best spots without the FPs.

 

[kerplop]

I never had a FP before for parades and fireworks and we always saw them just fine!

 

[Mikie]

I was worried about this too, but my group wasn't as interested in parades as I was & didn't want to waste a FP on one. I dashed from tomorrowland to Main Street for festival of fantasy parade and had a spot right behind the curb - only one row in front of us, arriving just 10-15 min before the parade. Still lots of places to easily see it from Frontierland too. I've heard rave reviews about the parade FP, a little more mixed about the fireworks one, but you can easily still see them without.

 

[aprilfoolwed]

I am glad to hear this! I didn't want to have to waste a FP on these events, but still want to be able to see them.

My kids are night owls, so I imagine the later MSEP will be no problem at all for us!

 

[staceyeileen]

Yes.... FP for parades, fireworks, and shows are a newish thing. We all managed to see them before without FP.

 

[marauder]

If you want an ideal location that you don't have to wait for then FastPass it. If you don't mind waiting or a non-prime location then don't worry about it.

Illuminations is a waste of a FastPass. You can see it all around the lake, just take notice of wind direction before picking your location.

We had FastPass for two shows, the Frozen Sing-a-long at HS and Lion King at AK (we switched our River Rapids one for Lion King when the day turned out to be 50 degrees and windy.)

Frozen Sing-a-long, it got you into the theater earlier then standby and the saved a few seats for later people with FastPass. Sat in the front.

Lion King was a wasted FastPass. We got there about 5 minutes after the window opened, my parents and in-laws got into the normal standby line. They were admitted to the theater before us and had better seats then us.

 

[Heckah]

I am glad to hear this! I didn't want to have to waste a FP on these events, but still want to be able to see them.

My kids are night owls, so I imagine the later MSEP will be no problem at all for us!

Yep. We made a game time decision to do the later MSEP on a Saturday night. We sat on the curb in the rotary on Main St and I could've thrown a rock and not hit anybody. My girls love it because all the characters were able to make solid eye contact with them and wave.

We stumbled into a great spot to see the Celebrate the Magic show that night as well as a great spot for the fireworks.